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Automobile-Headlight
Patent for an automobile headlight to be attached to the front of the vehicle, that automatically turns to the side whenever the vehicle changes its course so that the pathway directly ahead is lighted for increased safety in the automobile's course.
Date:
February 8, 1916
Creator:
Old, William B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Sweep
Patent for cart attachment for cultivating cotton. Made to "scrap and cultivate the earth in close proximity to plants and roll the earth over upon the roots of plants." (17-22)
Date:
February 8, 1916
Creator:
Young, Jacob Clemmons
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door-Securer
Patent for a portable device that can produce a secure room by securing the door.
Date:
February 8, 1916
Creator:
Simmons, Jesse W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricating Device
Patent for lubricating device which is a dispenser for liquids or semi liquids to come out of.
Date:
February 8, 1916
Creator:
Aycock, Nathaniel. M
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Crushing Cotton-Bolls
Patent for a tool to improve cotton processing machines.
Date:
February 8, 1916
Creator:
Reynolds, Richard J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Manufacture of Vinegar.
Patent for the specifications for manufacturing a certain vinegar using melons.
Date:
February 8, 1916
Creator:
Page, James Benton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic-Cushion Support for Automobile-Bodies.
Patent for "an improved pneumatic cushion support between the body of the automobile or other vehicle and the running gear [...] to not only produce a device for neutralizing or overcoming the recoil or rebound, but to provide a pneumatic or compressed air support for the body" " (lines 14-21), including illustrations.
Date:
February 8, 1916
Creator:
Sullivan, Joseph M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Scissors Hanger
Patent for scissors hangers for sales people in stores that provides a pair of hooks that is "depending from a shank and connected by an arched guard strip" (lines 15-16) that forms a scissors holding element. The scissors hanger will also have a plate metal body that allows the hanger to be attached to the clothing of the wearer.
Date:
February 8, 1916
Creator:
Walker, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shade-Roller
Patent for an improved curtain device that allows for curtains to be stored and rolled out without being damaged.
Date:
February 8, 1916
Creator:
Lane, David Addison
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Speed-Recording Instrument
Patent for a speed reader that can measure the speed of a vehicle with the functions of both indicator and clock to record any unauthorized usage during the day
Date:
February 8, 1916
Creator:
Austin, Albert A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Raising Journal-Boxes.
Patent for raising journal-boxes on a railroad car to easily renew the brasses or do other necessary tasks.
Date:
June 8, 1916
Creator:
Hathaway, Charles B. & Elliott, Claud B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Belt Elevator and Conveyer.
Patent for bucket conveyers to maximize the frictional engagement between the transverse curvature of the inner surface of the belt and the periphery of the pulley.
Date:
August 8, 1916
Creator:
Marston, Frederick
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition of Matter to be Used for the Welding and Soldering of Different Articles Constructed of Aluminum Only.
Patent for a composition of aluminum, lead, block tin, zinc, commercial bismuth, and antimony for welding or soldering aluminum materials.
Date:
August 8, 1916
Creator:
Weatherford, Robert Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Figure Velocipede.
Patent for new figure velocipede which when propelled, resembles a galloping horse.
Date:
August 8, 1916
Creator:
Houghland, Howard J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Frame Construction for Bicycles, Motor-cycles, and the like.
Patent for a spring connection in the motorcycle frame that will work as necessary while providing a cleaner and more appealing appearance.
Date:
August 8, 1916
Creator:
White, Edward Young
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fruit Gatherer.
Patent for a fruit gatherer whereby fruit is picked without injury to fruit or tree.
Date:
August 8, 1916
Creator:
White, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid - Dispensing Apparatus.
Patent for invention of liquid dispensing especially kerosene and gasoline. For this the air for feeding pressure is manually supplied.
Date:
August 8, 1916
Creator:
Hamilton, Coy. E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method for Converting Higher-Boiling Petroleum Hydrocarbons into Lower-Boiling Petroleum Hydrocarbons
Patent for converting higher-boiling hydrocarbons into naphtha or gasolene with a suitable agent to a temperature not substantially above the end-boiling-point of naphtha.
Date:
August 8, 1916
Creator:
Gray, George William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method for Converting Higher-Boiling Petroleum Hydrocarbons into Lower-Boiling Petroleum Hydrocarbons
Patent for novel processes of converting higher-boiling petroleum hydrocarbons of complex molecules into lower-boiling petroleum hydrocarbons of simpler molecules. This converts higher-boiling hydrocarbons into naphtha or gasoline.
Date:
August 8, 1916
Creator:
Gray, George William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Packing-Box.
Patent for packing-boxes to improve and simplify devices such as plunger pumps, piston rods, and valve stems.
Date:
August 8, 1916
Creator:
Snell, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Harvester
Patent for peanut-harvester to plow vines from the ground and feed them into the rear of the machine to catch the peanuts that drop from the vines. This more easily separates the peanuts from the other foreign matter.
Date:
August 8, 1916
Creator:
Winters, John William & Winters, Calvin C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Soap Dish
Patent for "improvements in sanitary soap dishes, and the object of my invention is to construct a novel means wherein soap may be kept dry after using." (lines 11-14) including instruction and illustration.
Date:
August 8, 1916
Creator:
Tijou, Lincoln
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Traction-Engine.
Patent for traction engines used in farms that will make it easier to construct, make it less heavy, and cheaper to build.
Date:
August 8, 1916
Creator:
Roberts, Adrian J. & Wright, Wayne C., Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trunk.
Patent for traveling trunk "in which all the conveniences of home are embodied. The trunk is especially adapted to the use of tourists remaining abroad for a great length of time" (lines 13-17) and includes spaces for books, clothes, hats, a writing desk, special locking mechanisms, and other features.
Date:
August 8, 1916
Creator:
Traweek, Katie L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History