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Bale-Tie Buckle
Patent for a bale-tie buckle which can be fastened quickly. The bale-tie buckle "can be economically manufactured," is "capable of resisting enormous pressure," and "can be quickly and easily placed on the bands or ties."
Date:
January 5, 1915
Creator:
Horsley, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adding-Machine
Patent for improvements to adding machines, which is key-operated and includes a vertically disposed shaft and a means to actuate the sliding plate.
Date:
January 5, 1915
Creator:
Gatewood, William F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Weighing-Scale.
Patent for a more accurate continuous weighing automatic scale of such bulk materials as grain, cotton seed, etc. with a mechanism for automatical control of both a main and an auxiliary receiver door.
Date:
January 26, 1915
Creator:
Williams, Andrew M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clock Attachment
Patent for an improved clock attachment to operate "a series of alarms or signals arranged in different rooms of a building or in other separated stations for simultaneously sounding the alarms or for operating the signals at predetermined times." (lines 11-17) including illustrations.
Date:
January 11, 1915
Creator:
Moore, John R.
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
Ax-Sharpener
Patent for an ax sharpener that can be attached to and removed from an ax head.
Date:
January 5, 1915
Creator:
Wilson, Friend A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Soap-Drainer and Brush
Patent for a brush which can be used as a soap receptacle when laid flat on its back. In this position, it also allows the brush bristles to drain.
Date:
January 19, 1915
Creator:
Tijou, Lincoln
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll Breaking Machine.
Patent for new and useful improvements in Boll-Breaking machines.
Date:
January 5, 1915
Creator:
Bradford, McDuffee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Film-Mover
Patent for an automatic film mover which allows film in a projector to be automatically moved forwards and in reverse.
Date:
January 12, 1915
Creator:
Edmond, Berger & Barnes, Ned E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Shafts
Patent "is to provide a construction whereby the shafts and cross beam which connect the same may be held against relative movement" (lines 10-13).
Date:
January 26, 1915
Creator:
McMillan, Newton W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Internal-Combustion Engine.
Patent for a two-cycle, reciprocating piston internal combustion engine that preheats incoming fuel and is designed to run smoothly and reduce vibration, including illustrations.
Date:
January 12, 1915
Creator:
Bukoviny, Frank W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Low-Water Alarm For Boilers
Patent for "improvements in low water alarms for steam boilers and more particularly to those which are operated by the heat from the steam in the boiler, after the water therein has fallen below a predetermined danger point" (lines 15-20).
Date:
January 5, 1915
Creator:
Anderson, Williamson D. & Shearer, Edward J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transverse-Cutter Rotary Drill
Patent for a rotary boring drill whose head is made of multiple parts, allowing for a larger cutter than a single piece head. The mechanism that holds the multiple parts of the head together also prevents the cross-shaft from rotating with the head.
Date:
January 12, 1915
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transmission Gear Shifting Device.
Patent for a new transmission gear shifting device will "provide means for shifting the transmission parts of an automobile or other motor driven vehicle, without employing the usual hand levers and appliances, and to do so by means of electrically controlled operating mechanisms in combination with certain component parts." (Lines 12-18) including illustrations.
Date:
January 5, 1915
Creator:
De Witt, G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Mechanism For Casing Off Water.
Patent for a mechanism for casing off water in wells so that it does not become mixed with oil or escape into the bore and be discharged to the surface.
Date:
January 12, 1915
Creator:
Fuqua, William Y. & Johnson, Charles J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Track-Laying Machine.
Patent for improvements in track laying machines that enable railway ties to be delivered to the exact location that they are to be places in the track; includes illustrations.
Date:
January 12, 1915
Creator:
Simpson, Charles M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Choppers.
Patent for "a device that will chop cotton mechanically" (line 10-11) and require less labor including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 5, 1915
Creator:
Crum, Martin A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Clasps.
Patent for improvement in clasps "especially adapted for garment supporting" (lines 9-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 5, 1915
Creator:
Stafford, Beverly F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Traction-Wheel
Patent for a traction wheel with a removable gripping surface which will prevent the wheel from slipping on roads or slick surfaces.
Date:
January 19, 1915
Creator:
Biela, Valentine
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Hydraulic Swivel
Patent for a hydraulic swivel to be used with rotary well drilling machines which will carry water to the drill head through a supply line and maintain that supply line in a given position during drilling operation.
Date:
January 26, 1915
Creator:
Decker, Harry R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Putty-Trowel
Patent for a putty trowel which will lay a line of putty and trowel it into place to secure glass in a window sash.
Date:
January 26, 1915
Creator:
Morris, James G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History