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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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Alarm Device
Patent for a spring motorized automatic alarm device with an improved tripping mechanism actuated by the medium of fire severing an actuator cord "or the like".
Date:
March 9, 1915
Creator:
Willoughby, Alford Pervis & Bolding, William D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Compressing Apparatus.
Patent for a new air compressing apparatus which employs two kinds of tanks called high pressure containers and low pressure containers charged by means of an air compressing engine.
Date:
March 16, 1915
Creator:
Gebhardt, William Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Inductance Device for Wireless Electrical Signaling
Patent for device to "receive messages transmitted in the form of dots, dashes or spoken words through space" (lines 16-17)
Date:
March 30, 1915
Creator:
Lorenz, Charley O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Auto power transmitting jack
Patent for auto power transmitting jack and it uses.
Date:
March 29, 1915
Creator:
Adolf F. Johnson, of El Campo, Texas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crossover
Patent for cross-overs in railways to prevent collisions of trains traveling on intersecting track ways
Date:
March 2, 1915
Creator:
Miller, Sam P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Battery Connector
Patent for a battery connector that will bind the, "posts and nuts of batteries."
Date:
March 2, 1915
Creator:
Hale, Noah
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Boll Separator.
Patent for "cotton boll threshing machines." "Obejct of the inventions is provide means for crushing, agitating, and opening the dry cotton bolls and removing the fiber of seed cotton,,, without breaking the fiber and lowering the grade of the staple."
Date:
March 2, 1915
Creator:
Patterson, Warren A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fire-Alarm System.
Patent for an automatic fire alarm system with a simple arrangement of alarm devices (positioned throughout different rooms) with sound or visual indicators for fire awareness and closer thermal circuits (assisted with spring contact and circuit closer). The automatic fire alarm system will have a more immediate reaction by making an alert noise or visual and propping open the spring contact.
Date:
March 16, 1915
Creator:
Ammons, John Burck; Ammons, Evander & McGaffey, Otis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Broom or Brush
Patent for metal brooms or brushes that are "strong and durable, relatively light in weight, and can be inexpensively manufactured" (line 13-15). It is intended for "sweeping snow, mud, slush, and the like" (line 16-17). The patent can also be applied for smaller version of metal brooms or brushes for other purposes.
Date:
March 16, 1915
Creator:
Airhart, Noah S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harvester
Patent for device used with a harvester to head stalks of corn using an adjustable cutting mechanism.
Date:
March 30, 1915
Creator:
Barnett, Solomon V.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cheese-Hoop.
Patent for improvements in cheese hoops by creating a suitable frame work to support a wire gauze or net on the sides and the top of the hoop. This protects the cheese when cutting out a portion of the cheese.
Date:
March 30, 1915
Creator:
Cain, William R. & Cain, John R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telltale Switch
Patent for switch that indicates when a vacuum fails. Used for systems in "which it is desired to keep a ... uniform vacuum such as in fruit dryers, creosoting plants, surgace and jet condensing for steam plants and the like" (lines 21-25).
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Howland, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety Attachment for Locomotive-Cabs.
Patent for a locomotive engine safety device involving a detachable protective carrier that releases from the engineer's cab allowing escape from the locomotive engine cab in case of danger, including illustrations.
Date:
March 2, 1915
Creator:
Uttz, William A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Stop Device for Printing-Presses.
Patent for improvements to safety devices (springs, belt shift levers, guide members, rock shafts) that can be attached to a printing press to create automatic stops. These safety devices can be used to address possible accidents or emergencies by fastening down on a specific section of a printing press.
Date:
March 2, 1915
Creator:
Brown, John Walter R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bridle.
Patent for "a bridle wherein means for controlling a horse is provided." (lines 15-16) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 16, 1915
Creator:
Hentschel, Andrew J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Lister-Plows.
Patent for a lister plow, which is a device to be attached to listers, plows, and other farming equipment. The broad design (consisting of mold board wings) and blades (or knives) will remove weeds or prevent weeds from damaging different types of farming equipment.
Date:
March 16, 1915
Creator:
McCune, Floyd S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fly-Trap.
Patent for an improved fly-trap that effectively ensnares flies while providing an efficient method of fly disposal and easier access to the trap for cleaning, including illustrations.
Date:
March 9, 1915
Creator:
Crawford, James
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History