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Adding-Machine
Patent for adding machine that has improvements such as a controllable disk to avoid over or under rotation and simpler means of adding and removing adding disks.
Date:
February 16, 1915
Creator:
Sweet, William F. & Tideman, S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Compressing Apparatus.
Patent for a new air compressing apparatus which employs two kinds of tanks called high pressure containers and low pressure containers charged by means of an air compressing engine.
Date:
March 16, 1915
Creator:
Gebhardt, William Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Lister-Plows.
Patent for a lister plow, which is a device to be attached to listers, plows, and other farming equipment. The broad design (consisting of mold board wings) and blades (or knives) will remove weeds or prevent weeds from damaging different types of farming equipment.
Date:
March 16, 1915
Creator:
McCune, Floyd S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fire-Alarm System.
Patent for an automatic fire alarm system with a simple arrangement of alarm devices (positioned throughout different rooms) with sound or visual indicators for fire awareness and closer thermal circuits (assisted with spring contact and circuit closer). The automatic fire alarm system will have a more immediate reaction by making an alert noise or visual and propping open the spring contact.
Date:
March 16, 1915
Creator:
Ammons, John Burck; Ammons, Evander & McGaffey, Otis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Wheel
Patent for an improved automotive wheel “with a demountable rim for interchanging the rim in order to quickly replace a defective tire,” (lines 16-17) It also provides a mechanism for locking the rim to keep the wheel in place.
Date:
February 16, 1915
Creator:
Watson, Chester A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bridle.
Patent for "a bridle wherein means for controlling a horse is provided." (lines 15-16) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 16, 1915
Creator:
Hentschel, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Broom or Brush
Patent for metal brooms or brushes that are "strong and durable, relatively light in weight, and can be inexpensively manufactured" (line 13-15). It is intended for "sweeping snow, mud, slush, and the like" (line 16-17). The patent can also be applied for smaller version of metal brooms or brushes for other purposes.
Date:
March 16, 1915
Creator:
Airhart, Noah S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a novel churn "whereby the dasher or agitator carried by staff or stem within the churn body will be simultaneously rotated and reciprocated...and the reciprocation will effectively agitate the contents of the churn for churning the same" (lines 14-21), with illustrations.
Date:
February 16, 1915
Creator:
Logan, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Writing-Desk and File-Cabinet.
Patent for a writing desk with combined filing cabinet designed for routine clerical and writing tasks. The desk has the added benefit of maximizing file space in both the front and back of the desk while permitting the user to remain seated in order to access files.
Date:
February 16, 1915
Creator:
Cooper, Samuel W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn and Cotton Stalk Cutter
Patent for a stalk cutting machine adapted for cutting corn and cotton stalks after the stalks have been stripped
Date:
February 16, 1915
Creator:
Pair, Robert, B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Drying Apparatus
Patent for an improved cotton dryer which uses heat from steam to dry wet cotton more effectively with simpler construction and lower cost.
Date:
February 16, 1915
Creator:
Evans, Alva A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker.
Patent for improvements on cotton pickers that allow the cotton to be collected separately from the bolls.
Date:
November 16, 1915
Creator:
Phel, Walter Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Foot.
Patent for “shovel supporting feet of cultivators.” (lines 10-11) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 16, 1915
Creator:
Graves, Joseph C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Display Apparatus.
Patent for an apparatus that displays objects enclosed in containers and allows them to be retrieved without "changing the position of any other than the [container] to which access is desired" (lines 16-17) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 16, 1915
Creator:
Boudreaux, Carlos
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door-Check.
Patent for a door check with improvements to device operation and movement control, with illustrations.
Date:
March 16, 1915
Creator:
Kinard, Chester E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Double Stroke Pumping Jack
Patent for a double-stroke pumping jack with two pistons in the same cylinder "to discharge a steady stream of water therefrom" (line 12-13). This invention allows the pipe cylinder and pistons to be easily removed for repairs or cleaning.
Date:
March 16, 1915
Creator:
Winterborne, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drill-Collar.
Patent for a new design for collars to be used on water-flushed rotary drills, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 16, 1915
Creator:
Myers, George S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
End-Gate Fastener
Patent for improvements in wagons' and similar vehicles' end gate fasteners, of which provide a firm lock and are readily and quickly disengaged as needed, with illustration.
Date:
February 16, 1915
Creator:
Harvey, Thomas David
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Extension Pedal Attachment
Patent for extension pedal for automobiles that can be easily and readily adjusted and applied to any ordinary automobile pedal, with illustration (lines 10-15).
Date:
February 16, 1915
Creator:
Harrington, Fred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Finger-Shield.
Patent for a new finger protection device which may be utilized in needlework.
Date:
November 16, 1915
Creator:
Morris, Homer B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Alarm System.
Patent for "an alarm system consisting of an electric circuit within which as thermally operated circuit closer was placed, which was adapted to sound an alarm when the circuit closer had been closed by an operation of the thermal elements of the circuit closer." (lines 78-84) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 16, 1915
Creator:
Ammons, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flexible Joint
Patent for a flexible joint provides "an improved and simplified device that is simple, durable and reliable in construction and effective and efficient in operation" (lines 10-13).
Date:
November 16, 1915
Creator:
Mooney, Thomas H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gas Generating Apparatus
Patent for a tool designed to generate small volumes of gases.
Date:
October 16, 1915
Creator:
McFarland, J. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Handle-Protector.
Patent for an improved device to protect handles of axes, hammers, and other tools which makes the handle stronger and prevents the head from falling off, including illustrations.
Date:
February 16, 1915
Creator:
Holik, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History