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Hydrostatic Control for Pumps (open access)

Hydrostatic Control for Pumps

Patent for improvements in the hydrostatic control located in the pump. It is used as an automatic pressure governor.
Date: January 7, 1919
Creator: William M. Stephenson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence Stay Machine (open access)

Fence Stay Machine

Patent for a machine coils the wire around the fence stay within one device.
Date: January 7, 1919
Creator: Lewis Alverson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Apparatus for Collecting and Handling Lint (open access)

Improvements in Apparatus for Collecting and Handling Lint

Patent for improvements in apparatus for collecting and handling lint. This apparatus will more thoroughly collect and handle lint so that less lint winds up in the linter room, and can be thoroughly collected.
Date: January 2, 1919
Creator: Nolen, Robert Rufus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Measuring-Tool (open access)

Measuring-Tool

Patent for a measuring tool which uses a bevel and square to provide measurements (like a try-square). It also incorporates an adjustable blade and a protractor.
Date: January 14, 1919
Creator: Greene, Saunders T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quick Tire-Patch for Pneumatic Tires. (open access)

Quick Tire-Patch for Pneumatic Tires.

Patent for a quick tire patch for pneumatic tires for the purpose of providing an adhesive repair patch that is easy and convenient to apply and that may be used immediately after application.
Date: January 7, 1919
Creator: Duffy, Clarence O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Check and the Like. (open access)

Check and the Like.

Patent for a bank check that lists the names and information of multiple banks so that the check can be drawn or charged in multiple banks (universal check).
Date: January 14, 1919
Creator: Moody, Jason B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Adding Machine (open access)

Attachment for Adding Machine

Patent for new and useful improvements in attachments for adding machines which both add and list the sums accumulated by the adding machine.
Date: January 7, 1919
Creator: Walker, Jack L.
System: The Portal to Texas History