Ant-Trap (open access)

Ant-Trap

Patent for a trap for ants and other burrowing insects which works at the site of the ant-hill or burrow.
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: Cox, Samuel L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plate Retaining Device (open access)

Plate Retaining Device

Patent for a license plate holder for automobiles.
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: Stafford, Frederick
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coop. (open access)

Coop.

Patent for a coop to ship poultry and similar animals. Slidable slats and bars allow for food and water access.
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: Ferguson, Charles W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Replacer (open access)

Car-Replacer

Patent for improved replacers for derailed railroad cars, complete with illustrations.
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: Duval, Allen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Mowers (open access)

Attachment for Mowers

Patent for a dividing and feeding mower attachment to guide grain into the cutters of the mowers in an upright position.
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: Mosely, Jimmie E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vise and Saw-Clamp (open access)

Vise and Saw-Clamp

Patent for improvements to vise and saw clamps complete with illustration.
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: King, William T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter (open access)

Stalk-Cutter

Patent for an improved stalk cutter that are in connection with plows and other similar machinery to improve their efficiency.
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: Currie, Joseph S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hinged Connection (open access)

Hinged Connection

Patent for a simply designed, durable, and inexpensively produced hinged connection between any swinging item (i.e., door) and non-swinging item (i.e., door jam).
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: Coleman, Paul H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soldering-Iron (open access)

Soldering-Iron

Patent for a soldering-iron, which is used to feed a "molten solder directly to the point of the iron," and to keep the flow steady.
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: Rodger, Don E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Engine-Starting Device (open access)

Engine-Starting Device

Patent for engine starting device to prevent back-fires when cranking, complete with illustrations.
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: Kneezell, Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Self-Soaping Washboard. (open access)

Self-Soaping Washboard.

Patent for self-soaping washboards to reduce the amount of soap wasted.
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: Kennedy, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flushing Device (open access)

Flushing Device

Patent for a flushing mechanism for water-closets (toilets) which operates in concert with the lifting and lowering of the seat.
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: Kreter, Otto F. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Farm-Gate (open access)

Farm-Gate

Patent for a farm gate that is easy to manufacture and assemble.
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: Cardwell, Charles E. & Jenkins, R. E. Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Garbage-Can (open access)

Garbage-Can

Patent for a garbage receptacle, water proof in nature, to be used in outside places. A removable container allows for the prevention of tampering and a foot operated mechanism allows it to be efficient to utilize.
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: Jones, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piano-Action (open access)

Piano-Action

Patent for a "piano-action," which is used to control the rebound of the hammer and also includes a back stop, back check, bridle check and other supporting members.
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: Mayor, Enoch A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Attachment (open access)

Rotary Attachment

Patent for an attachment for rotary well drilling machinery meant to "provide means for automatically gripping a pipe when being raised to prevent such pipe from slipping back while the lifting tools are being lowered for such lifting" (lines 13-17)
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: Johnston, Horace G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picking Machine (open access)

Cotton-Picking Machine

Patent for improvements to a cotton picking machine complete with illustrations
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: Meier, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper (open access)

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for improvements to cotton-choppers inculding illustrations.
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: Hamilton, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History