Clothes Pin. (open access)

Clothes Pin.

Patent for a coil clothes-pin "capable of ready engagement and disengagement with and from the clothesline" and "which may be loosely and slidably mounted upon a clothesline".
Date: July 6, 1915
Creator: Plaster, Joseph J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Differential Driving Mechanism. (open access)

Differential Driving Mechanism.

Patent for a differential driving mechanism which allows axles to rotate at different speeds, includes illustrations.
Date: July 6, 1915
Creator: Lindsley, Berrien M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Engine-Starter (open access)

Engine-Starter

Patent for improving the performance of starter mechanisms for internal combustion engines.
Date: July 6, 1915
Creator: Everly, William D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feed-Cooler (open access)

Feed-Cooler

Patent for a feed-cooler "relates to driers, and more especially to those having vertical shafts; and the object of the same is to produce a machine for cooling and drying molasses feed, hot grain or any granular feed substance or material containing heat or moisture or both" (lines 12-18).
Date: July 6, 1915
Creator: Josey, Jackson E. & Miller, Rudolph C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Furnace. (open access)

Furnace.

Patent for improvements to furnaces which use oil-fueled, stationary or locomotive boilers.
Date: July 6, 1915
Creator: Wilson, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive-Engine-Cut-Out Valve. (open access)

Locomotive-Engine-Cut-Out Valve.

Patent for valves on locomotives that allow the locomotive to continue to operate under specified conditions until it can be repaired or the locomotive has reached its destination, including illustrations.
Date: July 6, 1915
Creator: Dugan, Samuel Austin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Applying a Corn-Shuck Wrapper to a Cigar. (open access)

Method of Applying a Corn-Shuck Wrapper to a Cigar.

Patent for a "method of applying a protective corn shuck wrapper to a cigar" (lines 97-98) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 6, 1915
Creator: Rossy, Charles J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Non-Spillable Oil Can (open access)

Non-Spillable Oil Can

Patent for improvements upon non-spillable oil cans that contain "a valve-controlled inlet and outlet whereby the receptacle can be readily and easily filled and its contents prevented from spilling irrespective of what position it may be arranged when not in use" (lines 10-15).
Date: July 6, 1915
Creator: Matthews, William James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Harvester. (open access)

Peanut-Harvester.

Patent for a peanut harvester which would loosen peanuts and beat the dirt from them, includes illustrations.
Date: July 6, 1915
Creator: Warren, William M. & Carpenter, Solomon L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Receptacle. (open access)

Receptacle.

Patent for a "discharge spout" (line 34) that prevents accidental spills for receptacles that contain liquids, including illustrations.
Date: July 6, 1915
Creator: Goodpasture, Thomas B. & Maxwell, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Refrigerating Apparatus. (open access)

Rotary Refrigerating Apparatus.

Patent for new rotary refrigeration apparatus with illustrations
Date: July 6, 1915
Creator: Bertsch, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Corn Hanger. (open access)

Seed-Corn Hanger.

Patent for Seed-Corn Hangers "for holding ears of seed-corn during the period of drying".
Date: July 6, 1915
Creator: Weaver, Willis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve. (open access)

Valve.

Patent for an improvement in sealing capabilities for water pump valves, including illustrations.
Date: July 6, 1915
Creator: Shelp, William B.
System: The Portal to Texas History