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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
Hydrogenating Oils, Fats, and Fatty Acids, &c.
Patent for improvements made to a hydrogenator of saturated oils, including illustrations.
Date:
June 23, 1914
Creator:
Humphreys, Jerome N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Load-Transferring Apparatus.
Patent for load transferring apparatus, important for its innovations "applicable to the operation of unloading bulk material from boats or barges and of transferring said material to stationary bins or ships at sea" (lines 11-15).
Date:
June 23, 1914
Creator:
Hildebrand, Henry W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Non-Refillable Bottle.
Patent for a non-refillable bottle
Date:
June 23, 1914
Creator:
Red, John E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump or Motor
Patent for "certain improvements in that type of mechanism adapted for use in propelling or compressing fluids or in deriving power from the energy of a moving of expanding fluid...a type of device adapted for use as a pump a motor, a compressor or an engine..." (lines 8-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 23, 1914
Creator:
Reaugh, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Frame.
Patent for a quilting frame that can be operated by one person easily, as well as compacted to store in small storage areas, is portable and durable. The frame will also give cotton stabilization while working with a quilt. The quilting frame will also not need heavy maintenance.
Date:
June 23, 1914
Creator:
Wilkerson, Nannie C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephone System.
Patent for a new telephone system to split party lines connected to a main line to keep private or personal discussions between some of the parties, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 23, 1914
Creator:
Tucker, Albert R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water Feeding Device
Patent for "improvements in Water-Feeding Devices" (lines 5-6) to "adjust the rate of discharge of liquid...[and] whose adjusting means shall be capable of accurate regulation to vary the amount of liquid discharged in a given time" (lines 21-24) including illustrations.
Date:
June 23, 1914
Creator:
Walkup, John A. & Walkup, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
COTTON CHOPPER
Patent for a new type of cotton chopper that has the ability to be adjusted in the vertical to make for faster cotton cutting. This is a simpler design making it cheaper to make and easier to repair.
Date:
April 23, 1914
Creator:
Fultz, Deck B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History