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Air-Brake (open access)

Air-Brake

Patent for an air brake with instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 24, 1914
Creator: Wolf, Gustav B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Paper Holder and Display Device (open access)

Combination Paper Holder and Display Device

Patent for a combination paper holder and display device, that holds paper towels and toilet paper and also has a display device to view.
Date: November 24, 1914
Creator: Dalton, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Caster-Wheel (open access)

Caster-Wheel

Patent for a new and useful caster wheel with illustrations.
Date: November 24, 1914
Creator: Pepple, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Hose-Coupling (open access)

Automatic Hose-Coupling

Patent for an automatic hose coupling with instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 24, 1914
Creator: Herr, Herbert C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Button Display Attachment for Boxes (open access)

Button Display Attachment for Boxes

Patent for a button display to provide means to secure to any enclosing display to secure buttons.
Date: November 24, 1914
Creator: Spivy, Reid B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bridge-Truss. (open access)

Bridge-Truss.

Patent for an invention, which relates to a new and useful truss, particularly intended for bridges but applicable also for use in various other structures.
Date: November 24, 1914
Creator: Beard, Eddie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Slime-Separator. (open access)

Slime-Separator.

Patent for a slime-separator "to provide means for automatically regulating the separate water flow, and discharging the solid proportionally with the settling of the solids in the receptacle" (lines 44-47). The patent includes illustrations and instructions.
Date: November 24, 1914
Creator: Allen, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Curtain-Stretcher. (open access)

Curtain-Stretcher.

Patent for a curtain stretcher where the parts can be disconnected and readily assembled to accommodate curtains of various types. It permits stretching without screwing curtains or disengaging them from the clamps. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 24, 1914
Creator: Hiegel, Eugene J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fruit-Drier. (open access)

Fruit-Drier.

Patent for a fruit drier that includes "a series of hinged trays adapted to be folded into small compact form." (lines 11-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 24, 1914
Creator: Reid, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Frame for Sewing-Machines. (open access)

Quilting-Frame for Sewing-Machines.

Patent for an attachment that can be connected to a sewing machine to facilitate quilting.
Date: March 24, 1914
Creator: Click, Washington B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Kitchen-Cabinet (open access)

Kitchen-Cabinet

Patent for a built-in organization system for kitchen cabinets, including illustrations.
Date: February 24, 1914
Creator: Rosser, Virgil O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Screen (open access)

Well-Screen

Patent for a modification to Mr. Layne's previous Patent No. 1,062,717, including illustrations.
Date: February 24, 1914
Creator: Layne, Mahlon E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Latch (open access)

Latch

Patent for improvements to latches for swinging gates and doors and provide a method of opening the latch from either side of the gate.
Date: November 24, 1914
Creator: Hilder, Volny R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lister Plow and Planter. (open access)

Lister Plow and Planter.

Patent for lister plows and planters that will allow "for cleaning the ground at the same time that the ground is plowed and the seed planted" (lines 12-14).
Date: February 24, 1914
Creator: Bigham, James O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump. (open access)

Pump.

Patent for a pump, designed to increase the flow of water without increasing the length of the stroke or the numbers of strokes of the plunger rod. The pump lifts water by force and suction simultaneously.
Date: February 24, 1914
Creator: Muncy, David J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump Cylinder (open access)

Pump Cylinder

Patent for a removable liner for a pump cylinder bore, including illustrations.
Date: February 24, 1914
Creator: Black, Lee J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Marine Propulsion (open access)

Marine Propulsion

Patent for a new propelling device attached to a marine vessel, including illustrations.
Date: March 24, 1914
Creator: Beeson, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter. (open access)

Stalk-Cutter.

Patent for stalk cutter that breaks the stalks close to the ground, featuring a lever that enables cutter height adjustments to facilitate the breaking of stalks. This stalk cutter has no cutting edges and will not dull over time.
Date: February 24, 1914
Creator: Blakely, Phylander.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Suit-Box. (open access)

Suit-Box.

Patent for a pasteboard box with flexible binding that can be used for carrying suits.
Date: March 24, 1914
Creator: Moses, Jacob B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Subsoiler. (open access)

Subsoiler.

Patent for improvements to subsoilers "to provide a subsoiler which has a plurality of pivoted points which will merely loosen the under soil so that same may retain a large amount of moisture, and will not turn the under soil over" (lines 10-15).
Date: March 24, 1914
Creator: Aydlott, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring-wheel for Vehicles. (open access)

Spring-wheel for Vehicles.

Patent for an improved wheel with "spring cushioning devices between the sections for insuring easy running of the vehicle by the spring devices absorbing shocks" (lines 11-14).
Date: February 24, 1914
Creator: Luttrell, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring Wheel (open access)

Spring Wheel

Patent for a spring wheel design that will "effectually resist both the vertical and lateral stresses to which the wheel is subjected when in use" (lines 11-13), including illustrations.
Date: February 24, 1914
Creator: Mathiesen, Marius
System: The Portal to Texas History
Envelop-Lock (open access)

Envelop-Lock

Patent for an Envelop-Lock, which "appertains to a sealing or locking device for envelops and other containers, and aims to provide a novel and improved means for locking or sealing the closure flap of an envelop, whereby the envelop cannot be opened without tearing or mutilating the same, so as to be apparent to the recipient of the envelop." (lines 8-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 24, 1914
Creator: Buckner, Charles C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feed-Trough (open access)

Feed-Trough

Patent for feed trough. This is an improvement to the feed trough which already exists. This trough is "cylindrical in form" and allows for easier and cleaner access for those tending to the animals.
Date: November 24, 1914
Creator: Fechner, Albert H.
System: The Portal to Texas History