Car-Door Operating and Locking Device (open access)

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
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
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
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
Wax. (open access)

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
Linter-Float-Driving Mechanism. (open access)

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 (open access)

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
Vending-Machine. (open access)

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. (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
Switch. (open access)

Switch.

Patent for a switch for electrically operated elevator doors or gates that ensures their proper closing before the car travels through the shaft.
Date: May 18, 1915
Creator: Pitts, Hood & Covert, Frank M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Protector for the Crown of Headwear (open access)

Protector for the Crown of Headwear

Patent for a device fitted to the crown of a hat or cap, safeguard the garment from being soiled from repeated use.
Date: May 18, 1915
Creator: Roberts, Jones H. & Rolnick, Gus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Floor Selector-Switch for Electric Door-Operating Apparatus (open access)

Floor Selector-Switch for Electric Door-Operating Apparatus

Patent for floor selector switch for electric door operating apparatus situated at the floor/landing near the elevator shaft to close and open the elevator gate/door. It also allows the elevator operator to use a switch to operate the elevator gate/door, and also lock the gate/door so it cannot be opened by accident. All said to work quickly and quietly.
Date: May 18, 1915
Creator: Pitts, Hood
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elevator-door-operating Apparatus (open access)

Elevator-door-operating Apparatus

Patent for an electrically controlled means of automatically "opening and closing the doors of the elevator shaft" without slamming or banging the doors, including illustrations.
Date: May 18, 1915
Creator: Pitts, Hood
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reicing Cars. (open access)

Reicing Cars.

Patent for an ice storage receptacle and crushing apparatus which supplies the refrigerator cars on a train with fresh ice.
Date: May 18, 1915
Creator: Tobin, Patrick H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Attachment For Milk Pails (open access)

Sanitary Attachment For Milk Pails

Patent for a dome lid that attaches to the top of a milk pail with two "tubes" in which to place the hands while milking a cow. The lid serves to protect the fresh milk from germs, dirt, and other contaminants.
Date: May 18, 1915
Creator: Williams, John Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Furnace. (open access)

Furnace.

Patent for a furnace used in steel making operations to "enable...uniform heating and the dissipation of the black spots" created on some heated materials during the heating process by means of a "lifting means or moveable hearth."
Date: May 18, 1915
Creator: Moore, Ralph S
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
Ratchet-Clutch (open access)

Ratchet-Clutch

Patent for a clutch design that enables the use of a single clutch in agricultural machine engines.
Date: May 18, 1915
Creator: Smith, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door Operating and Locking Device. (open access)

Door Operating and Locking Device.

Patent for an electric door or gate operating and locking device that allows for automatically opening and closing a door or gate and locking it when it is open or closed. This device may be turned off if necessary to allow for manually moving the door or gate and may be installed cheaply in preexisting structures.
Date: May 18, 1915
Creator: Pitts, Hood
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lens Mounting. (open access)

Lens Mounting.

Patent for an improvement to spectacles to prevent lens breakage. The change to the design of the spectacles are mounts on the nose piece that attaches to the lenses, as well as mounts that attach to the temples of the spectacles and the lenses.
Date: May 18, 1918
Creator: Rees, Charles S.
System: The Portal to Texas History