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Corn-Header.
Patent for a device for the removal of the heads of corn. The device contains a blade and attaches to a person's hand.
Date:
May 2, 1916
Creator:
Hooper, Howard Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Boll Thresher.
Patent for a cotton-boll thresher which opens the bolls and separates the cotton. This thresher tries to improve on others by making them "strong, durable, efficient, and simple and comparatively inexpensive to construct" (lines 21-23); patent includes illustrations and specifications.
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Bryan, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Pump.
Patent for an air pump improvement that simpler and cheaper to produce. It also provides a description of "the combination and arragement of parts" (lines 14-15), including illustrations.
Date:
May 16, 1916
Creator:
Runge, Friedrich Albert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Brush
Patent for new and useful air brushes that are "intended for spraying paints, or colors, where it is desired to frequently change the color employed or to spray a combination of colors at the same time" (lines 16-20). Illustrations are included.
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Philibert, Joseph E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Knife.
Patent for a new cotton knife to provide more versatility in its use. It is "for sampling bales of cotton, and [...] cutting the bagging of the cotton, and a hook whereby a sample of cotton may be plucked out" (lines 10-14), including illustrations.
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Bowers, Jacob R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Heading Knife.
Patent for a corn cutting knife that straps to the hand and protects the fingers for a more efficient harvesting of corn and maize.
Date:
May 2, 1916
Creator:
Buchanan, Lemuel O.; Maddox, John S.; Russell, James P. & Speers, Albert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Automobile-Footboards.
Patent for a device to attach to an automobile footboard that can swing out and right angles to the automobile and act as a receptacle for packages. The device can be folded under the footboard when not in use.
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Woodley, Henry J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Carbureters.
Patent for improvement in attachments for carbureters that uses a hydro-carbon engine to induce a vertical whirl.
Date:
May 2, 1916
Creator:
Loose, Robert D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for an improved wrench wherein various shaped and sized heads can be quickly and easily put on and taken off. This allows for the wrench to be used with nuts of varying shapes and sizes.
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Davis, George W. & Davis, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locking Device for Car-Doors.
Patent for a locking device for a sliding train car capable of locking automatically upon close, including illustrations.
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Tierney, Henry J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Load-Indicating attachment for drilling-rigs
Patent for the invention is to provide a character to be attached on a mounted on the derrick of a drilling rig and which will accurately indicate the cooperative weight of the load attached to the back of rig.
Date:
May 16, 1916
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Internal Combustion Engine
Patent for Internal Combustion Engine design
Date:
May 2, 1916
Creator:
Roquemore, Abb L. & Fallwell, Oscar M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Type-Writer Line-Shift.
Patent for line shifter attachment for typewriter which makes it possible for the typewriter to print characters above or below the standard line of print. This attachment makes the typewriter useful for taking stenographic notes.
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Byrne, Henry E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Indicator for Mail-Boxes.
Patent for the operator indicating a mail for the mail box to the courier mans, which allows easy purchase of things.
Date:
May 16, 1916
Creator:
Hunnicutt, Wallace V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Grinder.
Patent for a valve grinder that fit together perfectly to prevent leakage and a consequent loss of power.
Date:
May 16, 1916
Creator:
Atkin, Frank R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lawn-Mower.
Patent for improvements on lawn mowers with "drive wheels and an adjustable cutting mechanism [...] held in adjusted positions by means releasable by the propelling handle" (lines 10-15). This allows "adjusted positions to cut grass of different lengths without the necessity of the operator stooping" (lines 21-23), including illustrations.
Date:
May 23, 1916
Creator:
Martin, James L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Warehouse Truck
Patent for improving hand truck, aiming to increase the carrying capacity of the truck.
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Dickson, Braxton B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transmission-Chain.
Patent for a transmission chain made of separate links. Some of the links have spring material to center the chain, increase flexibility, and protect the chain from objects thrown in the chain's path.
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Lynn, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner.
Patent for an improved hyrdrocarbon burner that includes "an overhanging generating element of suitable construction in combination with a particular base having a burner jet surrounded by air admitting jets [...] to be installed in the various forms of stoves and grates" (lines 11-26), including illustrations.
Date:
May 16, 1916
Creator:
Franklin, Oliver H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Cotton Picking and Transferring Machine.
Patent for pneumatic cotton picking and transferring machine that readily transfers the cotton from the receiver to a wagon where it can be taken to a gin.
Date:
May 23, 1916
Creator:
Tulley, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stock-Crate.
Patent for "an improved crate for catching, loading and handling hogs and the like stock" (lines 14-16)
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Winans, Myron L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Exterminator
Patent for a device exterminating boll weevils and other insects, which infest cotton and other crops. The device produces new means for producing fumigating gas, and its delivery mechanism. An improved driving mechanism for the device, which connects to a blower, is also part of the patent.
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Rawls, Theophilus M. & Miller, Robert A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Support for Telephones or the Like.
Patent for "improvements in adjustable supports for holding telephones or the like" (lines 10-11). Patent includes illustration and specifications.
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Priest, Charles C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle Feed.
Patent for improvement of pressed cakes for cattle feed.
Date:
May 23, 1916
Creator:
Carter, Newton L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History