Adjustable Plow Mechanism (open access)

Adjustable Plow Mechanism

Patent for an adjustable plow with an improved adjustable and reversible mechanism in plow construction, Allows for properly spaced elevated ridges for planting crops.
Date: February 23, 1915
Creator: Popp, Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Agitator. (open access)

Agitator.

Patent for an improved device to produce a useful agitation of liquid in washing machines by configuring the paddles or blades in the most effective manner, including illustrations.
Date: February 23, 1915
Creator: Babek, Aloysius S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Burning Unburnt Gas Products. (open access)

Apparatus for Burning Unburnt Gas Products.

Patent for a new "method for burning all of the products usually known as "waste products" and to eliminate the fumes and poisonous vapors." (lines 27-30) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Jansen, Andrew
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for linotype-machines (open access)

Attachment for linotype-machines

Patent for "an attachment for a linotype machine in the form of a measuring gage constructed in such a manner that the same can be quickly attached to the linotype machine adjacent to the keyboard to facilitate the correcting of proofs and the like by the operator." With this invention, an operator can "ascertain instantaneously, what measure or the number of ems at which to set the machine to make the required correction."
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Callan, Christopher B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Signal and Control for Railways (open access)

Automatic Signal and Control for Railways

Patent for "automatically arresting the travel of a locomotive or train in the event of failure of a clear track" (lines 11-14).
Date: February 23, 1915
Creator: Pool, Carl L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Belt Lifter for Bull Wheels (open access)

Belt Lifter for Bull Wheels

Patent for belft lifters for bull wheels for providing "a simple and efficient belt manipulating device peculiarly adapted to be used in connection with bull wheels of well drilling machinery" (line 11-14).
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Edward Peterson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blow-Off Cock (open access)

Blow-Off Cock

Patent for new and useful Improvements in “blow-off cocks for use on locomotive and other boilers,” (line 9-11), including an illustration.
Date: November 23, 1915
Creator: Roach, John L. & Dawson, Lance L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bolt Lock (open access)

Bolt Lock

Patent for an improved bolt block that maintains a bolt effectively against axial rotation.
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Robinson, Robert John, Sr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Roofing. (open access)

Car-Roofing.

Patent for "a novel and improved device for fastening corrugated sheet metal roofing, and the running board supports or blocks upon the car." (lines 9-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Maness, William Curtain
System: The Portal to Texas History
Casing for Player-Pianos. (open access)

Casing for Player-Pianos.

Patent for "new and useful improvements" (lines 9-10) to the casing for player pianos. Improvements include simplifying numerous operations of the piano to be accomplished by one mechanism. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 23, 1915
Creator: Terry, Charles R. & Money, Benjamin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Operating Device. (open access)

Churn-Operating Device.

Patent for a churn operating device to make the process more simple and efficient for the use of producing butter in the shortest possible time.
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Palm, Oliver
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Crate (open access)

Collapsible Crate

Patent fora collapsible crate used specifically for "shipping poultry or other live animals" (lines 11-12).
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Master, Chester A. & Wolnitzek, Oscar T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Crate (open access)

Collapsible Crate

Patent for a metal collapsible crate. Hinges allow the crate to be folded.
Date: November 23, 1915
Creator: Potucek, Paul
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Hose-Reel and Valve. (open access)

Combined Hose-Reel and Valve.

Patent for a hose reel and valve in which the act of unwinding the reel automatically opens the valve; includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Landry, Rosamond L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cooling and Disinfecting Device. (open access)

Cooling and Disinfecting Device.

Patent for improvements in fluid cooling and disinfecting devices. The primary object of improvements is "to provide a simple, inexpensive and efficient device of this character which will be well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed."
Date: February 23, 1915
Creator: Womack, Samuel W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for improvements in cotton choppers that are reliable, cost-effective, and move transversely through the rows of cotton "separately producing a vertical adjustment of each earth turning member." (lines 17-19), including illustrations.
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Gant, Jesse B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a content chopping device with an adjustable lever and cutters. The cotton chopper can be attached to different cultivator frames (farm equipment) and adjusted to chop or thin out different rows of cotton stalks (or other plants).
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Adams, Joe B. & Miller, Lawrence M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drill-Support. (open access)

Drill-Support.

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Drill-Supports, of which the following is a specification. This invention relates to drilling apparatus, and more particularly to an apparatus of this character for use in coal or other mines for boring or drilling holes for blasting charges and other purposes" (lines 6-13).
Date: November 23, 1915
Creator: Williams, Benjamin F. & Mayfield, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Faucet. (open access)

Faucet.

Patent for a novel faucet using a reciprocating valve instead of a rotary valve and resistant to problems caused by ice formation in the faucet, with illustrations.
Date: February 23, 1915
Creator: McLaren, Charles E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gas Generator and Burner. (open access)

Gas Generator and Burner.

Patent for a "combined gas generator and burner" (lines 9-10) adapted for household heating and cooking purposes including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Hopper, James F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grain Door (open access)

Grain Door

Patent for a railway car door that is designed to assist with loading and unloading of grain
Date: October 23, 1915
Creator: Alquist, Sven Peter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Kerosene-Burner. (open access)

Kerosene-Burner.

Patent for kerosene fueled burner for use with cooking or heating, includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 23, 1915
Creator: Patton, William D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lamp-Adjusting Mechanism (open access)

Lamp-Adjusting Mechanism

Patent for a new and improved lamp-adjusting mechanism for automobiles and other vehicles that directs light from lamps in any direction, within a certain arc, in order to illuminate any object at the side of the road or street, with illustrations (lines 10-20).
Date: February 23, 1915
Creator: Kitching, David C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mop (open access)

Mop

Patent for a mop with removable cleaning cloth. Intended use is for washing dishes. The handles for holding the cloth are for securely twisting to wring water out.
Date: November 23, 1915
Creator: Evans, Anna L.
System: The Portal to Texas History