Air-Lift for Elevating Liquids. (open access)

Air-Lift for Elevating Liquids.

Patent for a pneumatic lift that maintains the air pressure needed to effectively move liquid through a pipe.
Date: June 29, 1915
Creator: Andrews, Benjamin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Controller for Cotton Trampers (open access)

Automatic Controller for Cotton Trampers

Patent for an automatic controller of cotton tramplers intended to improve piston performance and reduce need for attendant intervention.
Date: June 1, 1915
Creator: Troy W. Sparks
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blacksmith's Tool Set. (open access)

Blacksmith's Tool Set.

Patent for blacksmith tool set including tool holder and tool handle, with illustrations
Date: June 8, 1915
Creator: Ligon, Arthur Lee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chase for Printers. (open access)

Chase for Printers.

Patent for chase for printing presses, and more particularly to facets of choses or type which are adjustable without knocking down the type and which can be shifted to any desirable position on the bed of the printing press and held rigid.
Date: April 23, 1915
Creator: Bolles, Percy S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coffin (open access)

Coffin

Patent for a lightweight and sturdy coffin made of two solid pieces of baked or burned clay which can be sealed with cement and secured further with nuts and bolts.
Date: June 15, 1915
Creator: Arnold, Price
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Foot. (open access)

Cultivator Foot.

Patent for a cultivator foot that allows shovels or sweep blades to be quickly attached to it or detached from it.
Date: June 1, 1915
Creator: Vance, Caughey C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cutter for Rotary Boring-Drills. (open access)

Cutter for Rotary Boring-Drills.

Patent for an improvement to Hughes' previously patented rotary cutter design for oil drilling equipment (no. 930,759, 1909), to increase the cutting surface area and durability of the cutter.
Date: June 15, 1915
Creator: Hughes, Howard R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Demountable Cutting Edge for Drilling Tools. (open access)

Demountable Cutting Edge for Drilling Tools.

Patent for a rotary cutter with a detachable cutting edge and shearing portion that can be easily renewed or replaced.
Date: June 15, 1915
Creator: Hughes, Howard R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door Opener (open access)

Door Opener

Patent for "improved door opener for automobiles constructed particularly to enable the driver to control any of the doors and open any such selectively at pleasure without leaving his seat." (lines 8-12).
Date: June 8, 1915
Creator: Hyland, George O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dustless Trousers Cabinet. (open access)

Dustless Trousers Cabinet.

Patent for improvement of construction of display cabinets in stores.
Date: June 2, 1915
Creator: O'neal, Simean
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Egg-Crate. (open access)

Egg-Crate.

Patent for "a crate in which eggs may be shipped by freight, express or parcels post...without being cracked or broken" (lines 10-14), including illustrations.
Date: June 22, 1915
Creator: Miller, Robert E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Signal (open access)

Electric Signal

Patent for an alarm device to indicate overheating of an internal combustion engine.
Date: June 1, 1915
Creator: Lièvre, Joseph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Engine. (open access)

Engine.

Patent for new steam engine design with illustrations
Date: June 29, 1915
Creator: Burrow, Edgar A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fan and Fixture Support. (open access)

Fan and Fixture Support.

Patent for a fan and fixture support that can be used in connection with a common type of union box for electrical conduit installations. The device provides a support or hanger that can be installed either in frame or in concrete ceilings and partitions, and it prevents rotation of the device after installation.
Date: June 1, 1915
Creator: Murph, Donald H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fastener. (open access)

Fastener.

Patent for a fastener to be used in the connection of doors to ensure they are locked into place.
Date: June 29, 1915
Creator: Wilson, William W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fuel (open access)

Fuel

Edgar L. Culver's legal patent from the United States Patent Department, which details Culver's invented process of turning a community's waste into fuel. The finished product when burned, does not leave many clinkers and gives off minimal amounts of smoke and soot.
Date: June 26, 1915
Creator: Culver, Edgar L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gear-Wheel. (open access)

Gear-Wheel.

Patent for the construction of a wheel and gear rim that converts any ordinary vehicle wheel into a gear wheel.
Date: June 8, 1915
Creator: Biela, Valentine
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Governor (open access)

Governor

Patent for Governor that improves upon a speed controlling mechanism, specifically for controlling a reciprocating element like an engine piston, including illustration and instructions. This application is a division of an earlier application (Serial Number: 843, 812 submitted June 08, 1914).
Date: June 29, 1915
Creator: Burrow, Edgar A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gripping Device for Well-Boring Apparatus (open access)

Gripping Device for Well-Boring Apparatus

Patent for a gripping device for well-boring apparatus that allows the rotary gripping rings to be reversed and used as new when one side has been worn down completely including illustrations and instructions.
Date: June 15, 1915
Creator: Myers, George S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gun or Rifle. (open access)

Gun or Rifle.

Patent for gun or rifle that automatically dislodges shell casing and replaces it with a new bullet, instead of requiring manual ejection of shell casing and reloading of bullet.
Date: June 1, 1915
Creator: Douglas, William M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hamper. (open access)

Hamper.

Patent for a hamper that transports post, laundry, baked goods, etc. The hamper is compactly collapsible for easy storage.
Date: June 1, 1915
Creator: Hill, Edwyn
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hoisting Hook. (open access)

Hoisting Hook.

Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Hoisting-Hooks" (lines 5-6) including specifications and illustrations.
Date: June 22, 1915
Creator: Black, Lee J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Collar. (open access)

Horse-Collar.

Patent for a horse collar that prevents "grinning", i.e., "a slight enlarging of the apertures or slits provided in the outer edge of the lining of a horse collar to receive the thong lacing commonly employed to connect said edge to the corresponding edge of the front of the collar."
Date: June 22, 1915
Creator: Schenkenberg, Frederick
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hull-Burner. (open access)

Hull-Burner.

Patent for a hull burner in particular for use with cotton gins, and is intended to easily attach to the door of a furnace without inconveniencing the operator. The hull burner provides a door to which the chute may be easily disconnected or attached to form an air tight joint to prevent escape of smoke into the furnace room.
Date: June 1, 1915
Creator: Sneed, William Vernon
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History