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Apparatus For Forming And Vulcanizing Rubberized Fabric And Rubber Tires. (open access)

Apparatus For Forming And Vulcanizing Rubberized Fabric And Rubber Tires.

Patent for an apparatus for "forming and vulcanizing rubberized fabric and rubber tires for use on vehicle and other wheels &c., &c.” (lines 13-16) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 8, 1914
Creator: Dees, Mark A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Generating and Carbureting Hydrogen. (open access)

Apparatus for Generating and Carbureting Hydrogen.

Patent for an apparatus that will improve the cost efficiency of producing gas. Specifically, this invention details a "main tank which produces hydrogen and an auxiliary tank wherein the hydrogen is mixed with crude petroleum oil and thereby given its illuminating and combustible properties" (lines 18-23).
Date: January 27, 1914
Creator: Stuart, Charles V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Making Lard Substitute (open access)

Apparatus for Making Lard Substitute

Patent for an apparatus to produce a lard substitute from cotton seed oil. "An important object of this invention is to provide apparatus of the above mentioned character, which is simple in construction, cheap to manufacture, and continuous in operation."
Date: October 6, 1914
Creator: Chisholm, Jesse C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachement for Cultivators. (open access)

Attachement for Cultivators.

Patent for an attachment for cultivators. The attachment allows for quick attachment and removal of the machinery.
Date: February 10, 1914
Creator: Gage, James J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cultivators (open access)

Attachment for Cultivators

Patent for an improvement in attachments for cultivators, including illustrations.
Date: June 16, 1914
Creator: Leischner, Gotthilf
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Seed Planter (open access)

Attachment for Seed Planter

Patent for a new attachment to seed planters.
Date: October 20, 1914
Creator: Lusk, Eli M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Seed Planters (open access)

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.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Vehicle-Seats. (open access)

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
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic air-brake for railway-cars. (open access)

Automatic air-brake for railway-cars.

Patent for an improved design of automatic air brakes for use in railway cars.
Date: June 9, 1914
Creator: Canion, William G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Brake. (open access)

Automatic Brake.

Patent for automatic wagon brake which removes the strain on draft animals when the vehicle is descending down an incline.
Date: March 3, 1914
Creator: Matthews, Dudley A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Door-Closer (open access)

Automatic Door-Closer

Patent for improvements in automatic door closers with the object to simplify and improve the construction and utility of devices of this character. May be applied to doors of various sizes whereby the door may be caused to close without slamming or jarring.
Date: March 31, 1914
Creator: Grogan Edward W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic drain-valve. (open access)

Automatic drain-valve.

Patent for an improved automatic drain valve used in air braking systems.
Date: April 21, 1914
Creator: Huddleston, William R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fire-Alarm. (open access)

Automatic Fire-Alarm.

Patent for an improved automatic fire-alarm, which will sound an alarm, release water from pipes, and alert the fire station.
Date: March 17, 1914
Creator: Singleton, Joseph J. C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fuse Plug (open access)

Automatic Fuse Plug

Patent for "improvements in automatic fuse plugs" (lines 12-12). These are "adapted to be successively engaged by a swinging contact arm" (lines 16-17).
Date: May 19, 1914
Creator: Bowman, Levi M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Hose-Coupling (open access)

Automatic Hose-Coupling

Patent for an automatic hose coupling with instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 24, 1914
Creator: Herr, Herbert C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Liquid-Fuel Regulator for Steam-Generators. (open access)

Automatic Liquid-Fuel Regulator for Steam-Generators.

Patent for improved automatic liquid fuel feed regulator for steam generators especially adapted for use in connection with steam generators in which liquid hydrocarbon or case is used as fuel.
Date: May 19, 1914
Creator: Ford, Arthur
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Passenger Fare Registering Mechanism (open access)

Automatic Passenger Fare Registering Mechanism

Patent for an "automatic fare registering mechanism...adapted for use in connection with rapid transit cars or the like," (lines 10-13).
Date: September 8, 1914
Creator: Savage, Harry & Baker, Willard L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Service-Switch. (open access)

Automatic Service-Switch.

Patent for a new automatic service switch "which will be entirely concealed within a casing ordinarily kept locked, thus preventing any unauthorized parties from endangering themselves by tampering with the switch, and furthermore impeding any attempt to defraud the company furnishing the current by rendering the switch difficult to access." (lines 35-42) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 7, 1914
Creator: Wetter, Ralph E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Weighing-Machine. (open access)

Automatic Weighing-Machine.

Patent for an automatic weighing machine.
Date: July 14, 1914
Creator: Ball, Andrew J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
AUTOMATIC WEIGHING-SCALE. (open access)

AUTOMATIC WEIGHING-SCALE.

Patent for an improved automatic scale that can weigh large measurements of crops, including illustrations.
Date: June 14, 1914
Creator: Carter, Edward D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
AUTOMOBILE (open access)

AUTOMOBILE

Patent for improvements for power distribution in automobiles, including illustrations.
Date: March 31, 1914
Creator: De Witt, George, W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Clutch. (open access)

Automobile-Clutch.

Patent for improvements to automobile clutches with the objectives of avoiding a jerky start, preserving integrity of friction surfaces, associating with anti-friction bearings to minimize load on motor, and producing an economical clutch.
Date: March 31, 1914
Creator: Bryant, Clarence R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Headlight (open access)

Automobile-Headlight

Patent for a headlight design that turns with the front wheels, allowing the driver to illuminate the road ahead whether driving straight or turning.
Date: June 30, 1914
Creator: Fay, Peter J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Headlight (open access)

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.
System: The Portal to Texas History