Egg-Crate. (open access)

Egg-Crate.

Patent for "a crate in which eggs may be shipped by freight, express or parcels post...without being cracked or broken" (lines 10-14), including illustrations.
Date: June 22, 1915
Creator: Miller, Robert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher (open access)

Wire Stretcher

Patent for an improved wire-stretcher that is able to stretch wires while simultaneously holding the stretched wire during stapling.
Date: June 22, 1915
Creator: Kidd, Burrell L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Landing-Net. (open access)

Landing-Net.

Patent for improvements to landing nets to make them foldable or collapsible, providing for easier storage when not in use.
Date: June 22, 1915
Creator: Franklin, Robert M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Cracking Nuts (open access)

Machine for Cracking Nuts

Patent for a machine that is able to crack multiple types of nuts at a rapid rate.
Date: June 22, 1915
Creator: McDonald, C. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jack-Block. (open access)

Jack-Block.

Patent for improvement in jack boxes used for holding the wheel of a car.
Date: June 22, 1915
Creator: Guild, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trap-Net. (open access)

Trap-Net.

Patent for improvements in net traps for fish. The trap is constructed of two sections that "can be held open at any depth" and automatically close when lifted.
Date: June 22, 1915
Creator: Franklin, Robert M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Burner

Patent for a hydrocarbon burner that releases the fuel oil by means of a spray, for use in furnaces of stationary boilers. It also allows easy adjustment to the fuel nozzle on the spray.
Date: June 22, 1915
Creator: Smith, Algernon V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Full for Locks (open access)

Spring-Full for Locks

Patent for a spring-full for locks that is "automatically spring actuated" (lines 12-13) by a button including illustrations and instructions.
Date: June 22, 1915
Creator: Ewing, Harry L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Post Hole Auger (open access)

Post Hole Auger

Patent for an improved post-hole digger/auger with multiple blades that cut in a spiral pattern and has the blades adjust and lock on the base. The blade shanks form a cage and keeps dirt from clogging the blades.
Date: May 22, 1915
Creator: Hoover, Orville M. & Ardery, Sarah, J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hoisting Hook. (open access)

Hoisting Hook.

Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Hoisting-Hooks" (lines 5-6) including specifications and illustrations.
Date: June 22, 1915
Creator: Black, Lee J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Thermostatic Fire-Extinguishing Device (open access)

Thermostatic Fire-Extinguishing Device

Patent for a thermostatic fire-extinguishing device that improves the efficiency and operation of thermostatic fire-extinguishers.
Date: June 22, 1915
Creator: Hooks, J. J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Collar. (open access)

Horse-Collar.

Patent for a horse collar that prevents "grinning", i.e., "a slight enlarging of the apertures or slits provided in the outer edge of the lining of a horse collar to receive the thong lacing commonly employed to connect said edge to the corresponding edge of the front of the collar."
Date: June 22, 1915
Creator: Schenkenberg, Frederick
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Drilling Apparatus (open access)

Rotary Drilling Apparatus

Patent for well drilling apparatus (commonly known as rotaries) with eliminated screws and nuts, and reduced minimum number of parts, and which provides a quickly and easily operable gripping device.
Date: June 22, 1915
Creator: Black, Lee J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shirt. (open access)

Shirt.

Patent for an improvement in shirts which have the ability to be reversed in the event that one side should become soiled; includes illustration.
Date: June 22, 1915
Creator: Miles, John J. & Williams, Jerome A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Means for Vehicle Axle Suspension. (open access)

Resilient Means for Vehicle Axle Suspension.

Patent for a more resilient vehicle axle suspension and created specifically for motor vehicles.
Date: June 22, 1915
Creator: Guthrie, Nehemiah & Johnson, Callender L.
System: The Portal to Texas History