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- Texas Commissioner of Insurance and Banking Annual Report: 1914
- Annual report submitted by the Commissioner of Insurance and Banking documenting financial records including disbursements and transactions related to insurance made by the department during fiscal year 1914.
- Car Door
- Patent is for car door and support. It goes on to explain that the car door and support were created to serve as a means of forming an efficient rain-proof closure when the door is moved into closed position. Another object is to provide sufficient means for slide-able support for the door and locking mechanisms.
- Grain Door
- Patent for a railway car door that is designed to assist with loading and unloading of grain
- Silent Self-Adjusting Push-Rod.
- Patent for a self-adjusting push rod intended to reduce engine stress and noise.
- Gas Generating Apparatus
- Patent for a tool designed to generate small volumes of gases.
- State Mine Inspector of Texas Annual Report: 1914
- Annual report of the State Mine Inspector of Texas describing the status of coal mining, including statistics about mines that have closed or are in the process of opening, fatal and non-fatal accidents, state regulations, and characteristics of open mines.
- Map Showing Geologic Structure Near Henrietta, Clay County, Texas
- Map of a portion of Clay County noting land parcels and owners, major roads and railroad tracks, and bodies of water. Symbols are added designating where drilling has happened and what has been found, with contour marks added in red. Scale 1:48,000.
- Map of the Petrolia Gas Field, Texas
- Map of a portion of Clay County noting land parcels and owners, major roads and railroad tracks, and bodies of water. Contour marks and designations for current or dry wells are added in red. Scale 1:18,000.
- Map Showing Structure of Parts of Parts of the Area Between Wichita Valley Railway and Wichita River, in Clay County, Texas
- Map of a portion of Clay County noting land parcels and owners, major roads and railroad tracks, and bodies of water. Symbols are added designating existing and dry wells, with contour marks added in red. Scale 1:48,000.
- Map of the Mexia-Groesbeck Gas Field in Limestone County, Texas
- Map of a portion of Limestone County from Mexia and Groesbeck, Texas noting land parcels and owners, major roads and railroad tracks, and bodies of water. Contour marks and designations for current or dry wells are added in red. Scale 1:36,000.
- Churn.
- Patent for a novel churn "whereby the dasher or agitator carried by staff or stem within the churn body will be simultaneously rotated and reciprocated...and the reciprocation will effectively agitate the contents of the churn for churning the same" (lines 14-21), with illustrations.
- Case for Motion-Picture Films
- Patent for a case for motion picture films that protects the film from damage when rewinding or transferring from one reel to another. The case also ensures that the film will be wound uniformly.
- Boiler-Tube
- Patent for an improved boiler tube which is more durable and easier to install and remove than other boiler tubes.
- Automatic Train-Stop.
- Patent for mechanism to automatically sound alarm and shut off steam when a train passes a danger point.
- Carbureter.
- Patent for a carburetor that automatically regulates oil based on how much air enters the carburetor.
- Combined Writing-Desk and File-Cabinet.
- Patent for a writing desk with combined filing cabinet designed for routine clerical and writing tasks. The desk has the added benefit of maximizing file space in both the front and back of the desk while permitting the user to remain seated in order to access files.
- Adjustable Hoe
- Patent for improvement in "the construction of hoes and to provide a simple, practical, and inexpensive hoe, of strong and durable construction." (lines 11-13) including illustrations.
- Air-Lift for Elevating Liquids.
- Patent for a pneumatic lift that maintains the air pressure needed to effectively move liquid through a pipe.
- Automatic Controller for Cotton Trampers
- Patent for an automatic controller of cotton tramplers intended to improve piston performance and reduce need for attendant intervention.
- Cotton-Boll Picker
- Patent for an improvement to cotton ball harvesters.
- Air Pump.
- Patent for improvements in air pumps pertaining to their ability to inflate pneumatic tires.
- Cooling and Disinfecting Device.
- Patent for improvements in fluid cooling and disinfecting devices. The primary object of improvements is "to provide a simple, inexpensive and efficient device of this character which will be well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed."
- Cotton-Chopper
- Patent for an improved cotton-chopper, which includes a vertical swinging movement, as well as a wheel at its base which, and has a chopper shaft that may be depressed by the feet of the operator so that the chopper can operate even on uneven ground.
- Churn
- Patent for a churn having two dashers for reciprocation.
- Bale-Tie Buckle
- Patent for a bale-tie buckle which can be fastened quickly. The bale-tie buckle "can be economically manufactured," is "capable of resisting enormous pressure," and "can be quickly and easily placed on the bands or ties."
