Disk Cultivator (open access)

Disk Cultivator

Patent for an improvement on disk cultivators. This makes it easier to arrange the wheels on the disk cultivators to be able to work on the soil on land of different shapes and sizes.
Date: December 30, 1914
Creator: Craddock, John E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Calculating Device (open access)

Calculating Device

Patent for an improved calculating device including a calendar.
Date: September 30, 1914
Creator: Moody, Jason B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Headlight (open access)

Automobile-Headlight

Patent for a headlight design that turns with the front wheels, allowing the driver to illuminate the road ahead whether driving straight or turning.
Date: June 30, 1914
Creator: Fay, Peter J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Composition for Removing Coatings (open access)

Composition for Removing Coatings

Patent for a coating remover, made by mixing an alkali, an oxidizing agent, a solvent, and another chemical to prevent water evaporation.
Date: June 30, 1914
Creator: Humphreys, Jerome Nichols; Smith, Walter K. & Oliger, J. D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Seed Linter (open access)

Cotton Seed Linter

Patent for "improvements in cotton-seed linters" (Lines 5-6) for improving efficiency of "separating the the lint from motes and other dirt and trash" (lines 15-16) including illustrations.
Date: June 30, 1914
Creator: Vardell, Arthur A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drill. (open access)

Drill.

Patent for
Date: June 30, 1914
Creator: Weathersby, Fred Richard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Bow for Vehicle Tops (open access)

Folding Bow for Vehicle Tops

Patent for "improvements in folding bows for vehicle-tops...for removably mounting the top upon the body of the vehicle" (lines 5-22) including illustrations.
Date: June 30, 1914
Creator: Bright, James H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame-Fastener (open access)

Hame-Fastener

Patent for improvements to a hame-fastener, specifically related to an easily made, inexpensively produced locking mechanism, including illustration.
Date: June 30, 1914
Creator: Fowler, Alvah W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Incubator. (open access)

Incubator.

Patent for an incubator that automatically maintains at least a minimum temperature, with the option to set and maintain a higher temperature, with adjustment of temperature from outside the incubator. The incubator uses electric heat.
Date: June 30, 1914
Creator: Hays, Ernest C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Grapple. (open access)

Pipe-Grapple.

Patent for an improved pipe gripping mechanism which engages the interior of a pipe or tube.
Date: June 30, 1914
Creator: Martin, John E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Chair. (open access)

Rail-Chair.

Patent for improvement of rail-chairs that would prevent railroad rails from spreading out and allowing for a better connection by a system of rods. The rods would allow for a shorter distance between the middle of the rail chairs and the mechanism allows for better usability.
Date: June 30, 1914
Creator: Wheeler, Joseph L. & Jones, Thomas E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Topping Device for Sugar-Beets. (open access)

Topping Device for Sugar-Beets.

Patent for a machine to remove the tops of beets while they are still in the ground "without packing or injuring the beets and without removing more or less than the exact portion required" (lines 15-18).
Date: June 30, 1914
Creator: Sutton, Frank R.
System: The Portal to Texas History