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Knee-Pad
Patent for knee-pads that are used for berry or cotton pickers.
Date:
May 3, 1915
Creator:
Holsey, Walter R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Antispreading Attachment for Rails.
Patent for the improvement of antispreading attachments for rails. The attachments provide a structure comprising a span tie located between the rails and is adapted to connect with dogs, one dog being connected with each of the rails.
Date:
May 4, 1915
Creator:
Simpson, Mary E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Loader.
Patent for “improvements in apparatus for loading cotton bales (either gin or compress) onto box cars, especially with a view of utilizing the head room or space usually left unoccupied between the roof of the car and the bales stacked on the floor in the prevailing practice of loading cars” (lines 36-42) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 4, 1915
Creator:
Newell, Allen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cutting Implement
Patent for a cutting tool which can be attached to the bottom of a shoe in order to chop cotton or other plants and pulverize ground. It is a sharp, flat, knife blade that affixes to the shoe with straps across the bridge and toe sections.
Date:
May 4, 1915
Creator:
Brigance, Alice O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dental Tool
Patent for a series of dental cleaning tools to remove deposits from teeth and smooth rough surfaces. This design inflicts minimal damage to the gum tissue while both a guide and blade are in contact with the tooth.
Date:
May 4, 1915
Creator:
Carr, Cassius M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Motor.
Patent for an electric motor that operates "with equal efficiency on either direct or alternating current" (lines 10-11).
Date:
May 4, 1915
Creator:
Adams, Homer E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Extensible Neck-Yoke
Patent for a neck yoke which may be lengthened or shortened and has novel means for securing the adjustable sections to prevent slipping, should the main fastening become loose.
Date:
May 4, 1915
Creator:
Waddell, Gasper Leon
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fender.
Patent for a device "to be secured to the prow of a ship or vessel and which projects forwardly therefrom for the purpose of protecting the vessel against injury from a collision" (lines 13-16) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 4, 1915
Creator:
Barton, Charles H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Garden Implement
Patent for new garden implement that is "a combination of a rake and scraper and which may also be used in the capacity of hoe or allied implement." (lines 11-13), including illustrations.
Date:
May 4, 1915
Creator:
Bozarth, John Alexander
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ribbon Cabinet and Winding Machine.
Patent for ribbon cabinet and winding machine, in which "ribbons, such as are used on typewriters, adding machines, and cash registers and line machines may be stored in bulk on large reels from which said ribbon may be transferred to individual machine spools when desired," (lines 17-20) "and whereby the desired kind of ribbon may be wound upon the machine spools as it is used." (lines 75-76)
Date:
May 4, 1915
Creator:
Worsham, Louis W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Section-Harrow.
Patent for "a section harrow that may be readily attached to an ordinary planter, cultivator or other farm implement, and which will include a considerable number of harrow sections, alined transversely of the direction of travel, so that the implement will be adapted to harrow a field in a comparatively short time" (lines 11-18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 4, 1915
Creator:
Harlin, Harry W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring Wheel
Patent for a spring wheel to "provide an improved resilient wheel wherein spring members are interposed between the hub and rim maintaining them in yielding rotation" (lines 9-15).
Date:
May 4, 1915
Creator:
Corwin, Lawrence O. & Arnold, Wiley Moses
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire
Patent for tires for vehicle wheels carcasses built-up with metallic reinforcing inlays which are provided with internal air tubes to improve on use and less expensive to produce.
Date:
May 4, 1915
Creator:
Varnell, Clyde
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Bolting Machine
Patent for new tire-bolting machine with "a unique assemblage of component parts, to enhance the utility of the structure, and the apparatus being improved generally to increase the efficiency thereof." (lines 16-19) , including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 4, 1915
Creator:
McCullough, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve for Pneumatic Tires
Patent for a valve for pneumatic tires. The design is to keep the valve cap from becoming unsecured and to keep air from escaping.
Date:
May 4, 1915
Creator:
McCall, Jacob Capshaw
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle.
Patent for a vehicle that is "designed particularly for travel through the water but adapted through the peculiarity of its construction for travel with practically equal facility on the land." (p. 1, lines 9-12), including illustrations.
Date:
May 4, 1915
Creator:
Ramsey, Frank T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel-Fender
Patent for fenders for truck wheels using hoods and reinforcing bands, including illustrations.
Date:
May 4, 1915
Creator:
Leach, Felix
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lamp Adjusting Pedal Mechanism
Patent for improvements for lamp operating pedals for automobiles.
Date:
September 21, 1915
Creator:
Kitching, David C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Time-Check for Oil-Presses and Other Machines
Patent for a device that records the time in which a machine is in operation and in which it is idle to check the efficiency of the workmen and the work plant as a whole.
Date:
May 11, 1915
Creator:
Bell, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Boll Picker
Patent for an improvement to cotton ball harvesters.
Date:
May 11, 1915
Creator:
Hewitt, Daniel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Poultry-Crate
Patent for a poultry-crate with new and useful specifications for a "light but very durable constriction that can be very readily washed out when desired" (lines 27-29).
Date:
May 11, 1915
Creator:
White, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rug-Hanger.
Patent for the improvement of rug-hangers. The invention consists of multiple rollers that facilitate both the mounting and disengagement of rugs or other large flexible articles of merchandise from the hanger.
Date:
May 11, 1915
Creator:
Griffin, James S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shoe-Fitting Stool.
Patent for new and useful improvements in a shoe fitting stool which "comprises a simple and efficient means of this nature so arranged that the measurements of the foot of a person may be quickly and readily determined." (lines 15-20) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 11, 1915
Creator:
Reed, Allen Trousdale
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Threshold
Patent for an improved threshold to fit the bottom of a door more properly to "prevent the entrance of dust, wind, and rain" (lines 16-17).
Date:
May 11, 1915
Creator:
Krause, Ernest
System:
The Portal to Texas History