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Railway Telephone and Signal Sign (open access)

Railway Telephone and Signal Sign

Patent for Railway Telephone and Signal System (with illustrations).
Date: September 30, 1915
Creator: Neel, George E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bag-Turner (open access)

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
Belt Attachment for Trousers. (open access)

Belt Attachment for Trousers.

Patent for a new invention of belt loops for trousers that are located inside the waistband with "the loop in the middle of the back being located lower than the others, and a belt confined entirely within the trousers and secured to the trousers at the front only and at a point lower than the adjacent loops." (lines 71-77).
Date: September 28, 1915
Creator: Woodruff, William Douglas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for the improvement of cultivators by allowing the attached shovels to have wider range of motion and customization.
Date: September 28, 1915
Creator: Braune, Friedrich
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay Rake (open access)

Hay Rake

Patent for a hay rake comprised of "a wheeled rake from, a support mounted behind the said frame, braces connecting the support with the rake frame, a fork having its stem swiveled in the support and rising above the same, a wheel carried by the fork, a draft tongue mounted on the support and located to the rear of the rake frame . . ." (100-107)
Date: September 28, 1915
Creator: Mallett, Charles J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vignetter for Cameras. (open access)

Vignetter for Cameras.

Patent for an improved vignetter for cameras which is able to blend backgrounds of "a number of photographic impressions made upon a single sensitized plate or film" (lines 14-16).
Date: September 28, 1915
Creator: Moine, Selest E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Strainer. (open access)

Well-Strainer.

Patent for improvements to well strainers. Plugs with slats are applied throughout the pipe, making the plugs stronger and capable of enduring more strain.
Date: September 28, 1915
Creator: McEvoy, Joseph H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Door-Bell and Mail-Receiver (open access)

Combined Door-Bell and Mail-Receiver

Patent for a combined door-bell and mail-receiver "devices for receiving and holding mail" (lines 9-10).
Date: September 21, 1915
Creator: McDonald, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Cuff (open access)

Cultivator-Cuff

Patent for a cultivator cuff, which is directed to improvements in connections for cultivator beams, and has for its object to so construct a device of this character that the distance between the shovel standard and the beam may be regulated and adjusted, and held in position independently and without molesting the angle or fastenings which control the angle of the shovel standard.
Date: September 21, 1915
Creator: Forrester, Robert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Making Electrotype Embossing-Dies (open access)

Method of Making Electrotype Embossing-Dies

Patent for a new method of embossing woven materials (such as lace) onto paper using electrotyping.
Date: September 21, 1915
Creator: Evins, Dossa D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Harvester (open access)

Peanut-Harvester

Patent for a new kind of peanut harvesting machine that can be attached to a riding planter.
Date: September 21, 1915
Creator: Boyd, William T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sleeve-Protector (open access)

Sleeve-Protector

Patent for a device which protects the wearer's sleeve from becoming wet while washing his hands, brushing his teeth, etc.
Date: September 21, 1915
Creator: Conine, F. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Header and Ensilage-Cutter. (open access)

Stalk-Header and Ensilage-Cutter.

Patent for harvesting machine that simply and efficiently cuts heads off stalks to save seeds and also cuts stalks close to ground for for use for ensilage or to be left as fertilizer. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 21, 1915
Creator: Welch, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch-Stand (open access)

Switch-Stand

Patent for switch stands. The improvement is to provide a mechanism in connection with stands of the character specified for moving the points of a switch to deflect trains from the main track on to the switch, wherein locking mechanism is provided for locking the switch points in safety or main line position and connected to the operating mechanism for moving the points in such manner that when operating arm for the switch is moved into the inoperative position after returning the points to the normal position, the locking mechanism will be operated to lock the points against movement.
Date: September 21, 1915
Creator: Philips, Smith F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fender. (open access)

Fender.

Patent for fenders for personal vehicles such as cars (street and motor cars) that protect a person from major injury when struck by a car by having padding. This fender design also prevents a person from going under the car and being run over.
Date: September 14, 1915
Creator: Goode, Ovelia M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Clamp. (open access)

Pipe-Clamp.

Patent for an invention that relates to pipe clamps. It is specifically for a pipe clamp specially adapted for supporting pipes which extend through floors.
Date: September 10, 1915
Creator: Derrick, Virgil H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adding-Machine (open access)

Adding-Machine

Patent for an adding machine that is simple and can be manufactured at a small cost.
Date: September 7, 1915
Creator: McCaleb, Walter F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane (open access)

Aeroplane

Patent for an aeroplane. The invention is designed to vary the curvature of the plane from front to rear and by this means the plane may be so adjusted as to reduce the "head resistance" to a minimum. The invention is also trying to find the suitable means for manipulating the adjustable sections whereby the movable sections. This invention aims to provide a machine that is strong, durable, efficient, and comparatively simple to construct.
Date: September 7, 1915
Creator: McCarroll, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Door. (open access)

Car-Door.

Patent for a sliding car door and the frame that allows its sliding mechanism to work.
Date: September 7, 1915
Creator: Sneddon, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Caustic-Soda Process. (open access)

Caustic-Soda Process.

Patent for mixing anhydrous sodium-sulfate with saw dust, heating the mixture in a furnace to 880 degrees Celsius and letting it partially cool. This process will convert the sodium-sulfate to sodium sulfide which when combined with the saw dust creates a liquid which will not oxidize because of the saw dust. The saw dust prevents the mixture from becoming volatile. When lime is added to the mixture then caustic soda is created.
Date: September 7, 1915
Creator: Hirt, Jules Hector
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Separator (open access)

Cotton-Separator

Patent for an apparatus for cleaning seed cotton and separating the dust and dirt therefrom prior to the ginning operation. The apparatus will have a perforated metal disk or wheel where cotton will readily slide off, instead of getting clogged. The separator wheel will have a smooth plane surface that will cause no injury to the cotton and the entire surface is freely exposed and unobstructed.
Date: September 7, 1915
Creator: Hughes, James Y.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Expansion Reamer (open access)

Expansion Reamer

Patent for expansion reamer provides scope for a better and improved expansion reamer.
Date: September 7, 1915
Creator: Scheuber, William F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Burner

Patent for a hydrocarbon burner. This hydrocarbon burner would embody a unique assemblage of component parts, whereby the liquid fuel is properly strained and vaporized, then air is admixed the the gaseous fuel or vapor. The mixture of air and vapor is discharged in a unique manner to support the flames. The construction is comparatively simple, compact and inexpensive in construction as well as being efficient and practical in operation.
Date: September 7, 1915
Creator: Von Hohenstein, Charles H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Motor-Cycle Frame (open access)

Motor-Cycle Frame

Patent for an improvement in motorcycle frames that enables the motor to hang in the frame so as not be injured from the jolting or jarring on a road.
Date: September 7, 1915
Creator: White, Edward Young
System: The Portal to Texas History