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Air-Propeller
Patent for a propeller for aircrafts. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 9, 1912
Creator:
Buchanan, Jesey H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Reversing Mechanism
Patent for an automatic reversing mechanism for cotton presses.
Date:
April 30, 1912
Creator:
Cameron, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carbureter
Patent for Carbureter and it uses.
Date:
April 1, 1912
Creator:
Carpenter, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Air Device for Gas Engines.
Patent for a removable automatic air device for delivering air to gas engines in proportion to the speed of the engine.
Date:
April 3, 1917
Creator:
Rivers, Charles A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Train-Stop.
Patent for a more efficient automatic train stop with a mechanism that uses a connection with the block system used on railways to stop a train when it runs into "the tracks of the danger zone or upon the tracks of the block where the train should be stopped." (lines 16-18)
Date:
April 20, 1915
Creator:
Gramm, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
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
Ant-Trap
Patent for a trap for ants and other burrowing insects which works at the site of the ant-hill or burrow.
Date:
April 13, 1915
Creator:
Cox, Samuel L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Colter Attachment for Lister-plows
Patent for a colter attachment (triangular blade used on lister plows), by capitalizing on parts that should already exist on the plow.
Date:
April 27, 1915
Creator:
Mosely, George L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Yoke.
Patent for a cattle yoke which enables the yoke to be attached to a cow's head to prevent grazing from other side of the wire fence.
Date:
April 27, 1915
Creator:
Carr, Jessie D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Replacer
Patent for a railway car replacer, which is used to derail vehicles as well as for, "restoring derailed railway vehicles to the track."
Date:
April 6, 1915
Creator:
Martin, Daniel W.
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
Air Brake Attachment.
Patent for "mechanism for use in connection with railway cars for automatically controlling the air brakes," including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 17, 1917
Creator:
Flowers, Malon Inghram & Sale, Archie Pierce
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
Boltless Rail-Joint.
Patent for improvements in connecting rails without the use of bolts and nuts but instead using two fish-plates.
Date:
April 20, 1915
Creator:
Richardson, Charles I. & Hall, William D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Case for Rural-Mail Carriers.
Patent for a device to enable rural mail carriers to efficiently carry and store postal items for sale. The storage unit (device) is water-resistant to protect the items inside from inclement weather while delivering mail.
Date:
April 24, 1917
Creator:
Campbell, Guy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
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
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
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