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Route-Indicator.
Patent for an improved route indicator for automobiles "which not only visually indicates the characteristics and risks of the road" but in addition provides an "auditory signal to call attention to approaching hazards or dangers" (lines 36-41). Illustrations included.
Date:
November 13, 1917
Creator:
Cranmer, Howard
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gearing for Peanut-Harvesters.
Patent for an improved type of gearing for peanut harvesters, with illustrations.
Date:
November 6, 1917
Creator:
Brummett, Sinclair H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Projecting Motion-Pictures.
Patent for an improvement to motion picture projectors that lowers the operating speed, thus reducing the amount of film needed for movies, and eliminates flickers in the projection. This patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 27, 1917
Creator:
Craig, Richard M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition for Sealing Tire-Punctures and the Like.
Patent for sealing tire punctures consisting of the extract obtained from boiling guayule and candelilla plants in water to which is added asbestos and fullers' earth.
Date:
November 27, 1917
Creator:
Garza, Ricardo
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Technology of Salt Making in the United States
Report discussing technology for the production of salt in the United States and also the more important sources of salt in the United States.
Date:
November 1917
Creator:
Phalen, W. C.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cultivator Fender
Patent for cultivator fenders, which will assist in tilling the earth for proper planting methods. This invention will allow for the removal of weeds close to plants without burying the plants in soil.
Date:
November 16, 1917
Creator:
William M. Peel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clock-Actuated Display Apparatus.
Patent for a clock actuated display apparatus comprising a casing, a spring-pressed rotatable reel, and display tape adapted to wind which will cause the drum to rotate.
Date:
November 20, 1917
Creator:
Shure, Ralph Deane
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock Attachment for Automobiles.
Patent for a lock attachment for automobiles in relation to the gear-shift levers to prevent unlicensed interference with or stealing of the car.
Date:
November 20, 1917
Creator:
Dobler, Joseph G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weeding-Plow.
Patent for a weeding plow designed to remove weds and mellow the ground to assist with growing corn and cotton. It includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 27, 1917
Creator:
Prohaska, Melichar
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Coop
Patent for folding coops for the shipment of meat products, such as poultry. This invention will ensure greater efficiency in shipment of products.
Date:
November 20, 1917
Creator:
Randall, John G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Linotype Machine
Patent for used producing lines of type, and it is the object of the invention to provide a comparatively simple, small, inexpensive and compact machine of that character generally resembling a type write in its construction and operation, and operable to produce lines of type.
Date:
November 20, 1917
Creator:
French, Morris
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vapor-Condensing Apparatus.
Patent for a vapor condensing system that utilizes a mixing chamber and several coils of tubing to produce a cooling effect. The application is suitable for ice machines, refrigeration plants and other systems.
Date:
November 13, 1917
Creator:
Phillips, John Ernst
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trailing Device for Tractors and the Like
Patent for a device built to connect behind tractors and other farming vehicles. Development and use are within text; includes illustrations to demonstrate the object of the patent.
Date:
November 27, 1917
Creator:
Fiegelson, Alexander
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Conveyer
Patent for pneumatic conveyor to handle cotton seeds that are being discharged. This particular conveyor uses air currents to operate it.
Date:
November 6, 1917
Creator:
Caffey, Charles B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve
Patent for a valve for the improvement of flushing water in tanks. Development and use are within text; includes illustrations to demonstrate the object of the patent.
Date:
November 13, 1917
Creator:
Cahill, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Track Appliance for Automatic Stops
Patent for a new and improved track appliance for automatic stops in relation to railway trains.
Date:
November 6, 1917
Creator:
Bulla, Melbern B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Preventing Clogging of the Working Barrels of Pumps.
Patent for an apparatus that prevents the clogging of the working barrels of pumps.
Date:
November 13, 1917
Creator:
Carmichael, Robert E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tank Furnace
Patent for a tank-furnace for the purpose of an easier way to heat water. Development and use are within text; includes illustrations to demonstrate the object of the patent.
Date:
November 27, 1917
Creator:
Yaeger, George
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Support for Line-Wires.
Patent for support for line wires that can be quickly connected to the line wire and at the same time preventing the line wire from being bent to a large extent.
Date:
November 20, 1917
Creator:
Head, Vernon
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Submarine-Destroyer.
Patent for submarine destroyer that is a projectile of the harpoon type adapted to be dropped from an aeroplane with the purpose to destroy a submarine or other vessel.
Date:
November 27, 1917
Creator:
Garner, William W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plate-Guard for Secondary Batteries.
Patent for a plate-guard for secondary batteries. The invention relates to guard sheaths or envelopes to provide light, rigid, and inexpensive frame of acid-proof material to be build around the plate to protect the exposed metal of the plate.
Date:
November 20, 1917
Creator:
Luthy, Joseph O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Terracing-Machine.
Patent for a terracing machine to provide a device to this character constructed in such a manner that farm land can be readily terraced to prevent the soil washing away. Other features are having the means for vertically adjusting either end of the terracing scraper and to allow the scraper to easily and quickly be adjusted into different angular relations to the draft tongue.
Date:
November 27, 1917
Creator:
Reese, Samuel L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ensilage-Cutting Machine.
Patent for ensilage-cutting that will efficiently cut corn and other rough feed. It can be driven clockwise of anti-clockwise, can discharge the cut feed at different points, and has few parts. There are no cogs or gears to catch the operator's clothing.
Date:
November 20, 1917
Creator:
Sinclair, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stovepipe-Anchor for Tents
Patent for a "stove pipe anchor for use on tents and other portable structures" (lines 9-12) in order to reduce draft and prevent "entrance of the elements" (lines 14-15) through the hole in the tent, including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
November 6, 1917
Creator:
Fitch, Morgan L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History