Electric Motor. (open access)

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
Fender. (open access)

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
Wrench. (open access)

Wrench.

Patent for a new type of wrench.
Date: May 18, 1915
Creator: Bean, Jesse A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Time-Check for Oil-Presses and Other Machines (open access)

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
Garden Implement (open access)

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
Cutting Implement (open access)

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
Peanut-Harvester (open access)

Peanut-Harvester

Patent for a peanut harvester which allows the vines to move from the uprooting mechanism to the conveyor and cleaning device, incorporates a variable depth uprooting mechanism, and introduces efficiency and durability improvements of several parts.
Date: May 25, 1915
Creator: Brummett, Sinclair H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dental Tool (open access)

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
Handle Bar (open access)

Handle Bar

Patent for a bicycle handlebar
Date: May 18, 1915
Creator: Cortines, Ernest J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring Wheel (open access)

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
Engine Control (open access)

Engine Control

Patent for a car part that goes on the engine to help control fuel supply, and to keep engine parts from burning up.
Date: May 29, 1915
Creator: Craddock, L. J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch Operating Mechanism for Electric Railways. (open access)

Switch Operating Mechanism for Electric Railways.

Patent for a switch-operating mechanism for electric railways that uses a movable display band to control movement through an electrically operated switch. The arrival of the railway car or street car at a point adjacent to the switch automatically throws the switch to automatically shunt the car from one line to another without a motorman or switchman's intervention.
Date: May 25, 1915
Creator: Craig, Richard M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal Trap (open access)

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 (open access)

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
Gin-Saw Cleaner (open access)

Gin-Saw Cleaner

Patent for a gin saw cleaner that can clean saws while in rotation.
Date: May 25, 1915
Creator: Flowers, Malon I.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Propellor Pitchometer. (open access)

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
Rug-Hanger. (open access)

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
Section-Harrow. (open access)

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
Ice Tongs (open access)

Ice Tongs

Patent for ice tongs to assist with lifting ice "and other articles," with a special feature on the device that will display the weight of the item being carried (line 10).
Date: May 25, 1915
Creator: Henderson, Douglas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Boll Picker (open access)

Cotton-Boll Picker

Patent for an improvement to cotton ball harvesters.
Date: May 11, 1915
Creator: Hewitt, Daniel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Knee-Pad (open access)

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
Post Hole Auger (open access)

Post Hole Auger

Patent for an improved post-hole digger/auger with multiple blades that cut in a spiral pattern and has the blades adjust and lock on the base. The blade shanks form a cage and keeps dirt from clogging the blades.
Date: May 22, 1915
Creator: Hoover, Orville M. & Ardery, Sarah, J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Boring-Drill. (open access)

Rotary Boring-Drill.

Patent for improvements to rotary boring drills.
Date: May 15, 1915
Creator: Hughes, Howard R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Reamer (open access)

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