Apparatus for Burning Lime. (open access)

Apparatus for Burning Lime.

Patent for improvements in apparatus for burning lime. To provide reliable and efficient means to extract all the heat units from fuel to be used by providing an increase draft and long blaze.
Date: July 18, 1916
Creator: Walsh, Patrick A. & Walsh, Edward J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Leaf-Gathering and Lawn-Treating Implement. (open access)

Leaf-Gathering and Lawn-Treating Implement.

Patent for device for easily picking up leaves from a lawn. The device consists basically of spikes mounted on a wheel that pick up leaves when the machine is run over a lawn and then are deposited in a recipticle.
Date: July 18, 1916
Creator: Murrah, Louie T.
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
Projecting Apparatus. (open access)

Projecting Apparatus.

Patent for developing projecting apparatuses. This projecting apparatuses invented has continuous operation and manual operation is removed.
Date: July 18, 1916
Creator: Chapman, Charles E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trolley-Pole. (open access)

Trolley-Pole.

Patent for inventing a trolley pole which is easy to build, comparatively inexpensive and easy to use. This is an improvement for the older version.
Date: July 18, 1916
Creator: Kirkpatrick, Otey. R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Surgical Instrument. (open access)

Surgical Instrument.

Patent for speculum instrument used in treating women's sexual and reproductive health with new plunger mechanism for inserting powdered medicines.
Date: July 18, 1916
Creator: Finley, Hulon Kirk
System: The Portal to Texas History
Self-Oiling Handsaw. (open access)

Self-Oiling Handsaw.

Patent for invention of a handsaw which is an improvement of current version. This is simple, low cost and convenient handsaw and is operated easily without removing the grip.
Date: July 18, 1916
Creator: Pearson, Robert Bartley
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stovepipe-Support. (open access)

Stovepipe-Support.

Patent for new and useful improvements in stove pipe supports. To hold stove pipe in upright position and prevent it from accidentally becoming disarranged.
Date: July 18, 1916
Creator: Leslie, Alexander C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Point Attachment (open access)

Plow-Point Attachment

Patent for an attachment for the point of a plow that protects the point from wear and tear, especially in soil that is sandy.
Date: July 18, 1916
Creator: Trout, Calvin L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elevator. (open access)

Elevator.

Patent for elevator supporting a locking mechanism to restrict movement in case of a broken cable preventing the elevator car "from dropping to the bottom of the shaft" (lines 16-17).
Date: July 18, 1916
Creator: Hathhorn, Robert A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper. (open access)

Cotton Chopper.

Patent for new and useful improvements in cotton choppers. A stronger, more durable, efficient, ease of operation, chopper.
Date: July 18, 1916
Creator: Penn, Joseph R.
System: The Portal to Texas History