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Air-Lift for Elevating Liquids. (open access)

Air-Lift for Elevating Liquids.

Patent for a pneumatic lift that maintains the air pressure needed to effectively move liquid through a pipe.
Date: June 29, 1915
Creator: Andrews, Benjamin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Auto power transmitting jack (open access)

Auto power transmitting jack

Patent for auto power transmitting jack and it uses.
Date: March 29, 1915
Creator: Adolf F. Johnson, of El Campo, Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chase for Printers. (open access)

Chase for Printers.

Patent for chase for printing presses, and more particularly to facets of choses or type which are adjustable without knocking down the type and which can be shifted to any desirable position on the bed of the printing press and held rigid.
Date: April 23, 1915
Creator: Bolles, Percy S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Gear. (open access)

Valve-Gear.

Patent for a horizontally arranged cylinder that when used would bear no wear indefinitely. The cylinder was made specifically for steam engines.
Date: June 29, 1915
Creator: Burrow, Edgar A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump. (open access)

Pump.

Patent for "a pneumatically actuated nozzle for elevating water, in which the parts are readily assembled and adjusted for both shallow and deep work" (lines 19-22).
Date: June 29, 1915
Creator: Meier, Fred H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Padlock (open access)

Padlock

Patent for Padlock.
Date: January 29, 1915
Creator: Ryon, Joshua E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Governor (open access)

Governor

Patent for Governor that improves upon a speed controlling mechanism, specifically for controlling a reciprocating element like an engine piston, including illustration and instructions. This application is a division of an earlier application (Serial Number: 843, 812 submitted June 08, 1914).
Date: June 29, 1915
Creator: Burrow, Edgar A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Drill Attachment. (open access)

Grain-Drill Attachment.

Patent for combining a plow and a grain drill into one device, to reduce the number of times the soil needs to be turned per planting.
Date: August 29, 1915
Creator: McAdams, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fastener. (open access)

Fastener.

Patent for a fastener to be used in the connection of doors to ensure they are locked into place.
Date: June 29, 1915
Creator: Wilson, William W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Engine. (open access)

Engine.

Patent for new steam engine design with illustrations
Date: June 29, 1915
Creator: Burrow, Edgar A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Engine Control (open access)

Engine Control

Patent for a car part that goes on the engine to help control fuel supply, and to keep engine parts from burning up.
Date: May 29, 1915
Creator: Craddock, L. J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
End Gate Fastener (open access)

End Gate Fastener

Patent for a new End-Gate Fastener, accompanied by several illustrations of form and function. Specific claims to the End-Gate Fastener include: transverse rods designed to mount device for easy removable and replacement of device on wagons, transverse rods designed for sliding to connect rods inside a wagon or door, associated rods which can be used to restrict outward movement of rods in the fastener when placed under tensions, and the combination of the wagon body with the end gate once the fastener as been installed.
Date: July 29, 1915
Creator: Nichols, George Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Tooth-Cleaner. (open access)

Sanitary Tooth-Cleaner.

Patent for a device to clean teeth, made of a fabric pocket that can be placed over an index finger, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 29, 1915
Creator: Over, Edwin Gould
System: The Portal to Texas History
Money-Changing Machine. (open access)

Money-Changing Machine.

Patent for a machine that provides change in coins automatically.
Date: June 29, 1915
Creator: Dodson, Clifton T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Material Transporting Appliance. (open access)

Material Transporting Appliance.

Patent for improvement in appliances for transporting loads from place to place.
Date: May 29, 1915
Creator: Simmons, Jesse W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner (open access)

Oil Burner

Patent for an oil burner that can be inserted into a stove or range and function with kerosine oil as fuel. The size of the flame can be adjusted with this oil burner, and it can be installed in stoves and ranges without structural changes being made to the equipment.
Date: June 29, 1915
Creator: Jordan, David
System: The Portal to Texas History