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Crossover (open access)

Crossover

Patent for cross-overs in railways to prevent collisions of trains traveling on intersecting track ways
Date: March 2, 1915
Creator: Miller, Sam P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crimping-Machine (open access)

Crimping-Machine

Patent for "a machine that crimps the edges of lids for lard pails and the like." (lines 8-11) including illustrations.
Date: August 15, 1915
Creator: Humphreys, Jerome Nichols
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cooling and Disinfecting Device. (open access)

Cooling and Disinfecting Device.

Patent for improvements in fluid cooling and disinfecting devices. The primary object of improvements is "to provide a simple, inexpensive and efficient device of this character which will be well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed."
Date: February 23, 1915
Creator: Womack, Samuel W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Connector for Electrical Conductors. (open access)

Connector for Electrical Conductors.

Patent for a new type of electrical conduit connector made for railway coach wiring and other similar uses, designed to be adaptable and reliable.
Date: October 12, 1915
Creator: Denman, Hugh E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coop. (open access)

Coop.

Patent for a coop to ship poultry and similar animals. Slidable slats and bars allow for food and water access.
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: Ferguson, Charles W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Andirons and Grate (open access)

Combined Andirons and Grate

Patent for a combined andiron and grate that can be used with or without the grate attachment. The grate is adjustable to maintain variable fire depths and has "a swinging bracket for heating and cooking."
Date: February 2, 1915
Creator: Wilderspin, Alfred K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Envelop, Shipping-Tag, and Index-Card (open access)

Combined Envelop, Shipping-Tag, and Index-Card

An identifying tag to be placed on containers meant to be returned to the sender after delivery of goods.
Date: October 19, 1915
Creator: Simpson, Ray R. & Wilmoth, Joseph S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Door-Bell and Mail-Receiver (open access)

Combined Door-Bell and Mail-Receiver

Patent for a combined door-bell and mail-receiver "devices for receiving and holding mail" (lines 9-10).
Date: September 21, 1915
Creator: McDonald, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Penknife (open access)

Combination-Penknife

Patent for a combination penknife that includes: blades, awl, tack puller, screwdriver, beer bottle opener, cork screw, thorn extractor. The pen knife uses a "pocket" within the blades to house the corkscrew and awl.
Date: February 9, 1915
Creator: Feyrer. Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Crate (open access)

Collapsible Crate

Patent for a metal collapsible crate. Hinges allow the crate to be folded.
Date: November 23, 1915
Creator: Potucek, Paul
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Box (open access)

Collapsible Box

Patent for an improved pasteboard collapsible box for use by tailors, laundries, etc.
Date: December 28, 1915
Creator: Houghland, Frank H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Box. (open access)

Collapsible Box.

Patent for collapsible box which uses hinges to strengthen the box and to allow the box to be collapsed easily for easy storage.
Date: April 20, 1915
Creator: Smith, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Coop (open access)

Collapsible Coop

Patent for a collapsible coop that provides a top skeleton and also collapsible chicken coop which is simple and practical features.
Date: August 31, 1915
Creator: Willoughby, Alford Pervis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collar-Fastener. (open access)

Collar-Fastener.

Patent for providing a durable structure for fasteners to be used on horse collars for effectiveness and quick manipulation. Illustrations are provided.
Date: July 20, 1915
Creator: Wallace, William F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Driving Box (open access)

Adjustable Driving Box

Patent for an adjustable driving-box intended for journal boxes in locomotive engines, trucks, etc.
Date: October 4, 1915
Creator: Copp, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll Breaker and Cleaner (open access)

Boll Breaker and Cleaner

Patent for new and improved Boll Breakers and Cleaners "for handling and cleaning seed cotton prior to it delivery to the ginning mechanism..." (lines 9-10).
Date: April 26, 1915
Creator: Kinne, Tempel L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Packing Ring (open access)

Packing Ring

Patent for improved packing rings for pistons.
Date: October 16, 1915
Creator: Westmoreland, Ernest T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Production of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons. (open access)

Production of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons.

Patent for the new and improved production of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons; "[t]his invention relates to the production of dichlorinated hydrocarbons of the ethylene series, and particularly to the production of mixtures of dichlorinated hydrocarbons containing dichlor-ethylene and dichlor-propylene from mixtures of ethylene hydrocarbons containing ethylene and propylene." (lines 13-20)
Date: December 10, 1915
Creator: Brooks, Benjamin T. & Smith, Dillon F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Tie (open access)

Railroad-Tie

Patent for a railroad tie “which is so constructed as to enable the rails to have resiliency” (lines 16-17) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 9, 1915
Creator: Shearer, Frederick C.
System: The Portal to Texas History