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Combined Ruler and Blotter
Patent for a combined ruler and blotter (used for writing with ink). Proposed improvement of basic design by being more compact, cheaper to make, and includes a way to tear paper along the ruler's edge.
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Schmidt, Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Apparatus for Automatically Photographing Persons Moving Along a Confined Way.
Patent for a device to automatically take photographs of persons as they walk over a pressure sensor. The inventor suggests the device be used for ticket fare enforcement.
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Cannon, Burrell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Detachable-Blade-Connecting Device For Tools.
Patent for detachable blade connecting device for tools, the importance of which lies in the fact that this tool provides "simple and efficient means for detachably supporting interchangeable blades which may be quickly removed and replaced" (lines 16-19).
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Grimes, John Willis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
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
Bur-Extractor for Cotton-Feeders
Patent for bur extractor for cotton feeders. This device is unique in that it raises and distributes "systems for cotton gins...[and] provide[s] means whereby all burs or hulls will be effectually extracted from the cotton before the cotton passes to the gin feeders or gins" (lines 11-15).
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Lamb, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Copy Holder
Patent for an improved copy holder design that is "adapted for holding stenographers' notebooks and other copies and equipped with an efficient line guide, capable of easy and rapid operation to drop the line indicating means from one line to another with perfect accuracy" (lines 14-19), including illustrations.
Date:
April 28, 1914
Creator:
Wrede, Albin C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Andiron.
Patent for an andiron that combines with a gated screen including illustrations.
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Baker, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Wire Clothes-Pin.
Patent for a device which utilizes a spring to assist with the clamping of textiles.
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Buckley, John L. & Coin, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for a tool to stretch telephone wire, barb wire, and wire fencing. The tool connects to and holds in place a wire using a lock. While locked in place, the wire is stretched without the need of chains.
Date:
April 28, 1914
Creator:
Armstrong, Henry H. & Armstrong, H. H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Luggage-Carrier.
Patent for a luggage-carrier "particularly adapted for use in conjunction with motor cycles or similar wheeled vehicles" (lines 11-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Howell, Edgar A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weeder.
Patent for a new adjustable-height weeder that attaches to a cultivator or lister and cultivates, weeds, or cuts field vegetation quickly.
Date:
April 28, 1914
Creator:
Geurin, Henry E. & Dean, Walter D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Apparatus.
Patent for drilling well apparatuses that approximate the weight imposed so that the weight can be regulated to improve efficiency, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 28, 1914
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tub Holder
Patent for improvements made to tub holders, primarily to suit tubs of various sizes for heating water. Purposes for holding tubs include boiling water for clothes and food. The improvements focus on support of the tubs, and allow for rotation of tubs with ease and efficiency.
Date:
April 28, 1914
Creator:
Dullnig, Adolph Cleveland
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Axle.
Patent for a shock absorbing axle for vehicles including illustrations.
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Hartmann, Arthur R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washboard.
Patent for a new washboard with "simple durability, and cheap construction, . . . [which is] serviceable and efficient in its use" (lines 12-14), including illustrations.
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Bush, Henry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Plug
Patent for new improvements in Spark-Plugs which decreases the possibility of imperfect sparking and provides a visible indication if the spark plug is not working properly.
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Cole, Emory W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Boiler Indicator.
Patent for an improvement in steam boiler indicators to alert when the water has dropped below a specified threshold, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 28, 1914
Creator:
Marrs, Vollie B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire Inflating Pump
Patent for improvements for Tire-Inflating Pumps, mainly those adapted for automobiles, including illustrations.
Date:
March 28, 1914
Creator:
Jobes, William S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Multicylinder Internal-Combustion Engine.
Patent for an internal combustion engine with multiple cylinders.
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Hart, Sydney H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hobble-Arch for Cultivators.
Patent for a new hobble arch that laterally adjusts shovel beams of cultivators without stripping shaft threads.
Date:
April 28, 1914
Creator:
Rutledge, Robert P.; Boland, Randsome G. & Devault, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History