Gasket or Washer (open access)

Gasket or Washer

Patent for "a gasket or washer adapted to be used upon garden hose, steam pipes, air brake hose, automobile hose, fire hose" (lines 9-11).
Date: June 16, 1914
Creator: Toepperwein, Ferdinand L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gearing. (open access)

Gearing.

Patent for improved gear structures for motor vehicles that pull plows or other items across the ground or across roadways.
Date: June 9, 1914
Creator: Coleman, Arthur
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame-Fastener (open access)

Hame-Fastener

Patent for improvements to a hame-fastener, specifically related to an easily made, inexpensively produced locking mechanism, including illustration.
Date: June 30, 1914
Creator: Fowler, Alvah W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
HARROW. (open access)

HARROW.

Patent for new attachment for the foot of a harrow, including illustration.
Date: June 16, 1914
Creator: Glover, Henry M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Collar. (open access)

Horse-Collar.

Patent for a horse collar that maximizes strength and minimizes material by addition of a joint.
Date: June 27, 1914
Creator: Schoellkopf, Jacob F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrogenating Oils, Fats, and Fatty Acids, &c. (open access)

Hydrogenating Oils, Fats, and Fatty Acids, &c.

Patent for improvements made to a hydrogenator of saturated oils, including illustrations.
Date: June 23, 1914
Creator: Humphreys, Jerome N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ice Breaking Machine. (open access)

Ice Breaking Machine.

Patent for an improved Ice Breaking Machine. This new design has movable plates that allow for the ice to be broken up into various sizes as desired by the user. It is also of a simpler construction than earlier machines.
Date: June 22, 1914
Creator: Krocker, Adolf C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Incubator. (open access)

Incubator.

Patent for an incubator that automatically maintains at least a minimum temperature, with the option to set and maintain a higher temperature, with adjustment of temperature from outside the incubator. The incubator uses electric heat.
Date: June 30, 1914
Creator: Hays, Ernest C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Latch (open access)

Latch

Patent for a "latch of strong and durable construction, designed principally for use in connection with the end gate fastener."
Date: June 9, 1914
Creator: Nichols, George Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Load-Transferring Apparatus. (open access)

Load-Transferring Apparatus.

Patent for load transferring apparatus, important for its innovations "applicable to the operation of unloading bulk material from boats or barges and of transferring said material to stationary bins or ships at sea" (lines 11-15).
Date: June 23, 1914
Creator: Hildebrand, Henry W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metal Wheel (open access)

Metal Wheel

Patent for a wheel that would work well with automobiles and to improve how it is built and make them more workable with spokes.
Date: June 9, 1914
Creator: Simmons, Oliver George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Non-Refillable Bottle. (open access)

Non-Refillable Bottle.

Patent for a non-refillable bottle
Date: June 23, 1914
Creator: Red, John E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pass Book (open access)

Pass Book

Patent for a book cover that can be easily written on with ink.
Date: June 24, 1914
Creator: Roystone, W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Grapple. (open access)

Pipe-Grapple.

Patent for an improved pipe gripping mechanism which engages the interior of a pipe or tube.
Date: June 30, 1914
Creator: Martin, John E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump or Motor (open access)

Pump or Motor

Patent for "certain improvements in that type of mechanism adapted for use in propelling or compressing fluids or in deriving power from the energy of a moving of expanding fluid...a type of device adapted for use as a pump a motor, a compressor or an engine..." (lines 8-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 23, 1914
Creator: Reaugh, Frank
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Frame. (open access)

Quilting-Frame.

Patent for a quilting frame that can be operated by one person easily, as well as compacted to store in small storage areas, is portable and durable. The frame will also give cotton stabilization while working with a quilt. The quilting frame will also not need heavy maintenance.
Date: June 23, 1914
Creator: Wilkerson, Nannie C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Chair. (open access)

Rail-Chair.

Patent for improvement of rail-chairs that would prevent railroad rails from spreading out and allowing for a better connection by a system of rods. The rods would allow for a shorter distance between the middle of the rail chairs and the mechanism allows for better usability.
Date: June 30, 1914
Creator: Wheeler, Joseph L. & Jones, Thomas E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint Chair. (open access)

Rail-Joint Chair.

Patent for a new rail-joint chair used in the connection between rails to prevent rail movement, including illustrations.
Date: June 9, 1914
Creator: Williams, Charles C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail Tie Plate (open access)

Rail Tie Plate

Patent for "a rail tie plate with a horizontally extending member which will slidably support a switch point and hold the same in proper relation to the main rail and thus prevent the jouncing of the switch point (lines 14-18).
Date: June 16, 1914
Creator: Morrison, Oscar P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Revision of the American Harvest Mice: (Genus Reithrodontomys) (open access)

Revision of the American Harvest Mice: (Genus Reithrodontomys)

Discusses history, specimens, habits, economic status, food, and pelages of American harvest mice. Lists locations and provides a key to species and subspecies, and provides species descriptions.
Date: June 5, 1914
Creator: Howell, Arthur H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sanitary Cleaner for Bed-Springs. (open access)

Sanitary Cleaner for Bed-Springs.

Patent for a new invention to more effectively clean bed springs, including illustrations.
Date: June 16, 1914
Creator: Gambill, Mary I.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shade-Adjuster. (open access)

Shade-Adjuster.

Patent for a new shade adjuster to allow for a fixed adjuster and detachable portion for attaching shade, including illustrations.
Date: June 16, 1914
Creator: Fechner, Albert H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shade and Curtain Bracket. (open access)

Shade and Curtain Bracket.

Patent for shade and curtain brackets. This invention allows the brackets at opposites sides of the window frame to be easily adjusted to receiver shade rollers or curtain poles.
Date: June 2, 1914
Creator: Reisner, Carl T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Caster. (open access)

Spring-Caster.

Patent for spring casters. "The principal object of the invention is to construct a caster in such a manner that an adequate resilient support will be obtained for the bed without the use of a spring mattress of like device" (lines 9-13).
Date: June 2, 1914
Creator: Smith, James A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History