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Pumping-Head.
Patent for a pumping head involving two piston rods that are rigid and, if broken, can be replaced without harming the rest of the machine. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 17, 1914
Creator:
Boicourt, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve.
Patent for an improvement in the function and use of a valve which gets rid of the wire usually used to raise tank valves. Getting rid of this wire allows for easier drainage.
Date:
January 20, 1914
Creator:
Axtell, Fred W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie.
Patent for bale ties that "have the securing members permanently connected" (lines 12-13) and do not have projecting ends that could damage cotton bales or other fibrous materials.
Date:
June 9, 1914
Creator:
McFarland, Frank H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve for explosive-engines.
Patent for an improved valve for use in explosive engines which lists the movements of various parts in order to allow air and fuel to mix and explode.
Date:
February 2, 1914
Creator:
Ray, Albert J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Generating and Carbureting Hydrogen.
Patent for an apparatus that will improve the cost efficiency of producing gas. Specifically, this invention details a "main tank which produces hydrogen and an auxiliary tank wherein the hydrogen is mixed with crude petroleum oil and thereby given its illuminating and combustible properties" (lines 18-23).
Date:
January 27, 1914
Creator:
Stuart, Charles V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
World-Chronometer
Patent for a globe set on top of a pedestal, where the globes rotates by clock work to instruct the user of the time for any given place on the globe. Sides of the pedestal also allow for advertising.
Date:
December 29, 1914
Creator:
Agnew, Walter F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Involuting Drawing Instrument
Patent for drawing instrument intended for drawing involuting curves. Includes illustration and instructions.
Date:
August 11, 1914
Creator:
McCaskill, Oscar E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Land-Breaking Plow
Patent for a plow that also includes rotary drums. The rotary drums carried "sub-soiling and breaking plows; and the object is to provide plows which can be used to break the land to any desirable depth in any kind of soil without turning over the soil."
Date:
October 13, 1914
Creator:
Reed, Arthur
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lid Mover for Ice Boxes, Refrigerators, and the Like.
Patent for a lid mover for ice boxes, refrigerators, ice cream cabinets, etc., that allows the lid to move parallel to the top of the box or other device. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 8, 1914
Creator:
White, Brown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knob-Fastening.
Patent for improved knob fastening where the door knob will be held in place without the use of screws for increased durability, including illustrations.
Date:
January 27, 1914
Creator:
Collins, Horace B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve
Patent for valves which are of a better construction to prevent leakage.
Date:
July 14, 1914
Creator:
Bird, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Packing-Ring.
Patent for packing rings featuring inner and outer rings that are transversely divided, with respective rings functioning in a unified manner, preventing independent rotative movement.
Date:
April 7, 1914
Creator:
Bryant, Clarence R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electrically-Heated Instrument.
Patent for an electrically-heated instrument. This scissor-like instrument has an electrically-heated edge that can be used to simultaneously sever and cauterize.
Date:
January 6, 1914
Creator:
Chapman, Joseph A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Food-Mixer.
Patent for a food-mixer for stock feed composed of various chutes and parts for the mixing of large quantities of food stuffs, including specifications and illustrations.
Date:
May 5, 1914
Creator:
Egan, Mathew M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flush-Valve Attachment.
Patent for an attachment to a flush valve that will prevent the bowl from overflowing when flushing.
Date:
February 3, 1914
Creator:
Lupton, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Razor-Sharpening Machine
Patent for a razor-sharpening device that will be compact and simple to produce.
Date:
February 17, 1914
Creator:
Herring, Charles M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint.
Patent for the "improvements in rail joints, the object being to so construct and arrange the meeting ends of two railway rails as to provide interlocking members..." (lines 8-12). The patent includes specifications and illustrations.
Date:
April 14, 1914
Creator:
Evans, James B., Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nutcracker
Patent for improvements in nutcrackers that make it easier and safer to use, and more easily retrieve the contents of the nut. It is durable and can be manufactured at low cost.
Date:
September 15, 1914
Creator:
Dato, Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Piano-Action
Patent for a new piano-action that will get rid of unwanted sounds and reduce the amount of cushioning needed. Other goals are to ensure that strings cannot not be prevented from vibrating, and that a certain sound can be made.
Date:
March 17, 1914
Creator:
Blessing, John T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Feeding Mechanism For Printing Press
Patent for "an improved mechanism whereby the paper or other material is automatically fed to the press in web or continuous form and automatically cut off in the desired lengths as it passes from the feeding mechanism" (lines 23-26).
Date:
June 2, 1914
Creator:
Prescott, Sitwell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Silo.
Patent for a new, water-tight silo that can be easily assembled without skilled labor and can be set up anywhere, including illustrations.
Date:
September 1, 1914
Creator:
Brookshire, Samuel N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Silo.
Patent for a new silo design made of hollow tiles "to provide dead-air spaces within the tile, for the purpose of preventing the rapid passing of heat or cold through the tile" (lines 13-16) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 11, 1914
Creator:
Sellors, Edward M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gas Generator.
Patent for a gas generator. The object is intended to efficiently regulate gas in cars.
Date:
November 24, 1914
Creator:
Walton, James C. & Wisherd, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety Switch-Chain
Patent for a safety chain "comprising a cuff and integral diverging lever-arms."
Date:
May 5, 1914
Creator:
Gerlach, Harry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History