Brace for Furniture. (open access)

Brace for Furniture.

Patent for an improved furniture brace that uses wire "for connecting parts of beds, tables and chairs for the purpose of strengthening [...] in which the tightening means lies substantially in the plane of the tightening wires so that there is no twisting action on the tightening means" (lines 11-20), including illustrations.
Date: May 2, 1916
Creator: Wittliff, Theodore H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Header. (open access)

Corn-Header.

Patent for a device for the removal of the heads of corn. The device contains a blade and attaches to a person's hand.
Date: May 2, 1916
Creator: Hooper, Howard Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Heading Knife. (open access)

Corn-Heading Knife.

Patent for a corn cutting knife that straps to the hand and protects the fingers for a more efficient harvesting of corn and maize.
Date: May 2, 1916
Creator: Buchanan, Lemuel O.; Maddox, John S.; Russell, James P. & Speers, Albert
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
Internal Combustion Engine (open access)

Internal Combustion Engine

Patent for Internal Combustion Engine design
Date: May 2, 1916
Creator: Roquemore, Abb L. & Fallwell, Oscar M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve (open access)

Valve

Patent for a new and durable valve design, with illustrations.
Date: May 2, 1916
Creator: Villareal, Patricio
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Indicator for Street-Cars. (open access)

Electrical Indicator for Street-Cars.

Patent for Electrical indicator for street cars the display to the passengers the names of the streets passed by the car.
Date: May 2, 1916
Creator: Craig, Richard M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shutter-Operating Attachment For Photographic Cameras. (open access)

Shutter-Operating Attachment For Photographic Cameras.

Patent for shuttering operating attachment for photographic cameras. Small mechanical device that is operated by a thumb-lever that causes the shutter of the photographic camera to operate.
Date: May 2, 1916
Creator: Atwood, Harry C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Lock. (open access)

Sash-Lock.

Patent for a sash lock that comprises two members that are secured together in a manner to hold the meeting rails in close contact.
Date: May 2, 1916
Creator: Huber, Frederick K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rifle Bolt (open access)

Rifle Bolt

Patent for a new style of bolt for bolt action rifles. Designed with the purpose of fulfilling the same functionality as a bolt on the Springfield Rifle, while using less parts and requiring no other modifications to the Springfield rifle.
Date: October 2, 1916
Creator: Mudd, Thomas, O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hose Coupling (open access)

Hose Coupling

Patent is for improved efficiency pipe couplers on railway cars.
Date: August 2, 1916
Creator: Krueger, F. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pulley-Block. (open access)

Pulley-Block.

Patent for an improvement on pulley blocks that sustains the pulley block from vertical movement. The improvement consists of a U-shaped suspending member equipped with a depending prong that can engage support.
Date: May 2, 1916
Creator: La Croix, Cicero H.
System: The Portal to Texas History