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Adding Machine.
Patent for a new and improved adding machine using rotating discs.
Date:
December 8, 1914
Creator:
Druschke, Julius C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable and Detachable Bow for Spectacles.
Patent for a temple bow for spectacles which is secured to a lens frame and is adjustable to “accommodate the angle of vision of the wearer” (lines 89-90). The connection joints between the bow and lens frame allows adjustment without bending or twisting the bow, providing a more durable bow and frame.
Date:
January 13, 1914
Creator:
Blanchard, Edward.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Axle for Plows, Planters, and the like.
Patent for an adjustable axle "for use in connection with wheel mounted or sulky plows, of the middle burster or lister type, or for use in connection with planters and other devices for tilling or working the soil" (lines 10-14) and which allows for the plow to run evenly despite the evenness or unevenness of the soil.
Date:
May 26, 1914
Creator:
Dalley, William F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Cultivator-Plow Standard.
Patent for an adjustable cultivator plow that is designed to be strong and durable as well as efficient and simple.
Date:
December 15, 1914
Creator:
Wright, James B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Headlight For Vehicles.
Patent for a vertically moving headlight so that the driver can aim light toward the direction in which they are traveling. The headlight is meant to be durable and easy to build.
Date:
August 4, 1914
Creator:
Gray, Charles B. & Teter, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Shelf Bracket
Patent for a new shelf bracket "which is angularly adjustable, and has for its object the provision of a novel shelf bracket which is adapted to be secured upon a ladder, table, post, or other place, and which may be angularly adjusted so as to form means for supporting articles in a horizontal position." (Lines 14-19) including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
October 27, 1914
Creator:
Selstad, Ingvald E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Tongs
Patent for adjustable blacksmiths tongs for handling different size objects.
Date:
August 4, 1914
Creator:
Beyer, Albert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Vehicle-Headlight
Patent for a headlight for a vehicle that is able to direct the light towards both sides of the road rather than only straight ahead.
Date:
September 22, 1914
Creator:
Kitching, David C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane
Patent for an airplane with improved steering capabilities and adjustments for atmospheric conditions.
Date:
September 29, 1914
Creator:
Canion, William G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Blast Cotton-Gin
Patent for airing out the lent from the brushes on the ginn. This also uses less power than the ones before.
Date:
November 21, 1914
Creator:
Ginn, Carrollvernon B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake
Patent for an air brake with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 24, 1914
Creator:
Wolf, Gustav B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake.
Patent for train air-brakes to provide set brakes and same auxiliary pressure on all cars regardless of the brake cylinder piston travel distance.
Date:
January 13, 1914
Creator:
Wolf, Gustav B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake Apparatus.
Patent for an improvement to the air brake which includes new types of valves.
Date:
April 14, 1914
Creator:
Parker, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Airship
Patent for an airship of improved construction, which allows for the operator to change their positions to propel, raise, lower and steer the ship.
Date:
November 10, 1914
Creator:
John William Oman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alarm Device.
Patent for an alarm device "to be used in connection with a boiler and operatively connected with the steam whistle, whereby when the water falls below a certain level in the boiler the mechanism will automatically operate to blow the whistle" (lines 11-16). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 15, 1914
Creator:
Priester, Joel E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Andiron.
Patent for an andiron that combines with a gated screen including illustrations.
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Baker, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Hopple
Patent for certain new improvements in animal hopples. This device prevents animals from rearing up in the front when it is worn. The device consists of several plates and a collar with a connecting chain.
Date:
June 2, 1914
Creator:
Hentschel, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Trap.
Patent for an improved and simplified trap where "a large number of rats can be caught in succession before the trap has to be emptied, as the trap door arrangement is automatic in regard to resetting" (lines 20-24).
Date:
June 23, 1914
Creator:
Willard, Thomas A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap.
Patent for a live animal trap that uses a trigger and allows for live bait. Wire fabric is used to prevent animals from digging and escaping.
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Herring, Henry H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Anti-Rail-Creeper Tie-Plate
Patent for an improvement in Anti-Rail-Creeper Tie-Plates. This device was designed to prevent rails from wearing into the ties, "creeping longitudinally or moving laterally; also to prevent a rail from canting outwardly."
Date:
September 29, 1914
Creator:
McCombs, Oliver A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Antifreezing Outlet-Valve for Tanks.
Patent for a new and improved "valve-operating mechanism which cannot be rendered inoperative by ice forming in the tank, and also whereby the valve itself cannot become frozen" (lines 26-30) including illustrations.
Date:
May 5, 1914
Creator:
Whipp, John W.
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
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Burning Finely-Divided Fuel.
Patent for an improved apparatus for burning finely divided fuel. It admits air (during combustion) at various access points to vary the air that is confined within the mechanism.
Date:
February 10, 1914
Creator:
Irish, David J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUSLY DISTILLING CRUDE OIL AND OTHER SUBSTANCES
Patent for promoting the distillation of crude oil and other substances, separating the different parts of oil and impurities based on their weight.
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Forward, Chauncey B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History