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Car-Door.
Patent for a sliding car door and the frame that allows its sliding mechanism to work.
Date:
September 7, 1915
Creator:
Sneddon, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane
Patent for an aeroplane. The invention is designed to vary the curvature of the plane from front to rear and by this means the plane may be so adjusted as to reduce the "head resistance" to a minimum. The invention is also trying to find the suitable means for manipulating the adjustable sections whereby the movable sections. This invention aims to provide a machine that is strong, durable, efficient, and comparatively simple to construct.
Date:
September 7, 1915
Creator:
McCarroll, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adding-Machine
Patent for an adding machine that is simple and can be manufactured at a small cost.
Date:
September 7, 1915
Creator:
McCaleb, Walter F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Caustic-Soda Process.
Patent for mixing anhydrous sodium-sulfate with saw dust, heating the mixture in a furnace to 880 degrees Celsius and letting it partially cool. This process will convert the sodium-sulfate to sodium sulfide which when combined with the saw dust creates a liquid which will not oxidize because of the saw dust. The saw dust prevents the mixture from becoming volatile. When lime is added to the mixture then caustic soda is created.
Date:
September 7, 1915
Creator:
Hirt, Jules Hector
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn Dasher
Patent for a device used to make butter by churning cream.
Date:
September 7, 1916
Creator:
Davis, Thomas C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Signal
Patent for a vehicle signal. Intent of signal is to improve visibility of rear vehicle turn signals.
Date:
September 7, 1916
Creator:
Reynolds, Rohde
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water Tank and Filter.
Patent for water tank and filter that is cost effective for filtering rainwater or hydrant water. The water tank and filter are designed so that the filter can be removed or moved easily around the tank.
Date:
September 7, 1915
Creator:
Wilkerson, Charles J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner
Patent for a hydrocarbon burner. This hydrocarbon burner would embody a unique assemblage of component parts, whereby the liquid fuel is properly strained and vaporized, then air is admixed the the gaseous fuel or vapor. The mixture of air and vapor is discharged in a unique manner to support the flames. The construction is comparatively simple, compact and inexpensive in construction as well as being efficient and practical in operation.
Date:
September 7, 1915
Creator:
Von Hohenstein, Charles H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor-Cycle Frame
Patent for an improvement in motorcycle frames that enables the motor to hang in the frame so as not be injured from the jolting or jarring on a road.
Date:
September 7, 1915
Creator:
White, Edward Young
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sprinkler
Patent for lawn sprinkler that is simple, convenient and inexpensive device that can be easily and quickly attached to a garden hose and which the device has simple means for placing the same into operative or inoperative position.
Date:
September 7, 1915
Creator:
Houston, Hugh Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Expansion Reamer
Patent for expansion reamer provides scope for a better and improved expansion reamer.
Date:
September 7, 1915
Creator:
Scheuber, William F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Clamp.
Patent for a pipe grip that is formed out of two bars with two gripping surfaces forming two mechanical jaws.
Date:
September 7, 1915
Creator:
Brown, Milo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plane for Aeroplanes.
Patent for plane for airplanes that imitates bird flight (without added power) once an airplane has reached the desired altitude.
Date:
September 7, 1915
Creator:
McCarroll, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Separator
Patent for an apparatus for cleaning seed cotton and separating the dust and dirt therefrom prior to the ginning operation. The apparatus will have a perforated metal disk or wheel where cotton will readily slide off, instead of getting clogged. The separator wheel will have a smooth plane surface that will cause no injury to the cotton and the entire surface is freely exposed and unobstructed.
Date:
September 7, 1915
Creator:
Hughes, James Y.
System:
The Portal to Texas History