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Air-Lift for Elevating Liquids.
Patent for a pneumatic lift that maintains the air pressure needed to effectively move liquid through a pipe.
Date:
June 29, 1915
Creator:
Andrews, Benjamin
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
Engine.
Patent for new steam engine design with illustrations
Date:
June 29, 1915
Creator:
Burrow, Edgar A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fastener.
Patent for a fastener to be used in the connection of doors to ensure they are locked into place.
Date:
June 29, 1915
Creator:
Wilson, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Governor
Patent for Governor that improves upon a speed controlling mechanism, specifically for controlling a reciprocating element like an engine piston, including illustration and instructions. This application is a division of an earlier application (Serial Number: 843, 812 submitted June 08, 1914).
Date:
June 29, 1915
Creator:
Burrow, Edgar A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Money-Changing Machine.
Patent for a machine that provides change in coins automatically.
Date:
June 29, 1915
Creator:
Dodson, Clifton T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner
Patent for an oil burner that can be inserted into a stove or range and function with kerosine oil as fuel. The size of the flame can be adjusted with this oil burner, and it can be installed in stoves and ranges without structural changes being made to the equipment.
Date:
June 29, 1915
Creator:
Jordan, David
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for "a pneumatically actuated nozzle for elevating water, in which the parts are readily assembled and adjusted for both shallow and deep work" (lines 19-22).
Date:
June 29, 1915
Creator:
Meier, Fred H.
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
Valve-Gear.
Patent for a horizontally arranged cylinder that when used would bear no wear indefinitely. The cylinder was made specifically for steam engines.
Date:
June 29, 1915
Creator:
Burrow, Edgar A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fuel
Edgar L. Culver's legal patent from the United States Patent Department, which details Culver's invented process of turning a community's waste into fuel. The finished product when burned, does not leave many clinkers and gives off minimal amounts of smoke and soot.
Date:
June 26, 1915
Creator:
Culver, Edgar L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Egg-Crate.
Patent for "a crate in which eggs may be shipped by freight, express or parcels post...without being cracked or broken" (lines 10-14), including illustrations.
Date:
June 22, 1915
Creator:
Miller, Robert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hoisting Hook.
Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Hoisting-Hooks" (lines 5-6) including specifications and illustrations.
Date:
June 22, 1915
Creator:
Black, Lee J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Collar.
Patent for a horse collar that prevents "grinning", i.e., "a slight enlarging of the apertures or slits provided in the outer edge of the lining of a horse collar to receive the thong lacing commonly employed to connect said edge to the corresponding edge of the front of the collar."
Date:
June 22, 1915
Creator:
Schenkenberg, Frederick
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner
Patent for a hydrocarbon burner that releases the fuel oil by means of a spray, for use in furnaces of stationary boilers. It also allows easy adjustment to the fuel nozzle on the spray.
Date:
June 22, 1915
Creator:
Smith, Algernon V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jack-Block.
Patent for improvement in jack boxes used for holding the wheel of a car.
Date:
June 22, 1915
Creator:
Guild, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Landing-Net.
Patent for improvements to landing nets to make them foldable or collapsible, providing for easier storage when not in use.
Date:
June 22, 1915
Creator:
Franklin, Robert M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Cracking Nuts
Patent for a machine that is able to crack multiple types of nuts at a rapid rate.
Date:
June 22, 1915
Creator:
McDonald, C. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Means for Vehicle Axle Suspension.
Patent for a more resilient vehicle axle suspension and created specifically for motor vehicles.
Date:
June 22, 1915
Creator:
Guthrie, Nehemiah & Johnson, Callender L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Drilling Apparatus
Patent for well drilling apparatus (commonly known as rotaries) with eliminated screws and nuts, and reduced minimum number of parts, and which provides a quickly and easily operable gripping device.
Date:
June 22, 1915
Creator:
Black, Lee J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shirt.
Patent for an improvement in shirts which have the ability to be reversed in the event that one side should become soiled; includes illustration.
Date:
June 22, 1915
Creator:
Miles, John J. & Williams, Jerome A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Full for Locks
Patent for a spring-full for locks that is "automatically spring actuated" (lines 12-13) by a button including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
June 22, 1915
Creator:
Ewing, Harry L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Thermostatic Fire-Extinguishing Device
Patent for a thermostatic fire-extinguishing device that improves the efficiency and operation of thermostatic fire-extinguishers.
Date:
June 22, 1915
Creator:
Hooks, J. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trap-Net.
Patent for improvements in net traps for fish. The trap is constructed of two sections that "can be held open at any depth" and automatically close when lifted.
Date:
June 22, 1915
Creator:
Franklin, Robert M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History