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Automobile-Headlight
Patent for a headlight design that turns with the front wheels, allowing the driver to illuminate the road ahead whether driving straight or turning.
Date:
June 30, 1914
Creator:
Fay, Peter J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition for Removing Coatings
Patent for a coating remover, made by mixing an alkali, an oxidizing agent, a solvent, and another chemical to prevent water evaporation.
Date:
June 30, 1914
Creator:
Humphreys, Jerome Nichols; Smith, Walter K. & Oliger, J. D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Seed Linter
Patent for "improvements in cotton-seed linters" (Lines 5-6) for improving efficiency of "separating the the lint from motes and other dirt and trash" (lines 15-16) including illustrations.
Date:
June 30, 1914
Creator:
Vardell, Arthur A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drill.
Patent for
Date:
June 30, 1914
Creator:
Weathersby, Fred Richard
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Bow for Vehicle Tops
Patent for "improvements in folding bows for vehicle-tops...for removably mounting the top upon the body of the vehicle" (lines 5-22) including illustrations.
Date:
June 30, 1914
Creator:
Bright, James H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hame-Fastener
Patent for improvements to a hame-fastener, specifically related to an easily made, inexpensively produced locking mechanism, including illustration.
Date:
June 30, 1914
Creator:
Fowler, Alvah W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Incubator.
Patent for an incubator that automatically maintains at least a minimum temperature, with the option to set and maintain a higher temperature, with adjustment of temperature from outside the incubator. The incubator uses electric heat.
Date:
June 30, 1914
Creator:
Hays, Ernest C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Grapple.
Patent for an improved pipe gripping mechanism which engages the interior of a pipe or tube.
Date:
June 30, 1914
Creator:
Martin, John E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Chair.
Patent for improvement of rail-chairs that would prevent railroad rails from spreading out and allowing for a better connection by a system of rods. The rods would allow for a shorter distance between the middle of the rail chairs and the mechanism allows for better usability.
Date:
June 30, 1914
Creator:
Wheeler, Joseph L. & Jones, Thomas E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Topping Device for Sugar-Beets.
Patent for a machine to remove the tops of beets while they are still in the ground "without packing or injuring the beets and without removing more or less than the exact portion required" (lines 15-18).
Date:
June 30, 1914
Creator:
Sutton, Frank R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Collar.
Patent for a horse collar that maximizes strength and minimizes material by addition of a joint.
Date:
June 27, 1914
Creator:
Schoellkopf, Jacob F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pass Book
Patent for a book cover that can be easily written on with ink.
Date:
June 24, 1914
Creator:
Roystone, W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Trap.
Patent for an improved and simplified trap where "a large number of rats can be caught in succession before the trap has to be emptied, as the trap door arrangement is automatic in regard to resetting" (lines 20-24).
Date:
June 23, 1914
Creator:
Willard, Thomas A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrogenating Oils, Fats, and Fatty Acids, &c.
Patent for improvements made to a hydrogenator of saturated oils, including illustrations.
Date:
June 23, 1914
Creator:
Humphreys, Jerome N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Load-Transferring Apparatus.
Patent for load transferring apparatus, important for its innovations "applicable to the operation of unloading bulk material from boats or barges and of transferring said material to stationary bins or ships at sea" (lines 11-15).
Date:
June 23, 1914
Creator:
Hildebrand, Henry W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Non-Refillable Bottle.
Patent for a non-refillable bottle
Date:
June 23, 1914
Creator:
Red, John E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump or Motor
Patent for "certain improvements in that type of mechanism adapted for use in propelling or compressing fluids or in deriving power from the energy of a moving of expanding fluid...a type of device adapted for use as a pump a motor, a compressor or an engine..." (lines 8-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 23, 1914
Creator:
Reaugh, Frank
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Frame.
Patent for a quilting frame that can be operated by one person easily, as well as compacted to store in small storage areas, is portable and durable. The frame will also give cotton stabilization while working with a quilt. The quilting frame will also not need heavy maintenance.
Date:
June 23, 1914
Creator:
Wilkerson, Nannie C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephone System.
Patent for a new telephone system to split party lines connected to a main line to keep private or personal discussions between some of the parties, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 23, 1914
Creator:
Tucker, Albert R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water Feeding Device
Patent for "improvements in Water-Feeding Devices" (lines 5-6) to "adjust the rate of discharge of liquid...[and] whose adjusting means shall be capable of accurate regulation to vary the amount of liquid discharged in a given time" (lines 21-24) including illustrations.
Date:
June 23, 1914
Creator:
Walkup, John A. & Walkup, Charles W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ice Breaking Machine.
Patent for an improved Ice Breaking Machine. This new design has movable plates that allow for the ice to be broken up into various sizes as desired by the user. It is also of a simpler construction than earlier machines.
Date:
June 22, 1914
Creator:
Krocker, Adolf C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cultivators
Patent for an improvement in attachments for cultivators, including illustrations.
Date:
June 16, 1914
Creator:
Leischner, Gotthilf
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carpenter's Square.
Patent for a carpenter's square that uses an improved attachment "for laying off bevels at various angles" (lines 15-16).
Date:
June 16, 1914
Creator:
Buckland, Charles O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a new cotton chopper allowing for continuous operation while raising or lowering the device and without requiring additional strain from draft animals during operation, including illustrations.
Date:
June 16, 1914
Creator:
Hickson, Aaron L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History