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AUTOMATIC WEIGHING-SCALE.
Patent for an improved automatic scale that can weigh large measurements of crops, including illustrations.
Date:
June 14, 1914
Creator:
Carter, Edward D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Hopple
Patent for certain new improvements in animal hopples. This device prevents animals from rearing up in the front when it is worn. The device consists of several plates and a collar with a connecting chain.
Date:
June 2, 1914
Creator:
Hentschel, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drill.
Patent for
Date:
June 30, 1914
Creator:
Weathersby, Fred Richard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hame-Fastener
Patent for improvements to a hame-fastener, specifically related to an easily made, inexpensively produced locking mechanism, including illustration.
Date:
June 30, 1914
Creator:
Fowler, Alvah W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
DOOR-HANGER.
Patent for improvements to the door hanger, specifically aimed at car doors, including illustrations.
Date:
June 16, 1914
Creator:
Mason, Charles O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Trap.
Patent for an improved and simplified trap where "a large number of rats can be caught in succession before the trap has to be emptied, as the trap door arrangement is automatic in regard to resetting" (lines 20-24).
Date:
June 23, 1914
Creator:
Willard, Thomas A.
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
Hydrogenating Oils, Fats, and Fatty Acids, &c.
Patent for improvements made to a hydrogenator of saturated oils, including illustrations.
Date:
June 23, 1914
Creator:
Humphreys, Jerome N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition for Removing Coatings
Patent for a coating remover, made by mixing an alkali, an oxidizing agent, a solvent, and another chemical to prevent water evaporation.
Date:
June 30, 1914
Creator:
Humphreys, Jerome Nichols; Smith, Walter K. & Oliger, J. D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
HARROW.
Patent for new attachment for the foot of a harrow, including illustration.
Date:
June 16, 1914
Creator:
Glover, Henry M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Turnstile.
Patent for a new turnstile design for use in train cars, "especially adapted for use in so called " pay-as-you-enter " cars." (lines 11-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 9, 1914
Creator:
Lohrberg, Leopold W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve Mechanism For Steam Engines
Patent for useful improvements to the valve mechanism for steam engines. The invention allows an improved means for actuating the slide valve without the use of eccentrics. The valve can also be operated into closed positions at various degrees, and also to reverse the direction of travel of the valve.
Date:
June 9, 1914
Creator:
Wright, Ed W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weed Killing Car.
Patent for a weed killing car that runs on a railroad track. It distributes herbicide along the line of the railroad track.
Date:
June 2, 1914
Creator:
Ortan, Ingomar F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill
Patent for a new and improved windmill rotor, including illustrations.
Date:
June 16, 1914
Creator:
Smith, James B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Jack.
Patent for a vehicle-jack that can raise and lower all of the supporting legs using a single lever, as well as lengthen and shorten the jack at will to adapt it to vehicles of different sizes.
Date:
June 16, 1914
Creator:
Douglass, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Incubator.
Patent for an incubator that automatically maintains at least a minimum temperature, with the option to set and maintain a higher temperature, with adjustment of temperature from outside the incubator. The incubator uses electric heat.
Date:
June 30, 1914
Creator:
Hays, Ernest C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Latch
Patent for a "latch of strong and durable construction, designed principally for use in connection with the end gate fastener."
Date:
June 9, 1914
Creator:
Nichols, George Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Load-Transferring Apparatus.
Patent for load transferring apparatus, important for its innovations "applicable to the operation of unloading bulk material from boats or barges and of transferring said material to stationary bins or ships at sea" (lines 11-15).
Date:
June 23, 1914
Creator:
Hildebrand, Henry W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trap-Gun.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive gun with a hook and rod mechanism that can be baited such that if an animal tries to remove the bait the gun discharges killing the animal.
Date:
June 2, 1914
Creator:
Lovelace, Charles D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Traction-Wheel
Patent for improved wheel system which provides traction over a variety of surfaces.
Date:
June 9, 1914
Creator:
Shindler, Robert Conrad
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter.
Patent for a vertically adjustable machine that "reduces liability to clog" (line 18) and reduce clogging.
Date:
June 1, 1914
Creator:
Scott, Oscar F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telegraph-Transmitter.
Patent for an improvement to telegraph transmitters of the pendulum type in which signals are transmitted through use of a series of dots and dashes.
Date:
June 2, 1914
Creator:
Moore, Leo I.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Topping Device for Sugar-Beets.
Patent for a machine to remove the tops of beets while they are still in the ground "without packing or injuring the beets and without removing more or less than the exact portion required" (lines 15-18).
Date:
June 30, 1914
Creator:
Sutton, Frank R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephone Equipment.
Patent for telephone equipment. The invention provides an easy to use attachment for automatic phones that illuminates the dial and only turns on while it is in use to facilitate the use of telephones in the dark.
Date:
June 16, 1914
Creator:
Haralson, William Major & Pilkington, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History