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Stable Rosin and Process of Making the Same
Patent for the process of manufacturing hydrogenated rosin.
Date:
January 4, 1916
Creator:
Brooks, Benjamin T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Wrench
Patent for wrench improvement. Allows for "instantaneous initial or preliminary adjustment to fit any size object within its capacity, and a final adjustment to engage the object firmly and securely and to provide a simple, practical, and efficient wrench of strong and durable construction, and equipped with ratchet mechanism for affording a quick adjustment of a sliding jaw and a threaded connection . . . " (13-21)
Date:
January 4, 1916
Creator:
Cunningham, Ira
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Collapsible Life-Boat
Patent for a lifeboat that can be rolled and unrolled from the side of vessels for easy access for patrons on boats in the event of emergency
Date:
January 4, 1916
Creator:
Dolejska, Frank & Herzik, Louis M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kite.
Patent for a new design of kite in which the frame is adjustable and able to form different shapes. Illustrations and instructions included.
Date:
January 4, 1916
Creator:
Exline, Marcus P.
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
Post-Card Rack
Patent for racks for supporting and displaying commodities for sale. The device comprises a rotary holder or rack mounted for rotation around a vertical axis and including a skirt-like outer wall made of flexible material folded to form circumferentially arranged pockets into which the lower ends of a large quantity of post cards or the like may be inserted and supported in connection with certain other elements of the structure.
Date:
January 4, 1916
Creator:
Honig, Gustav
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pistol- Holster
Patent for a pistol holder. The holder will secure the pistol in the position that it should be in, at all times.
Date:
January 4, 1916
Creator:
Parrish, Byron B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lamp-Burner
Patent for the provision of spring pressed clamps pivotally mounted on a burner and adapted to engage opposite sides of the base of a lamp chimney and thereby securely hold the lamp chimney in place on the burner and yet permit the ready removal of the chimney.
Date:
January 4, 1916
Creator:
Patterson, Simon H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint.
Patent for a rail joint designed to provide an improved joint employing means without the use of bolts for securely connecting adjacent rail ends together and holding them in place against longitudinal and spreading movement, including illustrations.
Date:
January 4, 1916
Creator:
Peppers, Jerry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker
Patent for improvements to pneumatic cotton pickers. The principal object of the invention is to provide rotatable suction devices which will draw the cotton from the plants in one part of the rotation and drop the same cotton in the remaining part of the rotation.
Date:
January 4, 1916
Creator:
Rhodes, Clyde
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Wagon-Top
Patent for an improved portable vehicle top such as is used upon farm wagons and the like. The wagon-top is constructed so that it may be easily removably connected with a wagon, so that it may be folded when attached to the wagon, and so that it may provide improved means for releasably connecting the supporting leg of the top proper with the standards which carry the top.
Date:
January 4, 1916
Creator:
Safford, Edward B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fishing-Float
Patent for a new and useful fishing-float, aiming to provide a means for frictionally clamping the line within the float, so that the float can be adjusted readily along the line whenever desired.
Date:
January 4, 1916
Creator:
Scott, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door-Fastener.
Patent for a door-fastener, lock, that can be attached to on the facing side or from the inside so that the fastener cannot be unlocked from the outside. The door-fastener is light weight so that it can be easily carried about.
Date:
January 4, 1916
Creator:
Scroggins, Fred.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for improvements in wrenches, particularly relating to the type generally known as the spanner wrench. The object of this invention is to provide an improved spanner wrench including means for reliably retaining the wrench head in proper position with relation to the object being rotated.
Date:
January 4, 1916
Creator:
Wright, John G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Reginning Machine
Patent for a machine to process and clean cotton. The machine is called a Cotton Reginning Machine by the inventor, who intends for the machine to improve the grade of the processed cotton.
Date:
January 4, 1916
Creator:
Wright, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History