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Churn
Patent for an improvement to churns; this invention provides a churn in which milk is thoroughly agitated via the opposite rotation of two dashers, and will simultaneously allow for observation of the churning operation via a glass vessel.
Date:
November 3, 1914
Creator:
Anderson, Samuel C. M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring
Patent for a spring "wherein all of the parts are removably connected to each other so as to be convenient and inexpensive to repair." (Line 11-14)
Date:
November 3, 1914
Creator:
Avera, Lawrence A.
System:
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Rail-Joint.
Patent for improvements in rail joints. A patent for a boltless, interlocking rail joint that is noiseless.
Date:
February 3, 1914
Creator:
Bell, Silas D.
System:
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Time-Indicator.
Patent for time indicators wherein the time noting figures are carried upon rotary disks that are constructed and arranged as to expose the proper time in hours, minutes, and seconds to a face plate.
Date:
February 3, 1914
Creator:
Bentley, William G.
System:
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Combination-Flue
Patent for a flue which will not crack and open, due to settling or to transverse strain. Also to provide means whereby the flue may be supported from the joists of a ceiling, against settling.
Date:
February 3, 1914
Creator:
Carl, Reinhold Adolph
System:
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Counting-Machine.
Patent for "a counting machine, and it more particularly relates to an attachment for typewriters (lines 12-14).
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Davis, Oscar C.
System:
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APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUSLY DISTILLING CRUDE OIL AND OTHER SUBSTANCES
Patent for promoting the distillation of crude oil and other substances, separating the different parts of oil and impurities based on their weight.
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Forward, Chauncey B.
System:
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Non-Refillable Bottle
Patent for an improvement on non-refillable bottles. The improvement would not let any other liquid be surreptitiously added to the bottle. Also this patent design allows for the closure plug to be reused by the manufacturer of the bottle in new bottles.
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Helmcamp, Louis C. & Hoxworth, Edwin
System:
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Animal-Trap.
Patent for a live animal trap that uses a trigger and allows for live bait. Wire fabric is used to prevent animals from digging and escaping.
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Herring, Henry H.
System:
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Blow-Out Guard
Patent for a blow-out guard for double tube tires. It is meant to a barrier "interposed between the inner and outer tubes of a pneumatic tire, to reinforce an apertured or weakened place...preventing the inner tube from 'blowing out' at such a point." (Line 11-16)
Date:
November 3, 1914
Creator:
Holloman, Alfred A.
System:
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Dam Construction
Patent for a movable dam wall shorter than the depth of the water behind it, including illustrations.
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Hunt, Edward B.
System:
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Railroad-Tie.
Patent for a railroad-tie in which it will “maintain the gage standard when one rail is replaced by another rail having larger cross section than the original rail.” (Lines 21-23) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Hynds, David H.
System:
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Traction-Engine.
Patent for an improved agricultural traction engine with unique driving wheels.
Date:
February 3, 1914
Creator:
Ingram, Joseph D.
System:
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Milling-Machine.
Patent for a milling machine that executes thorough removal of dirt and other substances.
Date:
February 3, 1914
Creator:
Lakey, William Ray.
System:
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Flush-Valve Attachment.
Patent for an attachment to a flush valve that will prevent the bowl from overflowing when flushing.
Date:
February 3, 1914
Creator:
Lupton, William A.
System:
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Windmill Wheel
Patent for improvements made to windmill wheels. Improvements include windmill wheel blades that can easily be taken off or fixed onto the wheel hub, improvements in construction for easy assembly and disassembly, and construction from economic materials.
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Mason, Charles O.
System:
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Automatic Brake.
Patent for automatic wagon brake which removes the strain on draft animals when the vehicle is descending down an incline.
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Matthews, Dudley A.
System:
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Cultivator-Hopple.
Patent for the simplification, strengthening, and adjustment of levers to make using a cultivator hopple easier to use.
Date:
February 3, 1914
Creator:
McCanless, Joseph E.
System:
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Supporting-Shelf.
Patent for a supporting shelf specifically for clocks. The supporting shelf keeps the clock balanced.
Date:
November 3, 1914
Creator:
McDonald, John A..
System:
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Cotton-Gin.
Patent for improvements to Cotton-Gins' brush cylinders that includes "a longitudinal tubular member having a brush cylinder cooperating therewith and which serves as a conduit for the passage of the lint cotton from the gin and also as a connecting means for the legs of the gin frame and as an end outlet for the gin, and leaving the rear of the latter unobstructed and freely accessible" (lines 13-21), including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Murray, Stephen D.
System:
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Press-Head-Operating Apparatus.
Patent for improvements in press-head-operating apparatus “to provide means for rotating the connecting member and also means for retaining the parts in their relative positions.” (Lines [20]-[23].) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Pool, Charles R. P.
System:
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Printing Press
Patent for a printing press design that has a "type carrying member" which is a "circular rotary disk," and a "mechanism for elevating the ink supplying rolls and paper carrying platens to permit of the passage of the type therebelow without being affected," (lines 11-12, 23-26) including illustrations.
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Sadovsky, Nathan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Truing Locomotive Driving-Wheels
Patent for improvements in machines for truing the driving wheels of locomotives. Other possible uses include truing freight car wheels or similar car wheels.
Date:
February 3, 1914
Creator:
Tyler, Joseph C.; Behrends, John A. & Lake, Parks
System:
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Guard for Hand-Planes
Patent for an improvement in guards for hand-planes, more specifically bench planes. The improvements provide a guard, which prevents wood shavings or splinters from injuring the hand.
Date:
February 3, 1914
Creator:
Westberg, John E.
System:
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