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Chimney-Protector.
Patent for a chimney protector that is "easy and cheap to manufacture which when applied to the chimney top of an oil cooking stove will prevent the drippings or over flow from utensils placed on top of the stove from running down the side" (lines 14-18), including illustrations.
Date:
April 11, 1916
Creator:
Shiller, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Opener and Cleaner.
Patent for cleaning and renovating cotton and other fibrous materials that are found in the lint that falls from the gin in the regular ginning process.
Date:
April 18, 1916
Creator:
Garner, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check Book
Patent for improvements on check books. The pads which may be carried in the pocket without folding the blank checks; and the object is to proved check books or pads which can be carried in the pocket without folding the blank checks.
Date:
April 30, 1916
Creator:
Bolles, P. S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Circuit Maker and Breaker
Patent for an improved automatic circuit maker and breaker. This breaker specifically is meant to be used in conjunction with lighting systems.
Date:
April 11, 1916
Creator:
Mulford, Benjamin R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Shock-Absorber and Brace.
Patent for an improved connection between the shock absorber and brace to "reduce the strain on the front springs of a motor vehicle and to control the rebound incident to the front wheels [...] so that the machine may at all times be under proper control of the steering mechanism" (lines 34-41), including illustrations.
Date:
April 11, 1916
Creator:
More, David
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Shade and Curtain-Pole Bracket.
Patent for combined shade and curtain pole brackets to "be attached to the upper sash of the window" (lines 14), removable, and adjustable, with illustrations.
Date:
April 11, 1916
Creator:
Levingston, Thomas C. & Van Epps, Nettie M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clock.
Patent for an improved alarm clock with two different alarms that sound at desired time set and when the clock is unwound, including illustrations.
Date:
April 11, 1916
Creator:
Buttigieg, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaning and Renovating Plant.
Patent for getting knowledge on how to collect the cotton and make it usable.
Date:
April 18, 1916
Creator:
James C. Garner, of Dallas, Texas & Charles S. Reynolds, of Houston, Texas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Journal Lubricating Machine.
Patent for employed who related to car journal lubricating machine and oiling all classes of railroad cars and streetcars. Also, its benefits to improve the construction and increase the efficiency of machines of this character.
Date:
April 4, 1916
Creator:
Fleischer, Lewis Bernard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements to Demountable Wheels
Patent for a new design for the demountable wheel with a new simple and strong construction that is made of a lighter pressed steel that may be manufactured at a relatively lower cost.
Date:
April 18, 1916
Creator:
Simmons, Oliver G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Clamping and Nailing Boards.
Patent for a "machine whereby boards for floors, ceiling or sheathing may be forced into place and into contact with previously nailed boards without damage and held clamped into position until nails can be driven into the boards and into the joints" (lines 29-34), with illustrations.
Date:
April 11, 1916
Creator:
Binger, Nickolaus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Wagon-Seat.
Patent for "a detachable spring or resilient support for wagon seats [...] which may be adjusted for positioning the seat at various elevations" (lines 14-22), including illustrations.
Date:
April 11, 1916
Creator:
Winslow, George J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wave-Motor.
Patent for a wave motor including an apparatus within a wave disturbed liquid using a power converting mechanism to convert energy in a more convenient form, including illustrations.
Date:
April 4, 1916
Creator:
Fousek, Karl
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
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
Invalid-Bed.
Patent for attachment to beds for invalids. This device allows the invalid to be raised or placed in the sitting position.
Date:
April 18, 1916
Creator:
Anderson, Young R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Threshold.
Patent for an improvement for thresholds to consist of a single metal plate with an arched central portion and laterally-projected flanges that is cheaper and easier to make. The threshold will create a tight joint with the bottom of a door to prevent water and dust from entering through the bottom of the door.
Date:
April 11, 1916
Creator:
Krause, Ernest
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lamp-Chimney Holder.
Patent for an "improved lamp chimney holder" (lines 12-13) designed to allow a hinged member to light the wick and extinguish the light "instead of raising or removing the chimney" (lines 19-20), including illustrations.
Date:
April 11, 1916
Creator:
Emmert, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Nut-Lock.
Patent for a nut lock that has a washer divided on predetermined lines bent in a V-shaped fold line that provides attaching support. Identical sector-like portions of the nut lock have a curved edge that permit embedding in material through which a bolt is passed.
Date:
April 11, 1916
Creator:
Harding, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Suspender Clip
Patent for a clamp, used primarily for fastening the shoulder straps of overall garments but can also be used for suspenders for supporting trousers. Includes illustrations.
Date:
April 11, 1916
Creator:
Murray, Richard H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gearing
Patent for improvements in gearing, "especially adapted for use in connection with wind mills and other devices" (lines 9-11) including illustrations.
Date:
April 11, 1916
Creator:
Wiggins, Hundley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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