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Cotton-Chopper Attachment for Cultivators.
Patent for a device that will be attached to the frame of the cultivator to be used for chopping cotton, and weeds.
Date:
January 13, 1914
Creator:
Williams, Roy L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Change-Speed Gearing
Patent for "power transmission for automobiles... provides a driving shaft and a driven shaft arranged in alignment, and a countershaft which parallels the driving and driven shafts and carries a set of gears that continuously mesh."
Date:
October 13, 1914
Creator:
Relle, William A. So
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable and Detachable Bow for Spectacles.
Patent for a temple bow for spectacles which is secured to a lens frame and is adjustable to “accommodate the angle of vision of the wearer” (lines 89-90). The connection joints between the bow and lens frame allows adjustment without bending or twisting the bow, providing a more durable bow and frame.
Date:
January 13, 1914
Creator:
Blanchard, Edward.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Educational Chart, Drawing-Board, and Writing-Desk.
Patent for "a combined desk and blackboard" (line 68) that includes illustrations.
Date:
January 13, 1914
Creator:
Henderson, George A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Switch.
Patent for an improvement to railway switches, by creating an automatic switch that changes the direction of a track from object while object is moving on track.
Date:
January 13, 1914
Creator:
James, Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake.
Patent for train air-brakes to provide set brakes and same auxiliary pressure on all cars regardless of the brake cylinder piston travel distance.
Date:
January 13, 1914
Creator:
Wolf, Gustav B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Supplemental Gas Reservoir and Burner
Patent for an improved gas burner and reservoir meant to be used with gas blow torches. It was meant to be used with natrual gas and to help equalize its pressure in order to produce a steady flame.
Date:
October 13, 1914
Creator:
Gilbert, James Madison
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for an improved wrench which utilizes two circular heads, individually situated at the ends of a single handle.
Date:
January 13, 1914
Creator:
Johnson, Alva Putman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lemon Squeezer
Patent for a lemon squeezing mechanism, designed to be more convenient for convenience store clerks.
Date:
September 7, 1915
Creator:
Cooper, James A. & Cooper, Joel C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Land-Breaking Plow
Patent for a plow that also includes rotary drums. The rotary drums carried "sub-soiling and breaking plows; and the object is to provide plows which can be used to break the land to any desirable depth in any kind of soil without turning over the soil."
Date:
October 13, 1914
Creator:
Reed, Arthur
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel.
Patent for a vehicle wheel that improves on automobile pneumatic tires by having a "plurality of springs," with a rigid inner rim and an outer rim connected with these springs so as to absorb the force of any shock. The design is strong, simple, and durable.
Date:
January 13, 1914
Creator:
Wylie, Alfred R. & Wright, James G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Traction-Engine
Patent for a traction engine that has a unique assemblage of the frame and body making it most efficient.
Date:
January 13, 1914
Creator:
Claitor, Lilburn S. & Mahagan, Ross C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephone-Lighting System.
Patent for an invention as specified relates to new and useful improvements in telephone lighting systems for the purpose of providing lamps on subscribers' telephones arranged.
Date:
October 13, 1914
Creator:
Boze, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Protector.
Patent for new tire-protector, introducing new and useful improvements in pneumatic tire attachments.
Date:
October 13, 1914
Creator:
La Hatte, Albert S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Suspenders.
Patent for "a new and useful Improvement in Suspenders." This includes improved support at both ends.
Date:
January 13, 1914
Creator:
Mally, Frederick W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elevator-Wrench
Patent for an improvement in elevator wrenches. The device is meant to be used with rotary drilling machines for "supporting the drilling the drill pipe and for holding it from rotation during the releasing of the several joins of the pipe when it is necessary to withdraw the drill from the well hole."
Date:
October 13, 1914
Creator:
Lebus, George Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Picking Mechanism for Cotton-Harvesters.
Patent for harvesting the cotton crop, with a focus on the construction of the picker-spindles, including illustrations.
Date:
January 13, 1914
Creator:
Upshaw, Lucius L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for an invention relates to improvements in gates, and it is adapted especially for use in connection with the fences of farms, yards, or other enclosed spaces where such devices are applicable.
Date:
October 13, 1914
Creator:
Eckerd, Samuel K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fuse-Block.
Patent for the Fuse Block. Patent is an improvement to the existing Fuse Block. It allows safer working conditions for those who have to replace or install new fuse blocks at night and/or the rain.
Date:
October 13, 1914
Creator:
Anderson, Ulin S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Display-Rack for Ax-Handles and the Like.
Patent for a "display rack, for holding ax handles and the like on display." (lines 12-14) to prevent them from warping.
Date:
January 13, 1914
Creator:
Wall, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cutting Mechanism for Display-Racks
Patent for a cutting mechanism for cutting various fabrics such as oilcloth and the like.
Date:
January 13, 1914
Creator:
Lanford, David L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History