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Automatic Fuse Plug
Patent for "improvements in automatic fuse plugs" (lines 12-12). These are "adapted to be successively engaged by a swinging contact arm" (lines 16-17).
Date:
May 19, 1914
Creator:
Bowman, Levi M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Liquid-Fuel Regulator for Steam-Generators.
Patent for improved automatic liquid fuel feed regulator for steam generators especially adapted for use in connection with steam generators in which liquid hydrocarbon or case is used as fuel.
Date:
May 19, 1914
Creator:
Ford, Arthur
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Card Holder
Patent for improvements made to card holders, mostly for handbags and other cases much like luggage tags today. The patent describes and illustrates improved design and construction so they can be manufactured at an economic price.
Date:
May 19, 1914
Creator:
Grabendike, Clyde C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment
Patent for a cultivator attachment. "The principal object of the invention is to provide a simple harrowing attachment for the cultivator shovels, so that the soil can be pulverized immediately succeeding the lifting thereof by the cultivator shovel."
Date:
May 19, 1914
Creator:
Hafer, Albert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dirigible Automobile-Lamp
Patent for a new automobile lamp that turns in conjunction with the steering wheel and an apparatus that attaches to automobiles to cradle the head lamp and stop it from vibrating.
Date:
May 19, 1914
Creator:
Freeborn, Sidney Mills
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door.
Patent for a door "that can be secured in either open or closed position either from the exterior or interior of the building on which the door is mounted" (lines 9-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 19, 1914
Creator:
Niemann, Otto
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drag-Harrow.
Patent for an improved drag harrow for plowing soil. "The primary objective of the invention is to provide a soil pulverizer in which a rotary grinding action is produced by the drawing of the apparatus across the soil" (lines 10-13).
Date:
May 19, 1914
Creator:
Kramer, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Emergency Brake Setting Apparatus For Elevators.
Patent for an emergency brake setting apparatus for elevators. This invention is an improved emergency brake, especially for the type of elevators used in mines.
Date:
May 19, 1914
Creator:
Canion, William G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut and Bolt Lock
Patent for a new nut and bolt lock design that is reliable and can lock permanently if needed, including illustrations.
Date:
May 19, 1914
Creator:
Ames, Ernest R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process for Reduction of Unsaturated Fatty Acids and Their Esters
Patent for saturated fatty acid reduction using hydrogen, a palladium group catalyzer, and a fat solvent.
Date:
May 19, 1914
Creator:
Maryott, Carlton H
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Making Alcohol
Patent for improvements in processes for making alcohol. The process relates to making alcohol from sotol and other species of cacti. This involves subjecting the cacti with water and steam in a digester. The resulting fermented liquid can be distilled.
Date:
May 19, 1914
Creator:
Thatcher, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine.
Patent for a new rotary engine containing a steam chest to hold fluid which flows into an exhaust chamber to reduce back pressure.
Date:
May 19, 1914
Creator:
Rhoades, Charles A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel.
Patent for a vehicle wheel "which embodies a flexible tread and radially arranged springs for absorbing shocks and cushioning the yielding action of the parts of said tread" (lines 9-13).
Date:
May 19, 1914
Creator:
Anderson, Lycurgus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn
Patent for a churn that can produce butter in very short period of time with minimal effort.
Date:
May 19, 1913
Creator:
Hoefer, Charles Jr.; Belt, Marcus L. Jr. & Belt, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap
Patent for an animal trap primarily intended for capturing rodents. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 19, 1908
Creator:
Pierce, William Z.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clinometer
Patent for a clinometer. This invention is designed to measure the grades and angles of inclination of structures and objects of various descriptions. Illustration included.
Date:
May 19, 1908
Creator:
Keith, John David & Faulkner, Walter Edgar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Disk Harrow and Land-Roller
Patent for a vehicle that may be used as either a harrow or a roller. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 19, 1908
Creator:
Jackson, Lewis Livingston
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Rubber Dam and Tooth Backing Punch
Patent for a combined rubber dam and tooth-backing punch. "This invention relates to new and useful improvement in dental instruments and more particularly it has references to a punch for forming holes accurately in the backing which is used on teeth in construction of bridges, plates, and cognate work" (line 12-17). Illustration included.
Date:
May 19, 1908
Creator:
Bell, Harry M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaner, Feeder, and Separator Elevator
Patent for a machine designed to take and clean cotton from a cotton supply, and then feed it directly into a cotton gin. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 19, 1908
Creator:
Carmouche, Emile A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Seed-Grading Machine
Patent for a cotton seed grading machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 19, 1908
Creator:
Conner, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dielectric Separator
Patent for an apparatus that "separates substances of different dielectric capacities" (lines 12-13). Illustrations included.
Date:
May 19, 1908
Creator:
Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fiber-Cleaning Machine
Patent for a machine intended to remove the pulp from the fiber of tropical plants. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 19, 1908
Creator:
Vaughan, Henry Latrobe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press
Patent for a hay press. This invention includes a reciprocating plunger with plunger heads and designed to work in separate compressing chambers. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 19, 1908
Creator:
Biela, Valentine
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Imitation Diamond
Patent for imitation diamond. This is an invention that relates to the creation of imitation gems from glass. Illustration included.
Date:
May 19, 1908
Creator:
McDearmon, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History