Automobile Torpedo (open access)

Automobile Torpedo

Patent for a submarine torpedo which explodes in the hull of a vessels it hits.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Douglas, William M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Closet-Seat. (open access)

Closet-Seat.

Patent for a toilet seat that helps support users with rectal diseases.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Ellis, Joseph G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well Mechanism. (open access)

Well Mechanism.

Patent for a well mechanism with an overhung vertical drive pulley which functions as a bearing and oil reservoir for improved lubrication of the bearings; also, improved pump construction and shaft support.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Layne, Mahlon E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Burning Lime. (open access)

Apparatus for Burning Lime.

Patent for improvements in apparatus for burning lime. To provide reliable and efficient means to extract all the heat units from fuel to be used by providing an increase draft and long blaze.
Date: July 18, 1916
Creator: Walsh, Patrick A. & Walsh, Edward J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Leaf-Gathering and Lawn-Treating Implement. (open access)

Leaf-Gathering and Lawn-Treating Implement.

Patent for device for easily picking up leaves from a lawn. The device consists basically of spikes mounted on a wheel that pick up leaves when the machine is run over a lawn and then are deposited in a recipticle.
Date: July 18, 1916
Creator: Murrah, Louie T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Device. (open access)

Well-Drilling Device.

Patent for a well drilling device that uses wire cable in the drill.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Owen, James T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Liquid-Fuel Burner. (open access)

Liquid-Fuel Burner.

Patent for a liquid fuel burner for use in stoves that completely burns the fuel.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Hawkins, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Irrigating System. (open access)

Irrigating System.

Patent for an irrigation system that has lockable valves and will not freeze in the winter.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: McCrimmon, John D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Cooling Device. (open access)

Water-Cooling Device.

Patent for a water cooling device in refrigerators and iceboxes that provides drinking water from the ice compartment.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Boyer, Robert Y. & Caldwell, James P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tie-Cutter. (open access)

Tie-Cutter.

Patent for tie cutters used to cut railway ties into parts in preparation to discard them from the tracks after their decay.
Date: July 18, 1916
Creator: Harber, William S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Projecting Apparatus. (open access)

Projecting Apparatus.

Patent for developing projecting apparatuses. This projecting apparatuses invented has continuous operation and manual operation is removed.
Date: July 18, 1916
Creator: Chapman, Charles E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock. (open access)

Nut-Lock.

Patent for a nut lock for use on railroad joints.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Seeton, James H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Tank. (open access)

Oil-Tank.

Patent for an oil tank that is fire proof and will not explode completely if it is struck by lightning.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Price, James Bain
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trolley-Pole. (open access)

Trolley-Pole.

Patent for inventing a trolley pole which is easy to build, comparatively inexpensive and easy to use. This is an improvement for the older version.
Date: July 18, 1916
Creator: Kirkpatrick, Otey. R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Surgical Instrument. (open access)

Surgical Instrument.

Patent for speculum instrument used in treating women's sexual and reproductive health with new plunger mechanism for inserting powdered medicines.
Date: July 18, 1916
Creator: Finley, Hulon Kirk
System: The Portal to Texas History
Self-Oiling Handsaw. (open access)

Self-Oiling Handsaw.

Patent for invention of a handsaw which is an improvement of current version. This is simple, low cost and convenient handsaw and is operated easily without removing the grip.
Date: July 18, 1916
Creator: Pearson, Robert Bartley
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stovepipe-Support. (open access)

Stovepipe-Support.

Patent for new and useful improvements in stove pipe supports. To hold stove pipe in upright position and prevent it from accidentally becoming disarranged.
Date: July 18, 1916
Creator: Leslie, Alexander C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fiber-Cleaning Machine (open access)

Fiber-Cleaning Machine

Patent for a machine for decorticating plants and cleaning the pulp from the fibers. Illustrations included.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Vaughan, Henry L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gas-Generating Apparatus. (open access)

Gas-Generating Apparatus.

Patent for a gas generating apparatus that produces combustible gas.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: O'Neall, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Headlight-Shade. (open access)

Headlight-Shade.

Patent for a headlight shade which can be pulled down to block the high beam headlights of a train or car when there is an oncoming train or car.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Green, John R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Rail Brace (open access)

Railway-Rail Brace

Patent for a rail brace to fortify the joints of railways. Illustrations included.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Keaton, Walter A. & Peary, Andrew
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nutcracking-Machine. (open access)

Nutcracking-Machine.

Patent for a nut-cracking machine that can crack hard shelled nuts.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Elder, Benjamin W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nutcracking-Machine. (open access)

Nutcracking-Machine.

Patent for a nut-cracking machine for cracking hard shelled nuts.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Elder, Benjamin Winchester
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Point Attachment (open access)

Plow-Point Attachment

Patent for an attachment for the point of a plow that protects the point from wear and tear, especially in soil that is sandy.
Date: July 18, 1916
Creator: Trout, Calvin L.
System: The Portal to Texas History