Attachment For Mowers (open access)

Attachment For Mowers

Patent for an improving to attachments for mowers that can be attached to shoe of the sickle bar. This attachment helps to raise the grain or growth being cut and bring it into the path of the sickle bar. It also works to ensure the cut grain will fall away from the standing grain.
Date: February 15, 1916
Creator: Muller, Hermann W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Cake-Rack (open access)

Automatic Cake-Rack

Patent for a display device of desert type foods.
Date: February 15, 1916
Creator: Jones, Seaborn W. & Postlethwaite, Alonzo W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Oil-Supply Valve (open access)

Automatic Oil-Supply Valve

Patent for an automatic oil-supply valve.
Date: February 15, 1916
Creator: Daffern, Paul
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Release hook (open access)

Automatic Release hook

Patent for Automatic Relese Hook
Date: June 15, 1916
Creator: Mazoch, A. F. & Sladecek, E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bearing. (open access)

Bearing.

Patent for invention of a bearing which has adjustable bearing for shafting. Also this invention wide range of position changes in shaft.
Date: August 15, 1916
Creator: Dickerson, Eustice. E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bridle (open access)

Bridle

Patent for a bridle that will improve how the horse is guided and also prevent horse from running away. The device also will help prevent the horse from displacing the bridle.
Date: February 15, 1916
Creator: Hentschel, Andrew J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Camera. (open access)

Camera.

Patent for "means for accurately focusing the main or photographic lens without relying upon the scale; to provide means for determining the full extent of the view to be photographed; and to provide for seeing the image upon a ground glass up to the moment of exposure." (lines 10-16)
Date: August 15, 1916
Creator: Overman, Charles Joseph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press (open access)

Cotton-Press

Patent for improvements in cotton press boxes such as used in the connection with cotton baling mechanisms. These prevent injury to the operator but are in such a location that the operator much go around, over, and under them in order to get to the compressed material and tie it.
Date: August 15, 1916
Creator: Hanus, Joseph J.; Hanus, Tom Joe & Putz, John F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for improvements in cultivating devices such as weeders which includes a labor reducing tool to pull out weeds and grasses from various types of lands including instructions and an illustration.
Date: February 15, 1916
Creator: Luckey, Bert C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Currycomb and Brush (open access)

Currycomb and Brush

Patent for a currycomb and brush. This currycomb and brush is a combination in which the user can switch between comb and brush functions, also allowing for easy cleaning.
Date: February 15, 1916
Creator: Vyvial, Frank
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Extension Broom-Handle (open access)

Extension Broom-Handle

Patent for extensions for broom handles and devices of that character. Sections of handles may be joined together for increasing the length of the handle for when the broom is being used to clean walls, ceilings and the like. It can also be used to repair broken handles.
Date: August 15, 1916
Creator: Standefer, Wayne B.
Object Type: Patent
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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fishing Tool (open access)

Fishing Tool

Patent for a fishing tool used for removing items lost in a well during the drilling process.
Date: February 15, 1916
Creator: Trevino, Ignacio
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Globe Draft-Shield. (open access)

Globe Draft-Shield.

Patent for the invention of a simple and efficient device to attach to a chimney which will prevent sudden wind from blowing out the lamp.
Date: August 15, 1916
Creator: Byrd, Silas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hose-Coupling (open access)

Hose-Coupling

Patent for improved and useful additions to the hose coupling machine, including illustration and instructions
Date: February 15, 1916
Creator: Stephens, John H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lubricating Device. (open access)

Lubricating Device.

Patent for a device that lubricates cylinders via the intake manifold that responds to small changes in pressure.
Date: August 15, 1916
Creator: McKay, Guy
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nutcracker (open access)

Nutcracker

Patent for nut crackers designed for use in cracking pecan nuts. It is a simple device that can be readily attached to a table or other support and is quickly adjustable for different sized nuts.
Date: August 15, 1916
Creator: Blair, William E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burning Apparatus (open access)

Oil-Burning Apparatus

Patent for an oil-burning apparatus.
Date: February 15, 1916
Creator: Burk, Charles H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil - Tank Gage. (open access)

Oil - Tank Gage.

Patent for invention of a gage which measures the depth of oil in a tank. This generally lowers the pole in tank until it touches oil.
Date: August 15, 1916
Creator: King, Horace. B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pad for Horse-Collars (open access)

Pad for Horse-Collars

Patent for a pad for a horse collar that connects to one side of the branch and then the other to maintain hold around the animal's neck when pulled back. Includes instructions and illustration.
Date: February 15, 1916
Creator: Flemming, Julius R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for improvements in plows construction, mainly for disc plows. Includes a frame to which one or many discs may be attached at various angles including instructions and an illustration.
Date: February 15, 1916
Creator: Psencik, Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Poultry-Feeder. (open access)

Poultry-Feeder.

Patent for a poultry feeder machine that automatically releases feed when a chicken pecks at the bait suspended from a lever. It helps prevent wasting the feed, including illustrations.
Date: August 15, 1916
Creator: Seamans, John D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump (open access)

Pump

Patent for an improvement to lift pumps for deep oil and artesian wells. The improvement is intended to overcome the difficulty of excessive pressure caused by the liquid rising to the surface that makes foot valve inoperable. The design also makes the pump easier to construct as well as stronger and more durable.
Date: February 15, 1916
Creator: Haar, G. E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint (open access)

Rail-Joint

Patent for an improved rail joint with the ends of the joints fitting together in a more snug, efficient fashion.
Date: April 15, 1916
Creator: Ellis, Orvel L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History