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Rat Trap
Patent for a trap to catch rodents.
Date:
April 14, 1915
Creator:
Newell, Greene E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Wheel.
Patent for improvements to vehicle spring wheels to replace pneumatic wheels, "embodying in its use relatively movable members having coil springs interposed therebetween whereby to secure the proper resilience" (lines 13-16) necessitating very few parts, including illustrations.
Date:
October 4, 1921
Creator:
Bush, Horace L. & Bryan, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for improved wire-stretchers. The simple concept allows for the pieces to be produced inexpensively and does not require any machine work.
Date:
November 19, 1918
Creator:
Moseley, Benjmine G
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pin
Patent for an improved clothes pin to provide a simple, efficient, and practical device.
Date:
August 27, 1918
Creator:
Newsom, John Wesley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker's Knee-Pad.
Patent for Cotton-Picker's Knee-Pad. "This invention relates to pads and particularly to a new, useful, simple and practical knee pad especially designed fo use by cotton pickers." (line 2)
Date:
April 30, 1918
Creator:
Boynton, Willie A. & Terrell, George A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boiler-Cleaner
Patent for an appliance to clean boilers. Device remains in boiler and sucks dirt particles out.
Date:
January 1, 1918
Creator:
Cross, William G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Garment-Protector
Patent for a garment protector which functions by wrapping the wearer and her garments in heavy rubberized cloth, so that water and mud do not get on her clothes, including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
July 10, 1917
Creator:
Goode, Ovelia Mamie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate or Door Closing Device
Patent for "improvements in closing devices for doors, gates, and the like" (lines 12-13) using a spring connected to the door and frame, including illustrations.
Date:
June 26, 1917
Creator:
Hawley, Royal A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin.
Patent for a new type of clothing pin that allows it to be permanently attached to the clothing line.
Date:
May 8, 1917
Creator:
Boynton, Willie A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Road Grader
Patent for road grader, that applies additional support to the frame.
Date:
January 30, 1917
Creator:
Hawley, Royal A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Feeding Fuel to Furnaces
Patent for device that aids in the separation of bolls and burrs in cotton ginning, and makes use of undesired material as a fuel for power.
Date:
October 24, 1916
Creator:
Williams, Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon - Cover.
Patent for invention of wagon - cover which is adjustable. This can stretch when required and then come back to original position. This can be used as a canopy or tent.
Date:
August 22, 1916
Creator:
Womack, Plenny V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Bag Catcher.
Patent for a new modification in the device mail-bag catcher, which can be used to either train or track device.
Date:
June 13, 1916
Creator:
Huff, Barney L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Boll Thresher.
Patent for a cotton-boll thresher which opens the bolls and separates the cotton. This thresher tries to improve on others by making them "strong, durable, efficient, and simple and comparatively inexpensive to construct" (lines 21-23); patent includes illustrations and specifications.
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Bryan, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Invalid-Bed.
Patent for attachment to beds for invalids. This device allows the invalid to be raised or placed in the sitting position.
Date:
April 18, 1916
Creator:
Anderson, Young R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fender.
Patent for fenders for personal vehicles such as cars (street and motor cars) that protect a person from major injury when struck by a car by having padding. This fender design also prevents a person from going under the car and being run over.
Date:
September 14, 1915
Creator:
Goode, Ovelia M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Coop
Patent for a collapsible coop that provides a top skeleton and also collapsible chicken coop which is simple and practical features.
Date:
August 31, 1915
Creator:
Willoughby, Alford Pervis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Yoke.
Patent for a cattle yoke which enables the yoke to be attached to a cow's head to prevent grazing from other side of the wire fence.
Date:
April 27, 1915
Creator:
Carr, Jessie D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Drinking-Cup.
Patent for a sanitary V-shaped drinking cup made out of suitable material (i.e., leather, rubber, paper, or paraffin cloth). It is collapsible to provide easy transport and storage and can be opened up by simply pressing on opposite sides.
Date:
March 30, 1915
Creator:
Willoughby, Alford Pervis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Alarm Device
Patent for a spring motorized automatic alarm device with an improved tripping mechanism actuated by the medium of fire severing an actuator cord "or the like".
Date:
March 9, 1915
Creator:
Willoughby, Alford Pervis & Bolding, William D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Faucet.
Patent for a novel faucet using a reciprocating valve instead of a rotary valve and resistant to problems caused by ice formation in the faucet, with illustrations.
Date:
February 23, 1915
Creator:
McLaren, Charles E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bag-Mouth-Spreading Device
Patent for a device which holds open the mouth of a bag or sack so that it can be easily filled. The device works with bags hung on a post or with bags hung from the shoulder, as a cotton picker's sack.
Date:
January 5, 1915
Creator:
Willoughby, Alfred Pervis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Chair.
Patent for improvement of rail-chairs that would prevent railroad rails from spreading out and allowing for a better connection by a system of rods. The rods would allow for a shorter distance between the middle of the rail chairs and the mechanism allows for better usability.
Date:
June 30, 1914
Creator:
Wheeler, Joseph L. & Jones, Thomas E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker's Knee-pad
Patent for "knee pads especially adapted for cotton picker's use." (lines 10-11)
Date:
March 17, 1914
Creator:
Boynton, Willie A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History