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Tray-Holding Attachment for Bedsteads (open access)

Tray-Holding Attachment for Bedsteads

Patent for an attachment for a bedstead in order to hold a tray. The invention allows a tray, or trays, to be held over a bed to hold food, drink, or other items closer to the occupant.
Date: October 27, 1914
Creator: Beechie, Simon Alfred
System: The Portal to Texas History
Leaf or Insert for Books (open access)

Leaf or Insert for Books

Patent for leaves and inserts in books and other paper documents. It is meant to "provide a printed sheet embodying certain novel features arranged so that it may be found in a book or catalogue as a leaf or page thereof or placed therein as an insert." (Lines 12-16)
Date: October 27, 1914
Creator: Seligson, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Shelf Bracket (open access)

Adjustable Shelf Bracket

Patent for a new shelf bracket "which is angularly adjustable, and has for its object the provision of a novel shelf bracket which is adapted to be secured upon a ladder, table, post, or other place, and which may be angularly adjusted so as to form means for supporting articles in a horizontal position." (Lines 14-19) including illustrations and instructions.
Date: October 27, 1914
Creator: Selstad, Ingvald E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Point and Bolt for Belts. (open access)

Combined Point and Bolt for Belts.

Patent for an invention provides means for securing bolts to elevator belts.
Date: October 27, 1914
Creator: Guffee, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve Lifter (open access)

Valve Lifter

Patent for an appliance which is for jacking up the valve spring of an internal combustion engine when it is needed to remove the valve for any purpose.
Date: October 27, 1914
Creator: Glasscock, Oscar T. & Phillips, William F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Irrigation-Pipe. (open access)

Irrigation-Pipe.

Patent for an invention relates to an improved irrigation pipe which is to be used in connection with a sub-irrigation system.
Date: October 27, 1914
Creator: Cooke, Joe R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Making Lard Substitute (open access)

Process of Making Lard Substitute

Patent for process of making lard substitute. "This invention relates to processes of producing culinary fats and has particular reference to a new and useful process of producing a lard substitute from cotton seed oil." (lines 9-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 27, 1914
Creator: Chisholm, Jesse C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Step-By-Step Elevator. (open access)

Step-By-Step Elevator.

Patent for an invention relates to a new and useful step-by-step elevator. Its object is broadly stated to provide means for ascending or descending from one of a building to another.
Date: October 27, 1914
Creator: Barrett, Eli B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Straight-Edge (open access)

Straight-Edge

Patent for straight edge especially adapted for paper hangers' use, including illustrations.
Date: October 27, 1914
Creator: Penn, George William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Meter for Type-Writers. (open access)

Meter for Type-Writers.

Patent for the meter of the type-writer. It is to improve the meter of the type-writer. The meter enhances the mechanics of the inside of the typewriter, in particular how the push of a certain key reacts to another.
Date: October 27, 1914
Creator: Winters, W. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process and Apparatus for Sizing or Classifying Comminuted Materials (open access)

Process and Apparatus for Sizing or Classifying Comminuted Materials

Patent for sizing or classifying comminuted material, and to provide a new means for vibrating the endless belt or deck in order to impart the particles by gravity.
Date: October 27, 1914
Creator: Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
System: The Portal to Texas History