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Cooking Utensil. (open access)

Cooking Utensil.

Patent for a new and improved double boiler "used for continuous cooking for a long period, without replenishing the water supply" (lines 18-20) and to "improve the general efficiency of double boilers of the indicated character" (lines 22-23) including illustrations.
Date: April 4, 1916
Creator: Curran, William Ferris
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trunk-Strap. (open access)

Trunk-Strap.

Patent for an "efficient and inexpensive" (lines 13-14) trunk strap, including instructions and illustration. The strap is comprised of adjustable sections, the free ends of which hook into angular plates on the bottom of the trunk.
Date: March 28, 1916
Creator: Hall, James T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Knee Pad (open access)

Knee Pad

Patent for a knee protector design "which when worn will not inconvenience the wearer when standing or walking" (lines 10-12). Illustrations are included.
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Ashton, Epps
System: The Portal to Texas History
Puzzle (open access)

Puzzle

Patent for Puzzle
Date: November 28, 1916
Creator: Trull, Clarence A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Egg Testing Globe (open access)

Egg Testing Globe

Patent for egg tester, where you can place an egg into the globe and see if it is fertilized.
Date: December 5, 1916
Creator: Woolfolk, Paul E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stock-Crate. (open access)

Stock-Crate.

Patent for "an improved crate for catching, loading and handling hogs and the like stock" (lines 14-16)
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Winans, Myron L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow Attachment (open access)

Plow Attachment

Patent for plow attachment to a clevis and can be used in connection with the draft devices.
Date: November 14, 1916
Creator: Hamilton, Lemon W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Train-Pipe Coupling (open access)

Automatic Train-Pipe Coupling

Patent for a coupler adapted to be employed for operatively uniting the fluid pressure pipes of a pair of railway vehicles, when the vehicles are coupled up. The invention aims to improve the construction of the main pipe through the instrumentality of which the coupling operation is immediately effected, and to provide a means whereby the pipe is mounted in such a way as to have the necessary movemtns.
Date: January 11, 1916
Creator: Cobb, John Ollen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nutcracker (open access)

Nutcracker

Patent for Nutcracker
Date: October 17, 1916
Creator: Fort, Foster W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gasoline separator (open access)

Gasoline separator

Patent for Gasoline separator
Date: October 17, 1916
Creator: Cobb, John Olen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Alarm for Incubators (open access)

Alarm for Incubators

Patent for an alarm that sounds upon the temperature in an incubator either increasing or decreasing.
Date: November 21, 1916
Creator: Poore, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Lock. (open access)

Sash-Lock.

Patent for a sash lock that comprises two members that are secured together in a manner to hold the meeting rails in close contact.
Date: May 2, 1916
Creator: Huber, Frederick K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hose Coupling (open access)

Hose Coupling

Patent is for improved efficiency pipe couplers on railway cars.
Date: August 2, 1916
Creator: Krueger, F. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Furnace. (open access)

Furnace.

Patent for portable field furnaces, that also provide a heating chamber that can engage the walls of containers of various sizes.
Date: April 4, 1916
Creator: Winchell, Frederick A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Telpherage Apparatus (open access)

Telpherage Apparatus

Patent for Telpherage Apparatus
Date: December 5, 1916
Creator: Drinkard, Ithamar B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Truck (open access)

Truck

Patent for truck, or dolly, used in movement of packages.
Date: October 17, 1916
Creator: Hall, James T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric-Line-Apparatus Protector (open access)

Electric-Line-Apparatus Protector

Patent for electric-line-apparatus protector used to protect telephone and other electrical circuits from damaged caused by electricity. This is a simple and efficient device.
Date: July 25, 1916
Creator: Higgins, Peter K. & Parker, Frederick R.
System: The Portal to Texas History