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Andiron. (open access)

Andiron.

Patent for an andiron that combines with a gated screen including illustrations.
Date: July 28, 1914
Creator: Baker, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Automatically Photographing Persons Moving Along a Confined Way. (open access)

Apparatus for Automatically Photographing Persons Moving Along a Confined Way.

Patent for a device to automatically take photographs of persons as they walk over a pressure sensor. The inventor suggests the device be used for ticket fare enforcement.
Date: July 28, 1914
Creator: Cannon, Burrell
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baking-Pan (open access)

Baking-Pan

Patent for a Baking Pan for bread and similar foods, noted for its unique construction, such "that the heat given off from the fuel burner will be confined so as to completely surround the pan, in which the articles to be cooked, are located" (lines 13-17).
Date: July 28, 1914
Creator: Boger, Daniel W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for baling presses that press for balling hay that simplify the construction of presses of this type and produce a press readily movable from one place to another.
Date: July 28, 1914
Creator: Redding, Robert B. & Barnett, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Biplane (open access)

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
Bur-Extractor for Cotton-Feeders (open access)

Bur-Extractor for Cotton-Feeders

Patent for bur extractor for cotton feeders. This device is unique in that it raises and distributes "systems for cotton gins...[and] provide[s] means whereby all burs or hulls will be effectually extracted from the cotton before the cotton passes to the gin feeders or gins" (lines 11-15).
Date: July 28, 1914
Creator: Lamb, William R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Ruler and Blotter (open access)

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
Detachable-Blade-Connecting Device For Tools. (open access)

Detachable-Blade-Connecting Device For Tools.

Patent for detachable blade connecting device for tools, the importance of which lies in the fact that this tool provides "simple and efficient means for detachably supporting interchangeable blades which may be quickly removed and replaced" (lines 16-19).
Date: July 28, 1914
Creator: Grimes, John Willis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fruit-Stand. (open access)

Fruit-Stand.

Patent for a fruit stand "so arranged that while the fruit may be freely inspected it cannot be removed from the receptacle without opening the same" (lines 11-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 28, 1914
Creator: Roberts, Odineal
System: The Portal to Texas History
Luggage-Carrier. (open access)

Luggage-Carrier.

Patent for a luggage-carrier "particularly adapted for use in conjunction with motor cycles or similar wheeled vehicles" (lines 11-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 28, 1914
Creator: Howell, Edgar A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Multicylinder Internal-Combustion Engine. (open access)

Multicylinder Internal-Combustion Engine.

Patent for an internal combustion engine with multiple cylinders.
Date: July 28, 1914
Creator: Hart, Sydney H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe System for Discharging Waste Water from Refrigerator-Cars. (open access)

Pipe System for Discharging Waste Water from Refrigerator-Cars.

Patent for a pressurized pipe system designed to discharge waste water from melted ice used to reduce car temperature including illustrations.
Date: July 28, 1914
Creator: Applewhite, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Cotton Cleaner and Distributor (open access)

Seed-Cotton Cleaner and Distributor

Patent for seed cotton cleaner and distributor, important for its ability to raise cotton plants into the air and clean them as they are fed into receptacles.
Date: July 28, 1914
Creator: Lamb, William R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Plug (open access)

Spark-Plug

Patent for new improvements in Spark-Plugs which decreases the possibility of imperfect sparking and provides a visible indication if the spark plug is not working properly.
Date: July 28, 1914
Creator: Cole, Emory W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Axle. (open access)

Vehicle-Axle.

Patent for a shock absorbing axle for vehicles including illustrations.
Date: July 28, 1914
Creator: Hartmann, Arthur R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washboard. (open access)

Washboard.

Patent for a new washboard with "simple durability, and cheap construction, . . . [which is] serviceable and efficient in its use" (lines 12-14), including illustrations.
Date: July 28, 1914
Creator: Bush, Henry C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Clothes-Pin. (open access)

Wire Clothes-Pin.

Patent for a device which utilizes a spring to assist with the clamping of textiles.
Date: July 28, 1914
Creator: Buckley, John L. & Coin, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Distributing Switch Mechanism for Electric Signs and Similar Devices (open access)

Distributing Switch Mechanism for Electric Signs and Similar Devices

Patent for "improvements in distributing switch mechanism for electric signs and similar devices" (lines 5-8)
Date: July 21, 1914
Creator: Miller, Leonard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fluid-Dispensing Apparatus. (open access)

Fluid-Dispensing Apparatus.

Patent for improvements to a fluid-dispensing apparatus for fluids such as oil. Safety features relieve air pressure through a valve and a pressure tank.
Date: July 21, 1914
Creator: Catron, John James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Friction-Clutch (open access)

Friction-Clutch

Patent for friction clutch (used in automobiles) that would allow better control over rotary parts, even when driving in reverse. The improved control is partially due to the inclusion of a tension device unique to this clutch.
Date: July 21, 1914
Creator: Barry, David Redmond
System: The Portal to Texas History
Header Device. (open access)

Header Device.

Patent for a header device intended for the cutting of maize, sorghum, kafir, and other crops so that the plant heads land on a header platform without too much stalk accompanying the head.
Date: July 21, 1914
Creator: Montgomery, Carroll Hinckley
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lawn-Mower. (open access)

Lawn-Mower.

Patent for lawn mower with special stationary blades; designed to improve the operation of the rotary blades with which the stationary blades come into contact, thus "insuring an easy running, and a perfectly clean and smooth shearing of the grass, and prevent any shock, grinding or clicking, when the contact is made" (lines 8-11).
Date: July 21, 1914
Creator: Clark, Josepsh Chester
System: The Portal to Texas History
Packer for Silos. (open access)

Packer for Silos.

Patent for a new packer for silos, "...which may be assembled with any silo of standard construction, to carry out the packing operation" (lines 13-15) including illustrations.
Date: July 21, 1914
Creator: Westbrook, John Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Tongs. (open access)

Pipe-Tongs.

Patent for "a new and useful improvement in pipe-tongs" (lines 5-6) including illustrations and instructions.
Date: July 12, 1913
Creator: Meredith, John De Witt
System: The Portal to Texas History