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Mold for Typographical Casting-Machines. (open access)

Mold for Typographical Casting-Machines.

Patent for a mold for typographical casting machines which may be altered to produce slugs of different sizes.
Date: April 7, 1914
Creator: Diaz, Pascual M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piano-Action. (open access)

Piano-Action.

Patent for a simplified part that controls the rebound of the hammer on a piano.
Date: March 31, 1914
Creator: Mayor, Enoch A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Planter (open access)

Planter

Patent for an attachment for planters, where seeds are dropped into hills rather than thin rows, which allows for sprouts to break through the soil more easily.
Date: May 12, 1914
Creator: Gutzeit, Joseph A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dry-Cleaning Machine. (open access)

Dry-Cleaning Machine.

Patent for a dry cleaning machine that cleans using gasoline. The invention reduces the amount of gasoline used; keeps the gasoline clean while in use; provides easy placement and access of garments in the drum while in motion; improves the construction of the drum and its rubbing action on the garments; and supplies moisture to the machine to prevent the gasoline from igniting.
Date: June 16, 1914
Creator: White, Edward Young
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety Lamp-Burner. (open access)

Safety Lamp-Burner.

Patent for a safety lamp-burner, which extinguishes itself when the lamp is tipped over.
Date: March 24, 1914
Creator: Witmond, Christopher B. J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety Railroad Appliance (open access)

Safety Railroad Appliance

Patent for a railroad safety appliance, which "may be readily installed in connection with the air brake system of a train and be automatically operated to bleed the air line and effect the applying of the brakes in the event of displacement of the brake beam and thereby avoid possible displacement of the car."
Date: May 26, 1914
Creator: Kush, John, Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Aeroplane (open access)

Safety-Aeroplane

Patent for a safety aeroplane including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 10, 1914
Creator: Haynes, Thomas Stanley
Object Type: Patent
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.
Object Type: Patent
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.
Object Type: Patent
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
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dirigible Automobile-Lamp (open access)

Dirigible Automobile-Lamp

Patent for a new automobile lamp that turns in conjunction with the steering wheel and an apparatus that attaches to automobiles to cradle the head lamp and stop it from vibrating.
Date: May 19, 1914
Creator: Freeborn, Sidney Mills
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cycle-Frame. (open access)

Cycle-Frame.

Patent for a bicycle frame meant to cushion the rider from impact by stabilizing the vehicle's frame.
Date: December 8, 1914
Creator: White, Edward Young
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History