Adjustable Lamp-Shade. (open access)

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
Agricultural Machine (open access)

Agricultural Machine

Patent for an agricultural machine that consists of a rotary cutter and a fixed horizontal cutter. Illustrations are included.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Evans, Lucias S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air Brush (open access)

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
Air-Pump. (open access)

Air-Pump.

Patent for an air pump improvement that simpler and cheaper to produce. It also provides a description of "the combination and arragement of parts" (lines 14-15), including illustrations.
Date: May 16, 1916
Creator: Runge, Friedrich Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Automobile-Footboards. (open access)

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 Carbureters. (open access)

Attachment for Carbureters.

Patent for improvement in attachments for carbureters that uses a hydro-carbon engine to induce a vertical whirl.
Date: May 2, 1916
Creator: Loose, Robert D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cream-Separators. (open access)

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
Automatic Railway-Gate. (open access)

Automatic Railway-Gate.

Patent for a "strong, durable, efficient, easy of operation, and simple and comparatively inexpensive to construct" (lines 20-23) automatic railway gate. It "is to provide a swinging gate and automatic means of particular construction for operating the gate" (lines 11-14), including illustrations.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Turvan, Jim O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Train-Stop (open access)

Automatic Train-Stop

Patent for Automatic Train-Stops "particularly to a system operable in connection with well-known airbrake systems to apply the airbrakes, and shut off the power when an accident of a predetermined character occurs." (lines 10-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 16, 1916
Creator: Estes, Betram P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blowpipe. (open access)

Blowpipe.

Patent for an improved blowpipe (or hydrocarbon torch), which when activated causes "an extremely hot needle flame" for a Bunsen burner (lines 18-19). Patent contains an illustration and instructions.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Downie, James H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brace for Furniture. (open access)

Brace for Furniture.

Patent for an improved furniture brace that uses wire "for connecting parts of beds, tables and chairs for the purpose of strengthening [...] in which the tightening means lies substantially in the plane of the tightening wires so that there is no twisting action on the tightening means" (lines 11-20), including illustrations.
Date: May 2, 1916
Creator: Wittliff, Theodore H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Building Block (open access)

Building Block

Patent for improvements in building blocks, so they would be stronger, but lighter in weight, and cheaper to transport.
Date: May 16, 1916
Creator: Boehm, Edward.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Candy-Wrapping Machine. (open access)

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 (open access)

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
Cattle Feed. (open access)

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. (open access)

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. (open access)

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
Container (open access)

Container

Patent for Containers.
Date: May 12, 1916
Creator: Palm, Oliver
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Header. (open access)

Corn-Header.

Patent for a device for the removal of the heads of corn. The device contains a blade and attaches to a person's hand.
Date: May 2, 1916
Creator: Hooper, Howard Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Heading Knife. (open access)

Corn-Heading Knife.

Patent for a corn cutting knife that straps to the hand and protects the fingers for a more efficient harvesting of corn and maize.
Date: May 2, 1916
Creator: Buchanan, Lemuel O.; Maddox, John S.; Russell, James P. & Speers, Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Boll Thresher. (open access)

Cotton Boll Thresher.

Patent for a cotton-boll thresher which opens the bolls and separates the cotton. This thresher tries to improve on others by making them "strong, durable, efficient, and simple and comparatively inexpensive to construct" (lines 21-23); patent includes illustrations and specifications.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Bryan, Andrew J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Knife. (open access)

Cotton-Knife.

Patent for a new cotton knife to provide more versatility in its use. It is "for sampling bales of cotton, and [...] cutting the bagging of the cotton, and a hook whereby a sample of cotton may be plucked out" (lines 10-14), including illustrations.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Bowers, Jacob R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crate. (open access)

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
Crutch. (open access)

Crutch.

Patent for crutches with adjustable pneumatic cushioned arm rests, adjustable length, absorbent hand grip, and a detachable vertical leg rest.
Date: May 16, 1916
Creator: Gregson, William
System: The Portal to Texas History