Attachment for Plows (open access)

Attachment for Plows

Patent for "improvements in attachments for plows for the purpose of cutting roots, sods, and the like, and has for one of its objects to provide a simply constructed attachment which not only provides a suitable cutting implement but likewise includes a removable landslide." (9-15)
Date: January 25, 1916
Creator: Reeves, Wesley L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie Buckle (open access)

Bale-Tie Buckle

Patent for bale-tie buckle to be used to secures bales of cotton specifically. This is used to increase the speed at which cotton can be secured while being ginned and compressed. This buckle can be reused multiple times.
Date: July 25, 1916
Creator: Horsley, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bathing-Machine. (open access)

Bathing-Machine.

Patent for a standing bathing machine that will wash and scrub the person standing inside it. Illustrations are provided but these are guidelines that should not be restricting but something for the builder to build upon.
Date: July 25, 1916
Creator: Howlett, Peyton Leon
System: The Portal to Texas History
Colter. (open access)

Colter.

Patent for the instructions on of how to construct a Colter including illustrations.
Date: April 25, 1916
Creator: James Zedrick Elder
System: The Portal to Texas History
Truck. (open access)

Truck.

Patent for trucks adapted to accommodate lumber, rails, or other materials of various lengths, to balance the load on the center wheels, requiring less power to move the truck.
Date: April 25, 1916
Creator: Simpson, Louis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wind-Wheel. (open access)

Wind-Wheel.

Patent for "connecting the wheel shaft with the driving shaft and [...] the provision of a wind wheel having wind collecting faces or pockets extending in vertical planes surrounding a vertical driving shaft as an axis" (lines 25-38), including illustrations.
Date: April 25, 1916
Creator: Iley, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel. (open access)

Wheel.

Patent for a new vehicle wheel that have adjustable tire sections, including illustrations.
Date: April 25, 1916
Creator: La Croix, Cicero Hamilton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transmission-Lock (open access)

Transmission-Lock

Patent for a mechanism to be added onto a motor vehicle transmission to prevent unwarranted action on the transmission.
Date: January 25, 1916
Creator: McDonald, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vending-Machine. (open access)

Vending-Machine.

Patent for improvements in vending machines for the purpose of vending liquids such as gasoline and oils.
Date: June 25, 1916
Creator: Noark, Henry & Duke, Samuel C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Marker. (open access)

Marker.

Patent for improvement in markers "used in filing and card index cabinets" (lines 6-7).Meant to "provide a light, simply constructed V-shaped device" (lines 11-13), to mark the location of papers or files that have been temporarily moved from a filing system.
Date: July 25, 1916
Creator: Wells, Spencer A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tie-Plate. (open access)

Tie-Plate.

Patent for imrpoved tie plates that will prevent the rails from wearing down the ties.
Date: April 25, 1916
Creator: Barnes, Ned E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grave-Filler. (open access)

Grave-Filler.

Patent for a grave-filler device that holds dirt from the grave and can be shifted longitudinally from the grave and be titled vertically to refill the grave.
Date: April 25, 1916
Creator: Imhoff, Louis P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sustaining and Stabilizing Attachment for Aeroplanes. (open access)

Sustaining and Stabilizing Attachment for Aeroplanes.

Patent for an attachment "embodying a lifting and stabilizing propeller [...] to provide a safety appliance of the designated character in which the propeller, when inactive, is disposed horizontally upon the body of the machine" (lines 24-34), including illustrations.
Date: April 25, 1916
Creator: Warren, George F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Escapement for Watches (open access)

Escapement for Watches

Patent for escapement for watches that allows connecting pieces to adjust more easily, this includes fixed jewels, palettes, levers, etc.
Date: July 25, 1916
Creator: De Long, Charles E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Firearm. (open access)

Firearm.

Patent for firearm with improvements to the cartridge carries or lifter and safety device for locking the trigger, including illustrations.
Date: April 25, 1916
Creator: McLean, Grover C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Firearm (open access)

Firearm

Patent for an improved firearm. This firearm that can transform from a rifle to a shotgun using separate barrels but the same stock mechanism.
Date: April 25, 1916
Creator: Burnaman, Joseph H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fan Attachment. (open access)

Fan Attachment.

Patent for providing "auxiliary fan blades attachable to a fan having permanent blades whereby to increase the fan surface, by attaching the auxiliary blades, or reducing the fan surface to its normal area by detaching the auxiliary blades" (lines 10-15). Its "intended for use in connection with the fan employed on the Ford car, although not limited to this particular use" (lines 16-19), including illustrations.
Date: April 25, 1916
Creator: Goss, Charles E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sliding-Door Mechanism. (open access)

Sliding-Door Mechanism.

Patent for a new sliding door mechanism that allows for doors to be opened and shut by a foot-operated pedal without the use of one's hands, including illustrations.
Date: July 25, 1916
Creator: Beardon, Thomas M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flue-Scraper (open access)

Flue-Scraper

Patent for a flue scraper with multiple self-sharpening scraper arms. The tool is "strong, durable, efficient, and simple" (lines 22-23).
Date: April 25, 1916
Creator: French, Elmer C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Dropping Plate (open access)

Seed-Dropping Plate

Patent for a versatile seed dropping mechanism that retains the seed shells as they drop to prevent machine clogging and seed droppings.
Date: January 25, 1916
Creator: Grinstead, Albert N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Trap. (open access)

Safety-Trap.

Patent for class of steam valve safety traps to prevent the interference of heavy particles with the flow of steam ensuring efficient working of the machine.
Date: July 25, 1916
Creator: Bird, David R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hen-Nest (open access)

Hen-Nest

Patent for an improved hen nest. This nest prevents hens from roosting when the keeper chooses by the ability to turn the nests from horizontal to vertical.
Date: July 25, 1916
Creator: Hebert, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway Rail Joint (open access)

Railway Rail Joint

Patent for strengthening the nails and their meeting ends.
Date: July 25, 1916
Creator: Nichols, Walt M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric-Line-Apparatus Protector (open access)

Electric-Line-Apparatus Protector

Patent for electric-line-apparatus protector used to protect telephone and other electrical circuits from damaged caused by electricity. This is a simple and efficient device.
Date: July 25, 1916
Creator: Higgins, Peter K. & Parker, Frederick R.
System: The Portal to Texas History