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Operating Mechanism for Window Sash and Screens (open access)

Operating Mechanism for Window Sash and Screens

Patent for improvements for window sash and screens, specifically improving opening, adjusting and closing mechanisms.
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Agee, Howard L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display Advertising Machine (open access)

Display Advertising Machine

Patent for rotating machine which will display papers or advertisements for cetain intervals of time before rotating and changing.
Date: November 21, 1916
Creator: Barnett, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Auxiliary Air-Feed for Carbureters. (open access)

Auxiliary Air-Feed for Carbureters.

Patent for a carbureter that improves auxiliary air feed, wherein gradually increased quantities of air are harnessed as the speed of the motor increases.
Date: October 24, 1916
Creator: Bills, Thomas M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pin-Holder (open access)

Pin-Holder

Patent for mechanism that will encase and dispense pins. It holds a roll of pins and its paper and guides "the removal of pins without manipulation of any apparatus, and without requiring mechanism for checking the pins individually" (lines 20-23).
Date: May 23, 1916
Creator: Bowman, Levi M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Silo (open access)

Silo

Patent for improvements in silos, particularly in the means of tightening the boards and bracing the silos. The object of the invention is to provide a silo which will be easily put together and braced and which can be kept in an air-tight and a liquid tight condition, and to provide means for bracing the silo and for locking the boards in place.
Date: January 4, 1916
Creator: Crady, Charles C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door-Hinge. (open access)

Door-Hinge.

Patent for new modification in a door hinge, its construction and working details.
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Cunningham, Melville Boyd
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jack for Pumps and Other Purposes (open access)

Jack for Pumps and Other Purposes

Patent for a jack, that can be used for a variety of purposes.
Date: October 10, 1916
Creator: Dayton, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cleaning Cotton (open access)

Apparatus for Cleaning Cotton

Patent for machine that cleans harvested cotton.
Date: November 7, 1916
Creator: Dickerson, Eustice E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Separator (open access)

Boll-Separator

Patent for a mechanism to remove cotton from bolls or hulls. The mechanism is designed to be integrated easily into the standard cotton picking and cleaning procedure and is meant to increase productivity while decreasing cost.
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Dickerson, Eustice E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaner (open access)

Cotton Cleaner

Patent for Cotton Cleaner
Date: November 7, 1916
Creator: Dickerson, Eustice E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaner (open access)

Cotton Cleaner

Patent for Cotton Cleaner
Date: December 12, 1916
Creator: Dickerson, Eustice E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fan (open access)

Fan

Patent for fan or blower for the conveyance of materials such as cotton, cottonseed, and saw dust under suction and air pressure from supple source to the delivery point. The travel of material is continuous and the materials will not come into contact with the blades of the fan or blower.
Date: August 15, 1916
Creator: Dickerson, Eustice E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grass-Cutter (open access)

Grass-Cutter

Patent for a grass cutter adapted to be mounted on some part of a train of cars. The object of this invention is to provide a cutter which will cut the grass from railway tracks and to adapt the device for easy attachment to a truck of the car.
Date: January 4, 1916
Creator: Doak, John S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Emergency and Transmission Brake Mechanism. (open access)

Combination Emergency and Transmission Brake Mechanism.

Patent for a combination of emergency and transmission brake mechanism on Ford automobiles that helps relieve the strain on the emergency brake mechanism.
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Fitch, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crutch. (open access)

Crutch.

Patent for crutches with adjustable pneumatic cushioned arm rests, adjustable length, absorbent hand grip, and a detachable vertical leg rest.
Date: May 16, 1916
Creator: Gregson, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hot and Cold Cotton Seed Cake Cutter (open access)

Hot and Cold Cotton Seed Cake Cutter

Patent for Hot and Cold Cotton Seed Cake Cutter
Date: September 5, 1916
Creator: Helm, Clyde D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie Buckle (open access)

Bale-Tie Buckle

Patent for bale-tie buckle to be used to secures bales of cotton specifically. This is used to increase the speed at which cotton can be secured while being ginned and compressed. This buckle can be reused multiple times.
Date: July 25, 1916
Creator: Horsley, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Bath. (open access)

Electric Bath.

Patent for an improved electric bath apparatus. Electrodes are immersed into the water which allows for passage of current throughout the body of water. Improvements provide shielding to the electrodes and clamps capable of attaching to bath tubs with irregular structure.
Date: August 1, 1916
Creator: Howard, Mentor
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trolley-Pole. (open access)

Trolley-Pole.

Patent for inventing a trolley pole which is easy to build, comparatively inexpensive and easy to use. This is an improvement for the older version.
Date: July 18, 1916
Creator: Kirkpatrick, Otey. R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Carbureters. (open access)

Attachment for Carbureters.

Patent for improvement in attachments for carbureters that uses a hydro-carbon engine to induce a vertical whirl.
Date: May 2, 1916
Creator: Loose, Robert D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piston Packing (open access)

Piston Packing

Patent for extansible rings for piston packing.
Date: November 21, 1916
Creator: Miles, Charles H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane (open access)

Aeroplane

Patent for aeroplane with an improved carrying capacity.
Date: October 31, 1916
Creator: Millican, Joel W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll Breaker and Cotton Cleaner (open access)

Boll Breaker and Cotton Cleaner

Patent for a device that will break open harvested cotton bolls, while simultaneously cleaning the cotton.
Date: December 5, 1916
Creator: Peterman, Toney S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Valve (open access)

Automatic Valve

Patent for Automatic Valve
Date: August 29, 1916
Creator: Pringle, Henry C.
System: The Portal to Texas History