Attachment for Fishing-Floats. (open access)

Attachment for Fishing-Floats.

Patent for a device to attach fishing floats to fishing lines.
Date: August 3, 1915
Creator: Davis, Samuel William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ink Feeder for Pens. (open access)

Ink Feeder for Pens.

Patent for a wire attachment to be added to the hollow of a writing pen. This attachment would enable more ink to be drawn into the interior of the pen, therefore allowing more words to be written from a single dip into an ink well.
Date: August 3, 1915
Creator: Hine, Frank B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Knee-Pad (open access)

Knee-Pad

Patent for knee-pads that are used for berry or cotton pickers.
Date: May 3, 1915
Creator: Holsey, Walter R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Casing-Repair Tool. (open access)

Tire-Casing-Repair Tool.

Patent for improvements in the tools for repairing blow outs or punctures in parts of tire casings or shoes. Illustration is provided.
Date: August 3, 1915
Creator: Tingle, Claude
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fish-Grapple (open access)

Fish-Grapple

Patent for a fish-grapple device with parts "embodying prongs or hooks which will engage the fish and prevent its escape" (lines 16-17).
Date: August 3, 1915
Creator: Batla, Thomas, H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Screen. (open access)

Screen.

Patent for a wire netting screen that can be used on doors or windows.
Date: August 3, 1915
Creator: Faires, Elisha J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Moldboard and Landside Plow and Gage-Wheel (open access)

Moldboard and Landside Plow and Gage-Wheel

Patent for modifications to a plow which allow the user to adjust the depth, which lists the components of such modifications.
Date: August 3, 1915
Creator: Haferkamp, August
System: The Portal to Texas History
Power-Transmitting Device (open access)

Power-Transmitting Device

Patent for improvements to a power transmitting device, the likes of which may be attached to motor vehicles or other motor operated machinery.
Date: August 3, 1915
Creator: Foster, Frank A. & Rockwell, Clayton S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe Tongs Support. (open access)

Pipe Tongs Support.

Patent for pipe tongs supports to provide a pipe tongs support that will permit a pipe tongs to be so balanced that it will tend to maintain itself in a horizontal position which is the position in which its use is required.
Date: August 3, 1915
Creator: Hoffer, Temple B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Economy Air-Brake Apparatus (open access)

Economy Air-Brake Apparatus

Patent for improvements to railway air-brake apparatuses, including specifications for such improvements.
Date: August 3, 1915
Creator: Canion, William G.
System: The Portal to Texas History