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Train-Stopping Apparatus (open access)

Train-Stopping Apparatus

Patent for the improvement of train stopping apparatuses, includes illustration.
Date: December 7, 1915
Creator: Bock, Victor E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner (open access)

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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Table. (open access)

Table.

Patent for improvements on table supports that enable the table to be adjusted to a raised position.
Date: December 7, 1915
Creator: Carrell, Fitchhulee & Moreau, William W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Motor-Cycle Frame (open access)

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
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock. (open access)

Nut-Lock.

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Nut-Locks" (lines 5-6). "This invention relates to improvements in nut locks. The principal object of the invention is to provide a novel and efficient device for locking a nut on the end of an axle shaft or the like" (lines 12-17).
Date: December 7, 1915
Creator: Best, Eben
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety Door or Gate Latch. (open access)

Safety Door or Gate Latch.

Patent for a simple and efficient latch that secures doors and gates in place.
Date: December 7, 1915
Creator: Ford, John O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sprinkler (open access)

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
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Expansion Reamer (open access)

Expansion Reamer

Patent for expansion reamer provides scope for a better and improved expansion reamer.
Date: September 7, 1915
Creator: Scheuber, William F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Devine News (Devine, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 7, 1915 (open access)

The Devine News (Devine, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 7, 1915

Weekly newspaper from Devine, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 7, 1915
Creator: W. L. DuBose & Sons
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Devine News (Devine, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 7, 1915 (open access)

The Devine News (Devine, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 7, 1915

Weekly newspaper from Devine, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 7, 1915
Creator: W. L. DuBose & Sons
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Clamp. (open access)

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
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gage for Liquid-Containers. (open access)

Gage for Liquid-Containers.

Patent for "new and useful improvements Gages for Liquid-Containers, of which the following is a specification" (lines 5-8). "This invention relates to new and useful improvements in gages and more particularly to a gage for receptacles containing liquids and the primary object is to provide a device of this character particularly adapted for use in connection with gasolene and oil tanks of automobiles" (lines 10-16).
Date: December 7, 1915
Creator: Reece, Eli Denton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plane for Aeroplanes. (open access)

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
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Beggs Independent (Beggs, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, May 7, 1915 (open access)

The Beggs Independent (Beggs, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, May 7, 1915

Weekly newspaper from Beggs, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 7, 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cotton-Separator (open access)

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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Arapaho Bee. (Arapaho, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, May 7, 1915 (open access)

The Arapaho Bee. (Arapaho, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, May 7, 1915

Weekly newspaper from Arapaho, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 7, 1915
Creator: Lawton, Jesse Wilber
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Amarillo Daily News (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 107, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 7, 1915 (open access)

Amarillo Daily News (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 107, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 7, 1915

Daily newspaper from Amarillo, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 7, 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Holder. (open access)

Sash-Holder.

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Sash-Holders" (lines 5-6). "My invention relates to sash holders... and the object of my invention is to so change the construction of said patented sash holder as to simplify, cheapen and otherwise improve the same" (lines 13-19).
Date: December 7, 1915
Creator: Hart, Joel T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Cotton-Choppers, of which the following is a specification. This invention relates to cotton choppers and the primary object of the invention is to provide a cotton chopper which may be mounted upon any cultivator frame and which will operate easily and efficiently to thin out standing cotton or other plants which are growing in rows" (lines 5-15).
Date: December 7, 1915
Creator: Jones, Martin A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Amarillo Daily News (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 56, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 7, 1915 (open access)

Amarillo Daily News (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 56, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 7, 1915

Daily newspaper from Amarillo, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 7, 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Amarillo Daily News (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 83, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 7, 1915 (open access)

Amarillo Daily News (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 83, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 7, 1915

Daily newspaper from Amarillo, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: February 7, 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History