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Folding Hay-Rake.
Patent for a hay rake that may have its working width considerably reduced when the machine is being conveyed to or from a field, including illustrations.
Date:
November 24, 1914
Creator:
Glenn, James R. & Glenn, Jesse, E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gas Generator.
Patent for a gas generator. The object is intended to efficiently regulate gas in cars.
Date:
November 24, 1914
Creator:
Walton, James C. & Wisherd, John A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Cutter
Patent for pipe cutter. This is an improvement to the pipe cutter which already exists. A portion of the pipe "is removed. . . instead of the material being displaced and wedged apart without removing as is the case with the commonly used cutter." (Johnson)
Date:
November 24, 1914
Creator:
Johnson, Willie H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Range-Finder For Small-Arms.
Patent for an improved Range-Finder for Small-Arms at an inexpensive price which can be attached at any rifle specifically designed and used in the United States Army.
Date:
November 24, 1914
Creator:
Guild, George R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Silo
Patent for a reinforced silo, either constructed from cement or cement like materials. The construction of the doorway provides access to the upper end by a ladder.
Date:
November 24, 1914
Creator:
Ray, James H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Slime-Separator.
Patent for a slime-separator "to provide means for automatically regulating the separate water flow, and discharging the solid proportionally with the settling of the solids in the receptacle" (lines 44-47). The patent includes illustrations and instructions.
Date:
November 24, 1914
Creator:
Allen, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Blast Cotton-Gin
Patent for airing out the lent from the brushes on the ginn. This also uses less power than the ones before.
Date:
November 21, 1914
Creator:
Ginn, Carrollvernon B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nutcracker.
Patent for a nutcracker that can crack all kinds of nuts, with relatively little force, on appropriate surfaces like tables. The Patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 17, 1914
Creator:
Fort, Foster W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pumping-Head.
Patent for a pumping head involving two piston rods that are rigid and, if broken, can be replaced without harming the rest of the machine. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 17, 1914
Creator:
Boicourt, John L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Loading Device
Patent for a device used in the loading of train cars with reduced manual effort.
Date:
November 16, 1914
Creator:
Davison, George E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Airship
Patent for an airship of improved construction, which allows for the operator to change their positions to propel, raise, lower and steer the ship.
Date:
November 10, 1914
Creator:
John William Oman
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Hat and Coat Rack.
Patent for a simple hat and coat rack "wherein a hat holder is supported by two garment hooks" and mounted on a wall (lines 11-12).
Date:
November 10, 1914
Creator:
Trice, Bacon S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Display-Rack for Wall-Paper and Other Merchandise.
Patent for display rack for wall paper and other merchandise. The rack displays wallpaper and other merchandise similar.
Date:
November 10, 1914
Creator:
Ralph, Sidney L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Friction Transmission-Gearing for Motor-Vehicles.
Patent for an invention relates to a power transmitting gearing for motor vehicles, and more particularly to friction transmission gearing for verifying the speed and for reversing purpose.
Date:
November 10, 1914
Creator:
Lewis, Thomas E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gas-Burning Stove.
Patent for an improved gas burning stove with a new design to better unite the oxygen in the air and the gas fuel.
Date:
November 10, 1914
Creator:
Ziegler, John C,
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Electrical Separation
Patent for a new Process of Electrical Separation. The process relates to "electrostatic separation, and particularly to the charging of particles electrically to affect their different capacities of receiving such charge." (Line 12-15)
Date:
November 10, 1914
Creator:
Sutton, Henry M. & Steele, Walter L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Aeroplane
Patent for a safety aeroplane including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 10, 1914
Creator:
Haynes, Thomas Stanley
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telegraph Repeating System
Patent for an improved telegraph repeater which uses electromagnetic elements to repeat both ways.
Date:
November 10, 1914
Creator:
Jester, Alfred T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blow-Out Guard
Patent for a blow-out guard for double tube tires. It is meant to a barrier "interposed between the inner and outer tubes of a pneumatic tire, to reinforce an apertured or weakened place...preventing the inner tube from 'blowing out' at such a point." (Line 11-16)
Date:
November 3, 1914
Creator:
Holloman, Alfred A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn
Patent for an improvement to churns; this invention provides a churn in which milk is thoroughly agitated via the opposite rotation of two dashers, and will simultaneously allow for observation of the churning operation via a glass vessel.
Date:
November 3, 1914
Creator:
Samuel C.M. Anderson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History