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Live-Bait Bucket
Patent for the live-bait bucket. This bucket is created with a mesh-style wire to allow water in, but keep the bait from getting out when placed in water on the side of the boat.
Date:
June 21, 1919
Creator:
Haschke, Feodor G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Interliner for Tires
Patent for a liner that goes inside of an inner tube that is inside of a pneumatic tire. The device works to help slow flats in tires and improve the structure of a tire.
Date:
October 7, 1919
Creator:
McDonald, John P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vaporizing Attachment for Internal-Combustion Engines.
Patent for a vaporizing attachment for internal combustion engines which provides means for vaporizing and introducing liquid fuel into the cylinders while the motor is in motion.
Date:
January 7, 1919
Creator:
Irwin, Herbert G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Junction-Bracket
Patent for a junction box for automobile wiring. This junction box attempts to place wiring connections that are prone to break due to vibrations from the vehicle in one place. The location of the junction box should allow for less stress on the vehicles wiring as well as provide for easier replacement of connections and wires when servicing is required.
Date:
September 16, 1919
Creator:
Teachworth, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lawn Mower
Patent for a lawn mower in which the means for adjusting the intermediate blade has been created so that a groove for a predetermined depth can be cut, and easy removal of the blade when it is desired to sharpen the same. Additionally, a ground-engaging roller is included to keep the machine at the same level so that the knife will cut into the ground at an even depth.
Date:
December 5, 1919
Creator:
Coniglio Carmelo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Load-Indicator.
Patent for a Load-Indicator for tools being used in drilling a well. The indicator gives an accurate measure of the weight upon the drill, allowing operators to adjust the weight accordingly.
Date:
November 25, 1919
Creator:
Fletcher, Harold W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locking Device.
Patent for "improvements in locking devices for motor vehicle steering wheels" (lines 10-11).
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Crawford, Jesse L. & Dunlap, Jack R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tube-Expander
Patent for a tube expander for setting boiler tubes in the holes in the tube-sheet, which provides simplicity and improvement of its construction.
Date:
June 17, 1919
Creator:
Walsh, Emmet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid Dispensing Apparatus.
Patent for liquid dispensing apparatus to dispense and simultaneously measure liquid.
Date:
January 14, 1919
Creator:
Reid, Elton F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Grinding Device
Patent for a device that can simultaneously grind "several valves of a multi-cylinder engine or motor" (lines 11-12). This device allows the "ready interchangeability, repair and adjustment of the working parts" (lines 16-17).
Date:
February 4, 1919
Creator:
Lohec, Joseph C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Incinerator
Patent for improvement in incinerators by unique arrangement of receiving passage and receiving post closing the lower end with a second passage inclining.
Date:
April 8, 1919
Creator:
McCutcheon, Joe Alford
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kiln
Patent for improvements to kilns, which include improvements for transferring heat, "burning lime and clay products"(line 11), powdered fuel feeding and preventing unheated air from flowing into the kiln.
Date:
May 13, 1919
Creator:
Bone, David R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid-Indicator for Tanks.
Patent for a liquid indicator to determine if the supply of oil has been depleted in the crank case of an automobile's internal combustion engine. Further purposes of this patent include the closing of an electrical circuit when the oil in the crank case becomes low in order to sound an audible noise that alerts the driver that more oil is needed. The patent intends to make the invention durable, easy to use, and inexpensive to manufacture.
Date:
July 29, 1919
Creator:
Pippin, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock.
Patent for "locking the control pedals of a motor vehicle from movement in either direction, the said lock being arranged between the pedals and arranged to simultaneously engage and lock both" (lines 9-14).
Date:
February 27, 1919
Creator:
Cameron, Robert G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Internal-Combustion Engine.
Patent for improvements for internal combustion engines. Improvements include a more compact design, easier to access for repairs, and increased durability and efficiency.
Date:
June 17, 1919
Creator:
Ward, John Price
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive-Headlight
Patent for a locomotive headlight in which its illuminating lights are placed directly ahead by a means of better support.
Date:
July 1, 1919
Creator:
Moody, Calvin D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Internal Combustion Engine.
Patent for a simplified internal combustion engine that is lighter and more efficient than previous models. It also features detachable and removable parts that will decrease time and cost of repairs, includes illustrations.
Date:
July 29, 1919
Creator:
Higbee, Charlie D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vegetable-curing plant
Patent for vegetable-curing plant and the purpose of the invention is to provide means for supplying tempered air under pressure to storage bins.
Date:
September 16, 1919
Creator:
Emerson, Arthur W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Journal-Lubricator.
Patent for a railway journal lubricator with a reservoir and lubricating rollers for supplying lubricant to the railway journal.
Date:
February 4, 1919
Creator:
Urbieta, Jose M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Brace
Patent for wagon brace that obviates danger of thimbles breaking under excessive weight and strain.
Date:
November 25, 1919
Creator:
Albritton, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tunneling-Machine.
Patent for a tunneling machine that has the ability to easily change course and utilizes a conical shaped shell to receive loose earth and convey it towards the mouth of the tunnel. The invention also has a rotating head connected to the carrying vehicle meaning that the machine is supported and driven forward against the tunnel as it is cut away.
Date:
December 30, 1919
Creator:
Dana, Frank L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lifeboat
Patent for a lifeboat that "prevents the boat from capsizing" (lines 19-20) or sinking.
Date:
November 25, 1919
Creator:
Rusk, Raymond
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Line Type Casting Machine.
Patent for a linotype machine with improvements to the float, the ejector, and slugs magazine.
Date:
November 4, 1919
Creator:
Wilmans, Lloyd I.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Screen Washer and Perforator.
Patent for a device that is used to wash a screen set in an oil well and perforate the pipe the screen is attached to.
Date:
March 25, 1919
Creator:
Wilkirson, Aaron L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History