Acetylene-Gas Generator (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator

Patent for an Acetylene gas generator that allows waste to be emptied from the machine without losing any gas.
Date: June 13, 1911
Creator: Finley, Jesse T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aerodrome (open access)

Aerodrome

Patent for an aerodrome/helicopter with improved wing design.
Date: June 27, 1911
Creator: Snow, Guy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aerodrome (open access)

Aerodrome

Patent for an aerodrome. Illustrations included.
Date: June 6, 1911
Creator: Mayhew, Nathaniel L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake Coupling (open access)

Air-Brake Coupling

Patent for an air brake coupling for use on trains that opens the air valves when the coupling is attached.
Date: June 20, 1911
Creator: Winton, Robert A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Funnel. (open access)

Automatic Funnel.

Patent for a funnel which automatically seals when liquid in a receptacle reaches a certain level. The spout of the funnel also contains a stopper which can be lifted to permit liquid to pass into the receptacle at the desired time.
Date: June 13, 1911
Creator: Evans, Jesse M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Gate. (open access)

Automatic Gate.

Patent for an automatic gate that can be unlatched and opened by a vehicle approaching; and then, closed and latched again after passage of the vehicle. The automatic gate is reliable, not easily deranged, and simple in construction.
Date: June 13, 1911
Creator: Laas, Louis August
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Band Buckle (open access)

Bale-Band Buckle

Patent for a bale band buckle. Illustrations included.
Date: June 6, 1911
Creator: Brigance, Alice O.
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
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for an improved baling press.
Date: June 20, 1911
Creator: Washington, George M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bookbinding (open access)

Bookbinding

This is a letter patent for the bookbinding invention as a means for holding books, pamphlets, catalogs, and other similar paper materials together. The purpose of this invention is to make it possible to place additional material inside the same covers, and with the original contents of a book without breaking or tearing the binding.
Date: June 22, 1911
Creator: Robinson, Edward K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Box for Carrying Wireless Signalling Apparatus (open access)

Box for Carrying Wireless Signalling Apparatus

Patent for a box for carrying wireless signaling equipment that fits the equipment well and has a handle or strap for carrying the box with.
Date: June 27, 1911
Creator: Johnson, Maurice Bernays
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn (open access)

Churn

Patent for a churn. Illustration included.
Date: June 13, 1911
Creator: Smith, Columbus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Closet-Flushing Mechanism. (open access)

Closet-Flushing Mechanism.

Patent for a water closet flushing mechanism, which prevents the water from standing in the toilet bowl where it is liable to freeze in cold weather.
Date: June 20, 1911
Creator: Parker, Thomas H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coin-Controlled Vending-Machine (open access)

Coin-Controlled Vending-Machine

Patent for a coin-operated vending machine. Illustrations included.
Date: June 6, 1911
Creator: Boucher, Horace E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Coffee-Pot. (open access)

Collapsible Coffee-Pot.

Patent for a new and improved collapsible coffee pot and similar receptacles, including illustrations.
Date: June 6, 1911
Creator: Irwin, Walter W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Corner Brace and Hinge for Screens (open access)

Combined Corner Brace and Hinge for Screens

Patent for combined corner brace and hinge for screens. Illustration included.
Date: June 12, 1911
Creator: Kirk, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Wire and Wireless Telegraph System. (open access)

Combined Wire and Wireless Telegraph System.

Patent for a combined wire and wireless telephone system that has a wireless system in between two wired systems.
Date: June 27, 1911
Creator: Johnson, Maurice Bernays
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Wire and Wireless Telephone System. (open access)

Combined Wire and Wireless Telephone System.

Patent for a combined wire and wireless telephone system that allows 2 people who are calling through two different central operating stations to talk to each other even though there is no wire directly between the 2 parties, through the use of a wireless system.
Date: June 27, 1911
Creator: Johnson, Maurice Bernays
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cooling Device (open access)

Cooling Device

Patent for a cooling device for milk. Illustrations included.
Date: June 6, 1911
Creator: Cooper, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drainage System (open access)

Drainage System

Patent for a drainage system. Illustration included.
Date: June 6, 1911
Creator: Osborne, Charles W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Foot-Warmer (open access)

Electric Foot-Warmer

Patent for a device that uses electricity to provide warmth to a person's feet as well as any other parts of the body. It may be used in and out of a bed, and it may be used as "a light reflector for treating certain diseases by strong rays of light concentrated and applied directly to the body" (lines 17-20).
Date: June 13, 1911
Creator: Ballard, Silas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Equalizer for Pump Rods (open access)

Equalizer for Pump Rods

Patent for an equalizer for pump rods. This invention is designed to "assist in elevating the column of water in a pump, is designed to sustain the pump rod in its fixed position" (line 11-14). Illustration included.
Date: June 13, 1911
Creator: Johnson, Robert H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Farm wagon Scale (open access)

Farm wagon Scale

Patent for a farm wagon scale. Illustration included.
Date: June 13, 1911
Creator: Graves, Henry Lewis
System: The Portal to Texas History