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Cheese-Hoop.
Patent for improvements in cheese hoops by creating a suitable frame work to support a wire gauze or net on the sides and the top of the hoop. This protects the cheese when cutting out a portion of the cheese.
Date:
March 30, 1915
Creator:
Cain, William R. & Cain, John R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Hopple.
Patent for "a cultivator hopple that will require very little manual exertion to adjust the cultivator beams between their limiting positions." (lines 10-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 30, 1915
Creator:
Hill, Josef D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dental Bite-Tray.
Patent for a bite tray usable for an array of mouth sizes. The material provides better comfort in the mouth of the patient, as well as better comfort for the operator.
Date:
March 30, 1915
Creator:
Sanders, Mastin E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Emergency-Spindle for Automobiles
Patent for an emergency wheel spindle used to towing a vehicle upon damage to the front or rear axle. The spindle may attach irrespective to any brake drum or rods that may be present on the vehicle.
Date:
March 30, 1915
Creator:
Clement, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harvester
Patent for device used with a harvester to head stalks of corn using an adjustable cutting mechanism.
Date:
March 30, 1915
Creator:
Barnett, Solomon V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Inductance Device for Wireless Electrical Signaling
Patent for device to "receive messages transmitted in the form of dots, dashes or spoken words through space" (lines 16-17)
Date:
March 30, 1915
Creator:
Lorenz, Charley O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Level.
Patent for improvements to levels to provide more reliable and accurate information. It is also stronger and more durable and is produced at a lower cost.
Date:
March 30, 1915
Creator:
Satterfield, John E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of and Apparatus for Separating and Grading Seeds.
Patent for an agricultural apparatus that separates and grades seed (such as grains) as well as accelerates the seed pressurizing process. The apparatus assists and accelerates the cultivation process.
Date:
March 30, 1915
Creator:
Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Wheel.
Patent for a more shock-absorbent wheel that incorporates yielding spokes; includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 30, 1915
Creator:
Young, Marion F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety Railroad-Switch
Patent for a safety railroad-switch which is meant to prevent vertical displacement.
Date:
March 30, 1915
Creator:
Leach, Felix
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Drinking-Cup.
Patent for a sanitary V-shaped drinking cup made out of suitable material (i.e., leather, rubber, paper, or paraffin cloth). It is collapsible to provide easy transport and storage and can be opened up by simply pressing on opposite sides.
Date:
March 30, 1915
Creator:
Willoughby, Alford Pervis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Swinging Cradle.
Patent for a new swinging cradle which allows the baby crib to be attached to a bed post; includes illustrations.
Date:
March 30, 1915
Creator:
Christensen, Peter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire Tightener or Expander
Patent for a device aimed to provide a pair of plates, one disposed adjacent each severed end of a felly of a wheel, and provided with a right and left threaded member having threaded connections with said plates, so that they may be separated, for expanding the felly tight against the tire.
Date:
March 30, 1915
Creator:
Lawrenson, Judge Peck & Hastings, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Two-Row Planter
Patent for a two-row planter, which includes two planting mechanisms. The planters are adjustable, "so that the distance between rows for seed planted can be regulated."
Date:
March 30, 1915
Creator:
Payne, Bishop M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Car Door
Patent is for car door and support. It goes on to explain that the car door and support were created to serve as a means of forming an efficient rain-proof closure when the door is moved into closed position. Another object is to provide sufficient means for slide-able support for the door and locking mechanisms.
Date:
March 27, 1915
Creator:
Minton, S. F. & McClellen, R. E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Burning Unburnt Gas Products.
Patent for a new "method for burning all of the products usually known as "waste products" and to eliminate the fumes and poisonous vapors." (lines 27-30) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Jansen, Andrew
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for linotype-machines
Patent for "an attachment for a linotype machine in the form of a measuring gage constructed in such a manner that the same can be quickly attached to the linotype machine adjacent to the keyboard to facilitate the correcting of proofs and the like by the operator." With this invention, an operator can "ascertain instantaneously, what measure or the number of ems at which to set the machine to make the required correction."
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Callan, Christopher B.
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
Bolt Lock
Patent for an improved bolt block that maintains a bolt effectively against axial rotation.
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Robinson, Robert John, Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Roofing.
Patent for "a novel and improved device for fastening corrugated sheet metal roofing, and the running board supports or blocks upon the car." (lines 9-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Maness, William Curtain
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Operating Device.
Patent for a churn operating device to make the process more simple and efficient for the use of producing butter in the shortest possible time.
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Palm, Oliver
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Crate
Patent fora collapsible crate used specifically for "shipping poultry or other live animals" (lines 11-12).
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Master, Chester A. & Wolnitzek, Oscar T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Hose-Reel and Valve.
Patent for a hose reel and valve in which the act of unwinding the reel automatically opens the valve; includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Landry, Rosamond L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History