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Improvement in Pipe and Rod Clamps. (open access)

Improvement in Pipe and Rod Clamps.

Patent for "improvements in devices for supporting pipes and rods in position" (lines 10-11) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 29, 1914
Creator: Adams, Benjamin F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Wrench. (open access)

Pipe-Wrench.

Patent for an economical pipe wrench that is easily adjustable using a pivoting, movable jaw to fit pipes of varying sizes.
Date: May 5, 1914
Creator: Adams, Benjamin F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display Rack (open access)

Display Rack

Patent for store window display racks which can be easily removed and altered in appearance, allowing for more unique showings of commercial goods.
Date: July 14, 1914
Creator: Adamson, John Seldon
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Crossing Signal (open access)

Railway-Crossing Signal

Patent for improvements in Railway-Crossing Signals that provide both a visual and audible signal to be given at the crossing when a train is approaching.
Date: August 25, 1914
Creator: Adleta, William P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
World-Chronometer (open access)

World-Chronometer

Patent for a globe set on top of a pedestal, where the globes rotates by clock work to instruct the user of the time for any given place on the globe. Sides of the pedestal also allow for advertising.
Date: December 29, 1914
Creator: Agnew, Walter F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Sack Carriage (open access)

Cotton-Sack Carriage

Patent for a simply structured carriage that will provide support to cotton sacks varying in different lengths.
Date: October 6, 1914
Creator: Alexander, Eugene E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Headlight (open access)

Automobile-Headlight

Patent for movable automobile headlight which reflect downward on the road surface and utilizes the at-hand mounting hardware for static automobile headlights.
Date: July 14, 1914
Creator: Allan, William N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Slime-Separator. (open access)

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
Nut and Bolt Lock (open access)

Nut and Bolt Lock

Patent for a new nut and bolt lock design that is reliable and can lock permanently if needed, including illustrations.
Date: May 19, 1914
Creator: Ames, Ernest R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Silo (open access)

Silo

Patent for a silo composed of sections that can be arranged to modify the capacity as needed, including illustrations.
Date: April 21, 1914
Creator: Ames, James W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel. (open access)

Vehicle-Wheel.

Patent for a vehicle wheel "which embodies a flexible tread and radially arranged springs for absorbing shocks and cushioning the yielding action of the parts of said tread" (lines 9-13).
Date: May 19, 1914
Creator: Anderson, Lycurgus
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fuse-Block. (open access)

Fuse-Block.

Patent for the Fuse Block. Patent is an improvement to the existing Fuse Block. It allows safer working conditions for those who have to replace or install new fuse blocks at night and/or the rain.
Date: October 13, 1914
Creator: Anderson, Ulin S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Double-Action Hair-Clipper. (open access)

Double-Action Hair-Clipper.

Patent for an improved hair clipper design with both stationary and movable cutter blades.
Date: February 10, 1914
Creator: Appleman, Ernest E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe System for Discharging Waste Water from Refrigerator-Cars. (open access)

Pipe System for Discharging Waste Water from Refrigerator-Cars.

Patent for a pressurized pipe system designed to discharge waste water from melted ice used to reduce car temperature including illustrations.
Date: July 28, 1914
Creator: Applewhite, James A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for a tool to stretch telephone wire, barb wire, and wire fencing. The tool connects to and holds in place a wire using a lock. While locked in place, the wire is stretched without the need of chains.
Date: April 28, 1914
Creator: Armstrong, Henry H. & Armstrong, H. H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper (open access)

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for cotton chopper attachment for wheeled cultivators that allowed the user to "cut or chop out portions of the cotton row so that the growth of the remaining cotton is facilitated."
Date: October 20, 1914
Creator: Arthur, George P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hoeing-Machine. (open access)

Hoeing-Machine.

Patent for dual drive hoeing machine. Machine utilizes a "carriage, support brackets, journaled drive shaft, crank arm and gyrating arm" (p. 3, lines 31-34). The machine produces straight rows and eliminates side draft (p.1, 15-19)
Date: December 1, 1914
Creator: Ashely, John F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Disk Cultivator (open access)

Disk Cultivator

Patent for improvements to a disk cultivators which allows for the disks to hit the ground at various angles, thus improving cultivation,
Date: May 12, 1914
Creator: Atkinson, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Triple-Valve Mechanism. (open access)

Triple-Valve Mechanism.

Patent for a triple-value mechanism that "appertains to automatic fluid pressure brake systems and involves certain improvements &c., &c.” (lines 9-11) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 8, 1914
Creator: Atwood, Walter F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

An die deutschen frauen!

Instructions to the women of Germany, urging them to provide assistance and support in the war effort. Text is in a medieval-style font.
Date: August 6, 1914
Creator: Auguste Viktoria, Empress, consort of William II, German Emperor, 1858-1921.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Spring (open access)

Spring

Patent for a spring "wherein all of the parts are removably connected to each other so as to be convenient and inexpensive to repair." (Line 11-14)
Date: November 3, 1914
Creator: Avera, Lawrence A.
Object Type: Patent
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.
Object Type: Patent
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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Removal of Garlic Flavor From Milk and Cream (open access)

Removal of Garlic Flavor From Milk and Cream

"It is a well-known fact that when cows eat wild onion or garlic within four hours before milking there is imparted to their milk a very disagreeable flavor and odor. This flavor is not only unpleasant but it lowers the commercial value of the milk. Any method, therefore, which will remove this flavor and odor should be of interest to dairymen." -- title page
Date: 1914
Creator: Ayers, S. Henry (Samuel Henry)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library