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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
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
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
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
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
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
Sash-Fastener.
Patent for an improved window sash fastener that will "enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use" (lines 9-11), including illustrations.
Date:
April 18, 1916
Creator:
Crandell, Frederick N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shock-Absorber.
Patent for shock absorbers that are simple and can be readily used on vehicles to prevent the sudden rebounding of springs.
Date:
April 18, 1916
Creator:
Crowson, Jonas Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cooking Utensil.
Patent for a new and improved double boiler "used for continuous cooking for a long period, without replenishing the water supply" (lines 18-20) and to "improve the general efficiency of double boilers of the indicated character" (lines 22-23) including illustrations.
Date:
April 4, 1916
Creator:
Curran, William Ferris
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cleaning Machine.
Patent for an improvement for cotton-cleaning machines that removes harmful debris from cotton before passing the cotton into the cotton gin. The improvement uses brushes and air blowers to collect and divert debris.
Date:
April 11, 1916
Creator:
Davison, Israel D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric-Lamp Socket.
Patent for an improved electric lamp socket "having a pair of switches which are alternately closed and opened, and having means for the attachment thereto of three conductors, whereby it is possible to light the lamp by means of a main switch" (lines 11-15), including illustrations.
Date:
April 4, 1916
Creator:
Elliott, William Martin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint
Patent for an improved rail joint with the ends of the joints fitting together in a more snug, efficient fashion.
Date:
April 15, 1916
Creator:
Ellis, Orvel L.
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
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
Cultivator Hobble.
Patent for regarding setting devices for cultivator beams which are to provide simple devices for making the positioning easily and quickly accomplished and under the immediate control of the operator.
Date:
April 11, 1916
Creator:
Fleischhauer, Kurt A.
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
Compressor.
Patent for a compressor. This is an improvement upon previous refrigeration and ice making machines.
Date:
April 18, 1916
Creator:
Fowler, Paul R.; Gingrich, John A.; Tongate, Willis B. & Ridge, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Clothes-Drier
Patent for a clothes drier that is constructed to surround a stove or heater.
Date:
April 18, 1916
Creator:
Gallsworthy, Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaner and Renovator.
Patent for cotton cleaner and renovator, which can also be used for other fibrous materials. The machine is meant to clean and renovate second grade fiber to a degree that it may be rated as first grade on the market. Patent contains illustrations and instructions.
Date:
April 18, 1916
Creator:
Garner Regin Machinery Company
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
Cotton-Cleaner
Patent for a machine to efficiently remove any "dirt, trash and motes from the cotton fiber" (lines 12-13).
Date:
April 18, 1916
Creator:
Garner, James C. & Garner, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Pipe-Wrench.
Patent for an improved pipe wrench. Improvements include ability to use the wrench in two directions, wrench can be adjusted for different diameters, and gripping jaws allow for repositioning the wrench into the starting position.
Date:
April 4, 1916
Creator:
Hardeman, Hardin L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History