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Apparatus for Building Circular Walls and Means for Adjusting the Apparatus.
Patent for a "scaffold adjusting apparatus, and particularly to means for elevating and lowering scaffolds for building circular wills or silos, circular tanks, smoke stacks, and similar circular walls "(lines 10-14), including illustrations.
Date:
February 2, 1915
Creator:
Nash, Alexander Q.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel Buffer
Patent for an improved construction for a vehicle-wheel buffer which eliminates deterioration of its components found in ordinary type buffer. This invention implements an anti-friction mounting which allows the buffer to rotate freely.
Date:
February 25, 1915
Creator:
Kettler, Martin F.; M. F. Kettler
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Agitator.
Patent for an improved device to produce a useful agitation of liquid in washing machines by configuring the paddles or blades in the most effective manner, including illustrations.
Date:
February 23, 1915
Creator:
Babek, Aloysius S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Catching Insects
Patent for a device to gather and remove eggs deposited by insects, particularly boll weevils, from plant material.
Date:
February 4, 1915
Creator:
Stautzenberger, William C. & Olsen, Carl
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for a wrench designed for right and left-handed users, makes for simpler use of tool by having fewer components than other more standards wrenches.
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Wulff, William F. & Wulff, M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Inside Trimming Machine for Trimming Wooden Handles for Tools and the Like.
Patent for a machine to trim wooden handles for tools. The "invention relates to trimming machines and more particularly to machines for trimming the inside portions of wooden tools or handles, such as handles for spades, shovels, and like articles." (Lines 10-14)
Date:
February 16, 1915
Creator:
Kimerer, Joseph C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement to Oil-Burners
Patent for the improvement of oil-burners in which it is “extremely cheap and simple, which may be readily installed, and which is adapted to burn oil practically without smoke” (lines 12-14). Instructions and illustrations included.
Date:
February 16, 1915
Creator:
Hope, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement to Tire-Patch for Inner Tubes
Patent for an improvement to tire-patches for inner tubes by making use of "a simple devise for jacketing that part of an inner tube which may be adjacent to a puncture or weak place in the outer casing to prevent blow outs" (lines 11-14). Instructions and illustrations included.
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Major, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement to Bridle-Rods
Patent for the improvement of Bridle-Rods “of means whereby the device may be adjusted to accommodate itself to rails of different sizes” (lines 18-20). Instructions and illustrations included.
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Simpson, Charles M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement to Elevator Signal Systems
Patent for an improvement to an elevator in which “to provide an elevator signal system that will permit a party at any landing to indicate his desire to go up or down to the elevator operator by pressing one of two buttons” (lines 10-15). Instructions and illustration included.
Date:
February 2, 1915
Creator:
Johnson, Charles S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Indicator
Patent for a vehicle indicator that indicates speed using a sound and light. "The driver may be warned when a certain speed is reached and so officers of the law and others may readily tell by glancing at the vehicle whether or not it is exceeding the speed limit."
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Hartman, Arthur R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement to Fire-Box for Boilers
Patent for the improvement of fire-boxes for broilers by reducing the draft and “causing a more complete mixture of the fuel and air and consequently a more thorough combustion of the fuel” (lines 13-16). Instructions and illustration included.
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Shaw, Carl C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lifting and Moving Device
Patent for a construction device to help move heavy machines.
Date:
February 20, 1915
Creator:
Kenyon, H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement to Suction-Cup for Cotton-Picking Machines
Patent for the improvement in suction-cups for cotton-picking machines in which the addition of knives allows for easier collection of cotton. Instructions and illustrations included.
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Meier, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Measuring and Leveling Instrument
Patent for a new measuring and leveling instrument that allows the user to determine "in a convenient and efficient manner the angularity of a surface or object with respect to a vertical or horizontal line" (lines 10-13). Instructions and illustration included.
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Richardson, O. C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement for Cotton Chopper
Patent for improvement for cotton choppers “so that the operator may regulate the depth of cut, and may shift the cutting member forward or back” (lines 18-20). Instructions and illustration included.
Date:
February 2, 1915
Creator:
Finch, Arthur M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lamp-Adjusting Mechanism
Patent for a new and improved lamp-adjusting mechanism for automobiles and other vehicles that directs light from lamps in any direction, within a certain arc, in order to illuminate any object at the side of the road or street, with illustrations (lines 10-20).
Date:
February 23, 1915
Creator:
Kitching, David C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Chopping or Cutting Roller
Patent for a stalk chopper or cutting roller that includes revolving radial arms. The multiple arms form a cylindrical figure, the arms project radially, "from the opposite ends of the tubular member," and they have angular ends.
Date:
February 14, 1915
Creator:
Luttrell, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter
Patent for a stalk cutter that cuts and chops multiple rows of stalks at once.
Date:
February 16, 1915
Creator:
Sosbee, Survetus, F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pumping - Jack
Patent for "new and useful improvements in pumping jacks." (lines 9-10).
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Stieger, Jakob Martin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Making Round-Bottomed Paper Bags.
Patent for a process to quickly assemble a round-bottomed paper bag economically in regards to labor and waste paper.
Date:
February 2, 1915
Creator:
Johnston, Leila M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock
Patent for a nut lock that can be easily applied and detached from a bolt. Will lock screws in place to avoid accidental rotation of the bolt and is less expensive to make.
Date:
February 16, 1915
Creator:
Boren, W. E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Tank.
Patent for an oil tank with an improved design for extinguishing fires inside the tanks and a means for allowing the escape of exploded gases upon accidental ignition.
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Wasson, Edgar Allen & Cooley, Francis Marion
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tail-Light for Automobiles.
Patent for a lamp for automobiles, which combines a lantern (with colored lens) with a number plate holder (which includes sections that can be inserted and removed). The lamp is positioned to show and illuminate the number plate.
Date:
February 23, 1915
Creator:
Lindsey, James J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History