Dental Occluding Frame (open access)

Dental Occluding Frame

Patent for Dental Occluding Frame
Date: January 28, 1914
Creator: Hall, Rupert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Generating and Carbureting Hydrogen. (open access)

Apparatus for Generating and Carbureting Hydrogen.

Patent for an apparatus that will improve the cost efficiency of producing gas. Specifically, this invention details a "main tank which produces hydrogen and an auxiliary tank wherein the hydrogen is mixed with crude petroleum oil and thereby given its illuminating and combustible properties" (lines 18-23).
Date: January 27, 1914
Creator: Stuart, Charles V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Cream-Freezer Holder. (open access)

Ice-Cream-Freezer Holder.

Patent for a new ice cream freezer holder to be placed at the bottom of a freezer during the freezing process, including illustrations.
Date: January 27, 1914
Creator: Toepperwein, Ferdinand L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Knob-Fastening. (open access)

Knob-Fastening.

Patent for improved knob fastening where the door knob will be held in place without the use of screws for increased durability, including illustrations.
Date: January 27, 1914
Creator: Collins, Horace B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mop (open access)

Mop

Patent for a mop that by creates an attachment device and adds a piece to cushion the edge of the mop head. Illustrations included.
Date: January 27, 1914
Creator: Wier, Harry A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mud-Shredder for Vehicle-Wheels. (open access)

Mud-Shredder for Vehicle-Wheels.

Patent for a mud-shredding device that is attached to vehicle wheels in order to prevent accumulation of mud.
Date: January 27, 1914
Creator: Newsom, Henry G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner. (open access)

Oil-Burner.

Patent for improved design and function in oil burners, specifically on fuel nozzle and needle valve, allowing for greater control of gas that flows through to create combustion.
Date: January 27, 1914
Creator: Butler, Louis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner. (open access)

Oil-Burner.

Patent for a new and improved oil burner design to provide simultaneously regulation of the fuel, steam, and water supply to the coil, including illustration.
Date: January 27, 1914
Creator: Clayton, Oscar B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a plow that provides new and improved mechanisms that allow the blade to move at various angles.
Date: January 27, 1914
Creator: Bost, Arthur E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plumb-Level. (open access)

Plumb-Level.

Patent for a modified and improved plumb-levels that allow for consistent and accurate readings, as well as the ability for the level to adjust after being harmed.
Date: January 27, 1914
Creator: Rutledge, Caleb C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Insact Trap. (open access)

Electric Insact Trap.

Patent for an electric insect trap that highly efficient trap for electrocuting house flies and similar insects, include illustrations.
Date: January 20, 1914
Creator: Craig, Samuel A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process For Expressing Fluid From Paraffin Compositions. (open access)

Process For Expressing Fluid From Paraffin Compositions.

Patent for using a cooling and heating process to assist with expressing fluids from paraffin compositions.
Date: January 20, 1914
Creator: Hansen, Julius
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Switch (open access)

Railway-Switch

Patent for improvements in railway switches which are especially adapted for use on street railway tracks.
Date: January 20, 1914
Creator: Craig, Samuel A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Brake For Single-Truck Log-Loaders. (open access)

Steam-Brake For Single-Truck Log-Loaders.

Patent for a simple, durable, and cheap way of improving steam brakes, especially those for single trucks used for logging.
Date: January 20, 1914
Creator: Perego, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve. (open access)

Valve.

Patent for an improvement in the function and use of a valve which gets rid of the wire usually used to raise tank valves. Getting rid of this wire allows for easier drainage.
Date: January 20, 1914
Creator: Axtell, Fred W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable and Detachable Bow for Spectacles. (open access)

Adjustable and Detachable Bow for Spectacles.

Patent for a temple bow for spectacles which is secured to a lens frame and is adjustable to “accommodate the angle of vision of the wearer” (lines 89-90). The connection joints between the bow and lens frame allows adjustment without bending or twisting the bow, providing a more durable bow and frame.
Date: January 13, 1914
Creator: Blanchard, Edward.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake. (open access)

Air-Brake.

Patent for train air-brakes to provide set brakes and same auxiliary pressure on all cars regardless of the brake cylinder piston travel distance.
Date: January 13, 1914
Creator: Wolf, Gustav B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Educational Chart, Drawing-Board, and Writing-Desk. (open access)

Combined Educational Chart, Drawing-Board, and Writing-Desk.

Patent for "a combined desk and blackboard" (line 68) that includes illustrations.
Date: January 13, 1914
Creator: Henderson, George A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper Attachment for Cultivators. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper Attachment for Cultivators.

Patent for a device that will be attached to the frame of the cultivator to be used for chopping cotton, and weeds.
Date: January 13, 1914
Creator: Williams, Roy L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cutting Mechanism for Display-Racks (open access)

Cutting Mechanism for Display-Racks

Patent for a cutting mechanism for cutting various fabrics such as oilcloth and the like.
Date: January 13, 1914
Creator: Lanford, David L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display-Rack for Ax-Handles and the Like. (open access)

Display-Rack for Ax-Handles and the Like.

Patent for a "display rack, for holding ax handles and the like on display." (lines 12-14) to prevent them from warping.
Date: January 13, 1914
Creator: Wall, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Picking Mechanism for Cotton-Harvesters. (open access)

Picking Mechanism for Cotton-Harvesters.

Patent for harvesting the cotton crop, with a focus on the construction of the picker-spindles, including illustrations.
Date: January 13, 1914
Creator: Upshaw, Lucius L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Switch. (open access)

Railway-Switch.

Patent for an improvement to railway switches, by creating an automatic switch that changes the direction of a track from object while object is moving on track.
Date: January 13, 1914
Creator: James, Samuel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Suspenders. (open access)

Suspenders.

Patent for "a new and useful Improvement in Suspenders." This includes improved support at both ends.
Date: January 13, 1914
Creator: Mally, Frederick W.
System: The Portal to Texas History