EXPLOSION ENGINE STARTER (open access)

EXPLOSION ENGINE STARTER

Patent for a new type of automobile starter, able to replace the hand crank. This device will be able to start the automobile without having to turn a crank, It will attach to the crank shaft of the engine and make it much easier to start the automobile.
Date: April 28, 1914
Creator: Miller, Charles R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fly-Trap. (open access)

Fly-Trap.

Patent for a funnel-shaped fly trap for catching flies and other insects by either entrapment or drowning. Includes instructions and an illustration.
Date: April 7, 1914
Creator: Raifsnider, Alfred
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Post. (open access)

Fence-Post.

Patent for new metal fence posts and supports to "improve and simplify the general construction of devices of this character" (lines 13-15).
Date: April 14, 1914
Creator: Naiser, John Sr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Engine-Plow. (open access)

Engine-Plow.

Patent for the improvement of engine-plows especially regarding those adapted for traction engines. The patent includes specifications and illustrations.
Date: April 21, 1914
Creator: Rarig, Welden C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Harvester. (open access)

Cotton-Harvester.

Patent for a cotton harvester designed for the harvesting of the cotton crop, including illustrations.
Date: April 7, 1914
Creator: Upshaw, Lucius L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Releaser. (open access)

Horse-Releaser.

Patent for improvements on the mechanism to release horses "in case they become unmanageable and run away" (lines 13-14).
Date: April 14, 1914
Creator: Holub, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Copy Holder (open access)

Copy Holder

Patent for an improved copy holder design that is "adapted for holding stenographers' notebooks and other copies and equipped with an efficient line guide, capable of easy and rapid operation to drop the line indicating means from one line to another with perfect accuracy" (lines 14-19), including illustrations.
Date: April 28, 1914
Creator: Wrede, Albin C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Beet Puller and Topper. (open access)

Beet Puller and Topper.

Patent for a new machine to pull beets from the ground as moving chains cut off the leaves and deposit the beets into a bend.
Date: April 28, 1914
Creator: Olson, David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bridle and Bit. (open access)

Bridle and Bit.

Patent for improvements to Bridles and Bits, specifically what are known as stranglers, used to easily gain control over an animal by exerting pressure on its nose, operated by a slight pull on the auxiliary reins. This patent also provides for a device which activates the strangler when the driver releases it and the animal steps on it.
Date: April 7, 1914
Creator: Hentschel, Andrew J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic drain-valve. (open access)

Automatic drain-valve.

Patent for an improved automatic drain valve used in air braking systems.
Date: April 21, 1914
Creator: Huddleston, William R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bandage (open access)

Bandage

Patent for a new bandage or dressing clamp that will hold a bandage in place. It includes two circular, notched jaws held together by an adjustable tube. Illustrations included.
Date: April 21, 1914
Creator: Lupton, Minnie May
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Stacking Mail-Matter. (open access)

Device for Stacking Mail-Matter.

Patent for a device for stacking and bundling all manner of print materials sent through the mail.
Date: April 21, 1914
Creator: Thompson, Earl P. F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
COTTON CHOPPER (open access)

COTTON CHOPPER

Patent for a new type of cotton chopper that has the ability to be adjusted in the vertical to make for faster cotton cutting. This is a simpler design making it cheaper to make and easier to repair.
Date: April 23, 1914
Creator: Fultz, Deck B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churning-Machine. (open access)

Churning-Machine.

Patent for improvements in churning machines so that they "may be used in connection with containers of different sizes" (lines 14-15).
Date: April 7, 1914
Creator: Crume, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake Apparatus. (open access)

Air-Brake Apparatus.

Patent for an improvement to the air brake which includes new types of valves.
Date: April 14, 1914
Creator: Parker, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Disk Harrow. (open access)

Disk Harrow.

Patent for novel construction of a Disk Harrow consisting of a wheel-mounted frame which raises and lowers opposite sides independently and frame attached pivotally carrying a gang of harrow disks.
Date: April 7, 1914
Creator: Emmert, Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gas-Producer. (open access)

Gas-Producer.

Patent for an improvement to a gas producing apparatus which makes gas continuously from "combustible material mixed with air and the subsequent combination of gases formed by the decomposition" (lines 13-15) of resulting gases, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 28, 1914
Creator: Hirt, Jules H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Post. (open access)

Fence-Post.

Patent for improvements to Fence-Posts, preferably made from metal, providing for simple construction and a means for holding wire, which is also of simple construction.
Date: April 7, 1914
Creator: Copeland, Walter G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Service-Switch. (open access)

Automatic Service-Switch.

Patent for a new automatic service switch "which will be entirely concealed within a casing ordinarily kept locked, thus preventing any unauthorized parties from endangering themselves by tampering with the switch, and furthermore impeding any attempt to defraud the company furnishing the current by rendering the switch difficult to access." (lines 35-42) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 7, 1914
Creator: Wetter, Ralph E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press (open access)

Baling Press

Patent for improvements made to a baling press used to press cotton into bales. Improvements include improved construction to improve durability and efficiency, and design enhancements to the feeding belt to make retrieving the bales of cotton easier and more efficient.
Date: April 28, 1914
Creator: Marek, Joseph J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for a tool to stretch telephone wire, barb wire, and wire fencing. The tool connects to and holds in place a wire using a lock. While locked in place, the wire is stretched without the need of chains.
Date: April 28, 1914
Creator: Armstrong, Henry H. & Armstrong, H. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench. (open access)

Wrench.

Patent for a "simple, efficient, and comparatively inexpensive wrench of strong and durable construction" (lines 12-14) with a sliding jaw.
Date: April 7, 1914
Creator: Cunningham, Ira & Flowers, Haywood
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel. (open access)

Wheel.

Patent for a new wheel that preserves the life of its parts using oil or other lubricant that flows into grooves etched into rims from compartments between the felly sections.
Date: April 21, 1914
Creator: Hanna, Oscar Velandingham
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well Drilling Apparatus. (open access)

Well Drilling Apparatus.

Patent for a design of a compact well-drilling machine.
Date: April 17, 1914
Creator: Thorniley, Clarence W.
System: The Portal to Texas History