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Car-Door
Patent for a car door that has a lock that cooperates with the hangers on the door to cause them to bind the rollers against the track. The car door also provides a locking means for the levers on the door locking means which is "adapted to received the ordinary car seal" (line 22).
Date:
October 12, 1915
Creator:
Renner, Willie L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Connector for Electrical Conductors.
Patent for a new type of electrical conduit connector made for railway coach wiring and other similar uses, designed to be adaptable and reliable.
Date:
October 12, 1915
Creator:
Denman, Hugh E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drill-Holder.
Patent for a drill holder that may be adjusted to automatically drill forward when manually rotated.
Date:
October 12, 1915
Creator:
Lawson, Harry C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gas-Valve.
Patent for improvement to gas valve "which is adapted to be used in connection with a water heater" (9, 11-12) including description and illustrations.
Date:
October 12, 1915
Creator:
Cochran, Harry A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for a plow augmented by an adjustable knife attached at the rear that improves plow cutting and stability.
Date:
October 12, 1915
Creator:
Barker, Spencer A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spraying Attachment for Cultivators
Patent for spray attachment for a Cultivator, which is an agricultural farm equipment used for soil tillage. The machine is designed to stir soil around a crop. The improvement of the spray attachment is a nozzle that can control the spray of fluid at the same time the soil is being cultivated.
Date:
October 12, 1915
Creator:
Oldham, Frank
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Condenser.
Patent for "condenser, adapted to supply sterile water in hospitals and elsewhere" (lines 9-11) including instructions and an illustration.
Date:
October 12, 1915
Creator:
Scott, Zacahry T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Torch.
Patent for torch specifically designed for "trainmen in the operation of trains at night" (lines 12-14). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 12, 1915
Creator:
Taylor, Frank J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Shade.
Patent for a new and improved window shade that has a roller which allows the shade to be adjusted by moving the roller and then locking into place.
Date:
October 12, 1915
Creator:
Pepple, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Clothes-Pin
Patent for an improvement in clothes pins where the pin is formed from one single piece of resilient wire.
Date:
October 12, 1915
Creator:
Price, Thomas M. & Tillman, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reconnoissance soil survey of south-central Texas
Soil survey of 19 counties in south-central Texas. "The area includes all of Crockett, Schleicher, Menard, Mason, Llano, Burnet, Blanco, Gillespie, Kimble, Sutton, Valverde, Edwards, Kerr, Real, Bandera, Kendall, and Comal Counties and the greater parts of Hays and Travis Counties . . . ." Text describes the area, climate, agriculture, soils, irrigation, and alkali of these counties.
Date:
June 12, 1915
Creator:
Kocher, A. E. (Arthur E.)
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil Map, Reconnoissance Survey, South Central Texas Sheet
Map displays soil types along with creeks, rivers, counties, towns, ranches, roads, and railroads. Includes legend and symbols.
Date:
June 12, 1915
Creator:
United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Film-Mover
Patent for an automatic film mover which allows film in a projector to be automatically moved forwards and in reverse.
Date:
January 12, 1915
Creator:
Edmond, Berger & Barnes, Ned E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door-Lock
Patent for a lock which can be attached to either a right-hand or left-hand door and operated from either side. When locked from the inside, a shutter will prevent the door from being unlocked from the outside until released again from the inside.
Date:
January 12, 1915
Creator:
Wilson, Ira W.
Object Type:
Patent
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Internal-Combustion Engine.
Patent for a two-cycle, reciprocating piston internal combustion engine that preheats incoming fuel and is designed to run smoothly and reduce vibration, including illustrations.
Date:
January 12, 1915
Creator:
Bukoviny, Frank W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanism For Casing Off Water.
Patent for a mechanism for casing off water in wells so that it does not become mixed with oil or escape into the bore and be discharged to the surface.
Date:
January 12, 1915
Creator:
Fuqua, William Y. & Johnson, Charles J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Bath-Cabinet
Patent for a bathing cabinet where the tub is supported on a swinging door such that when the door is open, the tub is in a position for use. When not in use, the tub and enclosing curtain are hidden from view and the cabinet appears to be an ordinary wardrobe. The the cabinet may be moved from place to place.
Date:
January 12, 1915
Creator:
Curry, Amry M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Track-Laying Machine.
Patent for improvements in track laying machines that enable railway ties to be delivered to the exact location that they are to be places in the track; includes illustrations.
Date:
January 12, 1915
Creator:
Simpson, Charles M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transverse-Cutter Rotary Drill
Patent for a rotary boring drill whose head is made of multiple parts, allowing for a larger cutter than a single piece head. The mechanism that holds the multiple parts of the head together also prevents the cross-shaft from rotating with the head.
Date:
January 12, 1915
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History