Automatic Shutter for Poultry-Houses and the Like. (open access)

Automatic Shutter for Poultry-Houses and the Like.

Patent for automatic shutter for poultry houses, which closes with accumulation of rain water and opens upon rainwater drainage.
Date: December 14, 1915
Creator: Hawkins, Fletcher M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for improvements on cotton choppers, primarily consisting of "a pair of oscillating hoes swinging in opposed relation and supported in vertically adjustable bearings suspended from a main frame" (lines 11-14).
Date: December 14, 1915
Creator: Strong, Harold
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Tramper (open access)

Cotton-Tramper

Patent for
Date: December 14, 1915
Creator: Murray, Russell
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drill-Bit-Retaining Device (open access)

Drill-Bit-Retaining Device

Patent for a new and improved “drill bit retaining devices for drills of the hammer type”(lines 12-13), including an illustration.
Date: December 14, 1915
Creator: Weiner, Rudolph S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Expanding Device For Can Bumping Presses (open access)

Expanding Device For Can Bumping Presses

Patent for expanding device for can bumping presses including the illustrations.
Date: December 14, 1915
Creator: Drake, Rollin L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fastening for Eyeglass-Lenses. (open access)

Fastening for Eyeglass-Lenses.

Patent for an improved device for fastening eyeglass and spectacle lenses to an eyeglass frame.
Date: December 14, 1915
Creator: Thompson, Albert F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feeding Device for Hay-Presses. (open access)

Feeding Device for Hay-Presses.

Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Feeding Devices for Hay-Presses" (lines 5-6), including specifications and illustrations.
Date: December 14, 1915
Creator: Sandy, Sam S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fender. (open access)

Fender.

Patent for fenders for personal vehicles such as cars (street and motor cars) that protect a person from major injury when struck by a car by having padding. This fender design also prevents a person from going under the car and being run over.
Date: September 14, 1915
Creator: Goode, Ovelia M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrant. (open access)

Hydrant.

Patent for hydrant with plurality of hose attachments. Attachment of hose opens head for egress of water, detachment closes head for egress of water.
Date: December 14, 1915
Creator: Duey, Otus E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine-Brake. (open access)

Machine-Brake.

Patent for machine brake for regulating the speed of an automatic fan.
Date: December 14, 1915
Creator: Reeves, Elijah Winston
System: The Portal to Texas History
Necktie-Presser (open access)

Necktie-Presser

Patent for "a device of simple construction which will hold a number of scarfs or neckties flat and will press them so that they will always be in proper condition for wear" (lines 14-17), including illustrations.
Date: December 14, 1915
Creator: Brown, Bence O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Peanut Planter (open access)

Peanut Planter

Patent for a peanut planter utilizing a belt and pulley system.
Date: December 14, 1915
Creator: Crider, Julius Washington
System: The Portal to Texas History
Silo Construction. (open access)

Silo Construction.

Patent for a new and improved silo of "simple and superior construction" (line 12) whose design is also "strong, durable, efficient, and inexpensive to produce" (lines 18-19).
Date: December 14, 1915
Creator: Harris, Andrew J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Chopping or Cutting Roller (open access)

Stalk Chopping or Cutting Roller

Patent for a stalk chopper or cutting roller that includes revolving radial arms. The multiple arms form a cylindrical figure, the arms project radially, "from the opposite ends of the tubular member," and they have angular ends.
Date: February 14, 1915
Creator: Luttrell, Charles W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stove (open access)

Stove

Patent for a more efficient and cost effective heating apparatus. The stove is designed for coal and similar fuel sources.
Date: December 14, 1915
Creator: Hanna, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Type Delivery Machine (open access)

Type Delivery Machine

Patent for a type delivery machine that separates different characters of type from one another.
Date: December 14, 1915
Creator: Choate, King E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Universal Lever (open access)

Universal Lever

Patent for a new universal lever “for the purpose of the transmission of power from any suitable source to a rod or bar, for reciprocating the rod or bar in a perfectly straight line at all times” (lines 15-18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 14, 1915
Creator: Blackaller, Miguel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wedge Cutter (open access)

Wedge Cutter

Patent for a device that cuts wood into different sized wedges. This is a device used in the construction industry.
Date: July 14, 1915
Creator: Echols, Elijah B. & Zindler, Herman J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Register (open access)

Well-Drilling Register

Patent for a new, improved registering device particularly for use in well drilling, Illustrations included.
Date: December 14, 1915
Creator: Jones, Noah M.
System: The Portal to Texas History