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Air-Cooling Apparatus.
Patent for an air cooling apparatus for air to be delivered into a room treated with moisture to reduce the temperature of the air without the use of ice.
Date:
March 21, 1916
Creator:
Hollenburger, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane.
Patent for improving the fuselage for aeroplanes by "securing double strength throughout the body and [...] be light and durable" (lines 12-14). Provides rudder, landing gear, telescopic joint, and sprocket gear improvements, including illustrations.
Date:
March 28, 1916
Creator:
Smith, Glen B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Rat and Mouse Trap.
Patent for a cheaper and more effective trap that displays live bait but is unreachable to animals. The trap will make it "impossible for animals to escape after they have been captured" (lines 26-28), including illustrations.
Date:
March 7, 1916
Creator:
Bevers, William S., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for an improved wrench that is effective and durable. Illustration and description included.
Date:
March 28, 1916
Creator:
Collier, Frank A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Destroyer
Patent for an improved insect destroyer that can be fixed to farm equipment and other vehicles.
Date:
March 21, 1916
Creator:
King, Charles L. & McKie, Stephan A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Attachment
Patent for vehicle attachment
Date:
March 13, 1916
Creator:
Walker, Willey P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tubular Plate-Casting Box
Patent for a device that improves the methods of tubular plate casting.
Date:
March 14, 1916
Creator:
Harm, John William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Trapping Attachment for Cultivators.
Patent for "new and useful improvement in insect-trapping attachments for cultivators" (lines 5-7) including illustrations.
Date:
March 28, 1916
Creator:
Etheredge, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Truss.
Patent for improvements to trusses, which uses "a pair of spring hangers each carrying a pad of particular construction and arrangement" (lines 9-11). Patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 14, 1916
Creator:
Gilmore, Aaron W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trunk-Strap.
Patent for an "efficient and inexpensive" (lines 13-14) trunk strap, including instructions and illustration. The strap is comprised of adjustable sections, the free ends of which hook into angular plates on the bottom of the trunk.
Date:
March 28, 1916
Creator:
Hall, James T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Drilling Bit.
Patent for new and improved well-drilling bit. Illustration included.
Date:
March 7, 1916
Creator:
Marney, Robert A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lightning-Protecting System for Oil-Tanks.
Patent for an improved system that is used for protecting oil tanks from getting struck by lightning and can get put on existing structures to ground them. The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
Date:
March 14, 1916
Creator:
Gunthorpe, Charles Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Leather-Press
Patent for device which can clamp down leather strips while they are being flexed.
Date:
March 21, 1916
Creator:
Shaw, Fred H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well -Bucket
Patent for an improvement in well -buckets adapted for cleaning and drawing water from drilled wells.
Date:
March 19, 1916
Creator:
McKinnon, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Cooler
Patent for a water cooler that keeps the cooling ice separated from the water to be cooled by means of a receptacle that houses the ice.
Date:
March 21, 1916
Creator:
Williams, James L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transporting Truck
Patent for "improvements in transporting trucks for agricultural implements" (Lines 10-11) including illustrations.
Date:
March 21, 1916
Creator:
Leach, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Manual-Training Apparatus.
Patent for a new improvement in a manual training apparatus for teaching swimming without water. The device allows the exerciser to lie face down on the provided mat and turn cranks to simulate swimming motions.
Date:
March 21, 1916
Creator:
Hartnett, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Throttle for Gasolene Engines.
Patent for throttling the gasoline supply of a motor which is particularly adapted for connection with automobiles or vehicles.
Date:
March 28, 1916
Creator:
Cardwell, Marshal C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tappet for Sprayers
Patent for a tappet that can be attached to the wheel of a sprayer.
Date:
March 14, 1916
Creator:
Clayton, Charles Abner
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Packing-Cutter.
Patent for a packing cutter with the original purpose to cut away the packing material from around pistons and cylinders with speed and accuracy, including illustrations.
Date:
March 28, 1916
Creator:
Landry, Rosamond L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Toy Cannon
Patent for an improvement to toy cannons to enable marbles and other spherical objects can be fed into cannon and fired providing a varied range of distance.
Date:
March 14, 1916
Creator:
Osborn, Carl B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Surveying Instrument.
Patent for new and improved surveying instrument for use "in calculating the distance between the point of 'setting up' and the target, without the use of the usual linear chain" (lines 12-15). Illustration and instruction included.
Date:
March 7, 1916
Creator:
Adams, J. S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tag-Fastener
Patent for a device that attaches a tag to an item with rope or cord wrapping.
Date:
March 14, 1916
Creator:
Hine, Frank B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hat Display Rack.
Patent for an improved hat display rack that can display a full line of hats. Illustrations and instructions included.
Date:
March 21, 1916
Creator:
Williams, Martin A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History