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
Churn (open access)

Churn

Patent for an improvement to churns; this invention provides a churn in which milk is thoroughly agitated via the opposite rotation of two dashers, and will simultaneously allow for observation of the churning operation via a glass vessel.
Date: November 3, 1914
Creator: Samuel C.M. Anderson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring (open access)

Spring

Patent for a spring "wherein all of the parts are removably connected to each other so as to be convenient and inexpensive to repair." (Line 11-14)
Date: November 3, 1914
Creator: Avera, Lawrence A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Supporting-Shelf. (open access)

Supporting-Shelf.

Patent for a supporting shelf specifically for clocks. The supporting shelf keeps the clock balanced.
Date: November 3, 1914
Creator: McDonald, John A..
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap. (open access)

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
APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUSLY DISTILLING CRUDE OIL AND OTHER SUBSTANCES (open access)

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
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
Cotton-Gin. (open access)

Cotton-Gin.

Patent for improvements to Cotton-Gins' brush cylinders that includes "a longitudinal tubular member having a brush cylinder cooperating therewith and which serves as a conduit for the passage of the lint cotton from the gin and also as a connecting means for the legs of the gin frame and as an end outlet for the gin, and leaving the rear of the latter unobstructed and freely accessible" (lines 13-21), including illustrations and instructions.
Date: March 3, 1914
Creator: Murray, Stephen D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Counting-Machine. (open access)

Counting-Machine.

Patent for "a counting machine, and it more particularly relates to an attachment for typewriters (lines 12-14).
Date: March 3, 1914
Creator: Davis, Oscar C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
DAM CONSTRUCTION (open access)

DAM CONSTRUCTION

Patent for a movable dam wall shorter than the depth of the water behind it, including illustrations.
Date: March 3, 1914
Creator: Hunt, Edward B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Non-Refillable Bottle (open access)

Non-Refillable Bottle

Patent for an improvement on non-refillable bottles. The improvement would not let any other liquid be surreptitiously added to the bottle. Also this patent design allows for the closure plug to be reused by the manufacturer of the bottle in new bottles.
Date: March 3, 1914
Creator: Helmcamp, Louis C. & Hoxworth, Edwin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Press-Head-Operating Apparatus. (open access)

Press-Head-Operating Apparatus.

Patent for improvements in press-head-operating apparatus “to provide means for rotating the connecting member and also means for retaining the parts in their relative positions.” (Lines [20]-[23].) Illustration is included.
Date: March 3, 1914
Creator: Pool, Charles R. P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Printing Press (open access)

Printing Press

Patent for a printing press design that has a "type carrying member" which is a "circular rotary disk," and a "mechanism for elevating the ink supplying rolls and paper carrying platens to permit of the passage of the type therebelow without being affected," (lines 11-12, 23-26) including illustrations.
Date: March 3, 1914
Creator: Sadovsky, Nathan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Tie. (open access)

Railroad-Tie.

Patent for a railroad-tie in which it will “maintain the gage standard when one rail is replaced by another rail having larger cross section than the original rail.” (Lines 21-23) Illustration is included.
Date: March 3, 1914
Creator: Hynds, David H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill Wheel (open access)

Windmill Wheel

Patent for improvements made to windmill wheels. Improvements include windmill wheel blades that can easily be taken off or fixed onto the wheel hub, improvements in construction for easy assembly and disassembly, and construction from economic materials.
Date: March 3, 1914
Creator: Mason, Charles O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Flue (open access)

Combination-Flue

Patent for a flue which will not crack and open, due to settling or to transverse strain. Also to provide means whereby the flue may be supported from the joists of a ceiling, against settling.
Date: February 3, 1914
Creator: Carl, Reinhold Adolph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Hopple. (open access)

Cultivator-Hopple.

Patent for the simplification, strengthening, and adjustment of levers to make using a cultivator hopple easier to use.
Date: February 3, 1914
Creator: McCanless, Joseph E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flush-Valve Attachment. (open access)

Flush-Valve Attachment.

Patent for an attachment to a flush valve that will prevent the bowl from overflowing when flushing.
Date: February 3, 1914
Creator: Lupton, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Guard for Hand-Planes (open access)

Guard for Hand-Planes

Patent for an improvement in guards for hand-planes, more specifically bench planes. The improvements provide a guard, which prevents wood shavings or splinters from injuring the hand.
Date: February 3, 1914
Creator: Westberg, John E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Truing Locomotive Driving-Wheels (open access)

Machine for Truing Locomotive Driving-Wheels

Patent for improvements in machines for truing the driving wheels of locomotives. Other possible uses include truing freight car wheels or similar car wheels.
Date: February 3, 1914
Creator: Tyler, Joseph C.; Behrends, John A. & Lake, Parks
System: The Portal to Texas History
Milling-Machine. (open access)

Milling-Machine.

Patent for a milling machine that executes thorough removal of dirt and other substances.
Date: February 3, 1914
Creator: Lakey, William Ray.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint. (open access)

Rail-Joint.

Patent for improvements in rail joints. A patent for a boltless, interlocking rail joint that is noiseless.
Date: February 3, 1914
Creator: Bell, Silas D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Time-Indicator. (open access)

Time-Indicator.

Patent for time indicators wherein the time noting figures are carried upon rotary disks that are constructed and arranged as to expose the proper time in hours, minutes, and seconds to a face plate.
Date: February 3, 1914
Creator: Bentley, William G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Traction-Engine. (open access)

Traction-Engine.

Patent for an improved agricultural traction engine with unique driving wheels.
Date: February 3, 1914
Creator: Ingram, Joseph D.
System: The Portal to Texas History