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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
Bale-Tie Buckle
Patent for a bale-tie buckle which can be fastened quickly. The bale-tie buckle "can be economically manufactured," is "capable of resisting enormous pressure," and "can be quickly and easily placed on the bands or ties."
Date:
January 5, 1915
Creator:
Horsley, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adding-Machine
Patent for improvements to adding machines, which is key-operated and includes a vertically disposed shaft and a means to actuate the sliding plate.
Date:
January 5, 1915
Creator:
Gatewood, William F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bag-Mouth-Spreading Device
Patent for a device which holds open the mouth of a bag or sack so that it can be easily filled. The device works with bags hung on a post or with bags hung from the shoulder, as a cotton picker's sack.
Date:
January 5, 1915
Creator:
Willoughby, Alfred Pervis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ax-Sharpener
Patent for an ax sharpener that can be attached to and removed from an ax head.
Date:
January 5, 1915
Creator:
Wilson, Friend A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll Breaking Machine.
Patent for new and useful improvements in Boll-Breaking machines.
Date:
January 5, 1915
Creator:
Bradford, McDuffee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
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
Low-Water Alarm For Boilers
Patent for "improvements in low water alarms for steam boilers and more particularly to those which are operated by the heat from the steam in the boiler, after the water therein has fallen below a predetermined danger point" (lines 15-20).
Date:
January 5, 1915
Creator:
Anderson, Williamson D. & Shearer, Edward J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transmission Gear Shifting Device.
Patent for a new transmission gear shifting device will "provide means for shifting the transmission parts of an automobile or other motor driven vehicle, without employing the usual hand levers and appliances, and to do so by means of electrically controlled operating mechanisms in combination with certain component parts." (Lines 12-18) including illustrations.
Date:
January 5, 1915
Creator:
De Witt, G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Automatic Brake-Setting Mechanism for Pneumatic Brakes.
Patent for improvements in pneumatic brakes with simple construction for higher efficiency in trains including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 5, 1915
Creator:
Weldon, Robert J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Choppers.
Patent for "a device that will chop cotton mechanically" (line 10-11) and require less labor including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 5, 1915
Creator:
Crum, Martin A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Clasps.
Patent for improvement in clasps "especially adapted for garment supporting" (lines 9-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 5, 1915
Creator:
Stafford, Beverly F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Process of Hyrdogenating Fats, Oils and Waxes
Patent for introducing hydrogen and a catalyst in order to convert oils, fats, and waxes into substances of higher melting points.
Date:
January 5, 1915
Creator:
Walker, Thomas Bailey
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Grading Device for Seed.
Patent for a new and improved grading device for seed.
Date:
January 5, 1915
Creator:
Leach, William Logan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Garden-Hose Holder
Patent for a garden hose holder that "will support the nozzle or discharge end of a garden hose" at adjustable heights and directions. The patent allows for the "stream of water [to be] directed from the hose in any desired direction and at any angle relative to the ground."
Date:
January 5, 1915
Creator:
Leslie, Lee B. & Feuerbacher, Max E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Single-Disk Drill
Patent for a single disk drill for drilling into soft materials ("gumbo, shale, hard clay, and soft rock") without clogging.
Date:
January 5, 1915
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Improvement in Cotton Pickers.
Patent for improvements in cotton pickers which require less labor than manual efforts.
Date:
January 5, 1915
Creator:
Scheble, Eugene S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Boring-Drill.
Patent for new and useful improvement for rotary boring-drills that are used for drilling wells.
Date:
January 5, 1915
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
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