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Aerial Torpedo.
Patent for an aerial torpedo. This device is well suited for automatic targeting without help from man.
Date:
August 31, 1915
Creator:
Saladiner, Joseph M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Capping-Machine
Patent for a capping machine. The object is to provide a machine of the character specified, designed for placing friction caps or covers of cans containing canned materials and for sealing the covers or caps in place on the cans, and arranged to be capable of use with cans of varying size.
Date:
August 31, 1915
Creator:
Peppers, Jerry Coatts
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
Detachable Handle for Tools.
Patent for a detachable tool handle.
Date:
August 31, 1915
Creator:
Ligon, Arthur Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drill.
Patent for an improvement to drills. Side cutters have been added onto the drill head that extend farther from the head than the cutter underneath. This gradually enlarges the bore and allows for lubrication of bearings and water can be used to flush out the bore while digging.
Date:
August 31, 1915
Creator:
Decker, Harry R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elevator-Door Sill.
Patent for an elevator sill that bridges the gap between the floor and the bottom of the elevator when the elevator doors are open.
Date:
August 31, 1915
Creator:
Doren, Lewis W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Interior Bracing For Silos
The invention relates to silos and the removable devices that prevent the silos from collapsing when empty. The object is to provide wooden stave silos with certain adjustable and economical braces which are easily and quickly applied. It will be highly efficient in preventing the blowing down or collapsing of silos when empty. They would also be able to be easily and quickly removed when the silos are being filled.
Date:
August 31, 1915
Creator:
Galbraith, Henry William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Interior Bracing of Silos.
Patent for removable parts for silos to prevent the silo from collapsing when empty, including illustrations.
Date:
June 23, 1914
Creator:
Galbraith, Henry W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Receptacle-Lid Lifter
Patent for "new and useful improvements in means for automatically opening the closure of a receptacle upon the approach of a person thereto" (lines 12-15), including illustrations.
Date:
August 31, 1915
Creator:
Bianchi, Manlio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Table.
Patent for a table that is resistant and adaptable to sudden movements and maintains its tabletop balance, meant for use on ships.
Date:
August 31, 1915
Creator:
Davila, Luis C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Winch Attachment for Automobiles.
Patent for new winch attachment for automobiles "that may be quickly mounted upon ore or both of the rear wheels of an automobile, for the purpose of pulling the vehicle out of a mud hole or ditch." (lines 12-15)
Date:
August 31, 1915
Creator:
Pittman, Carl L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Drill Attachment.
Patent for combining a plow and a grain drill into one device, to reduce the number of times the soil needs to be turned per planting.
Date:
August 29, 1915
Creator:
McAdams, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe Clamping Device
Patent for improvements of a pipe-clamping device which is durable and easy to construct.
Date:
August 25, 1915
Creator:
Lincoln, Robert A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cake-Stripping Machine
Patent for a cake-stripping machine which provides novel means for stripping cloth off the oil cake. It is also to provide means for trimming the cake after the cloth has been stripped off the cake. The scope of the invention is to improve generally and enhance the utility of devices of that type.
Date:
August 24, 1915
Creator:
Miller, Charles R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flash-Light
Patent for flashlights to provide certain new and useful improvements designed and adapted for use in the handles of umbrellas, canes, and the like. The invention comprises a metallic tube or sleeve adapted to be inserted into a bore of an umbrella handle or sleeve having an enlargement in which a bulb carrier is mounted and over the end of the lens. The configuration will not interfere with the free use of the handle. There is a special construction of the circuit closer to the metallic sleeve and one battery being held within and insulated from the metallic sleeve.
Date:
August 24, 1915
Creator:
Matthies, Gustav & Rehberg Jr., August
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting Apparatus
Patent for improvements in the quilting apparatus, that helps in stabilizing the quilting process as the center of gravity of the device shifts during the process.
Date:
August 24, 1915
Creator:
Lawrence Monroe Caruth
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rain-Water Cut-Off.
Patent for a rain water cut-off that can direct the flow of water to one of two pipes. It allows rain water carrying dust and debris from the gutter to be directed to a waste receptacle that can later be switched to direct clean running rain water to a second pipe to different receptacle to be collected.
Date:
August 24, 1915
Creator:
Crandall, Grover C. & Smith, Zay
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Veterinary Apparatus.
Patent for a veterinary apparatus to help ease the administration of medicine to horses and other animals. It is a bridle attachment.
Date:
August 24, 1915
Creator:
Biasiolli, Joseph J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Tightener.
Patent for an improved wire tightener.
Date:
August 24, 1915
Creator:
Rose, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a wrench which "may be efficiently employed in places which are inaccessible to the ordinary wrench."
Date:
August 24, 1915
Creator:
Culbertson, Charles P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draft-Gear for Railway Cars
Patent for a draft gear for railway cars that allows a simple and efficient means of repairs or substitutions of sills or beams that may be done without dissociating the draft bar so that a car may not be out of commission for a considerable length of time.
Date:
August 17, 1915
Creator:
Moorman, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Float-Valve.
Patent for a float valve not using slots and links, including illustrations.
Date:
August 17, 1915
Creator:
Garrott, John Collier
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flue-Cleaner.
Patent for a portable flue cleaner for boilers. Through a nozzle on the cleaner, the flue cleaner uses the steam from the boiler to remove dirt, dust and soot. The dirt is forced out of the boiler when the steam escapes.
Date:
August 17, 1915
Creator:
Leonard, Carl
System:
The Portal to Texas History