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Farm-Gate. (open access)

Farm-Gate.

Patent for improvements to pivoted farm gates to open and close the gate at a distance.
Date: November 24, 1914
Creator: Hancock, Ferdinand M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feed-Trough (open access)

Feed-Trough

Patent for feed trough. This is an improvement to the feed trough which already exists. This trough is "cylindrical in form" and allows for easier and cleaner access for those tending to the animals.
Date: November 24, 1914
Creator: Fechner, Albert H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Hay-Rake. (open access)

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. (open access)

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 (open access)

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 (open access)

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. (open access)

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 (open access)

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. (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
Air-Blast Cotton-Gin (open access)

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 (open access)

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. (open access)

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. (open access)

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. (open access)

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 (open access)

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 (open access)

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 (open access)

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. (open access)

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. (open access)

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. (open access)

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. (open access)

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 (open access)

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 (open access)

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 (open access)

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