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Air-Brake
Patent for an air brake with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 24, 1914
Creator:
Wolf, Gustav B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pumping-Head.
Patent for a pumping head involving two piston rods that are rigid and, if broken, can be replaced without harming the rest of the machine. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 17, 1914
Creator:
Boicourt, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Paper Holder and Display Device
Patent for a combination paper holder and display device, that holds paper towels and toilet paper and also has a display device to view.
Date:
November 24, 1914
Creator:
Dalton, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Ruler and Blotter
Patent for a combined ruler and blotter (used for writing with ink). Proposed improvement of basic design by being more compact, cheaper to make, and includes a way to tear paper along the ruler's edge.
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Schmidt, Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Display Rack
Patent for store window display racks which can be easily removed and altered in appearance, allowing for more unique showings of commercial goods.
Date:
July 14, 1914
Creator:
Adamson, John Seldon
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve.
Patent for an improvement in the function and use of a valve which gets rid of the wire usually used to raise tank valves. Getting rid of this wire allows for easier drainage.
Date:
January 20, 1914
Creator:
Axtell, Fred W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper that can either be used independently or as an attachment to cultivators.
Date:
September 22, 1914
Creator:
Jones, Charles F. & Jones, Erastus T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Seed Planter
Patent for a new attachment to seed planters.
Date:
October 20, 1914
Creator:
Lusk, Eli M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Ball Harvester
Patent for improvements in cotton ball harvesters. The invention "relates to harvesting machinery, and has special reference to a cotton harvester designed to remove the cotton balls from plants," (lines 10-14).
Date:
August 4, 1914
Creator:
Monk, R. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Catamenial Applicance
Patent for a catamenial appliance that can be worn like an apron. In conjunction with a "napkin the device can prevent outer garments from stains during or prior to menstruation" (p. 1, lines 10-15)
Date:
December 29, 1914
Creator:
Myers, Jennie C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roller Boring-Drill.
Patent for a boring-drill that can be manufactured cheaply. It provides sufficient space for the casing to follow it in order to prevent the walls from caving in. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 1, 1914
Creator:
Hughes, Howard Robard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper Attachment for Cultivators.
Patent for a device that will be attached to the frame of the cultivator to be used for chopping cotton, and weeds.
Date:
January 13, 1914
Creator:
Williams, Roy L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tray-Holding Attachment for Bedsteads
Patent for an attachment for a bedstead in order to hold a tray. The invention allows a tray, or trays, to be held over a bed to hold food, drink, or other items closer to the occupant.
Date:
October 27, 1914
Creator:
Beechie, Simon Alfred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Change-Speed Gearing
Patent for "power transmission for automobiles... provides a driving shaft and a driven shaft arranged in alignment, and a countershaft which parallels the driving and driven shafts and carries a set of gears that continuously mesh."
Date:
October 13, 1914
Creator:
Relle, William A. So
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Door and Gate Stop.
Patent for an improved stop for doors and gates, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 25, 1914
Creator:
Ford, John Owen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Biplane
Patent for a biplane design that has improved lift, steering, stability, and landing, including illustrations.
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Herrmann, Ernst W. F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Brake For Single-Truck Log-Loaders.
Patent for a simple, durable, and cheap way of improving steam brakes, especially those for single trucks used for logging.
Date:
January 20, 1914
Creator:
Perego, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Seed Planters
Patent for "improvements in attachments for seed-planters" (lines 5-6) where seeds will not be unevenly planted including illustrations.
Date:
July 7, 1914
Creator:
Hooks, Jesse J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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:
The Portal to Texas History
Centrifugal Suction Fan
Patent for improvements made towards in suction fans that are found in cotton picking machines to improve efficiency. The primary improvements detailed in the patent describe and illustrate an improved design of the casing inside the fan to prevent damage to the cotton or the seed once they are sucked into the fan, among other design improvements.
Date:
March 10, 1914
Creator:
Meier, John & Miller, T. S., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Caster-Wheel
Patent for a new and useful caster wheel with illustrations.
Date:
November 24, 1914
Creator:
Pepple, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
AUTOMATIC WEIGHING-SCALE.
Patent for an improved automatic scale that can weigh large measurements of crops, including illustrations.
Date:
June 14, 1914
Creator:
Carter, Edward D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History