Envelop. (open access)

Envelop.

Patent for an envelope "whereby the cutting device acts as a partial ejector for the letter" (lines 12-13), including illustrations and instructions.
Date: December 1, 1914
Creator: Donaldson, James Macon
System: The Portal to Texas History
Button Display Attachment for Boxes (open access)

Button Display Attachment for Boxes

Patent for a button display to provide means to secure to any enclosing display to secure buttons.
Date: November 24, 1914
Creator: Spivy, Reid B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Latch (open access)

Latch

Patent for improvements to latches for swinging gates and doors and provide a method of opening the latch from either side of the gate.
Date: November 24, 1914
Creator: Hilder, Volny R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Step-By-Step Elevator. (open access)

Step-By-Step Elevator.

Patent for an invention relates to a new and useful step-by-step elevator. Its object is broadly stated to provide means for ascending or descending from one of a building to another.
Date: October 27, 1914
Creator: Barrett, Eli B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Subsoiler. (open access)

Subsoiler.

Patent for improvements to subsoilers "to provide a subsoiler which has a plurality of pivoted points which will merely loosen the under soil so that same may retain a large amount of moisture, and will not turn the under soil over" (lines 10-15).
Date: March 24, 1914
Creator: Aydlott, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring-wheel for Vehicles. (open access)

Spring-wheel for Vehicles.

Patent for an improved wheel with "spring cushioning devices between the sections for insuring easy running of the vehicle by the spring devices absorbing shocks" (lines 11-14).
Date: February 24, 1914
Creator: Luttrell, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Cleaner for Bed-Springs. (open access)

Sanitary Cleaner for Bed-Springs.

Patent for a new invention to more effectively clean bed springs, including illustrations.
Date: June 16, 1914
Creator: Gambill, Mary I.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fluid-Dispensing Apparatus. (open access)

Fluid-Dispensing Apparatus.

Patent for improvements to a fluid-dispensing apparatus for fluids such as oil. Safety features relieve air pressure through a valve and a pressure tank.
Date: July 21, 1914
Creator: Catron, John James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fruit-Stand. (open access)

Fruit-Stand.

Patent for a fruit stand "so arranged that while the fruit may be freely inspected it cannot be removed from the receptacle without opening the same" (lines 11-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 28, 1914
Creator: Roberts, Odineal
System: The Portal to Texas History