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Cotton Ball Harvester
Patent for improvements in cotton ball harvesters. The invention "relates to harvesting machinery, and has special reference to a cotton harvester designed to remove the cotton balls from plants," (lines 10-14).
Date:
August 4, 1914
Creator:
Monk, R. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Door and Gate Stop.
Patent for an improved stop for doors and gates, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 25, 1914
Creator:
Ford, John Owen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Fender.
Patent for a car fender "adapted to be fitted to an extremity of a street car, and adapted to undergo an automatic swinging motion when an obstacle is encountered, which motion will tend to sweep the obstacle from the track of the car" (lines 10-15). The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 25, 1914
Creator:
Russell, William D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Rule, Square, and Miter.
Patent for a combination of devices that contains "attachments for folding rules which will make said rules capable of use as a square, tri-square, and miter" (lines 15-17), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 4, 1914
Creator:
McFarland, Charles M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Front Rigging for Riding-Saddles.
Patent for a rigging that is especially adapted for a swell fork tree, including illustrations.
Date:
August 11, 1914
Creator:
Graves, George Washington
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Machine.
Patent for a well-drilling machine with "novel and improved means for manipulating and actuating the drill cable" (lines 11-12), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 4, 1914
Creator:
Slaughter, George W., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Number-Displaying Device.
Patent for illuminated signs which illuminate number displaying devices for vehicles. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 18, 1914
Creator:
Jenner, George A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bit Brace.
Patent for a bit-brace with a crank arm which can be secured to the bit chuck and which has an adjustable hand, so the chuck may be rotated while the brace remains stationary.
Date:
August 18, 1914
Creator:
Hall, Samuel N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coverlet Holder
Patent for "new and useful coverlet holder, and its object is to provide a device that will...support a coverlet or quilt at a slight elevation above a bed," (lines 8-11).
Date:
August 11, 1914
Creator:
Persson, G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanism for Rotating a Locomotive-Headlight.
Patent for a "manually operated mechanism that will enable a locomotive engineer to rock the headlight about a pivotal access without leaving his cab" (lines 12-15), including illustrations.
Date:
August 18, 1914
Creator:
Teter, William E. & Gray, Charles B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Headlight For Vehicles.
Patent for a vertically moving headlight so that the driver can aim light toward the direction in which they are traveling. The headlight is meant to be durable and easy to build.
Date:
August 4, 1914
Creator:
Gray, Charles B. & Teter, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Harvester.
Patent for a cotton harvesting machine, that is portable and contains a function to transfer cotton "from the picking spindles to a receptacle carried on the machine" (lines 29-30), including illustrations.
Date:
August 11, 1914
Creator:
Lovejoy, Daniel B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burglar-Alarm.
Patent for a portable device that can be hung on a door knob and sound an alarm when the knob is turned, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 18, 1914
Creator:
Dick, Archie P., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Tongs
Patent for adjustable blacksmiths tongs for handling different size objects.
Date:
August 4, 1914
Creator:
Beyer, Albert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tank-Bottom Holder.
Patent for a tank bottom holder that allows a tank bottom to be "securely and accurately maintained in proper cooperative relation to the edge turning tool and readily manipulated in the required manner" (lines 13-17). That tank bottom holder can be adjusted to fit a variety of tank bottom sizes, and the patent includes illustrations and instructions.
Date:
August 11, 1914
Creator:
Smith, Walter O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picker.
Patent for a cotton picker with a power-driven vacuum for picking cotton and delivering it to a receptacle, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 18, 1914
Creator:
Cunningham, Matthew G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weighing Attachment for Ice-Tongs.
Patent for a device designed so that "the weight of the ice may be determined while the ice is engaged by the tongs" (lines 12-14). The weighing device can be safely attached to the tongs, and the patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 18, 1914
Creator:
Henderson, Douglas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil-Pulverizer.
Patent for a soil-pulverizer with an efficient, revolving drum. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 18, 1914
Creator:
Briles, James Monroe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Can Fastener for Ice Plants.
Patent for an ice-can fastener that can be easily opened and closed, allowing water to freeze quickly in the can. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 11, 1914
Creator:
Drake, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricating Device
Patent for Lubricating Device and it uses.
Date:
August 12, 1914
Creator:
Clayton, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Internal-Combustion Steam-Generator
Patent for Internal-Combustion Steam-Generator and it uses.
Date:
August 11, 1914
Creator:
Sands, George H. Sands
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a chain wrench "in which both of the jaws are similar and interchangeable and provided with additional sets of teeth whereby the life of the jaws is increased" (lines 12-16) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 18, 1914
Creator:
Hall, Samuel N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Involuting Drawing Instrument
Patent for drawing instrument intended for drawing involuting curves. Includes illustration and instructions.
Date:
August 11, 1914
Creator:
McCaskill, Oscar E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Toggle and Clip Combination.
Patent for improvement in toggle and clip combinations, specifically simplicity and economy in construction, convenience, and efficiency in use.
Date:
August 11, 1914
Creator:
Schoellkopf, Jacob Frederick
System:
The Portal to Texas History