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Candy-Drying Machine.
Patent for a machine to dry and pack chocolate more uniformly without need for attendants, including illustrations.
Date:
July 27, 1915
Creator:
Greer, Jesse W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Converting Motor-Propelled Vehicles into Tractors.
Patent for a device which attaches a "tractor which can be used to draw plows, harrows, cultivators, mowers, reapers, and other agricultural implements" (lines 12-17) to motor vehicles, thus converting the motor vehicle into a tractor.
Date:
July 20, 1915
Creator:
Wynne, William P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bag-Turner
Patent for "a machine which will perform the whole act of turning a sack" (lines 11-12), including illustrations.
Date:
September 28, 1915
Creator:
Hirschfeld, Ike
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Belt Lifter for Bull Wheels
Patent for belft lifters for bull wheels for providing "a simple and efficient belt manipulating device peculiarly adapted to be used in connection with bull wheels of well drilling machinery" (line 11-14).
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Edward Peterson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety Attachment for Locomotive-Cabs.
Patent for a locomotive engine safety device involving a detachable protective carrier that releases from the engineer's cab allowing escape from the locomotive engine cab in case of danger, including illustrations.
Date:
March 2, 1915
Creator:
Uttz, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Building-Block Construction.
Patent for concrete blocks used for construction, including illustrations.
Date:
July 20, 1915
Creator:
Gray, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Life-Saving Device for the Cabs of Locomotives.
Patent for a life-saving device for the cabs of locomotives. The device is used to safely help the engineer or fireman escape from the locomotive engine cab should danger arise. The device is used to protect an individual against fire, hot water, or some other forms of danger.
Date:
July 20, 1915
Creator:
Uttz, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement to Lifting-Jacks
Patent for the improvement of the lifting jack which allows the user to "lower the lifting bar by a step-by-step movement as well as to elevate the lifting bar by such a movement (lines 12-14). Includes instructions and illustration."
Date:
January 12, 1915
Creator:
Parker, Charles W. & Wittliff, Theodore H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Automatic Brake-Setting Mechanism for Pneumatic Brakes.
Patent for improvements in pneumatic brakes with simple construction for higher efficiency in trains including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 5, 1915
Creator:
Weldon, Robert J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark Plug for Internal-Combustion Engines
Patent for an improved automobile spark-plug with both insulated and non-insulated cylinders that will activate with any spark to the device.
Date:
January 18, 1915
Creator:
Loose, Robert D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Packing-Ring for Piston-Rods.
Patent for improved piston rings used in steam or internal combustion engines that prevent steam or combustion force from leaking by having packing rings automatically expand.
Date:
August 31, 1915
Creator:
Bryant, Clarence Ross
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Shoe.
Patent for a device that fits "pneumatic tires for automobiles" (lines 8-9) in order to "prevent the slipping of a pneumatic tired wheel in snow, ice, mud, sand, or the like." (lines 10-12).
Date:
July 20, 1915
Creator:
McCall, Jacob Capshaw
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Rotary Refrigerating Apparatus.
Patent for new rotary refrigeration apparatus with illustrations
Date:
July 6, 1915
Creator:
Bertsch, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ornamental Stand.
Patent for ornamental stand with pivoting revolvable arms, designed to be easily disassembled for packing or transportation.
Date:
December 28, 1915
Creator:
Fretwell, Nun Q.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Facilitating the Use of Railway-Schedules.
Patent for "improvements in means for facilitating the use of local, through and joint-route transportation or time schedules of railways or other carriers.” (lines 10-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 16, 1915
Creator:
Glisson, Amos A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Power-Transmitting Mechanism for Pumps.
Patent for improvements in a pump operating mechanism which operates "long stroke, double-acting pumps" (lines 12-13). The mechanism is designed to expend little power, and includes illustrations.
Date:
October 5, 1915
Creator:
Fulford, Marcus F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Razor-Stropping Device
Patent for a razor-stropping device, which straightens and polishes the razor blade.
Date:
August 17, 1915
Creator:
Bowman, Levi M. & Farmer, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for "heel sweeps" for plows, which are a construction of wings that that sweep the furrow on either side of the plow.
Date:
January 5, 1915
Creator:
Randolph, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gage for Liquid-Containers.
Patent for "new and useful improvements Gages for Liquid-Containers, of which the following is a specification" (lines 5-8). "This invention relates to new and useful improvements in gages and more particularly to a gage for receptacles containing liquids and the primary object is to provide a device of this character particularly adapted for use in connection with gasolene and oil tanks of automobiles" (lines 10-16).
Date:
December 7, 1915
Creator:
Reece, Eli Denton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pistol Stock Gun.
Patent for a detachable stock member for a pistol stock gun. Decreases the amount of space needed to store the gun when transporting it.
Date:
August 17, 1915
Creator:
High, Frederick Herman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Motor.
Patent for an electric motor that operates "with equal efficiency on either direct or alternating current" (lines 10-11).
Date:
May 4, 1915
Creator:
Adams, Homer E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Educational-Chart Drawing-Board and Writing-Desk.
Patent for a durable writing desk that transforms into a drawing-board which can be folded and stored in a relatively small space when not in use.
Date:
October 26, 1915
Creator:
Henderson, George A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History