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Building Block
Patent for improvements in building blocks, so they would be stronger, but lighter in weight, and cheaper to transport.
Date:
May 16, 1916
Creator:
Boehm, Edward.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dirigible Headlight.
Patent for new invention in automobile. This is made of low cost and highly efficient. This is operated from the steering gear of the automobile.
Date:
June 13, 1916
Creator:
Pepple, John. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment For Mowers
Patent for an improving to attachments for mowers that can be attached to shoe of the sickle bar. This attachment helps to raise the grain or growth being cut and bring it into the path of the sickle bar. It also works to ensure the cut grain will fall away from the standing grain.
Date:
February 15, 1916
Creator:
Muller, Hermann W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Cake-Rack
Patent for a display device of desert type foods.
Date:
February 15, 1916
Creator:
Jones, Seaborn W. & Postlethwaite, Alonzo W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Candy-Wrapping Machine.
Patent for improvements to candy-wrapping machines, particularly for wrapping sticky candy.
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Gebhardt, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Driving Mechanism.
Patent for a driving mechanism for an automobile to dispense with the usual form of transmission gearing and differential, to substitute mechanisms power devices through the medium of a suitable liquid [preferably oil], maintained at a predetermined volume, and to provide a noiseless operating mechanism.
Date:
October 31, 1916
Creator:
Allan, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clock.
Patent for an improved alarm clock with two different alarms that sound at desired time set and when the clock is unwound, including illustrations.
Date:
April 11, 1916
Creator:
Buttigieg, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Furniture.
Patent for convertible furniture used in education. Features a table which can be easily converted from a flat desk, to an inclined black-board, and can store building blocks and similar items.
Date:
October 3, 1916
Creator:
Barler, Eugene M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Camera.
Patent for "means for accurately focusing the main or photographic lens without relying upon the scale; to provide means for determining the full extent of the view to be photographed; and to provide for seeing the image upon a ground glass up to the moment of exposure." (lines 10-16)
Date:
August 15, 1916
Creator:
Overman, Charles Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Refrigerator
Patent for a refrigerator that can house lunches and bottles inside a compact, small space. Will safely store materials without fear of the items inside being damaged or jostled during the movement of the automobile.
Date:
September 19, 1916
Creator:
Rilling, Charles G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeration and Subirrigation for Promoting Vegetation
Patent for large terminal that can be implanted into the ground, which can supply air and moisture into the surrounding soil to stimulate growth of vegetation.
Date:
October 10, 1916
Creator:
Rife, Archibald H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Copy-Holding Pointograph.
Patent for a mechanism used in typewriters that holds documents to be copied indicates the line to be copied and shifts the document automatically. In addition, the patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 29, 1916
Creator:
Mathews, Louis T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blowpipe.
Patent for an improved blowpipe (or hydrocarbon torch), which when activated causes "an extremely hot needle flame" for a Bunsen burner (lines 18-19). Patent contains an illustration and instructions.
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Downie, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements to Demountable Wheels
Patent for a new design for the demountable wheel with a new simple and strong construction that is made of a lighter pressed steel that may be manufactured at a relatively lower cost.
Date:
April 18, 1916
Creator:
Simmons, Oliver G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Frame Construction for Bicycles, Motor-cycles, and the like.
Patent for a spring connection in the motorcycle frame that will work as necessary while providing a cleaner and more appealing appearance.
Date:
August 8, 1916
Creator:
White, Edward Young
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Pipe Coupling
Patent for the air-pipe coupling. This invention relates to improvements in couplers for air other liquid pipes. The improvement is primarily designed for connecting the fluid pipes of an air brake system between the locomotive and coaches of railway trains.
Date:
September 23, 1916
Creator:
Bonelli, Liborio C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Comb-Cleaner.
Patent for a reusable comb cleaner which is cheap to produce.
Date:
October 23, 1916
Creator:
Schimmelpfening, Charles H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bearing for Baling-Presses.
Patent for a bearing for cotton presses which allows for greater force and less friction.
Date:
December 29, 1916
Creator:
Taft, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lifting Jack
Patent for lifting jack used to lift vehicles.
Date:
January 18, 1916
Creator:
Applewhite, Scott C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Clamping and Nailing Boards.
Patent for a "machine whereby boards for floors, ceiling or sheathing may be forced into place and into contact with previously nailed boards without damage and held clamped into position until nails can be driven into the boards and into the joints" (lines 29-34), with illustrations.
Date:
April 11, 1916
Creator:
Binger, Nickolaus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Throttle for Gasolene Engines.
Patent for throttling the gasoline supply of a motor which is particularly adapted for connection with automobiles or vehicles.
Date:
March 28, 1916
Creator:
Cardwell, Marshal C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Station Indicator
Patent for an indicator that lets passengers on a train know which street they are passing and which station they are at.
Date:
March 17, 1914
Creator:
Craig, Richard M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plastic Composition.
Patent for a plastic composition that lasts indefinitely, especially for coffins or caskets.
Date:
August 29, 1916
Creator:
Stone, Oscar Ottoe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Parcel Carrier Guard for Bicycles
Patent for improved Parcel-Carrier Guard for bicycles. Specifically the patent helps to prevent contact with the parcel carrier guard and the front wheel.
Date:
July 4, 1916
Creator:
Apple, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History