Resource Type

Automobile Running-Gear (open access)

Automobile Running-Gear

Patent for a new automobile running gear that uses the front and rear wheels to propel the vehicle through rough, uneven terrain.
Date: May 5, 1914
Creator: Beaman, Fred.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Signal (open access)

Automobile Signal

Patent for an automobile signal which can be attatched to an automobile to signal the automobiles driving intent, stopping, turning etc.
Date: December 22, 1914
Creator: Brewster, Edward J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bagging Strecher. (open access)

Bagging Strecher.

Patent for a bagging stretcher that provides a device to be "associated with the baling press for drawing taut the bagging which is used to cover a bale".
Date: July 7, 1914
Creator: Davis, William R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baking-Pan (open access)

Baking-Pan

Patent for a Baking Pan for bread and similar foods, noted for its unique construction, such "that the heat given off from the fuel burner will be confined so as to completely surround the pan, in which the articles to be cooked, are located" (lines 13-17).
Date: July 28, 1914
Creator: Boger, Daniel W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie. (open access)

Bale-Tie.

Patent for bale ties that "have the securing members permanently connected" (lines 12-13) and do not have projecting ends that could damage cotton bales or other fibrous materials.
Date: June 9, 1914
Creator: McFarland, Frank H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for baling presses that press for balling hay that simplify the construction of presses of this type and produce a press readily movable from one place to another.
Date: July 28, 1914
Creator: Redding, Robert B. & Barnett, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press (open access)

Baling Press

Patent for improvements made to a baling press used to press cotton into bales. Improvements include improved construction to improve durability and efficiency, and design enhancements to the feeding belt to make retrieving the bales of cotton easier and more efficient.
Date: April 28, 1914
Creator: Marek, Joseph J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Balling-Compress. (open access)

Balling-Compress.

Patent for balling press that provides a compress for pressing bales of cotton, including illustrations.
Date: July 7, 1914
Creator: Mikeal, Isham
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ballot-Voting Machine (open access)

Ballot-Voting Machine

Patent for a ballot box that counts the number of votes in the box.
Date: February 17, 1914
Creator: Brown, Flora & Senez, Arthur
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bandage (open access)

Bandage

Patent for a new bandage or dressing clamp that will hold a bandage in place. It includes two circular, notched jaws held together by an adjustable tube. Illustrations included.
Date: April 21, 1914
Creator: Lupton, Minnie May
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bank Pass-Book. (open access)

Bank Pass-Book.

Patent for an improved Bank Pass-Book that shows the identification of the individual written on the inside and outside of the book.
Date: December 8, 1914
Creator: Exline, Marcus P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bat-Roost. (open access)

Bat-Roost.

Patent for a bat roost that provides roosting space, as well as a space for hibernation. The bat roost will have a lower space that allows the user to clean out the droppings.
Date: January 6, 1914
Creator: Campbell, Charles A. R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bed (open access)

Bed

Patent for a bed attachment that is a removable back rest allowing for users to recline at an angle. Illustrations included.
Date: May 5, 1914
Creator: Hillyer, Mary Louise
System: The Portal to Texas History
Beet-Harvester (open access)

Beet-Harvester

Patent for a beet-harvester that improves the efficiency and lowers the cost of beet-gripping devices, including illustrations.
Date: December 22, 1914
Creator: Stone, John E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Beet Puller and Topper. (open access)

Beet Puller and Topper.

Patent for a new machine to pull beets from the ground as moving chains cut off the leaves and deposit the beets into a bend.
Date: April 28, 1914
Creator: Olson, David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Beveled-Rule-Molding Device (open access)

Beveled-Rule-Molding Device

Patent for improvements in matrices and devices which are similar to matrices that are used in linotype and intertype or line casting machines. These devices consist of a rule molding mechanism with a bar having the general contour of a matrix. A channel exists in one side with under cut edges. These objects can be operated by matrix molding devices for forming rules for printing purposes.
Date: May 12, 1914
Creator: Markwell, Andrew E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Biplane (open access)

Biplane

Patent for a biplane design that has improved lift, steering, stability, and landing, including illustrations.
Date: July 28, 1914
Creator: Herrmann, Ernst W. F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bit Brace. (open access)

Bit Brace.

Patent for a bit-brace with a crank arm which can be secured to the bit chuck and which has an adjustable hand, so the chuck may be rotated while the brace remains stationary.
Date: August 18, 1914
Creator: Hall, Samuel N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blow-Out Guard (open access)

Blow-Out Guard

Patent for a blow-out guard for double tube tires. It is meant to a barrier "interposed between the inner and outer tubes of a pneumatic tire, to reinforce an apertured or weakened place...preventing the inner tube from 'blowing out' at such a point." (Line 11-16)
Date: November 3, 1914
Creator: Holloman, Alfred A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll Breaker and Cleaner. (open access)

Boll Breaker and Cleaner.

Patent for a boll breaker and cleaner with a casing with a pair of revolving cylinders with boll-breaking arms adapted to work with additional boll-breaking arms projected from rocking shafts in the lower portion of the casing. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 15, 1914
Creator: Hale, John W. & Galey, John I.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll Cotton Gin. (open access)

Boll Cotton Gin.

Patent for an improved boll-cotton gin which gathers the cotton bolls without crushing them or intermingling the product with impurities by separating the seed cotton from the bolls and hulls.
Date: June 9, 1914
Creator: Hopper, James F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil Exterminator. (open access)

Boll-Weevil Exterminator.

Patent for a boll-weevil exterminator comprised of a wheeled frame with a tank containing insect poison and a means to gradually distribute the poison through a field. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 1, 1914
Creator: Griffin, Willis F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boot-Tree Former. (open access)

Boot-Tree Former.

Patent for a boot-tree former, which is used in boot manufacturing to form and stretch the shape of a boot.
Date: March 14, 1914
Creator: Lucchese, Michele
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boring Tool. (open access)

Boring Tool.

Patent for a new boring tool used for digging post holes, shallow wells, and for like purposes. It has a pilot bit and a cutting disk that carries the loosened dirt from the bore to the surface.
Date: June 9, 1914
Creator: Keenan, Michael J.
System: The Portal to Texas History