- Automatic Train-Stop.
- Patent for a more efficient automatic train stop with a mechanism that uses a connection with the block system used on railways to stop a train when it runs into "the tracks of the danger zone or upon the tracks of the block where the train should be stopped." (lines 16-18)
- Bascule-Bridge
- Patent for improvements in draw bridges, such as a shiftable weight and supporting guide, particularly for bridges of the rocking bascule type, with illustrations.
- Apparatus for Burning Unburnt Gas Products.
- Patent for a new "method for burning all of the products usually known as "waste products" and to eliminate the fumes and poisonous vapors." (lines 27-30) including instructions and illustrations.
- Adding-Machine
- Patent for adding machine that has improvements such as a controllable disk to avoid over or under rotation and simpler means of adding and removing adding disks.
- Automatic Alarm Device
- Patent for a spring motorized automatic alarm device with an improved tripping mechanism actuated by the medium of fire severing an actuator cord "or the like".
- Candy-Drying Machine.
- Patent for a machine to dry and pack chocolate more uniformly without need for attendants, including illustrations.
- Blow-Off Cock
- Patent for new and useful Improvements in “blow-off cocks for use on locomotive and other boilers,” (line 9-11), including an illustration.
- Car-Door.
- Patent for a sliding car door and the frame that allows its sliding mechanism to work.
- Air-Compressing Apparatus.
- Patent for a new air compressing apparatus which employs two kinds of tanks called high pressure containers and low pressure containers charged by means of an air compressing engine.
- Apparatus for Building Circular Walls and Means for Adjusting the Apparatus.
- Patent for a "scaffold adjusting apparatus, and particularly to means for elevating and lowering scaffolds for building circular wills or silos, circular tanks, smoke stacks, and similar circular walls "(lines 10-14), including illustrations.
- Combined Andirons and Grate
- Patent for a combined andiron and grate that can be used with or without the grate attachment. The grate is adjustable to maintain variable fire depths and has "a swinging bracket for heating and cooking."
- Combination-Penknife
- Patent for a combination penknife that includes: blades, awl, tack puller, screwdriver, beer bottle opener, cork screw, thorn extractor. The pen knife uses a "pocket" within the blades to house the corkscrew and awl.
- Inductance Device for Wireless Electrical Signaling
- Patent for device to "receive messages transmitted in the form of dots, dashes or spoken words through space" (lines 16-17)
- Ant-Trap
- Patent for a trap for ants and other burrowing insects which works at the site of the ant-hill or burrow.
- Air-Pump
- Patent for an automobile air pump that can be power driven from a car motor. This pump can be driven from the rear wheel of a car.
- Auto power transmitting jack
- Patent for auto power transmitting jack and it uses.
- Combined Door-Bell and Mail-Receiver
- Patent for a combined door-bell and mail-receiver "devices for receiving and holding mail" (lines 9-10).
- Automatic Signal and Control for Railways
- Patent for "automatically arresting the travel of a locomotive or train in the event of failure of a clear track" (lines 11-14).
- Belt Attachment for Trousers.
- Patent for a new invention of belt loops for trousers that are located inside the waistband with "the loop in the middle of the back being located lower than the others, and a belt confined entirely within the trousers and secured to the trousers at the front only and at a point lower than the adjacent loops." (lines 71-77).
- Churn-Operating Device.
- Patent for a churn operating device to make the process more simple and efficient for the use of producing butter in the shortest possible time.
- Casing for Player-Pianos.
- Patent for "new and useful improvements" (lines 9-10) to the casing for player pianos. Improvements include simplifying numerous operations of the piano to be accomplished by one mechanism. Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Colter Attachment for Lister-plows
- Patent for a colter attachment (triangular blade used on lister plows), by capitalizing on parts that should already exist on the plow.
- Adding-Machine
- Patent for improvements to adding machines, which is key-operated and includes a vertically disposed shaft and a means to actuate the sliding plate.
- Attachment for Converting Motor-Propelled Vehicles into Tractors.
- Patent for a device which attaches a "tractor which can be used to draw plows, harrows, cultivators, mowers, reapers, and other agricultural implements" (lines 12-17) to motor vehicles, thus converting the motor vehicle into a tractor.
- Clothes Pin.
- Patent for a coil clothes-pin "capable of ready engagement and disengagement with and from the clothesline" and "which may be loosely and slidably mounted upon a clothesline".