Automatic Train-Stop. (open access)

Automatic Train-Stop.

Patent for mechanism to automatically sound alarm and shut off steam when a train passes a danger point.
Date: December 21, 1915
Creator: Bulla, Melbern Bernie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transmission Gearing. (open access)

Transmission Gearing.

Patent for transmission gearing which is the gearing inside of the transmission.
Date: December 21, 1915
Creator: Halze,Edwin J
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Station Device (open access)

Mail-Station Device

Patent for a mailbox in rural areas for outgoing and incoming mail to be placed in a convenient manner in a designated area. The mailbox will also have individual receptacles for individual persons to access with their designated key.
Date: December 21, 1915
Creator: Gibson, Joe
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Starter for Internal Combustion Engines. (open access)

Mechanical Starter for Internal Combustion Engines.

The patent is to rotate the crankshaft of the engine by new and novel mechanical that means the simplified and improved construction for the target of starting the motor.
Date: December 21, 1915
Creator: Leach, William W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tier. (open access)

Tier.

Patent for a retractable and reusable package tie device for packages.
Date: December 21, 1915
Creator: Clary, Irvin W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Engine-Canopy for Motor-Vehicles. (open access)

Engine-Canopy for Motor-Vehicles.

Patent for an improved and cheaper engine canopy for motor vehicles, that "may be applied to any conventional auto-mobile without the necessity of structural change" (lines 20-22) including illustrations and instructions.
Date: December 21, 1915
Creator: Preston, Frank W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Silo. (open access)

Silo.

Patent for new and various improvements in silos, the goal of which is to provide an invention that is "strong, durable, efficient and simple, and comparatively inexpensive to produce"(lines 23-25) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 21, 1915
Creator: Moad, John S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Silo-Anchor. (open access)

Silo-Anchor.

Patent for an anchor designed to be employed for guying, reinforcing, and sustaining an upright structure or silo.
Date: December 21, 1915
Creator: Small, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment (open access)

Cultivator Attachment

Patent for a cultivator attachment "of a plurality of cutter blades which are adapted to be adjustably secured to the supporting frame of a cultivator in such a manner as to efficiently cut the weeds and dig into the soil without injuring the plants which may pass therebetween" (lines 12-17), including illustrations.
Date: December 21, 1915
Creator: Doak, Clifton
System: The Portal to Texas History