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Air-Lift Pump
Patent for an air lift pump. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 30, 1912
Creator:
Holmgreen, Julius H. & Underwood, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Internal Combustion Engine.
Patent for improved internal combustion engine design that replaces puppet valves with slide valves to increase port area and speed, while reducing noise. Includes illustrations.
Date:
July 9, 1912
Creator:
Garfield, George M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Propeller
Patent for a boat propeller that does not create a vacuum behind it and is more efficient than other propellers.
Date:
July 23, 1912
Creator:
Blake, David H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tooth
Patent for an artificial tooth. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 26, 1910
Creator:
Stallman, George E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fish-Trap
Patent for a fish trap. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 23, 1912
Creator:
Calvert, Walter Riley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Headlight.
Patent for a headlight, which can have a curtain mounted and drawn across it.
Date:
July 19, 1910
Creator:
Bennack, Frank P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
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
Piano-Key Mounting.
Patent for a piano key mounting with a key pin that makes the "touch" required to depress the keys easily adjustable.
Date:
July 18, 1911
Creator:
Mayor, Enoch Allen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Latch Mechanism for Spittoon-Covers.
Patent for an improved latch mechanism for sliding covers on spittoons.
Date:
July 4, 1917
Creator:
Lovece, Nicola
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sliding-Door Latch.
Patent for "a latch applicable to the sliding doors of common carriers, dwellings, and the like" (lines 10-12), to keep sliding doors shut. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 8, 1913
Creator:
Merritt, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stamping-Machine
Patent for new stamping device for "quickly and accurately stamping railroad tickets on their faces with the date of issue, the destination and the time limit or number of the train on which the ticket is to be used" (lines 11-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 29, 1913
Creator:
Terry, James William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Decorticating Fibrous Leaves of Plants.
Patent for a machine that decorticates fibrous material from leaves and plants designed to be of low manufacturing cost and light enough to be carried on pack animals.
Date:
July 10, 1917
Creator:
Askew, Joel Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Biplane
Patent for a biplane design that has improved lift, steering, stability, and landing, including illustrations.
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Herrmann, Ernst W. F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Headlight
Patent for movable automobile headlight which reflect downward on the road surface and utilizes the at-hand mounting hardware for static automobile headlights.
Date:
July 14, 1914
Creator:
Allan, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Headlight
Patent for an improved automobile headlight function that allows the light to be pointed directly at the road in front of the wheels to avoid the glare/reflection associated with straight-forward lighting.
Date:
July 20, 1915
Creator:
Allan, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Motor.
Patent for a water motor "concentrating the force of the water against the wheel near the outer periphery...to maximize the purpose of the water as a driving agent for the motor and to also insure a uniform operation of the motor" (lines 14-20), including illustrations.
Date:
July 20, 1915
Creator:
Stukes, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Speed-Indicator.
Patent for a speed indicator to allow individuals not in an automobile to determine its speed, including illustrations.
Date:
July 20, 1915
Creator:
Allan, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Parcel Carrier Guard for Bicycles
Patent for improved Parcel-Carrier Guard for bicycles. Specifically the patent helps to prevent contact with the parcel carrier guard and the front wheel.
Date:
July 4, 1916
Creator:
Apple, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Applying a Corn-Shuck Wrapper to a Cigar.
Patent for a "method of applying a protective corn shuck wrapper to a cigar" (lines 97-98) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 6, 1915
Creator:
Rossy, Charles J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Electric Advertising Sign
Patent for an electronic sign that works by a conveyor-belt like band printed with advertisements being rotated, allowing the owner to show many advertisements while saving space.
Date:
July 1, 1919
Creator:
Craig, Richard M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Cotton Separator and Cleaner
Patent for a new boll-cotton separator and cleaner used for separating and cleaning boll, catch the cotton delivered to the separating chamber, remove cotton from catching means, etc.
Date:
July 15, 1919
Creator:
Simmons, Oliver G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Direction-Signal.
Patent for an invention of a simple signal that allows drivers to indicate they are turning left or right to the vehicle behind them, illustrations included.
Date:
July 16, 1918
Creator:
Vaca, Pedro
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Speed-Regulating Means.
Patent for an improvement in regulating the speed of sound recording and reproducing machines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 9, 1918
Creator:
Fletcher, Theodore
System:
The Portal to Texas History