Boot-Tree Former. (open access)

Boot-Tree Former.

Patent for a boot-tree former, which is used in boot manufacturing to form and stretch the shape of a boot.
Date: March 14, 1914
Creator: Lucchese, Michele
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
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
Tire Inflating Pump (open access)

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
Safety Lamp-Burner. (open access)

Safety Lamp-Burner.

Patent for a safety lamp-burner, which extinguishes itself when the lamp is tipped over.
Date: March 24, 1914
Creator: Witmond, Christopher B. J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piano-Action. (open access)

Piano-Action.

Patent for a simplified part that controls the rebound of the hammer on a piano.
Date: March 31, 1914
Creator: Mayor, Enoch A.
System: The Portal to Texas History