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Andiron.
Patent for an andiron that combines with a gated screen including illustrations.
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Baker, James W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Automatically Photographing Persons Moving Along a Confined Way.
Patent for a device to automatically take photographs of persons as they walk over a pressure sensor. The inventor suggests the device be used for ticket fare enforcement.
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Cannon, Burrell
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Seed Planters
Patent for "improvements in attachments for seed-planters" (lines 5-6) where seeds will not be unevenly planted including illustrations.
Date:
July 7, 1914
Creator:
Hooks, Jesse J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Vehicle-Seats.
Patent for "a vehicle seat and more particularly to a device securable to the under portion of a seat and engaging the side walls of the wagon body so that the seat will be prevented from shifting transversely of the vehicle" (lines 9-14).
Date:
July 14, 1914
Creator:
Jackson, George
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Weighing-Machine.
Patent for an automatic weighing machine.
Date:
July 14, 1914
Creator:
Ball, Andrew J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Headlight
Patent for movable automobile headlight which reflect downward on the road surface and utilizes the at-hand mounting hardware for static automobile headlights.
Date:
July 14, 1914
Creator:
Allan, William N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bagging Strecher.
Patent for a bagging stretcher that provides a device to be "associated with the baling press for drawing taut the bagging which is used to cover a bale".
Date:
July 7, 1914
Creator:
Davis, William R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for baling presses that press for balling hay that simplify the construction of presses of this type and produce a press readily movable from one place to another.
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Redding, Robert B. & Barnett, James W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Balling-Compress.
Patent for balling press that provides a compress for pressing bales of cotton, including illustrations.
Date:
July 7, 1914
Creator:
Mikeal, Isham
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Biplane
Patent for a biplane design that has improved lift, steering, stability, and landing, including illustrations.
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Herrmann, Ernst W. F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bur-Extractor for Cotton-Feeders
Patent for bur extractor for cotton feeders. This device is unique in that it raises and distributes "systems for cotton gins...[and] provide[s] means whereby all burs or hulls will be effectually extracted from the cotton before the cotton passes to the gin feeders or gins" (lines 11-15).
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Lamb, William R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collar-Support.
Patent for improvements to collar supports "...to provide a supporter which may be readily pinned to the collar and which is therefore easily detached therefrom when desired" (lines 11-14) including illustrations.
Date:
July 7, 1914
Creator:
Towler, Mary E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Ruler and Blotter
Patent for a combined ruler and blotter (used for writing with ink). Proposed improvement of basic design by being more compact, cheaper to make, and includes a way to tear paper along the ruler's edge.
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Schmidt, Edward
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
Display Rack
Patent for store window display racks which can be easily removed and altered in appearance, allowing for more unique showings of commercial goods.
Date:
July 14, 1914
Creator:
Adamson, John Seldon
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
Experiments with Furnaces for a Hand-Fired Return Tubular Boiler
Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over tests conducted on hand-fired boiler furnaces. Testing equipment, fuel, and results of the experiments are presented. This paper includes tables, and illustrations.
Date:
July 1914
Creator:
Flagg, Samuel B.; Cook, George C. & Woodman, Forrest E.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
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
Friction-Clutch
Patent for friction clutch (used in automobiles) that would allow better control over rotary parts, even when driving in reverse. The improved control is partially due to the inclusion of a tension device unique to this clutch.
Date:
July 21, 1914
Creator:
Barry, David Redmond
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
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