Boll-Separator (open access)

Boll-Separator

Patent for a mechanism to remove cotton from bolls or hulls. The mechanism is designed to be integrated easily into the standard cotton picking and cleaning procedure and is meant to increase productivity while decreasing cost.
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Dickerson, Eustice E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie. (open access)

Bale-Tie.

Patent for bale ties that "have the securing members permanently connected" (lines 12-13) and do not have projecting ends that could damage cotton bales or other fibrous materials.
Date: June 9, 1914
Creator: McFarland, Frank H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Candy, Cake, and Cracker Box. (open access)

Candy, Cake, and Cracker Box.

Patent for "a tin box for candy, cakes, or crackers" (lines 15-16) with a display glass panel on the front wall.
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Rizzotto, Samuel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Control for Gas Water-Heaters. (open access)

Automatic Control for Gas Water-Heaters.

Patent for improvements to "a gas control for instantaneous gas water heaters" (lines 9-10), including illustrations and instructions.
Date: June 17, 1919
Creator: Hamilton, Paul H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Curing Tire-Casings (open access)

Apparatus for Curing Tire-Casings

Patent for an improved apparatus for Curing Tire-Casings (relates to molding devices for curing tire casings) which is easily and quickly set up and knocked down, holds casings safely in position while being cured, and highly efficient in curing tire casings.
Date: June 17, 1919
Creator: Bongio, Philip P. & Stephenson Elonzo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vibrating Churn (open access)

Vibrating Churn

Patent for a vibrating churn design meant to improve the process of churning liquids.
Date: June 3, 1919
Creator: Yount, J. E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Liquid-Fuel-Measuring Tank (open access)

Liquid-Fuel-Measuring Tank

Patent for a liquid fuel measuring tank that accurately measures fuel and can automatically stop accumulating fuel when a certain amount has been reached, including illustrations.
Date: June 25, 1918
Creator: Helm, Virgil L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Ginning, Cleaning, and Bleaching Cotton. (open access)

Process of Ginning, Cleaning, and Bleaching Cotton.

Patent for improvements to the processes of ginning, cleaning, and bleaching cotton, and "particularly to stripping the lint cotton from the seed and for treating cotton with an air treatment after it leaves the saws" (lines 10-13), including illustrations.
Date: June 19, 1917
Creator: Hodo, Wesley A. J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Suspensory-Drawers (open access)

Suspensory-Drawers

Patent for suspension drawers for men. Illustrations included.
Date: June 6, 1911
Creator: Evans, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Thimble. (open access)

Thimble.

Patent for an improved thimble that incorporates a thread-cutter tool.
Date: June 25, 1918
Creator: Colburn, Sophia
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Tooth-Cleaner. (open access)

Sanitary Tooth-Cleaner.

Patent for a device to clean teeth, made of a fabric pocket that can be placed over an index finger, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 29, 1915
Creator: Over, Edwin Gould
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wind-Shield Protector. (open access)

Wind-Shield Protector.

Patent for windshield protector to "protect people from the danger of broken glass from the wind-shields of automobiles ... and will also prevent people from being thrown against such constructions as wind-shields." (lines 11-17)
Date: June 13, 1916
Creator: Uttz, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flushing Device (open access)

Flushing Device

Patent for flushing devices have better toilet seats and providing simple flushing system.
Date: June 26, 1917
Creator: Osborn, Claud A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Foldable Tent Bed (open access)

Foldable Tent Bed

Patent for a Combination Folding Tent Bed and Tent
Date: June 18, 1918
Creator: Marsh, Willard E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Tank Protector. (open access)

Oil-Tank Protector.

Patent for an invention to protect oil tanks against destruction from lightning by carrying escaped gas away from the oil tank's exterior, illustration included.
Date: June 25, 1918
Creator: Cohen, Wolf
System: The Portal to Texas History
Operating Mechanism for Window Sash and Screens (open access)

Operating Mechanism for Window Sash and Screens

Patent for improvements for window sash and screens, specifically improving opening, adjusting and closing mechanisms.
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Agee, Howard L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rapid-Transit Car (open access)

Rapid-Transit Car

Patent for a rapid transit car that runs on cables in the air.
Date: June 25, 1912
Creator: Barnett, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Crossing. (open access)

Railway-Crossing.

Patent for a railway crossing, which provides track treads for trains at heavily used crossings.
Date: June 21, 1910
Creator: Gallaspy, Benjamin E. & McCarty, Alexander H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feeding Mechanism For Printing Press (open access)

Feeding Mechanism For Printing Press

Patent for "an improved mechanism whereby the paper or other material is automatically fed to the press in web or continuous form and automatically cut off in the desired lengths as it passes from the feeding mechanism" (lines 23-26).
Date: June 2, 1914
Creator: Prescott, Sitwell
System: The Portal to Texas History
Double-Acting Pump-Jack (open access)

Double-Acting Pump-Jack

Patent for a double acting pump jack for artesian wells.
Date: June 11, 1912
Creator: Pittman, William T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door-Hinge. (open access)

Door-Hinge.

Patent for new modification in a door hinge, its construction and working details.
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Cunningham, Melville Boyd
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale Tying Mechanism for Balers (open access)

Bale Tying Mechanism for Balers

Patent for a bale tying mechanism for balers. This invention is "a tying mechanism to unite the ends of a tie or wire after said wire has been passed around the bale" (line 8-11). Illustrations included.
Date: June 6, 1911
Creator: Schubert, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale Wiring Mechanism. (open access)

Bale Wiring Mechanism.

Patent for "improvements in a bale wiring mechanism, for baling presses, and also to an improved tie which can be made by simple mechanism" (lines 8-11) with instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 6, 1911
Creator: Schubert, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pass Book (open access)

Pass Book

Patent for a book cover that can be easily written on with ink.
Date: June 24, 1914
Creator: Roystone, W.
System: The Portal to Texas History