Oil-Well Screen (open access)

Oil-Well Screen

Patent for an oil-well screen that provides a finer degree of filtering small particles from oil and gas.
Date: November 1, 1916
Creator: Scott, Clarence N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Gate Latch. (open access)

Automatic Gate Latch.

Patent for invention of a gate latch which is very simple, durable and is comparatively inexpensive. This has a swinging latch attached to the gate.
Date: August 1, 1916
Creator: Schultze, August J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Antifriction-Bearing for Cutting Apparatus. (open access)

Antifriction-Bearing for Cutting Apparatus.

Patent for a rotary cutting tool meant for corn harvesting that is more durable and efficient at cutting corn stalks than previously used stationary knives.
Date: February 1, 1916
Creator: Roten, Henry G. & Embry, William M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Filler and Packer for Baling-Presses (open access)

Combined Filler and Packer for Baling-Presses

Patent for a combined filler and packer for association with a cotton press or baling apparatus and operating to receive lint cotton from a suitable source. The primary objective is to facilitate an automatic direct feed of lint cotton from the cotton separator into the baling apparatus.
Date: August 1, 1916
Creator: Murray, Stephen D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Type Writing Machine (open access)

Type Writing Machine

Patent for type-writing machine used to center heading on a document in typewriting machines. With the success of the invention, the carriage-spacing key is depressed once for each letter in the word being centered.
Date: August 1, 1916
Creator: Barker, Benjamin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Box. (open access)

Ice-Box.

Patent for an invention of simple and efficiently designed ice boxes.
Date: August 1, 1916
Creator: Bauer, Frederick H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter (open access)

Stalk-Cutter

Patent for a simple and easy attachable stalk cutter for the beam of a plow for efficient stalk cutting, including instructions and illustrations
Date: February 1, 1916
Creator: Modrall, Don A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Huller-Gin. (open access)

Huller-Gin.

Patent for a Huller-Gin. This device has an improvement that reduces the cotton being wasted by getting clogged in the hulling chamber.
Date: August 1, 1916
Creator: Murray, Stephen D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
String-Fastener. (open access)

String-Fastener.

Patent for string fastener of a simple construction to fasten a string after it has been arranged around a box, including illustrations.
Date: August 1, 1916
Creator: Hine, Frank B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrically-Operated Door. (open access)

Electrically-Operated Door.

Patent for am electrically-operated door. This device has mechanisms that are when stepped on automatically open and close the door.
Date: August 1, 1916
Creator: Cain, Ira L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mason's Jointer (open access)

Mason's Jointer

Patent for jointers used by stone masons and brick masons which can be used to cut out mortar to a predetermined depth between courses of bricks and smooth the mortar surface for a neat and attractive joint.
Date: August 1, 1916
Creator: Downs, Anthony Wayne
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Prod-Pole. (open access)

Electric Prod-Pole.

Patent for a simple, strong, and durable prod-pole which is also cheap and effective.
Date: August 1, 1916
Creator: Martin, Budolph E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sewing Machine. (open access)

Sewing Machine.

Patent for sewing machine having an embroidering or darning spring presser foot attachment.
Date: August 1, 1916
Creator: Moses, Edward Isac & Kellar, William Edmond
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Bath. (open access)

Electric Bath.

Patent for an improved electric bath apparatus. Electrodes are immersed into the water which allows for passage of current throughout the body of water. Improvements provide shielding to the electrodes and clamps capable of attaching to bath tubs with irregular structure.
Date: August 1, 1916
Creator: Howard, Mentor
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Wrench. (open access)

Pipe-Wrench.

Patent for improvement of the pipe-wrench by simplification in structural details.
Date: August 1, 1916
Creator: Stone, John E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cigarette-Paper-Holding Attachment For Tobacco-Boxes. (open access)

Cigarette-Paper-Holding Attachment For Tobacco-Boxes.

Patent for a cigarette paper attachment to be placed within the tobacco box for easier access to the tobacco paper.
Date: August 1, 1916
Creator: Rose, Bertram A.
System: The Portal to Texas History