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Roller Boring-Drill.
Patent for a boring-drill that can be manufactured cheaply. It provides sufficient space for the casing to follow it in order to prevent the walls from caving in. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 1, 1914
Creator:
Hughes, Howard Robard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Word-Meter For Type-Writers.
Patent for various construction changes and improvements to current typewriters to make typewriting easier and more words to be typed.
Date:
February 1, 1914
Creator:
Winters, Warren B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Envelop.
Patent for an envelope "whereby the cutting device acts as a partial ejector for the letter" (lines 12-13), including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
December 1, 1914
Creator:
Donaldson, James Macon
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of and Apparatus for Sizing Comminuted Material.
Patent for "certain new and useful improvements in process of and apparatus for sizing or classifying comminuted material according to the size of the particles of the material" (lines 13-16), including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
December 1, 1914
Creator:
Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Replacer
Patent for car replacer. It is an improvement to "what is called a 'frog' or a 'shoe'." The invention involves "two frogs or shoes which are used together" and are used "in such a way as to replace a car truck. . ." (Ledbetter)
Date:
December 1, 1914
Creator:
Ledbetter, Louis H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter.
Patent for a vertically adjustable machine that "reduces liability to clog" (line 18) and reduce clogging.
Date:
June 1, 1914
Creator:
Scott, Oscar F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Swivel
Patent for the hydraulic swivel. This is an improvement to the hydraulic swivel that already exists. It involves "the rotary well-drilling machines, to permit the flow of water to the point of the drill." (Black)
Date:
December 1, 1914
Creator:
Black, Lee J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paper-File
Patent for new improvements in Paper-Files, particularly to that class of paper files which are formed of wire that will allow for the removal of any one paper from the file without the necessitating the removal of any other papers from the file.
Date:
September 1, 1914
Creator:
Buie, Daniel C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hoeing-Machine.
Patent for dual drive hoeing machine. Machine utilizes a "carriage, support brackets, journaled drive shaft, crank arm and gyrating arm" (p. 3, lines 31-34). The machine produces straight rows and eliminates side draft (p.1, 15-19)
Date:
December 1, 1914
Creator:
Ashely, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Filter
Patent for "a simple and efficient filter which is adapted to allow liquid or gas to freely pass therethrough and be cleansed of impurities and sediment" (lines 11-15). Illustrations included.
Date:
December 1, 1914
Creator:
Corn, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roller Boring-Drill.
Patent for an improved Roller Boring-Drills to provide a strong drill that reach the bottom of hole and can be manufactured for low cost.
Date:
December 1, 1914
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Silo.
Patent for a new, water-tight silo that can be easily assembled without skilled labor and can be set up anywhere, including illustrations.
Date:
September 1, 1914
Creator:
Brookshire, Samuel N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nozzle For Cotton Pickers.
Patent for a nozzle for cotton pickers that uses suction to pull a cotton boll away from the cotton burr, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 1, 1914
Creator:
Hartwell, George Harry, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Picket Pointer.
Patent for a picket pointer that sharpens and bevels pickets uniformly, including instructions and illustrations
Date:
September 1, 1914
Creator:
Purdy, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ratchet-Wrench
Patent for a ratchet wrench including illustrations.
Date:
December 1, 1914
Creator:
Lawson, Harry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nutcracker.
Patent for a device to crack nuts that can be attached to a table or other stationary object, and that allows a nut to be placed in a stationary position to be cracked, including illustrations.
Date:
September 1, 1914
Creator:
May, Frank B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerator Car Door.
Patent for a sliding refrigerator car door, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 1, 1914
Creator:
Judia, George H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Display-Counter.
Patent for a grocery display counter that has drawers at the back and transparent containers that enable customers to view merchandise from front and side.
Date:
September 1, 1914
Creator:
Friedrich, Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History