Adjustable Shade Hanger (open access)

Adjustable Shade Hanger

Patent for a window shade hanger device which allows for the shade to be placed at multiple stations by sliding and covering any portion of the window desired instead of a stationary shade mount.
Date: April 6, 1915
Creator: Hillman, Annie M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ant-Trap (open access)

Ant-Trap

Patent for a trap for ants and other burrowing insects which works at the site of the ant-hill or burrow.
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: Cox, Samuel L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Mowers (open access)

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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Train-Stop. (open access)

Automatic Train-Stop.

Patent for a more efficient automatic train stop with a mechanism that uses a connection with the block system used on railways to stop a train when it runs into "the tracks of the danger zone or upon the tracks of the block where the train should be stopped." (lines 16-18)
Date: April 20, 1915
Creator: Gramm, John A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll Breaker and Cleaner (open access)

Boll Breaker and Cleaner

Patent for new and improved Boll Breakers and Cleaners "for handling and cleaning seed cotton prior to it delivery to the ginning mechanism..." (lines 9-10).
Date: April 26, 1915
Creator: Kinne, Tempel L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boltless Rail-Joint. (open access)

Boltless Rail-Joint.

Patent for improvements in connecting rails without the use of bolts and nuts but instead using two fish-plates.
Date: April 20, 1915
Creator: Richardson, Charles I. & Hall, William D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Replacer (open access)

Car-Replacer

Patent for a railway car replacer, which is used to derail vehicles as well as for, "restoring derailed railway vehicles to the track."
Date: April 6, 1915
Creator: Martin, Daniel W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Replacer (open access)

Car-Replacer

Patent for improved replacers for derailed railroad cars, complete with illustrations.
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: Duval, Allen
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Yoke. (open access)

Cattle-Yoke.

Patent for a cattle yoke which enables the yoke to be attached to a cow's head to prevent grazing from other side of the wire fence.
Date: April 27, 1915
Creator: Carr, Jessie D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Box. (open access)

Collapsible Box.

Patent for collapsible box which uses hinges to strengthen the box and to allow the box to be collapsed easily for easy storage.
Date: April 20, 1915
Creator: Smith, James A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Colter Attachment for Lister-plows (open access)

Colter Attachment for Lister-plows

Patent for a colter attachment (triangular blade used on lister plows), by capitalizing on parts that should already exist on the plow.
Date: April 27, 1915
Creator: Mosely, George L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coop. (open access)

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

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for improvements to cotton-choppers inculding illustrations.
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: Hamilton, Robert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picking Machine (open access)

Cotton-Picking Machine

Patent for a cotton picking machine. An improvement on the cotton picking machine that uses a pair of picking drums with attached picking fingers.
Date: April 6, 1915
Creator: Pruser, Gustav A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picking Machine (open access)

Cotton-Picking Machine

Patent for improvements to a cotton picking machine complete with illustrations
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: Meier, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for "a motor driven cultivator adapted to be attached to various types of cultivating devices to draw the latter over the ground to be cultivated". (lines 12-15)
Date: April 27, 1915
Creator: Hodges, Eugene C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Driving Gearing for Motor Vehicles (open access)

Driving Gearing for Motor Vehicles

Patent for a driving mechanism that allows all four wheels of a motor vehicle to be used for traction purposes.
Date: April 20, 1915
Creator: Twyford, Robert E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Engine-Starting Device (open access)

Engine-Starting Device

Patent for engine starting device to prevent back-fires when cranking, complete with illustrations.
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: Kneezell, Edward
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fan-Actuating Mechanism (open access)

Fan-Actuating Mechanism

Patent for a fan actuating mechanism. Attempts to improve upon fans by using a spring to provide maximum speed at minimum cost.
Date: April 6, 1915
Creator: Everitt, James H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Farm-Gate (open access)

Farm-Gate

Patent for a farm gate that is easy to manufacture and assemble.
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: Cardwell, Charles E. & Jenkins, R. E. Lee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Stay. (open access)

Fence-Stay.

Patent for fence stays which have "novel and improved means for effectively bracing and spacing the wires of a fence." The invention "will possess advantages in points of efficiency and durability, is inexpensive to manufacture, and at the same time, is simple in construction and operation."
Date: April 20, 1915
Creator: Benson, Autha C. & Benson, A. C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flushing Device (open access)

Flushing Device

Patent for a flushing mechanism for water-closets (toilets) which operates in concert with the lifting and lowering of the seat.
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: Kreter, Otto F. W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Grain-Harvester Reel. (open access)

Folding Grain-Harvester Reel.

Patent for making the arms of the folding reels of grain harvesters shiftable and creating a way to brace the arms and hold them in different positions.
Date: April 20, 1915
Creator: Buchanan, David E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Four-Wheel Drive. (open access)

Four-Wheel Drive.

Patent for improvements in four-wheel driving, which uses a "novel flexible driving connection for the steering wheels." Citation: Hodges, Eugene C. Four-Wheel Drive., patent, April 27, 1915; [Washington D.C.]. University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.
Date: April 27, 1915
Creator: Hodges, Eugene C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History