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Washboard.
Patent for a new washboard with "simple durability, and cheap construction, . . . [which is] serviceable and efficient in its use" (lines 12-14), including illustrations.
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Bush, Henry C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knockdown Frame
Patent for improvements to the knockdown frame for easy setup and take down and for supporting a block and tackle. This invention also provides a device for locking the fall rope of a block and tackle after the load is raised.
Date:
July 14, 1914
Creator:
Padgett, Harry H. & Bookout, Louis L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Plug
Patent for new improvements in Spark-Plugs which decreases the possibility of imperfect sparking and provides a visible indication if the spark plug is not working properly.
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Cole, Emory W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switch Stand and Lock
Patent for an improvement in switch-stand and locks, being that they cannot be picked or tampered with.
Date:
July 21, 1914
Creator:
Maupin, John D.; Allen, Harry E. & Baldwin, Springfield
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire
Patent for an automobile tire that has a "puncture-proof armor" made from links and strips of sheet metal. The armor is placed throughout the inner tube portion of the tire.
Date:
July 21, 1914
Creator:
Yantis, Guy
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tourist's Glass.
Patent for improvements to tourists' glasses, "intended for use to tourists, hunters, ranchmen, botanists, minerologists, and analogous purposes" (lines 25-27) including illustrations.
Date:
July 21, 1914
Creator:
Faehrmann, John M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tourist's Glass.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in tourists' glasses" (lines 5-6)
Date:
July 21, 1914
Creator:
Faehrmann, John M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Packer for Silos.
Patent for a new packer for silos, "...which may be assembled with any silo of standard construction, to carry out the packing operation" (lines 13-15) including illustrations.
Date:
July 21, 1914
Creator:
Westbrook, John Albert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tag-Fastener
Patent for "improvements in tag-fasteners...which can be applied to [a] package with great rapidity and which will not easily become detached" (lines 6-19) including illustrations.
Date:
July 14, 1914
Creator:
Walshe, Denny Edmund
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Multicylinder Internal-Combustion Engine.
Patent for an internal combustion engine with multiple cylinders.
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Hart, Sydney H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Scrip Holder.
Patent for "a scrip holder, designed particularly for housing in a conveniently accessible manner the usual railroad scrip" (lines 8-11).
Date:
July 14, 1914
Creator:
Cleveland, George H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Relief Valve and System for Motor or Other Driven Pumps.
Patent for "a new and useful Relief Valve and System for Motor or other Driven Pumps" (lines 5-7) as well as illustrations.
Date:
July 7, 1914
Creator:
Johnson, George Walter
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fly-Trap.
Patent for an improvement to fly traps in which the flies are attracted by a sweet smelling substance down a funnel into the substance from which they are unable to escape. The flies either drown in the substance or are poisoned.
Date:
July 7, 1914
Creator:
Brown, Thomas E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fluid-Dispensing Apparatus.
Patent for improvements to a fluid-dispensing apparatus for fluids such as oil. Safety features relieve air pressure through a valve and a pressure tank.
Date:
July 21, 1914
Creator:
Catron, John James
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fruit-Stand.
Patent for a fruit stand "so arranged that while the fruit may be freely inspected it cannot be removed from the receptacle without opening the same" (lines 11-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Roberts, Odineal
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Cotton Cleaner and Distributor
Patent for seed cotton cleaner and distributor, important for its ability to raise cotton plants into the air and clean them as they are fed into receptacles.
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Lamb, William R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Header Device.
Patent for a header device intended for the cutting of maize, sorghum, kafir, and other crops so that the plant heads land on a header platform without too much stalk accompanying the head.
Date:
July 21, 1914
Creator:
Montgomery, Carroll Hinckley
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Shelling Machine.
Patent for an improved peanut shelling machine that can be regulated according to the size and quality of peanuts. The machine also improves upon the cylinder and concave tension, that would allow the machine to be more easily maintained.
Date:
July 14, 1914
Creator:
Huston, John T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Tongs.
Patent for "a new and useful improvement in pipe-tongs" (lines 5-6) including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
July 12, 1913
Creator:
Meredith, John De Witt
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe System for Discharging Waste Water from Refrigerator-Cars.
Patent for a pressurized pipe system designed to discharge waste water from melted ice used to reduce car temperature including illustrations.
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Applewhite, James A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Distributing Switch Mechanism for Electric Signs and Similar Devices
Patent for "improvements in distributing switch mechanism for electric signs and similar devices" (lines 5-8)
Date:
July 21, 1914
Creator:
Miller, Leonard
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Detachable-Blade-Connecting Device For Tools.
Patent for detachable blade connecting device for tools, the importance of which lies in the fact that this tool provides "simple and efficient means for detachably supporting interchangeable blades which may be quickly removed and replaced" (lines 16-19).
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Grimes, John Willis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Handling Marble Slabs.
Patent for improvements to devices used to transfer marble slabs, of which will transport without the danger of damaging the materials.
Date:
July 14, 1914
Creator:
Griffin, Charles H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History