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Counting-Machine.
Patent for "a counting machine, and it more particularly relates to an attachment for typewriters (lines 12-14).
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Davis, Oscar C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin.
Patent for improvements to Cotton-Gins' brush cylinders that includes "a longitudinal tubular member having a brush cylinder cooperating therewith and which serves as a conduit for the passage of the lint cotton from the gin and also as a connecting means for the legs of the gin frame and as an end outlet for the gin, and leaving the rear of the latter unobstructed and freely accessible" (lines 13-21), including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Murray, Stephen D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUSLY DISTILLING CRUDE OIL AND OTHER SUBSTANCES
Patent for promoting the distillation of crude oil and other substances, separating the different parts of oil and impurities based on their weight.
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Forward, Chauncey B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Brake.
Patent for automatic wagon brake which removes the strain on draft animals when the vehicle is descending down an incline.
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Matthews, Dudley A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Windmill Wheel
Patent for improvements made to windmill wheels. Improvements include windmill wheel blades that can easily be taken off or fixed onto the wheel hub, improvements in construction for easy assembly and disassembly, and construction from economic materials.
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Mason, Charles O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Press-Head-Operating Apparatus.
Patent for improvements in press-head-operating apparatus “to provide means for rotating the connecting member and also means for retaining the parts in their relative positions.” (Lines [20]-[23].) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Pool, Charles R. P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Tie.
Patent for a railroad-tie in which it will “maintain the gage standard when one rail is replaced by another rail having larger cross section than the original rail.” (Lines 21-23) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Hynds, David H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Non-Refillable Bottle
Patent for an improvement on non-refillable bottles. The improvement would not let any other liquid be surreptitiously added to the bottle. Also this patent design allows for the closure plug to be reused by the manufacturer of the bottle in new bottles.
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Helmcamp, Louis C. & Hoxworth, Edwin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dam Construction
Patent for a movable dam wall shorter than the depth of the water behind it, including illustrations.
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Hunt, Edward B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History