AUTOMATIC WEIGHING-SCALE. (open access)

AUTOMATIC WEIGHING-SCALE.

Patent for an improved automatic scale that can weigh large measurements of crops, including illustrations.
Date: June 14, 1914
Creator: Carter, Edward D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrogenating Oils, Fats, and Fatty Acids, &c. (open access)

Hydrogenating Oils, Fats, and Fatty Acids, &c.

Patent for improvements made to a hydrogenator of saturated oils, including illustrations.
Date: June 23, 1914
Creator: Humphreys, Jerome N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Composition for Removing Coatings (open access)

Composition for Removing Coatings

Patent for a coating remover, made by mixing an alkali, an oxidizing agent, a solvent, and another chemical to prevent water evaporation.
Date: June 30, 1914
Creator: Humphreys, Jerome Nichols; Smith, Walter K. & Oliger, J. D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Disinfecting Apparatus (open access)

Disinfecting Apparatus

Patent for an improved bottle for the purposes of carefully applying disinfecting fluid. The patent describes and illustrates a bottle that can be sold as-is, with an apparatus that releases the liquid drop by drop to prevent waste.
Date: June 9, 1914
Creator: Peck, Walter H. & Alford, L. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Telephone Equipment. (open access)

Telephone Equipment.

Patent for telephone equipment. The invention provides an easy to use attachment for automatic phones that illuminates the dial and only turns on while it is in use to facilitate the use of telephones in the dark.
Date: June 16, 1914
Creator: Haralson, William Major & Pilkington, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Collar. (open access)

Horse-Collar.

Patent for a horse collar that maximizes strength and minimizes material by addition of a joint.
Date: June 27, 1914
Creator: Schoellkopf, Jacob F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump or Motor (open access)

Pump or Motor

Patent for "certain improvements in that type of mechanism adapted for use in propelling or compressing fluids or in deriving power from the energy of a moving of expanding fluid...a type of device adapted for use as a pump a motor, a compressor or an engine..." (lines 8-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 23, 1914
Creator: Reaugh, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Game Apparatus. (open access)

Game Apparatus.

Patent for a new game apparatus that can be playing indoors or outdoors and made in both large and small sizes "in which the elements, of chance, skill, and endurance constitute important factors in the successful playing of said game." (lines 10-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 2, 1914
Creator: Schuler, Joseph & Overbeck, Harry A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Disappearing Coffin Panel (open access)

Disappearing Coffin Panel

Patent for improvements to disappearing coffin panels. This invention allows coffin interiors to be inspected without taking the coffin lid off. These disappearing coffin lids will not change the ornamental appearance of the coffin lid.
Date: June 9, 1914
Creator: Fisher, Alfred
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Seed Linter (open access)

Cotton Seed Linter

Patent for "improvements in cotton-seed linters" (Lines 5-6) for improving efficiency of "separating the the lint from motes and other dirt and trash" (lines 15-16) including illustrations.
Date: June 30, 1914
Creator: Vardell, Arthur A.
System: The Portal to Texas History