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Life-Saving Raft.
Patent for a life-raft composed of multiple airtight cylinders. The raft is adapted for use at sea in large quantiles aboard vessels.
Date:
December 29, 1914
Creator:
Comer, Samuel A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ventilated Granary
Patent for ventilated granary. This patent is for better improvements of the granary which already exists. It allows for even better ventilation for grains being stored in the granary.
Date:
December 8, 1914
Creator:
Elliott, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a wrench used specifically for turning nuts or other related mechanisms that need a sliding jaw.
Date:
December 8, 1914
Creator:
Hunter, Arthur G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Display Device for Doors.
Patent for a display case that may be fastened to a door with glass panes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 15, 1914
Creator:
Nunn, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Vehicle-Seats.
Patent for "a vehicle seat and more particularly to a device securable to the under portion of a seat and engaging the side walls of the wagon body so that the seat will be prevented from shifting transversely of the vehicle" (lines 9-14).
Date:
July 14, 1914
Creator:
Jackson, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll Cotton Gin.
Patent for an improved boll-cotton gin which gathers the cotton bolls without crushing them or intermingling the product with impurities by separating the seed cotton from the bolls and hulls.
Date:
June 9, 1914
Creator:
Hopper, James F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Card Holder
Patent for improvements made to card holders, mostly for handbags and other cases much like luggage tags today. The patent describes and illustrates improved design and construction so they can be manufactured at an economic price.
Date:
May 19, 1914
Creator:
Grabendike, Clyde C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Explosion Engine Starter
Patent for a new type of automobile starter, able to replace the hand crank. This device will be able to start the automobile without having to turn a crank, It will attach to the crank shaft of the engine and make it much easier to start the automobile.
Date:
April 28, 1914
Creator:
Miller, Charles R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety Air Brake Appliance
Patent for " a safety air brake appliance for steam, traction or other railways, for each car" (lines 10-11). Including illustrations.
Date:
April 17, 1914
Creator:
Carpenter, Alfred A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Harvester.
Patent for a cotton harvester designed for the harvesting of the cotton crop, including illustrations.
Date:
April 7, 1914
Creator:
Upshaw, Lucius L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Screen-Door Brace.
Patent for a screen door supportive brace intended to maintain original rectangular form and designed to be installed without the use of tools. Includes instructions and an illustration.
Date:
March 17, 1914
Creator:
Morrison, W. A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Picking Mechanism for Cotton-Harvesters.
Patent for harvesting the cotton crop, with a focus on the construction of the picker-spindles, including illustrations.
Date:
January 13, 1914
Creator:
Upshaw, Lucius L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Harvester.
Patent for an improved cotton harvester that is lighter and cheaper to manufacture and "is capable of operating upon two rows of standing cotton and the same time, and to economically harvest the cotton and deliver the same into a suitable receptacle" (lines 16-20), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 25, 1913
Creator:
Upshaw, Lucius L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Tie
Patent for a new design of railroad-ties meant "for clamping together the two members of the tie and for adjusting them relatively to each other so as to adapt them to clamp rails of different widths" (lines 13-16), with illustrations.
Date:
November 4, 1913
Creator:
Grant, James K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grading-Machine.
Patent for improvement in grading machines in which the speed of the drum, the speed of the drive wheels and the distance of the axis of the drive wheels can all be adjusted. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 14, 1913
Creator:
Foley, Charles H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Can Spout.
Patent for an oil can spout that is used as a connection to a dispensing can which serves as a spout and as a stopper. This spout is easily installed and removed when desired, this spout also prevents accidental removal while handling.
Date:
September 9, 1913
Creator:
Melvin, Joe D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dry-Closet Commode.
Patent for a sanitary dry closet commode for areas that do not have a sewerage or water works system. The commode is "readily cleaned, simple in construction, practically odorless, and adapted to be emptied with facility" (lines 15-18). The patent includes illustrations.
Date:
August 26, 1913
Creator:
Mershon, John Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blade.
Patent for a new blade similar to "weed blades" (line 10) that can be "attached to a cultivator" (line 11) and includes an illustration.
Date:
July 15, 1913
Creator:
Kelly, John H. & Mershon, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Battery Vault, Cistern, and Semaphore Foundation
Patent for an improvement to combination battery vaults, cisterns and semaphore foundations used in railway signal systems, including illustrations and descriptions.
Date:
April 1, 1913
Creator:
Johnson, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compound Tool
Patent for a compound tool which combines the features of the nut-wrench and the pipe-wrench.
Date:
March 18, 1913
Creator:
Scroggins, James L. & Waldrop, A. S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Tie
Patent for a railway tie.
Date:
November 5, 1912
Creator:
McComas, Charles F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trolley Wheel
Patent for a trolley wheel. The invention allows for the spreading of wear over contact blocks within the hub of the wheel. Illustration included
Date:
October 29, 1912
Creator:
Smith, Charley E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Harvester.
Patent for improved cotton harvester consisting of the parts, constructions, arrangements, and combinations of parts. Patent includes figures for parts in several views.
Date:
October 15, 1912
Creator:
Upshaw, Lucius L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill
Patent for a windmill that changes directions with the wind automatically and provides more power to the pump.
Date:
July 23, 1912
Creator:
Romans, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History