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Apparatus for Destroying Insects.
Patent for an apparatus used to kill insectects, particularly boll weevils on cotton blooms. The apparatus is attached to a wagon which is driven through a cotton field, and the device knocks off the boll weevil eggs and then suctions them into the device and destroys them by fire.
Date:
July 4, 1916
Creator:
Morrow, James Morton
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie.
Patent for a new bale tie made from metal, with "integral interlocking terminal portions" (lines 25-26), including instructions and illustration. The bale tie is "strong in character, constructed at small cost, of a minimum number of parts, and capable of easy and expeditious manipulation" (lines 18-21).
Date:
July 11, 1916
Creator:
O'Riordan, John Eldridge
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check-Book.
Patent for a checkbook holder that includes a special binder for check stubs, with instructions and illustration. When a new set of checks and binder are inserted into the holder, the old binder of stubs can be easily removed and saved, for receipt purposes.
Date:
July 11, 1916
Creator:
Bennett, Paul H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie Buckle
Patent for bale-tie buckle to be used to secures bales of cotton specifically. This is used to increase the speed at which cotton can be secured while being ginned and compressed. This buckle can be reused multiple times.
Date:
July 25, 1916
Creator:
Horsley, Robert L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic gas-lighter
Patent for automatic gas lighter, designed for igniting the headlights of auto vehicle, the principle object was to attach a simple automatic lighter to any automobile which is cheaper and reliable.
Date:
July 11, 1916
Creator:
Ben F. Keith
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bathing-Machine.
Patent for a standing bathing machine that will wash and scrub the person standing inside it. Illustrations are provided but these are guidelines that should not be restricting but something for the builder to build upon.
Date:
July 25, 1916
Creator:
Howlett, Peyton Leon
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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, J.R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey of Brazos County, Texas
Text describes climate, agriculture, and soils of Brazos County, Texas.
Date:
July 10, 1916
Creator:
Veatch, J. O. (Jethro Otto) & Waldrop, C. S.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil map, Texas, Brazos County sheet
Map displays soil types along with creeks, lakes, rivers, farms, towns, churches, schools, colleges, roads, and railroads. Includes legend and symbols. Gives soil profiles (3 feet deep).
Date:
July 10, 1916
Creator:
United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Underground Wastes in Oil and Gas Fields and Methods of Prevention
Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over the underground wastes of oil and gas in drilling fields. As stated in the introduction, "the writers have endeavored to establish the manner and importance of underground waste by citing a few cases and to show the means whereby it can be prevented" (p. 5). This paper includes illustrations.
Date:
July 1916
Creator:
McMurray, William F. & Lewis, James O.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Well-Drill
Patent for well drill that enables its upper end to be struck without disengaging the cable with an objective to provide simple, inexpensive, and convenient use.
Date:
July 4, 1916
Creator:
Walker, Merit Benjamin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weight-Motor.
Patent for invention of a machine in which reciprocating motion is converted in to rotary motion with more power. In this invention maximum propelling force is obtained without excessive energy.
Date:
July 11, 1916
Creator:
Martinez, Norberto
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Destroyer.
Patent for dislodging, collecting, and destroying bugs and weevils by shaking pests from cotton bushes and crushing them.
Date:
July 4, 1916
Creator:
Brooks, John Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transmission mechanism
Patent for transmission mechanism of which minimum number of parts are working with uniform force and with multiplied power and without decreasing the strength and durability.
Date:
July 11, 1916
Creator:
Martinez, Norberto
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Marker.
Patent for improvement in markers "used in filing and card index cabinets" (lines 6-7).Meant to "provide a light, simply constructed V-shaped device" (lines 11-13), to mark the location of papers or files that have been temporarily moved from a filing system.
Date:
July 25, 1916
Creator:
Wells, Spencer A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Prod-Pole
Patent for care of live stock and particularly the pod poles. This invention is to produce a pod designed to podding the animals when they are loading or unloading for the shipment.
Date:
July 4, 1916
Creator:
Bishop, William P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner
Patent for a burner constructed to admit a force of steam or air is sent through the nozzle with assigning to the fuel in fuel reservoir. This invention is used to burn the heavy crude oil.
Date:
July 4, 1916
Creator:
Nicholson, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Parcel Carrier Guard for Bicycles
Patent for improved Parcel-Carrier Guard for bicycles. Specifically the patent helps to prevent contact with the parcel carrier guard and the front wheel.
Date:
July 4, 1916
Creator:
Apple, William M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Support.
Patent for improvements in supports for cots or mosquito nettings with an objective to present a novel and convenient device that is applied in operative positions.
Date:
July 4, 1916
Creator:
Pewther, Judson C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History