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Automatic Gate Latch.
Patent for invention of a gate latch which is very simple, durable and is comparatively inexpensive. This has a swinging latch attached to the gate.
Date:
August 1, 1916
Creator:
Schultze, August J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Automobile-Headlight
Patent for an automobile headlight to be attached to the front of the vehicle, that automatically turns to the side whenever the vehicle changes its course so that the pathway directly ahead is lighted for increased safety in the automobile's course.
Date:
February 8, 1916
Creator:
Old, William B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clasp.
Patent for a new clasp, or fastening device, that is less expensive to construct and easier to use, with illustration. The clasp is to be used for the varied purposes of "hair dressing, millinery, drapery, and dress-wear" (lines 78-79).
Date:
June 13, 1916
Creator:
Fridolph, Anna S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coal-Transferring Apparatus.
Patent for a machine to load and unload the transfer of coal from one vessel to another, at sea, or from a yard to a vessel, at dock.
Date:
November 14, 1916
Creator:
Rochel, Ken E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burner.
Patent for "the improvement of burners. The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of burners and to provide a simple, practical an comparatively inexpensive burner of strong and durable construction"
Date:
June 27, 1916
Creator:
Messerli, J.J. & Miller, Fred. F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cleaning Apparatus.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and compact cleaning apparatus that tends to a variety of receptacles and dishes.
Date:
October 10, 1916
Creator:
Peña, Max & Cruz, Patricio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carton.
Patent for cartons, specifically cartons belonging to "the class of collapsible safety wrappers for bottles or other fragile articles." (lines 9-10).
Date:
August 30, 1916
Creator:
Elder, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeration and Subirrigation for Promoting Vegetation
Patent for large terminal that can be implanted into the ground, which can supply air and moisture into the surrounding soil to stimulate growth of vegetation.
Date:
October 10, 1916
Creator:
Rife, Archibald H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beet-Harvesting Machine.
Patent for beet harvesting machine capable of plucking, cutting, and sorting vegetable parts.
Date:
January 4, 1916
Creator:
Holub, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Jack
Patent for an automobile jack that lifts the vehicle so that necessary repairs can be made and that relieves constant pressure of the tires.
Date:
January 18, 1916
Creator:
Davidson, Charles Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blowpipe.
Patent for an improved blowpipe (or hydrocarbon torch), which when activated causes "an extremely hot needle flame" for a Bunsen burner (lines 18-19). Patent contains an illustration and instructions.
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Downie, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Journal Lubricating Machine.
Patent for employed who related to car journal lubricating machine and oiling all classes of railroad cars and streetcars. Also, its benefits to improve the construction and increase the efficiency of machines of this character.
Date:
April 4, 1916
Creator:
Fleischer, Lewis Bernard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Automobiles or Any Other Desired Vehicles.
Patent for an attachment to automobiles to facilitate the attachment of luggage.
Date:
August 22, 1916
Creator:
Cypert, Jesse Bundy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotter-Pin Puller
Patent for cottor-pin puller that is useful to pull cotter pins that are secured in shafts, fly wheels or any other devices without bending or twisting or damaging them.
Date:
October 31, 1916
Creator:
Hayden, Jefferson B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Journal-Box.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in car journal boxes, and more particularly to the box in which the journal of the axle of the ordinary railway car has a bearing." (lines 8-12)
Date:
August 29, 1916
Creator:
Law, Charles R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Spoons.
Patent for an attachment for spoons, forks, and the like. The attachment is a metal wire loop that attaches to a utensil and is bent to hook onto a vessel such as a bowl to keep the utensil from falling in the vessel.
Date:
June 6, 1916
Creator:
Allen, Harry P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Apparatus for Burning Lime.
Patent for improvements in apparatus for burning lime. To provide reliable and efficient means to extract all the heat units from fuel to be used by providing an increase draft and long blaze.
Date:
July 18, 1916
Creator:
Walsh, Patrick A. & Walsh, Edward J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements to Demountable Wheels
Patent for a new design for the demountable wheel with a new simple and strong construction that is made of a lighter pressed steel that may be manufactured at a relatively lower cost.
Date:
April 18, 1916
Creator:
Simmons, Oliver G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Box
Patent for collapsible boxes. Makes it easier and more convenient for people using them.
Date:
January 11, 1916
Creator:
Houghland, Frank H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Antifriction-Bearing for Cutting Apparatus.
Patent for a rotary cutting tool meant for corn harvesting that is more durable and efficient at cutting corn stalks than previously used stationary knives.
Date:
February 1, 1916
Creator:
Roten, Henry G. & Embry, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Filler and Packer for Baling-Presses
Patent for a combined filler and packer for association with a cotton press or baling apparatus and operating to receive lint cotton from a suitable source. The primary objective is to facilitate an automatic direct feed of lint cotton from the cotton separator into the baling apparatus.
Date:
August 1, 1916
Creator:
Murray, Stephen D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bracket for Window-Shades.
Patent for new and improved brackets to hang window shades and curtain rods without damaging window frames, including illustrations.
Date:
June 6, 1916
Creator:
Choules, Arthur Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History