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Candy-Drying Machine. (open access)

Candy-Drying Machine.

Patent for a machine to dry and pack chocolate more uniformly without need for attendants, including illustrations.
Date: July 27, 1915
Creator: Greer, Jesse W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Door-Bell and Mail-Receiver (open access)

Combined Door-Bell and Mail-Receiver

Patent for a combined door-bell and mail-receiver "devices for receiving and holding mail" (lines 9-10).
Date: September 21, 1915
Creator: McDonald, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Converting Motor-Propelled Vehicles into Tractors. (open access)

Attachment for Converting Motor-Propelled Vehicles into Tractors.

Patent for a device which attaches a "tractor which can be used to draw plows, harrows, cultivators, mowers, reapers, and other agricultural implements" (lines 12-17) to motor vehicles, thus converting the motor vehicle into a tractor.
Date: July 20, 1915
Creator: Wynne, William P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bag-Turner (open access)

Bag-Turner

Patent for "a machine which will perform the whole act of turning a sack" (lines 11-12), including illustrations.
Date: September 28, 1915
Creator: Hirschfeld, Ike
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chase for Printers. (open access)

Chase for Printers.

Patent for chase for printing presses, and more particularly to facets of choses or type which are adjustable without knocking down the type and which can be shifted to any desirable position on the bed of the printing press and held rigid.
Date: April 23, 1915
Creator: Bolles, Percy S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Belt Lifter for Bull Wheels (open access)

Belt Lifter for Bull Wheels

Patent for belft lifters for bull wheels for providing "a simple and efficient belt manipulating device peculiarly adapted to be used in connection with bull wheels of well drilling machinery" (line 11-14).
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Edward Peterson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety Attachment for Locomotive-Cabs. (open access)

Safety Attachment for Locomotive-Cabs.

Patent for a locomotive engine safety device involving a detachable protective carrier that releases from the engineer's cab allowing escape from the locomotive engine cab in case of danger, including illustrations.
Date: March 2, 1915
Creator: Uttz, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coffin (open access)

Coffin

Patent for a lightweight and sturdy coffin made of two solid pieces of baked or burned clay which can be sealed with cement and secured further with nuts and bolts.
Date: June 15, 1915
Creator: Arnold, Price
System: The Portal to Texas History
Building-Block Construction. (open access)

Building-Block Construction.

Patent for concrete blocks used for construction, including illustrations.
Date: July 20, 1915
Creator: Gray, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Life-Saving Device for the Cabs of Locomotives. (open access)

Life-Saving Device for the Cabs of Locomotives.

Patent for a life-saving device for the cabs of locomotives. The device is used to safely help the engineer or fireman escape from the locomotive engine cab should danger arise. The device is used to protect an individual against fire, hot water, or some other forms of danger.
Date: July 20, 1915
Creator: Uttz, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement to Lifting-Jacks (open access)

Improvement to Lifting-Jacks

Patent for the improvement of the lifting jack which allows the user to "lower the lifting bar by a step-by-step movement as well as to elevate the lifting bar by such a movement (lines 12-14). Includes instructions and illustration."
Date: January 12, 1915
Creator: Parker, Charles W. & Wittliff, Theodore H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Automatic Brake-Setting Mechanism for Pneumatic Brakes. (open access)

Improvement in Automatic Brake-Setting Mechanism for Pneumatic Brakes.

Patent for improvements in pneumatic brakes with simple construction for higher efficiency in trains including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 5, 1915
Creator: Weldon, Robert J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spark Plug for Internal-Combustion Engines (open access)

Spark Plug for Internal-Combustion Engines

Patent for an improved automobile spark-plug with both insulated and non-insulated cylinders that will activate with any spark to the device.
Date: January 18, 1915
Creator: Loose, Robert D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Packing-Ring for Piston-Rods. (open access)

Packing-Ring for Piston-Rods.

Patent for improved piston rings used in steam or internal combustion engines that prevent steam or combustion force from leaking by having packing rings automatically expand.
Date: August 31, 1915
Creator: Bryant, Clarence Ross
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Shoe. (open access)

Tire-Shoe.

Patent for a device that fits "pneumatic tires for automobiles" (lines 8-9) in order to "prevent the slipping of a pneumatic tired wheel in snow, ice, mud, sand, or the like." (lines 10-12).
Date: July 20, 1915
Creator: McCall, Jacob Capshaw
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Tooth-Cleaner. (open access)

Sanitary Tooth-Cleaner.

Patent for a device to clean teeth, made of a fabric pocket that can be placed over an index finger, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 29, 1915
Creator: Over, Edwin Gould
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Refrigerating Apparatus. (open access)

Rotary Refrigerating Apparatus.

Patent for new rotary refrigeration apparatus with illustrations
Date: July 6, 1915
Creator: Bertsch, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seal (open access)

Seal

Patent for seals of car doors and other structures, and the object is to provide seal which cannot be released without destruction or mutilation so that the tampering with the seal may be readily detected.
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Peyton, William T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gas Generator (open access)

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
Ornamental Stand. (open access)

Ornamental Stand.

Patent for ornamental stand with pivoting revolvable arms, designed to be easily disassembled for packing or transportation.
Date: December 28, 1915
Creator: Fretwell, Nun Q.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Means for Facilitating the Use of Railway-Schedules. (open access)

Means for Facilitating the Use of Railway-Schedules.

Patent for "improvements in means for facilitating the use of local, through and joint-route transportation or time schedules of railways or other carriers.” (lines 10-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 16, 1915
Creator: Glisson, Amos A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Power-Transmitting Mechanism for Pumps. (open access)

Power-Transmitting Mechanism for Pumps.

Patent for improvements in a pump operating mechanism which operates "long stroke, double-acting pumps" (lines 12-13). The mechanism is designed to expend little power, and includes illustrations.
Date: October 5, 1915
Creator: Fulford, Marcus F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Razor-Stropping Device (open access)

Razor-Stropping Device

Patent for a razor-stropping device, which straightens and polishes the razor blade.
Date: August 17, 1915
Creator: Bowman, Levi M. & Farmer, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for "heel sweeps" for plows, which are a construction of wings that that sweep the furrow on either side of the plow.
Date: January 5, 1915
Creator: Randolph, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History