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Wedge Cutter
Patent for a device that cuts wood into different sized wedges. This is a device used in the construction industry.
Date:
July 14, 1915
Creator:
Echols, Elijah B. & Zindler, Herman J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boiler-Tube
Patent for an improved boiler tube which is more durable and easier to install and remove than other boiler tubes.
Date:
July 13, 1915
Creator:
Burkett, Frank
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brick-Kiln.
Patent for an improvement for continuous and semi-continuous kilns, to decrease resulting moisture "without materially lessening their fuel economy" (page 1, lines 50-51), including illustrations.
Date:
July 13, 1915
Creator:
Montrief, James V.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Float-Valve.
Patent for improved float valve. This patent is especially adapted for use in water tanks and other receptacles for providing water for stock or for any other purposes.
Date:
July 13, 1915
Creator:
Sharp, Harry Q.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Foot Scraper for Vehicles.
Patent for foot scrapers for vehicles which allows a person to clean their shoes before entering. The foot scraper can be fastened to the axle of a wheel or other suitable part of a vehicle.
Date:
July 13, 1915
Creator:
Van Meter Brown, Maud
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock.
Patent for a keyed lock with "an improved mounting and arrangement of the locking tumblers whereby the same are properly held against displacement within the body of the lock so that they will properly engage with the locking bolt."
Date:
July 13, 1915
Creator:
Dunaway, Harrison
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burning Equipment for Locomotives.
Patent for improved oil burning equipment for locomotives including illustrations and specifications. Improvements are made in the construction of the fire box for full use of the oil fuel.
Date:
July 13, 1915
Creator:
Gilman, Benoist P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Picking And Separating Cotton from Bolls.
Patent for a device to remove plant fiber from picked cotton (referred to as "burs" and "bolls"). The device makes the process of cleaning cotton faster and more efficient.
Date:
July 13, 1915
Creator:
Meier, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Train-Stopping Apparatus.
Patent for "to provide a track instrument for automatic train stopping apparatus which will be useful in conjunction with block signaling system." (lines 16-19) including illustrations.
Date:
July 13, 1915
Creator:
Labit, Girard E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Upholstery.
Patent for an improvement in upholstery, more specifically, inflatable type upholstery; includes illustrations.
Date:
July 13, 1915
Creator:
Dodd, Laura L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve for Car-Carried Mechanism of Train-Stopping Apparatus.
Patent for an invention which provides an improved train stopping apparatus, whereby the propelling power of the motor car will be cut off when conditions warrant.
Date:
July 13, 1915
Creator:
Labit, Girard E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Tongue.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Wagon-Tongues, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings." (lines 6-9).
Date:
July 13, 1915
Creator:
Zimmer, Henry C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Engine-Starter
Patent for improving the performance of starter mechanisms for internal combustion engines.
Date:
July 6, 1915
Creator:
Everly, William D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Furnace.
Patent for improvements to furnaces which use oil-fueled, stationary or locomotive boilers.
Date:
July 6, 1915
Creator:
Wilson, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Refrigerating Apparatus.
Patent for new rotary refrigeration apparatus with illustrations
Date:
July 6, 1915
Creator:
Bertsch, John C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History