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Transposition Device for Electric Lines.
Patent for improving efficiency in transposing electric lines. Improvements include providing devices "which cannot be destroyed by bullets or rocks and other destructive agencies", providing devices "which will maintain the lines parallel with each other", and providing devices "so that no special tools will be necessary for linemen... only a pair of pliers."
Date:
April 20, 1915
Creator:
Neel, Guy W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weight-Motor.
Patent for a fan, which includes improvements in the arrangement of gears and the addition of a casing with a weighted motor.
Date:
April 20, 1915
Creator:
McQueen, Charley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ant-Trap
Patent for a trap for ants and other burrowing insects which works at the site of the ant-hill or burrow.
Date:
April 13, 1915
Creator:
Cox, Samuel L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Mowers
Patent for a dividing and feeding mower attachment to guide grain into the cutters of the mowers in an upright position.
Date:
April 13, 1915
Creator:
Mosely, Jimmie E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Replacer
Patent for improved replacers for derailed railroad cars, complete with illustrations.
Date:
April 13, 1915
Creator:
Duval, Allen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for improvements to cotton-choppers inculding illustrations.
Date:
April 13, 1915
Creator:
Hamilton, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picking Machine
Patent for improvements to a cotton picking machine complete with illustrations
Date:
April 13, 1915
Creator:
Meier, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Engine-Starting Device
Patent for engine starting device to prevent back-fires when cranking, complete with illustrations.
Date:
April 13, 1915
Creator:
Kneezell, Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Farm-Gate
Patent for a farm gate that is easy to manufacture and assemble.
Date:
April 13, 1915
Creator:
Cardwell, Charles E. & Jenkins, R. E. Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flushing Device
Patent for a flushing mechanism for water-closets (toilets) which operates in concert with the lifting and lowering of the seat.
Date:
April 13, 1915
Creator:
Kreter, Otto F. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Garbage-Can
Patent for a garbage receptacle, water proof in nature, to be used in outside places. A removable container allows for the prevention of tampering and a foot operated mechanism allows it to be efficient to utilize.
Date:
April 13, 1915
Creator:
Jones, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hinged Connection
Patent for a simply designed, durable, and inexpensively produced hinged connection between any swinging item (i.e., door) and non-swinging item (i.e., door jam).
Date:
April 13, 1915
Creator:
Coleman, Paul H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Piano-Action
Patent for a "piano-action," which is used to control the rebound of the hammer and also includes a back stop, back check, bridle check and other supporting members.
Date:
April 13, 1915
Creator:
Mayor, Enoch A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plate Retaining Device
Patent for a license plate holder for automobiles.
Date:
April 13, 1915
Creator:
Stafford, Frederick
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Attachment
Patent for an attachment for rotary well drilling machinery meant to "provide means for automatically gripping a pipe when being raised to prevent such pipe from slipping back while the lifting tools are being lowered for such lifting" (lines 13-17)
Date:
April 13, 1915
Creator:
Johnston, Horace G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Self-Soaping Washboard.
Patent for self-soaping washboards to reduce the amount of soap wasted.
Date:
April 13, 1915
Creator:
Kennedy, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soldering-Iron
Patent for a soldering-iron, which is used to feed a "molten solder directly to the point of the iron," and to keep the flow steady.
Date:
April 13, 1915
Creator:
Rodger, Don E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter
Patent for an improved stalk cutter that are in connection with plows and other similar machinery to improve their efficiency.
Date:
April 13, 1915
Creator:
Currie, Joseph S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vise and Saw-Clamp
Patent for improvements to vise and saw clamps complete with illustration.
Date:
April 13, 1915
Creator:
King, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Shade Hanger
Patent for a window shade hanger device which allows for the shade to be placed at multiple stations by sliding and covering any portion of the window desired instead of a stationary shade mount.
Date:
April 6, 1915
Creator:
Hillman, Annie M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Replacer
Patent for a railway car replacer, which is used to derail vehicles as well as for, "restoring derailed railway vehicles to the track."
Date:
April 6, 1915
Creator:
Martin, Daniel W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picking Machine
Patent for a cotton picking machine. An improvement on the cotton picking machine that uses a pair of picking drums with attached picking fingers.
Date:
April 6, 1915
Creator:
Pruser, Gustav A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fan-Actuating Mechanism
Patent for a fan actuating mechanism. Attempts to improve upon fans by using a spring to provide maximum speed at minimum cost.
Date:
April 6, 1915
Creator:
Everitt, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History