Motor-Vehicle. (open access)

Motor-Vehicle.

Patent for a motorcycle with a rigid and cushioned frame.
Date: December 15, 1914
Creator: White, Edward Young
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cycle-Frame. (open access)

Cycle-Frame.

Patent for a bicycle frame meant to cushion the rider from impact by stabilizing the vehicle's frame.
Date: December 8, 1914
Creator: White, Edward Young
System: The Portal to Texas History
Envelop. (open access)

Envelop.

Patent for an improved safety envelope for use in mail order business where coins and money are transmitted.
Date: December 8, 1914
Creator: Utt, Allen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake (open access)

Air-Brake

Patent for an air brake with instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 24, 1914
Creator: Wolf, Gustav B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Caster-Wheel (open access)

Caster-Wheel

Patent for a new and useful caster wheel with illustrations.
Date: November 24, 1914
Creator: Pepple, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Tie and Rail-Joint (open access)

Combination Tie and Rail-Joint

Patent for improvement in the safety of tie and rail-joints. Improves the connection so that independent movement of the tie and rail is reduced.
Date: November 17, 1914
Creator: Knaus, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Permutation-Lock. (open access)

Permutation-Lock.

Patent for a device of a permutation lock. One of its objects is to improve the permutation mechanism thereof and to provide novel means whereby the combination of the lock may be changed.
Date: November 17, 1914
Creator: Meepos, Max
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve Mechanism for Gas Engines (open access)

Valve Mechanism for Gas Engines

Patent for improvements in the valve mechanisms of gas engines, with the object being to "provide an air cooling chamber for maintaining the exhaust valve in a cooled condition under all conditions of operations (lines 9-14).
Date: November 12, 1914
Creator: Blumberg, Humble G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Aeroplane (open access)

Safety-Aeroplane

Patent for a safety aeroplane including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 10, 1914
Creator: Haynes, Thomas Stanley
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hose-Support (open access)

Hose-Support

Patent for hose support with pivoted standard having a part which is adapted to support the nozzle of the hose, with illustrations.
Date: October 20, 1914
Creator: Praeger, Ewald
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Burner

Patent for a burner that can use kerosene for fuel and avoid clogging with carbon and to provide heat better in every way (including being hotter) while being easier to clean.
Date: September 29, 1914
Creator: Stone, Melvin T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hose Collar and Sweat Pad. (open access)

Hose Collar and Sweat Pad.

Patent for a horse collar with a sweat pad that will not ball up and will help strengthen and reinforce the collar.
Date: September 22, 1914
Creator: Costello, William F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Liquid Hydrocarbon Burner (open access)

Liquid Hydrocarbon Burner

Patent for a liquid hydrocarbon burner used to vaporize liquid hydrocarbons (e.g., kerosene, crude oil) for use in heating and cooking.
Date: September 22, 1914
Creator: von Hohenstein, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pedal Attachment for Pianos. (open access)

Pedal Attachment for Pianos.

Patent for a piano pedal attachment that will attach easily and keep mice and vermin from entering the piano opening. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 22, 1914
Creator: Klappenbach, Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Passenger Fare Registering Mechanism (open access)

Automatic Passenger Fare Registering Mechanism

Patent for an "automatic fare registering mechanism...adapted for use in connection with rapid transit cars or the like," (lines 10-13).
Date: September 8, 1914
Creator: Savage, Harry & Baker, Willard L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display-Counter. (open access)

Display-Counter.

Patent for a grocery display counter that has drawers at the back and transparent containers that enable customers to view merchandise from front and side.
Date: September 1, 1914
Creator: Friedrich, Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nozzle For Cotton Pickers. (open access)

Nozzle For Cotton Pickers.

Patent for a nozzle for cotton pickers that uses suction to pull a cotton boll away from the cotton burr, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 1, 1914
Creator: Hartwell, George Harry, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Number-Displaying Device. (open access)

Number-Displaying Device.

Patent for illuminated signs which illuminate number displaying devices for vehicles. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 18, 1914
Creator: Jenner, George A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Biplane (open access)

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
Automobile-Headlight (open access)

Automobile-Headlight

Patent for movable automobile headlight which reflect downward on the road surface and utilizes the at-hand mounting hardware for static automobile headlights.
Date: July 14, 1914
Creator: Allan, William N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dry-Cleaning Machine. (open access)

Dry-Cleaning Machine.

Patent for a dry cleaning machine that cleans using gasoline. The invention reduces the amount of gasoline used; keeps the gasoline clean while in use; provides easy placement and access of garments in the drum while in motion; improves the construction of the drum and its rubbing action on the garments; and supplies moisture to the machine to prevent the gasoline from igniting.
Date: June 16, 1914
Creator: White, Edward Young
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gasket or Washer (open access)

Gasket or Washer

Patent for "a gasket or washer adapted to be used upon garden hose, steam pipes, air brake hose, automobile hose, fire hose" (lines 9-11).
Date: June 16, 1914
Creator: Toepperwein, Ferdinand L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metal Wheel (open access)

Metal Wheel

Patent for a wheel that would work well with automobiles and to improve how it is built and make them more workable with spokes.
Date: June 9, 1914
Creator: Simmons, Oliver George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Turnstile. (open access)

Turnstile.

Patent for a new turnstile design for use in train cars, "especially adapted for use in so called " pay-as-you-enter " cars." (lines 11-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 9, 1914
Creator: Lohrberg, Leopold W.
System: The Portal to Texas History