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Educational Souvenir.
Patent for an educational souvenir. This object is intended to educate and amuse audiences.
Date:
February 2, 1915
Creator:
Potts, Stacy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement for Cotton Chopper
Patent for improvement for cotton choppers “so that the operator may regulate the depth of cut, and may shift the cutting member forward or back” (lines 18-20). Instructions and illustration included.
Date:
February 2, 1915
Creator:
Finch, Arthur M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement to Elevator Signal Systems
Patent for an improvement to an elevator in which “to provide an elevator signal system that will permit a party at any landing to indicate his desire to go up or down to the elevator operator by pressing one of two buttons” (lines 10-15). Instructions and illustration included.
Date:
February 2, 1915
Creator:
Johnson, Charles S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Photographic Copying Apparatus
Patent for a simple and effective photographic-copying apparatus capable of making copies of small objects of different sizes. The machine is for general commercial use "that may be successfully operated by persons not particularly skilled in the photographic art" (lines 23-25) including illustrations.
Date:
February 2, 1915
Creator:
Gregory, Oscar T. & Carkhuff, Norman W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Making Round-Bottomed Paper Bags.
Patent for a process to quickly assemble a round-bottomed paper bag economically in regards to labor and waste paper.
Date:
February 2, 1915
Creator:
Johnston, Leila M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Catching Insects
Patent for a device to gather and remove eggs deposited by insects, particularly boll weevils, from plant material.
Date:
February 4, 1915
Creator:
Stautzenberger, William C. & Olsen, Carl
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Half-Car Unloader
Patent for an improved and simplified mechanism of Half-Car Unloaders, which unloads earth materials such as coal and ore from a railroad car more easily and effectively by lifting up a train car, unloading its contents, and placing it back on the railroad track.
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Scardino, Mario P. & Scardino, Peter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement to Bridle-Rods
Patent for the improvement of Bridle-Rods “of means whereby the device may be adjusted to accommodate itself to rails of different sizes” (lines 18-20). Instructions and illustrations included.
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Simpson, Charles M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement to Fire-Box for Boilers
Patent for the improvement of fire-boxes for broilers by reducing the draft and “causing a more complete mixture of the fuel and air and consequently a more thorough combustion of the fuel” (lines 13-16). Instructions and illustration included.
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Shaw, Carl C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement to Suction-Cup for Cotton-Picking Machines
Patent for the improvement in suction-cups for cotton-picking machines in which the addition of knives allows for easier collection of cotton. Instructions and illustrations included.
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Meier, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement to Tire-Patch for Inner Tubes
Patent for an improvement to tire-patches for inner tubes by making use of "a simple devise for jacketing that part of an inner tube which may be adjacent to a puncture or weak place in the outer casing to prevent blow outs" (lines 11-14). Instructions and illustrations included.
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Major, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Indicator
Patent for a vehicle indicator that indicates speed using a sound and light. "The driver may be warned when a certain speed is reached and so officers of the law and others may readily tell by glancing at the vehicle whether or not it is exceeding the speed limit."
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Hartman, Arthur R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Measuring and Leveling Instrument
Patent for a new measuring and leveling instrument that allows the user to determine "in a convenient and efficient manner the angularity of a surface or object with respect to a vertical or horizontal line" (lines 10-13). Instructions and illustration included.
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Richardson, O. C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Tank.
Patent for an oil tank with an improved design for extinguishing fires inside the tanks and a means for allowing the escape of exploded gases upon accidental ignition.
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Wasson, Edgar Allen & Cooley, Francis Marion
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Packing Mechanism for Oil and Water Wells
Patent for a mechanism which cases water off of oil when boring oil wells.
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Fuqua, William Y.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pumping - Jack
Patent for "new and useful improvements in pumping jacks." (lines 9-10).
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Stieger, Jakob Martin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for a wrench designed for right and left-handed users, makes for simpler use of tool by having fewer components than other more standards wrenches.
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Wulff, William F. & Wulff, M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Chopping or Cutting Roller
Patent for a stalk chopper or cutting roller that includes revolving radial arms. The multiple arms form a cylindrical figure, the arms project radially, "from the opposite ends of the tubular member," and they have angular ends.
Date:
February 14, 1915
Creator:
Luttrell, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bascule-Bridge
Patent for improvements in draw bridges, such as a shiftable weight and supporting guide, particularly for bridges of the rocking bascule type, with illustrations.
Date:
February 15, 1915
Creator:
McKibben, Columbus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn
Patent for a churn having two dashers for reciprocation.
Date:
February 15, 1915
Creator:
Jarnigan, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Socket Attachment for Harness
Patent for " harness construction ... whereby one strap of a harness is slidably connected with another strap. the device serving to reinforce that strap through which the slidable strap extends." (lines 9-14). Including illustrations.
Date:
February 15, 1915
Creator:
Westerman, Augustus H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adding-Machine
Patent for adding machine that has improvements such as a controllable disk to avoid over or under rotation and simpler means of adding and removing adding disks.
Date:
February 16, 1915
Creator:
Sweet, William F. & Tideman, S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Wheel
Patent for an improved automotive wheel “with a demountable rim for interchanging the rim in order to quickly replace a defective tire,” (lines 16-17) It also provides a mechanism for locking the rim to keep the wheel in place.
Date:
February 16, 1915
Creator:
Watson, Chester A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History