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Air Brush
Patent for new and useful air brushes that are "intended for spraying paints, or colors, where it is desired to frequently change the color employed or to spray a combination of colors at the same time" (lines 16-20). Illustrations are included.
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Philibert, Joseph E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Automobile-Footboards.
Patent for a device to attach to an automobile footboard that can swing out and right angles to the automobile and act as a receptacle for packages. The device can be folded under the footboard when not in use.
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Woodley, Henry J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cream-Separators.
A patent for a strainer rack attachment "which is cheap and simple in construction, which may be very readily attached to the milk bowl supporting stand, and by means of which a strainer may be arranged over the milk bowl or turned back out of the way as desired." (lines 22-27)
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Miller, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Candy-Wrapping Machine.
Patent for improvements to candy-wrapping machines, particularly for wrapping sticky candy.
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Gebhardt, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Candy Wrapping Machine
Patent for a candy wrapping machine, which can expeditiously and individually wrap candy, especially stick candy. "This invention is an improvement upon the candy wrapping machine shown and described in my application No. 852,939, filed July 24, 1914."(lines 14-17).
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Gebhardt, William.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crate.
Patent for a crate for eggs which allows the eggs to be suspended in individual compartments for shipping. The crate will be lined with flexible material that will cushion the egg absorbing shock, including illustrations.
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Smith, Nora S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Exterminator
Patent for a device exterminating boll weevils and other insects, which infest cotton and other crops. The device produces new means for producing fumigating gas, and its delivery mechanism. An improved driving mechanism for the device, which connects to a blower, is also part of the patent.
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Rawls, Theophilus M. & Miller, Robert A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Potato and Peanut Harvester
Patent for improvements in potato and peanut harvesters. It simplifies the ways potatoes and peanuts are dug from the ground.
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Reeder, Addison C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Silo.
Patent for an improvement of a silo that includes a sliding door, including illustrations.
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Barker, Judge F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sweep-Wing Attatchment for Plows
Patent for adjustable sweep wings that attach near the shovel or blades of a plow, and which will vary the throw of the soil as it is dug by the plow.
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Casstephens, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transmission-Chain.
Patent for a transmission chain made of separate links. Some of the links have spring material to center the chain, increase flexibility, and protect the chain from objects thrown in the chain's path.
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Lynn, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Type-Writer Line-Shift.
Patent for line shifter attachment for typewriter which makes it possible for the typewriter to print characters above or below the standard line of print. This attachment makes the typewriter useful for taking stenographic notes.
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Byrne, Henry E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Warehouse Truck
Patent for improving hand truck, aiming to increase the carrying capacity of the truck.
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Dickson, Braxton B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle Feed.
Patent for improvement of pressed cakes for cattle feed.
Date:
May 23, 1916
Creator:
Carter, Newton L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chest for Piston-Valves.
Patent for a valve chest "fitted for the reception and operation of a piston valve, easily applying to a piston cylinder of a locomotive in place of a removed slide-valve chest without loss of the cylinder, adapting to use superheated steam and high pressure." (lines 11-19).
Date:
May 23, 1916
Creator:
Dawson, Lance L. & Roach, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Condiment-Holder.
Patent for a condiment holder that contains both salt and pepper within the receptacle, seperated so that the user need only one condiment holder for either salt or pepper. Illustrations and instructions for design within.
Date:
May 23, 1916
Creator:
McClung, William S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Detachable Drill-Bit.
Patent for a new invention in drill-bit machine which can be detached from two different sides and very flexible for use.
Date:
May 23, 1916
Creator:
Sly, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gas-Burner.
Patent for gas burners that are made for water heaters to prevent "back firing" by building them so that they can be placed on the side of the heater rather than underneath it, so that liquid does not fall on the burner.
Date:
May 23, 1916
Creator:
Cochran, Harry A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lawn-Mower.
Patent for improvements on lawn mowers with "drive wheels and an adjustable cutting mechanism [...] held in adjusted positions by means releasable by the propelling handle" (lines 10-15). This allows "adjusted positions to cut grass of different lengths without the necessity of the operator stooping" (lines 21-23), including illustrations.
Date:
May 23, 1916
Creator:
Martin, James L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner.
Patent for how a oil-burner works and invention in the oil-burner with more advanced features.
Date:
May 23, 1916
Creator:
Kunkel, Albert R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pin-Holder
Patent for mechanism that will encase and dispense pins. It holds a roll of pins and its paper and guides "the removal of pins without manipulation of any apparatus, and without requiring mechanism for checking the pins individually" (lines 20-23).
Date:
May 23, 1916
Creator:
Bowman, Levi M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Wrench.
Patent for a new invention of pipe-wrench, how it is made and how it is used.
Date:
May 23, 1916
Creator:
Adams, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Cotton Picking and Transferring Machine.
Patent for pneumatic cotton picking and transferring machine that readily transfers the cotton from the receiver to a wagon where it can be taken to a gin.
Date:
May 23, 1916
Creator:
Tulley, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Lamp-Shade.
Patent for a simplified, detachable, and adjustable lamp shade that is "more practical and efficient without increasing the cost of manufacture" (lines 27-29), including illustrations.
Date:
May 16, 1916
Creator:
Landers, Charles G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History