Baking-Pan (open access)

Baking-Pan

Patent for a Baking Pan for bread and similar foods, noted for its unique construction, such "that the heat given off from the fuel burner will be confined so as to completely surround the pan, in which the articles to be cooked, are located" (lines 13-17).
Date: July 28, 1914
Creator: Boger, Daniel W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burial-Casket. (open access)

Burial-Casket.

Patent for a burial casket made of plastic and woven wire fabric "of great strength and minimum weight" (lines 20-21) and an air- and water-tight lid, including illustrations.
Date: July 24, 1917
Creator: Hartman, Emanuel W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Caster Attachment. (open access)

Caster Attachment.

Patent for casters. An attachment to prevent insects from passing up bed posts or other furniture. Fits to any form of caster.
Date: July 22, 1913
Creator: McCombs, John E. & McCombs, J.E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cleaning Device for Wells (open access)

Cleaning Device for Wells

Patent for a device that removes loose debris in wells
Date: July 21, 1917
Creator: Carden, David A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Tooth (open access)

Artificial Tooth

Patent for an artificial tooth that is better able to anchor to the mouth plate.
Date: July 5, 1918
Creator: Dee, Thomas W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Shade-Support (open access)

Adjustable Shade-Support

Patent for an adjustable window shade support.
Date: July 16, 1912
Creator: Dixon, Raymond E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crude Oil Burner (open access)

Crude Oil Burner

Patent for crude oil burner allowing for the utilization of "crude petroleum and other similar oils" (line 13) for fuel.
Date: July 30, 1918
Creator: Worley, Ernest T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Pool and Billiard Table. (open access)

Combination Pool and Billiard Table.

Patent for a combination pool and billiard table. The table has plugs for the pockets, which can be used to convert the table from a pool to a billiard table. There is also a circular removable covering, which converts the table from a game table to an ordinary household table.
Date: July 23, 1918
Creator: Lee, Hoard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle (open access)

Vehicle

Patent for a vehicle that can carry heavy loads and can turn around in a small space and can turn easily on a crooked road.
Date: July 1, 1919
Creator: Menning, Otto H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jack. (open access)

Jack.

Patent for improvements in jacks used for shipbuilding. The device described is designed to aid in the processes of fastening siding to the ribs of a ship hull by first forcing the boards that form the siding close together so that they can then be secured to the hull's ribs. The improvements this jack provides is the necessary force required to closely align the boards easily and quickly before they are nailed in place. This mechanical device is lightweight, efficient and easy to repair. It can adapt to various similar tasks such as bending iron beams.
Date: July 22, 1919
Creator: Singleton, James D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Screen. (open access)

Well-Screen.

Patent for a "well screen in which a maximum screening area is obtained without weakening the frame" (lines 11-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 23, 1918
Creator: Layne, Mahlon E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine-Gun. (open access)

Machine-Gun.

Patent for a machine gun, meant to have relatively few parts, that includes a belt to carry a large amount of cartridges. The machine gun "provides a structure wherein the cartridges are positively and consecutively fed to the explosion chamber" (lines 11-14).
Date: July 16, 1918
Creator: McManus, Luis M. & Warner, James Harold
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Axle. (open access)

Vehicle-Axle.

Patent for a shock absorbing axle for vehicles including illustrations.
Date: July 28, 1914
Creator: Hartmann, Arthur R.
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
Tractor (open access)

Tractor

Patent for a tractor "of the caterpillar type, having a caterpillar on each side, said caterpillars being independently driven either forwardly or reversely" (lines 11-14).
Date: July 22, 1919
Creator: Fisher, Guy B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tie-Cutter. (open access)

Tie-Cutter.

Patent for tie cutters used to cut railway ties into parts in preparation to discard them from the tracks after their decay.
Date: July 18, 1916
Creator: Harber, William S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Speed-Controlling Mechanism for Motor-Vehicles. (open access)

Speed-Controlling Mechanism for Motor-Vehicles.

Patent for a device that automatically closes the throttle to slow the speed of a motor vehicle when necessary. The device is designed to respond to vehicle load, road surface, and a predetermined speed limit.
Date: July 17, 1917
Creator: Carpenter, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Motor-Tricycle. (open access)

Motor-Tricycle.

Patent for a specification to improve a motor-tricycle's ability to ride over obstructions and uneven surfaces to reduce shock to the front of the frame and the rider (lines 14-20). The patent includes the detailed specifications and illustrations.
Date: July 14, 1914
Creator: Benton, Walter L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tourist's Glass. (open access)

Tourist's Glass.

Patent for "new and useful improvements in tourists' glasses" (lines 5-6)
Date: July 21, 1914
Creator: Faehrmann, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Multicylinder Internal-Combustion Engine. (open access)

Multicylinder Internal-Combustion Engine.

Patent for an internal combustion engine with multiple cylinders.
Date: July 28, 1914
Creator: Hart, Sydney H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Protecting-Casing for Electrical Conductors (open access)

Protecting-Casing for Electrical Conductors

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Protecting-Cases for Electrical Conductors" (lines 5-7). The object of the invention is to provide a device... for surrounding the commutator of an internal combustion motor and protecting the terminals thereof and the electrical conductors connected to said terminals" (lines 12-17).
Date: July 16, 1918
Creator: Rooke, Henry L., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Extinguisher (open access)

Fire-Extinguisher

Patent for a fire extinguisher for putting out fires in oil tanks.
Date: July 26, 1910
Creator: Spawn, Able F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Show-Case (open access)

Show-Case

Patent for a show case for cigars that easily opens and closes.
Date: July 23, 1912
Creator: Lobenstein, Mack L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sleeping-Hood. (open access)

Sleeping-Hood.

Patent for an "inexpensive to manufacture, and convenient and comfortable in use" (lines 17-18) sleeping hood to be worn while sleeping to prevent snoring.
Date: July 31, 1917
Creator: Bloomfield, Emma D.
System: The Portal to Texas History