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Flying-Machine.
Patent for a new flying machine which uses compact, "artificially produced air currents" (lines 11-12), including illustrations.
Date:
August 4, 1914
Creator:
Tiner, John Francis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Crossing Signal
Patent for improvements in Railway-Crossing Signals that provide both a visual and audible signal to be given at the crossing when a train is approaching.
Date:
August 25, 1914
Creator:
Adleta, William P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe Wrench.
Patent for a double acting pipe wrench with detachable jaws which can be easily removed and replaced, and which will allow a section of pipe to be turned in either direction. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 18, 1914
Creator:
Hall, Samuel N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Piano Key Bushing.
Patent for an improved piano key bushing that designed to reduce sticking of the keys. Important parts of the bushing are made of metal and given ample room to expand without causing friction that might cause the keys to stick.
Date:
August 25, 1914
Creator:
Rogers, Karl C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter
Patent for new and improved planter with illustrations and instructions.
Date:
August 11, 1914
Creator:
Leischner, G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picker.
Patent for a cotton picker with a power-driven vacuum for picking cotton and delivering it to a receptacle, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 18, 1914
Creator:
Cunningham, Matthew G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Harvester.
Patent for a cotton harvesting machine, that is portable and contains a function to transfer cotton "from the picking spindles to a receptacle carried on the machine" (lines 29-30), including illustrations.
Date:
August 11, 1914
Creator:
Lovejoy, Daniel B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coverlet Holder
Patent for "new and useful coverlet holder, and its object is to provide a device that will...support a coverlet or quilt at a slight elevation above a bed," (lines 8-11).
Date:
August 11, 1914
Creator:
Persson, G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Pin.
Patent for an improved fastening device which incorporates a sliding shield.
Date:
August 25, 1914
Creator:
Pyron, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter.
Patent for a "seed planting machine mounted upon a wheeled frame adapted to form a furrow and drop a predetermined quantity of seed at predetermined intervals" (lines 14-19), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 25, 1914
Creator:
Cantrell, Isaac D.
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
Seed Chute Valve Mechanism
Patent for a new seed chute valve mechanism with illustrations and instructions.
Date:
August 25, 1914
Creator:
Cantrell, Isaac D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cake Cloth Remover and Truck Loader.
Patent for a cake cloth remover and truck loader which can mechanically remove the press cloth from cotton and linseed cakes and deliver the cakes for loading on a truck.
Date:
August 18, 1914
Creator:
Lowry, Walter Jack
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Door and Gate Stop.
Patent for an improved stop for doors and gates, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 25, 1914
Creator:
Ford, John Owen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Headlight For Vehicles.
Patent for a vertically moving headlight so that the driver can aim light toward the direction in which they are traveling. The headlight is meant to be durable and easy to build.
Date:
August 4, 1914
Creator:
Gray, Charles B. & Teter, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Internal-Combustion Steam-Generator
Patent for Internal-Combustion Steam-Generator and it uses.
Date:
August 11, 1914
Creator:
Sands, George H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Fender.
Patent for a car fender "adapted to be fitted to an extremity of a street car, and adapted to undergo an automatic swinging motion when an obstacle is encountered, which motion will tend to sweep the obstacle from the track of the car" (lines 10-15). The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 25, 1914
Creator:
Russell, William D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bit Brace.
Patent for a bit-brace with a crank arm which can be secured to the bit chuck and which has an adjustable hand, so the chuck may be rotated while the brace remains stationary.
Date:
August 18, 1914
Creator:
Hall, Samuel N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Ball Harvester
Patent for improvements in cotton ball harvesters. The invention "relates to harvesting machinery, and has special reference to a cotton harvester designed to remove the cotton balls from plants," (lines 10-14).
Date:
August 4, 1914
Creator:
Monk, R. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History