Door Stop (open access)

Door Stop

Patent for a door stop. Illustration included.
Date: August 30, 1910
Creator: Hagerty, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Double-Acting Pump (open access)

Double-Acting Pump

Patent for a pump that obtains a supply of fluid from both strokes of the piston and delivers the fluid through a continuous stream. Illustrations included.
Date: August 30, 1910
Creator: Arnold, Henry Brown
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Double-Dasher Churn. (open access)

Double-Dasher Churn.

Patent for a double dasher churn with adjustable speed dashers.
Date: August 30, 1910
Creator: Melton, Ode E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Forming Implement. (open access)

Forming Implement.

Patent for a forming implement for sheet metal for making boiler parts.
Date: August 30, 1910
Creator: Gee, John H. & Coates, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Garment-Supporter (open access)

Garment-Supporter

Patent for a hose supporter for garments. Illustrations included.
Date: August 30, 1910
Creator: Zelman, Joseph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harvesting-Machine. (open access)

Harvesting-Machine.

Patent for a harvesting machine for corn, which cleanly cuts the heads of corn.
Date: August 30, 1910
Creator: Hail, John Edward
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Leaf-Turner. (open access)

Leaf-Turner.

Patent for a leaf turner for turning the pages of a book, which is connected to a treadle operated with the feet to change the pages.
Date: August 30, 1910
Creator: Berliner, Selma Ellis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Insect Destroyer (open access)

Mechanical Insect Destroyer

Patent for a mechanical insect destroyer. This invention is for use in the destruction of house flies. Illustrations included.
Date: August 30, 1910
Creator: Truelove, Jesse R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Brush Cylinder (open access)

Metallic Brush Cylinder

Patent for a metallic brush cylinder. Illustrations included.
Date: August 30, 1910
Creator: Vardell, Arthur A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pianoforte-Action (open access)

Pianoforte-Action

Patent for support for the damper and spring for piano pedals. Illustrations included.
Date: August 30, 1910
Creator: Snyder, George C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reboiler (open access)

Reboiler

Patent for a reboiler designed to remove the air from water so that it may be formed into ice. Illustrations included.
Date: August 30, 1910
Creator: Carley, Claud G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Valve for Planter-Legs. (open access)

Rotary Valve for Planter-Legs.

Patent for a rotary valve for planter legs, which drops seeds at set intervals.
Date: August 30, 1910
Creator: Hamer, Phillip B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Space Block (open access)

Space Block

Patent for a block used to block spacing members upon a shaft, Illustration included.
Date: August 30, 1910
Creator: Vardell, Arthur A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Suspension-Bridge. (open access)

Suspension-Bridge.

Patent for a suspension bridge, which prevents vertical motion of the floor of the bridge and is cheaper to build than other models.
Date: August 30, 1910
Creator: Greer, William H. C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Truck Brake Appliance (open access)

Truck Brake Appliance

Patent for a truck brake appliance. Illustrations included.
Date: August 30, 1910
Creator: Saxon, Andrew L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Condenser. (open access)

Cotton-Condenser.

Patent for a cotton condenser that can receive lint cotton and form it into a continuous bat so that it can be passed from condenser to compress. It provides better quality of lint that is formed into the bat by removing dust and inferior fibers.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Reagan, Edgar U. G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cover for Kettles and the Like. (open access)

Cover for Kettles and the Like.

Patent for an improved cover for kettles, pots, saucepans, and other culinary vessels. The improved cover prevents hands from being burned by steam from the vessel.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Cepeda, Josefa E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display Cabinet (open access)

Display Cabinet

Patent for display cabinet. The invention consists of outer and inner casings that are accessible via door. Illustrations included.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Smith, Ernest & Nelson, Axel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Division Block for Bailing Presses (open access)

Division Block for Bailing Presses

Patent for a division block for baling presses. Illustration included.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Sprouls, Charles Edwin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feed-Mixer. (open access)

Feed-Mixer.

Patent for a machine for mixing grains and other feed ingredients, with automatic feeding of the different ingredients into the mixing chamber.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Richmond, George E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gas-Exploded Ordnance (open access)

Gas-Exploded Ordnance

Patent for a gas gun. Illustrations included.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Hamilton, Ernest Hubbard
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Trap. (open access)

Insect-Trap.

Patent for a trap for insects such as those that feed upon crops including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Rea, George Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Wheel (open access)

Pneumatic Wheel

Patent for a pneumatic wheel. This invention is an improvement in vehicle wheels whereby a pneumatic tube which is "effectually mounted intermediate of the hub and rim and affords the wheel maximum resiliency of structure so as to insure of the absorption of the shocks incident to travel" (line 11-16). Illustration included.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Downing, Otto P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Polisher for Hat-Rims (open access)

Polisher for Hat-Rims

Patent for a machine that smooths and polishes the rims of hats. Illustrations included.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Pesses, Abraham M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History