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Attachment for Wagon-Bodies.
Patent for a device that augments a wagon body with additional customizable bars for storing and transporting animals or supplies, including illustrations.
Date:
July 13, 1913
Creator:
Richbourg, Ben G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Auxilary Transmission-Case Hanger.
Patent for auxiliary hanger for automobile transmission case. This particular device was designed for use with Ford automobiles, but can be used with other automobiles.
Date:
February 13, 1917
Creator:
Windsor, Samuel T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie Buckle.
Patent for bale-tie buckle improvement for tightly securing single length wire prior to pressure release around a cotton bale. Further bale-tie buckle improvements include sharper bends using flat or oval wire to further decrease slipping of wire.
Date:
March 13, 1917
Creator:
Frantz, Erza A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bag-Skid.
Patent for a device that will protect cotton pick-sacks against wear and tear when being dragged on the ground.
Date:
June 13, 1916
Creator:
Ullmann, Fannie M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Controlling Device for Water Heaters.
Patent for a device that controls the gas supply valve for water heaters. Patent includes illustrations and specifications.
Date:
June 13, 1916
Creator:
Cochran, Harry A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable and Detachable Bow for Spectacles.
Patent for a temple bow for spectacles which is secured to a lens frame and is adjustable to “accommodate the angle of vision of the wearer” (lines 89-90). The connection joints between the bow and lens frame allows adjustment without bending or twisting the bow, providing a more durable bow and frame.
Date:
January 13, 1914
Creator:
Blanchard, Edward.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plate Retaining Device
Patent for a license plate holder for automobiles.
Date:
April 13, 1915
Creator:
Stafford, Frederick
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Destroying Insects.
Patent for improvements to a device for exterminating insects, in particular corn weevils, including illustrations.
Date:
March 13, 1917
Creator:
Geeslin, Robert Worn
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Educational Chart, Drawing-Board, and Writing-Desk.
Patent for "a combined desk and blackboard" (line 68) that includes illustrations.
Date:
January 13, 1914
Creator:
Henderson, George A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Clasp.
Patent for a new clasp, or fastening device, that is less expensive to construct and easier to use, with illustration. The clasp is to be used for the varied purposes of "hair dressing, millinery, drapery, and dress-wear" (lines 78-79).
Date:
June 13, 1916
Creator:
Fridolph, Anna S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Check-Protector.
Patent for check-protectors that prevent unauthorized tampering with perforating rollers with springs and jaws.
Date:
March 13, 1917
Creator:
McCombs, Charles Cleveland
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie Buckle.
Patent for a buckle that secures ends of bale ties so that they are not exposed nor endanger the hands of farm workers.
Date:
May 13, 1913
Creator:
McFarland, Frank Hays
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Water Cut-Off
Patent for improvements to automatic water cut-offs adapted to be useful "in the event of the falling of temperature to freezing or any other predetermined degree of automatically cutting off the flow of the water." (Lines 18-22).
Date:
November 13, 1917
Creator:
Goodridge Wilson B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brake.
Patent for a new brake design that forms part of the driving mechanism of a sewing machine. The design has been adapted to include a plurality of small rollers that exert different amounts of friction on brake wheels.
Date:
July 13, 1913
Creator:
Gaines, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Route-Indicator.
Patent for an improved route indicator for automobiles "which not only visually indicates the characteristics and risks of the road" but in addition provides an "auditory signal to call attention to approaching hazards or dangers" (lines 36-41). Illustrations included.
Date:
November 13, 1917
Creator:
Cranmer, Howard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Casing-Shoe.
Patent for new and useful Improvements in Casing-Shoes whose object is to "clamp around the tread of a tire casing for the purpose of reinforcing weak places in the casing, for repairing 'blow-outs' and for the purpose of preventing the 'skidding' of the vehicle" (lines 13-17), including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
November 13, 1917
Creator:
Tuttle, Frank & Hall, Lewis T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Book and Pencil Holder.
Patent for a book and pencil holder that mounts a pencil or pen and attaches to a book. The combined book and pencil holder uses a clamp so the pen or pencil attached to the book inside a pocket is maintained in a pocket and does not fall out.
Date:
May 13, 1913
Creator:
Colbert, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Railway-Switch.
Patent for an improvement to railway switches, by creating an automatic switch that changes the direction of a track from object while object is moving on track.
Date:
January 13, 1914
Creator:
James, Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake.
Patent for train air-brakes to provide set brakes and same auxiliary pressure on all cars regardless of the brake cylinder piston travel distance.
Date:
January 13, 1914
Creator:
Wolf, Gustav B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brick-Kiln.
Patent for an improvement for continuous and semi-continuous kilns, to decrease resulting moisture "without materially lessening their fuel economy" (page 1, lines 50-51), including illustrations.
Date:
July 13, 1915
Creator:
Montrief, James V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Supplemental Gas Reservoir and Burner
Patent for an improved gas burner and reservoir meant to be used with gas blow torches. It was meant to be used with natrual gas and to help equalize its pressure in order to produce a steady flame.
Date:
October 13, 1914
Creator:
Gilbert, James Madison
System:
The Portal to Texas History