Bale-Tie Buckle (open access)

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 (open access)

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
Bag-Mouth-Spreading Device (open access)

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 (open access)

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
Boll Breaking Machine. (open access)

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
Low-Water Alarm For Boilers (open access)

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
Transmission Gear Shifting Device. (open access)

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. (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
Improvement in Cotton-Choppers. (open access)

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. (open access)

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
Process of Hyrdogenating Fats, Oils and Waxes (open access)

Process of Hyrdogenating Fats, Oils and Waxes

Patent for introducing hydrogen and a catalyst in order to convert oils, fats, and waxes into substances of higher melting points.
Date: January 5, 1915
Creator: Walker, Thomas Bailey
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grading Device for Seed. (open access)

Grading Device for Seed.

Patent for a new and improved grading device for seed.
Date: January 5, 1915
Creator: Leach, William Logan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Garden-Hose Holder (open access)

Garden-Hose Holder

Patent for a garden hose holder that "will support the nozzle or discharge end of a garden hose" at adjustable heights and directions. The patent allows for the "stream of water [to be] directed from the hose in any desired direction and at any angle relative to the ground."
Date: January 5, 1915
Creator: Leslie, Lee B. & Feuerbacher, Max E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Single-Disk Drill (open access)

Single-Disk Drill

Patent for a single disk drill for drilling into soft materials ("gumbo, shale, hard clay, and soft rock") without clogging.
Date: January 5, 1915
Creator: Hughes, Howard R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton Pickers. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton Pickers.

Patent for improvements in cotton pickers which require less labor than manual efforts.
Date: January 5, 1915
Creator: Scheble, Eugene S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Boring-Drill. (open access)

Rotary Boring-Drill.

Patent for new and useful improvement for rotary boring-drills that are used for drilling wells.
Date: January 5, 1915
Creator: Hughes, Howard R.
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
Rotary Boring-Drill (open access)

Rotary Boring-Drill

Patent for a simply constructed rotary drill suitable for drilling wells in soft formations such as shale.
Date: January 5, 1915
Creator: Hughes, Howard R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin (open access)

Cotton-Gin

Patent for improvements that may be added to a cotton gin to facilitate the removal of lint from the saw through the use of air suction, increasing ginning efficiency.
Date: January 5, 1915
Creator: Wooldridge, John
System: The Portal to Texas History