Dirigible Lamp for Vehicles. (open access)

Dirigible Lamp for Vehicles.

Patent for a device to turn the head of lamps on an automobile or similar vehicle with the turning of the steering wheel. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 8, 1914
Creator: Baker, George R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Silo. (open access)

Silo.

Patent for a new, water-tight silo that can be easily assembled without skilled labor and can be set up anywhere, including illustrations.
Date: September 1, 1914
Creator: Brookshire, Samuel N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paper-File (open access)

Paper-File

Patent for new improvements in Paper-Files, particularly to that class of paper files which are formed of wire that will allow for the removal of any one paper from the file without the necessitating the removal of any other papers from the file.
Date: September 1, 1914
Creator: Buie, Daniel C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hen's Nest. (open access)

Hen's Nest.

Patent for a hen nest that allows the door to open without disturbing the hens inside and allows the nest door to open automatically when a hen leaves. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 8, 1914
Creator: Burns, Daniel R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plant-Protector. (open access)

Plant-Protector.

Patent for a cloth device that protects plants from wind, while admitting sufficient light to the plant, including illustrations.
Date: September 29, 1914
Creator: Campbell, Singleton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane (open access)

Aeroplane

Patent for an airplane with improved steering capabilities and adjustments for atmospheric conditions.
Date: September 29, 1914
Creator: Canion, William G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Internal-Combustion Engine (open access)

Internal-Combustion Engine

Patent for an internal-combustion engine with a novel form of rotary valve and other meaningful improvements to a combustion engine.
Date: September 29, 1914
Creator: Clough, George Golden
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety Device for Locomotives. (open access)

Safety Device for Locomotives.

Patent for a safety device for a locomotive that can be automatically tripped to shut off the steam from the locomotive engine and apply air to the brake mechanism. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 15, 1914
Creator: Conover, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hose Collar and Sweat Pad. (open access)

Hose Collar and Sweat Pad.

Patent for a horse collar with a sweat pad that will not ball up and will help strengthen and reinforce the collar.
Date: September 22, 1914
Creator: Costello, William F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed Hopper. (open access)

Seed Hopper.

Patent for a seed hopper adapted to receive seed or cotton and control their distribution. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 22, 1914
Creator: Coursey, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nutcracker (open access)

Nutcracker

Patent for improvements in nutcrackers that make it easier and safer to use, and more easily retrieve the contents of the nut. It is durable and can be manufactured at low cost.
Date: September 15, 1914
Creator: Dato, Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gas Generating System. (open access)

Gas Generating System.

Patent for a gas generating system that can actuate any ordinary gasoline engine and will allow the gas to be compressed before entering the engine cylinders. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 22, 1914
Creator: Deering, Uriah H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft Equalizers (open access)

Draft Equalizers

Patent for a draft equalizer that permits either three horses to travel at one side of the beam and two at the other, or three horses at one side of the beam and one at the other. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 8, 1914
Creator: Dudley, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display-Counter. (open access)

Display-Counter.

Patent for a grocery display counter that has drawers at the back and transparent containers that enable customers to view merchandise from front and side.
Date: September 1, 1914
Creator: Friedrich, Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil Exterminator. (open access)

Boll-Weevil Exterminator.

Patent for a boll-weevil exterminator comprised of a wheeled frame with a tank containing insect poison and a means to gradually distribute the poison through a field. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 1, 1914
Creator: Griffin, Willis F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chair for Sewing Machines and the Like. (open access)

Chair for Sewing Machines and the Like.

Patent for a folding chair for a sewing machine or a similar machine, which can fit into a space between the supporting legs. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 15, 1914
Creator: Hagner, Frederick Hayes
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll Breaker and Cleaner. (open access)

Boll Breaker and Cleaner.

Patent for a boll breaker and cleaner with a casing with a pair of revolving cylinders with boll-breaking arms adapted to work with additional boll-breaking arms projected from rocking shafts in the lower portion of the casing. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 15, 1914
Creator: Hale, John W. & Galey, John I.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combustion Device (open access)

Combustion Device

Patent for a combustion device that allows for the control of fuel to one or two burners of the same fire box. This device is also built in an upright position to assist in supporting the burner members of the box. This device is built stronger and simpler than other devices of its kind.
Date: September 8, 1914
Creator: Halliburton, Orville G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Polish for Woodwork and Method of Preparing the Same. (open access)

Polish for Woodwork and Method of Preparing the Same.

Patent for a polish for varnished woodwork
Date: September 14, 1914
Creator: Hancock, John Benjamin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nozzle For Cotton Pickers. (open access)

Nozzle For Cotton Pickers.

Patent for a nozzle for cotton pickers that uses suction to pull a cotton boll away from the cotton burr, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 1, 1914
Creator: Hartwell, George Harry, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Producing Gas. (open access)

Process of Producing Gas.

Patent for a continuous process of producing a gas rich in carbon monoxide, in which the gas-forming combustible material enters the gas-generating chamber from one end while producer gas exits the other end. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 15, 1914
Creator: Hirt, Jules H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Stalk Puller and Cutter. (open access)

Cotton Stalk Puller and Cutter.

Patent for a cotton stalk puller and cutter machine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 15, 1914
Creator: Hubert, John E. & Hubert, Henry J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Plow and Fertilizer-Distributer. (open access)

Combined Plow and Fertilizer-Distributer.

Patent for an improved combined plow and fertilizer-distributor that better feeds the fertilizer from the hopper or container to a depositing boot, from which the material is discharged into the furrow formed by the plow. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 8, 1914
Creator: Hurlbut, Milan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Mouthpiece (open access)

Sanitary Mouthpiece

Patent for a telephone mouthpiece that distributes disinfectant when used.
Date: September 29, 1914
Creator: Jenkins, Ed Monroe
System: The Portal to Texas History