Case for Motion-Picture Films (open access)

Case for Motion-Picture Films

Patent for a case for motion picture films that protects the film from damage when rewinding or transferring from one reel to another. The case also ensures that the film will be wound uniformly.
Date: October 5, 1915
Creator: McNeel, William Pinkney
System: The Portal to Texas History
Variable-Speed-Transmission Gearing. (open access)

Variable-Speed-Transmission Gearing.

Patent for an improved transmission gearing that provides "variable speed transmission gearing" (line 10) which allows for different forward and reverse speeds, including illustrations. The variable speed transmission gearing is designed primarily for automobiles and motor vehicles.
Date: October 5, 1915
Creator: Maschek, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lock-Nut. (open access)

Lock-Nut.

Patent for a new and improved lock nut design, including illustrations, that efficiently and reliably "locks the nut against rotation upon the bolt" (lines 14-15).
Date: October 5, 1915
Creator: Mitchell, Thomas T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pliers (open access)

Pliers

Patent for pliers. The invention relates to improvements of the pliers, primarily adapted for use by linemen in securing an electric conducting wire upon an insulator, splicing the wire or stretching the same. The construction is to produce a pair of pliers which are simple in construction, cheap to manufacture and which will perform the functions of several ordinary tools.
Date: October 5, 1915
Creator: Bryce, William D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stock Food (open access)

Stock Food

Patent for a food stock product for cows, sheep, goats and other herbivore farm animals.
Date: October 5, 1915
Creator: Walker, Thomas Bailey
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shock-Former Attachment for Binders. (open access)

Shock-Former Attachment for Binders.

Patent for an improved attachment for binders "which will hold a number of bundles of grain and which will then deposit the bundles of grain in a field in a set-up position, thus forming a shock (lines 10-14).
Date: October 5, 1915
Creator: Miller, Jack E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Slime Pulp Thickener. (open access)

Slime Pulp Thickener.

Patent for a "device for thickening slime or pulp, and particularly pertains to a structure similar to that disclosed in my co-pending application entitled "Slime pulp thickener," serial number 173,785, filed June 9, 1917, and of which the present application is a division" (lines 8-14). Additionally, described as a device that automatically releases thickened pulp when proper density is achieved.
Date: October 5, 1918
Creator: Allen, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pin-Fastener. (open access)

Pin-Fastener.

Patent for pin fastener that safely allows for buttons, jewelry and other items to attached to clothes and not pierce the wearer.
Date: October 5, 1915
Creator: Towler, Mary E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Power-Transmitting Mechanism for Pumps. (open access)

Power-Transmitting Mechanism for Pumps.

Patent for improvements in a pump operating mechanism which operates "long stroke, double-acting pumps" (lines 12-13). The mechanism is designed to expend little power, and includes illustrations.
Date: October 5, 1915
Creator: Fulford, Marcus F.
System: The Portal to Texas History