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Brace for Furniture.
Patent for an improved furniture brace that uses wire "for connecting parts of beds, tables and chairs for the purpose of strengthening [...] in which the tightening means lies substantially in the plane of the tightening wires so that there is no twisting action on the tightening means" (lines 11-20), including illustrations.
Date:
May 2, 1916
Creator:
Wittliff, Theodore H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane
Patent for aeroplane with an improved carrying capacity.
Date:
October 31, 1916
Creator:
Millican, Joel W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Emergency and Transmission Brake Mechanism.
Patent for a combination of emergency and transmission brake mechanism on Ford automobiles that helps relieve the strain on the emergency brake mechanism.
Date:
June 6, 1916
Creator:
Fitch, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crutch.
Patent for crutches with adjustable pneumatic cushioned arm rests, adjustable length, absorbent hand grip, and a detachable vertical leg rest.
Date:
May 16, 1916
Creator:
Gregson, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie Buckle
Patent for bale-tie buckle to be used to secures bales of cotton specifically. This is used to increase the speed at which cotton can be secured while being ginned and compressed. This buckle can be reused multiple times.
Date:
July 25, 1916
Creator:
Horsley, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane.
Patent for improving the fuselage for aeroplanes by "securing double strength throughout the body and [...] be light and durable" (lines 12-14). Provides rudder, landing gear, telescopic joint, and sprocket gear improvements, including illustrations.
Date:
March 28, 1916
Creator:
Smith, Glen B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Separator
Patent for a mechanism to remove cotton from bolls or hulls. The mechanism is designed to be integrated easily into the standard cotton picking and cleaning procedure and is meant to increase productivity while decreasing cost.
Date:
June 6, 1916
Creator:
Dickerson, Eustice E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cigarette-Paper-Holding Attachment For Tobacco-Boxes.
Patent for a cigarette paper attachment to be placed within the tobacco box for easier access to the tobacco paper.
Date:
August 1, 1916
Creator:
Rose, Bertram A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Candy, Cake, and Cracker Box.
Patent for "a tin box for candy, cakes, or crackers" (lines 15-16) with a display glass panel on the front wall.
Date:
June 6, 1916
Creator:
Rizzotto, Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Carbureters.
Patent for improvement in attachments for carbureters that uses a hydro-carbon engine to induce a vertical whirl.
Date:
May 2, 1916
Creator:
Loose, Robert D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Auxiliary Air-Feed for Carbureters.
Patent for a carbureter that improves auxiliary air feed, wherein gradually increased quantities of air are harnessed as the speed of the motor increases.
Date:
October 24, 1916
Creator:
Bills, Thomas M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Truck.
Patent for trucks adapted to accommodate lumber, rails, or other materials of various lengths, to balance the load on the center wheels, requiring less power to move the truck.
Date:
April 25, 1916
Creator:
Simpson, Louis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jack for Pumps and Other Purposes
Patent for a jack, that can be used for a variety of purposes.
Date:
October 10, 1916
Creator:
Dayton, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hot and Cold Cotton Seed Cake Cutter
Patent for Hot and Cold Cotton Seed Cake Cutter
Date:
September 5, 1916
Creator:
Helm, Clyde D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Piston Packing
Patent for extansible rings for piston packing.
Date:
November 21, 1916
Creator:
Miles, Charles H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Land Breaking Plow
Patent for Land Breaking Plow
Date:
August 22, 1916
Creator:
Reed, Arthur
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cleaning Cotton
Patent for machine that cleans harvested cotton.
Date:
November 7, 1916
Creator:
Dickerson, Eustice E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trolley-Pole.
Patent for inventing a trolley pole which is easy to build, comparatively inexpensive and easy to use. This is an improvement for the older version.
Date:
July 18, 1916
Creator:
Kirkpatrick, Otey. R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grass-Cutter
Patent for a grass cutter adapted to be mounted on some part of a train of cars. The object of this invention is to provide a cutter which will cut the grass from railway tracks and to adapt the device for easy attachment to a truck of the car.
Date:
January 4, 1916
Creator:
Doak, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wind-Shield Protector.
Patent for windshield protector to "protect people from the danger of broken glass from the wind-shields of automobiles ... and will also prevent people from being thrown against such constructions as wind-shields." (lines 11-17)
Date:
June 13, 1916
Creator:
Uttz, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fan
Patent for fan or blower for the conveyance of materials such as cotton, cottonseed, and saw dust under suction and air pressure from supple source to the delivery point. The travel of material is continuous and the materials will not come into contact with the blades of the fan or blower.
Date:
August 15, 1916
Creator:
Dickerson, Eustice E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Scissors Hanger
Patent for scissors hangers for sales people in stores that provides a pair of hooks that is "depending from a shank and connected by an arched guard strip" (lines 15-16) that forms a scissors holding element. The scissors hanger will also have a plate metal body that allows the hanger to be attached to the clothing of the wearer.
Date:
February 8, 1916
Creator:
Walker, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Silo
Patent for improvements in silos, particularly in the means of tightening the boards and bracing the silos. The object of the invention is to provide a silo which will be easily put together and braced and which can be kept in an air-tight and a liquid tight condition, and to provide means for bracing the silo and for locking the boards in place.
Date:
January 4, 1916
Creator:
Crady, Charles C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaner
Patent for Cotton Cleaner
Date:
November 7, 1916
Creator:
Dickerson, Eustice E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History