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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
Cotton-Boll Picker
Patent for an improvement to cotton ball harvesters.
Date:
May 11, 1915
Creator:
Hewitt, Daniel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Pump.
Patent for improvements in air pumps pertaining to their ability to inflate pneumatic tires.
Date:
May 25, 1915
Creator:
Messerli, John J.
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
Car-Door Operating and Locking Device
Patent for a car door operating and locking device that provides improved means for automatically closing and locking the doors before starting the car.
Date:
May 18, 1915
Creator:
Pitts, Hood
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Replacer and Derailer
Patent for a car replacer and derailer to place the wheels of a train car back on track in case of derailment which can be easily added to train rails.
Date:
May 25, 1915
Creator:
Zeagler, Bennie L. & Stryker, Charles L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Trap
Patent for an animal trap that can continue to trap more animals even after if traps one or more.
Date:
May 18, 1915
Creator:
Dennis, Decatur D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Axle
Patent for a buggy-axle that has the hub of the wheel so arranged as to rotate with the stub axle of the device, holding the wheel in place.
Date:
May 18, 1915
Creator:
Elliott, Claude B. & Kurtz, Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Wheel.
Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Resilient Wheels" (lines 5-6) including specifications and illustrations.
Date:
May 25, 1915
Creator:
Martin F. Kettler
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
Wrench.
Patent for a new type of wrench.
Date:
May 18, 1915
Creator:
Bean, Jesse A.
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
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
Luggage-Carrier.
Patent for improving automobile luggage carriers by attaching a device to the vehicle's running board, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 25, 1915
Creator:
Reed, Allen T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Reamer
Patent for an improved well-reamer with a more stable and supported cutters to straighten or increase the size of the hole with less damage from wear.
Date:
May 18, 1915
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wax.
Patent for improving wax to be used by shoemakers consisting of gasolene [sic], rosin and pine tar. The improved wax adheres to the shoe leather and the threads making both the leather and the seams waterproof and more supple. This wax product does not blacken the hands of the shoemaker.
Date:
May 18, 1915
Creator:
Vest, Harvey P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Step.
Patent for removable steps that can be mounted over the front wheel of a farm wagon to make it safer and easier to access the spring seat.
Date:
May 25, 1915
Creator:
Smith, Amon Cornelius
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Linter-Float-Driving Mechanism.
Patent for the improvement of the linter-float-driving mechanism of float drives for cotton linters. The invention produces a positive driving mechanism for a float and removes the use of a belt tightening idler.
Date:
May 18, 1915
Creator:
Stephens, Louis K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Type-Writer Cover
Patent for a collapsible typewriter cover that is more cheaply constructed, has a base for the typewriter, a supporting frame for the hood that limits the swinging movements, and a felt strip for protecting the furniture the typewriter is on.
Date:
May 18, 1915
Creator:
Rochelle, Raymond C.
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
Watch Protector
Patent for a watch casing that allows the watch face exposed. The protector can be clasped together and hung on a chain if desired.
Date:
May 11, 1915
Creator:
Kaak, Georgine
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vending-Machine.
Patent for improvements to vending machines especially ones used for vending drinks.
Date:
May 18, 1915
Creator:
Ogden, Carlton N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Propellor Pitchometer.
Patent for instruments which measure the pitch of propeller blades.
Date:
May 18, 1915
Creator:
Frank, Lawrence
System:
The Portal to Texas History