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Measuring and Leveling Instrument
Patent for a new measuring and leveling instrument that allows the user to determine "in a convenient and efficient manner the angularity of a surface or object with respect to a vertical or horizontal line" (lines 10-13). Instructions and illustration included.
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Richardson, O. C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Silent Self-Adjusting Push-Rod.
Patent for a self-adjusting push rod intended to reduce engine stress and noise.
Date:
November 9, 1915
Creator:
Russell, Robert C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Half-Car Unloader
Patent for an improved and simplified mechanism of Half-Car Unloaders, which unloads earth materials such as coal and ore from a railroad car more easily and effectively by lifting up a train car, unloading its contents, and placing it back on the railroad track.
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Scardino, Mario P. & Scardino, Peter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement to Fire-Box for Boilers
Patent for the improvement of fire-boxes for broilers by reducing the draft and “causing a more complete mixture of the fuel and air and consequently a more thorough combustion of the fuel” (lines 13-16). Instructions and illustration included.
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Shaw, Carl C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Tie
Patent for a railroad tie “which is so constructed as to enable the rails to have resiliency” (lines 16-17) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 9, 1915
Creator:
Shearer, Frederick C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Screen Attachment
Patent for window and door screens to prevent the entrance of insects inside and prevents the escape of those already inside, which inevitably collect on the inside of the screen.
Date:
March 9, 1915
Creator:
Simons, William S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement to Bridle-Rods
Patent for the improvement of Bridle-Rods “of means whereby the device may be adjusted to accommodate itself to rails of different sizes” (lines 18-20). Instructions and illustrations included.
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Simpson, Charles M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Train Control System
Patent for an improved train control system that will help to stop train movement when approached b another train or vehicle on tracks within a predetermined or dangerous distance. It is intended to cause a signal that will allow the train engineer to both opportunity and warning in time to apply brakes and stop. The design also enhances the utility and efficiency of the train control system.
Date:
November 9, 1915
Creator:
Smith, S. G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pumping - Jack
Patent for "new and useful improvements in pumping jacks." (lines 9-10).
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Stieger, Jakob Martin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Movement
Patent for "an object to provide a chain and sprocket movement with improved means for maintaining the chain in operatively taut condition and relation to the sprocket wheel" (lines 13-17), including illustrations.
Date:
November 9, 1915
Creator:
Stine, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gas Generator
Patent for a gas generator that generates hydrocarbon gases. It is "to provide ample and efficient means for feeding gas making elements into the fillings or contents located in the generators and to distribute uniformly to all parts of a generator the elements fed into the generator and to provide efficient means for operating the feeding devices and to provide agitating devices working in combination with the feeding devices for agitating the fumes within the generator." (line 11-21)
Date:
March 9, 1915
Creator:
Tinsley, Waller P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Tank.
Patent for an oil tank with an improved design for extinguishing fires inside the tanks and a means for allowing the escape of exploded gases upon accidental ignition.
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Wasson, Edgar Allen & Cooley, Francis Marion
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drill.
Patent for an earth-boring drill with an improved means for keeping the drill centered at all times in order to drill in a straight path.
Date:
March 9, 1915
Creator:
Weathersby, Fred Richard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for a plow and particularly "an attachment for securing the heel sweeps to plows and for bracing the said heel sweeps" (lines 10-12), including illustrations.
Date:
November 9, 1915
Creator:
Williams, Jefferson L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Alarm Device
Patent for a spring motorized automatic alarm device with an improved tripping mechanism actuated by the medium of fire severing an actuator cord "or the like".
Date:
March 9, 1915
Creator:
Willoughby, Alford Pervis & Bolding, William D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for a wrench designed for right and left-handed users, makes for simpler use of tool by having fewer components than other more standards wrenches.
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Wulff, William F. & Wulff, M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History