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Apparatus for Burning Unburnt Gas Products.
Patent for a new "method for burning all of the products usually known as "waste products" and to eliminate the fumes and poisonous vapors." (lines 27-30) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Jansen, Andrew
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Operating Device.
Patent for a churn operating device to make the process more simple and efficient for the use of producing butter in the shortest possible time.
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Palm, Oliver
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a content chopping device with an adjustable lever and cutters. The cotton chopper can be attached to different cultivator frames (farm equipment) and adjusted to chop or thin out different rows of cotton stalks (or other plants).
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Adams, Joe B. & Miller, Lawrence M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Hose-Reel and Valve.
Patent for a hose reel and valve in which the act of unwinding the reel automatically opens the valve; includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Landry, Rosamond L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Roofing.
Patent for "a novel and improved device for fastening corrugated sheet metal roofing, and the running board supports or blocks upon the car." (lines 9-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Maness, William Curtain
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Belt Lifter for Bull Wheels
Patent for belft lifters for bull wheels for providing "a simple and efficient belt manipulating device peculiarly adapted to be used in connection with bull wheels of well drilling machinery" (line 11-14).
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Edward Peterson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telltale Switch
Patent for switch that indicates when a vacuum fails. Used for systems in "which it is desired to keep a ... uniform vacuum such as in fruit dryers, creosoting plants, surgace and jet condensing for steam plants and the like" (lines 21-25).
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Howland, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for linotype-machines
Patent for "an attachment for a linotype machine in the form of a measuring gage constructed in such a manner that the same can be quickly attached to the linotype machine adjacent to the keyboard to facilitate the correcting of proofs and the like by the operator." With this invention, an operator can "ascertain instantaneously, what measure or the number of ems at which to set the machine to make the required correction."
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Callan, Christopher B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for improvements in cotton choppers that are reliable, cost-effective, and move transversely through the rows of cotton "separately producing a vertical adjustment of each earth turning member." (lines 17-19), including illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Gant, Jesse B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Crate
Patent fora collapsible crate used specifically for "shipping poultry or other live animals" (lines 11-12).
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Master, Chester A. & Wolnitzek, Oscar T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bolt Lock
Patent for an improved bolt block that maintains a bolt effectively against axial rotation.
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Robinson, Robert John, Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Cushion Valve.
Patent for "a new and useful steam cushion valve, and its object is to provide a steam cushion valve that will sever to automatically retard the exhaust from a cylinder as the piston approaches one of the cylinder heads." (lines 9-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Henry, Nelson B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Cracking Machine.
Patent for an improved nut-cracking machine receiving-hopper and feeding-chute especially for pecans, but effective for any type of nut, "whereby the nuts are caused to assume a certain position to feed one by one in succession to the cracking mechanism and to then enter the cracking mechanisms in the appropriate positions. (p. 1, lines 26 -30). The improved machine also automatically adjusts for different sized nuts, including illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Gebhardt, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Package-Tie.
Patent for a tie that fastens the ends of a string together for the purpose of securely wrapping packages, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Forsgard, Edward F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Show-Case.
Patent for "a case for displaying vegetables, fruits, nuts and other commodities, and which shall be sanitary and ventilated" (lines 12-14), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Huston, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seal
Patent for seals of car doors and other structures, and the object is to provide seal which cannot be released without destruction or mutilation so that the tampering with the seal may be readily detected.
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Peyton, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rural-Mail-Delivery System.
Patent for an improved system of delivering mail to inhabitants of rural areas, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Clayton, Ira B. & Moore, Nealy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sad-Iron Heater.
Patent for a portable device for heating sad-irons (as well as other heaters) with a small oil tank for a burners and a cover. The device will regulate the amount of oil and provide coverage that will maintain the high temperature of the sad-iron.
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Beck, Joseph P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gas Generator and Burner.
Patent for a "combined gas generator and burner" (lines 9-10) adapted for household heating and cooking purposes including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Hopper, James F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History