Amusement Device. (open access)

Amusement Device.

Patent for an invention relating to the amusement device. Advantages and illustrations of the invention and amusement device are included.
Date: May 15, 1917
Creator: Moore, Charles L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Check-Book-Stub Holder. (open access)

Check-Book-Stub Holder.

Patent for a check book stub holder. This device holds back used check stubs in a check book.
Date: April 10, 1917
Creator: Exline, Marcus P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Projectile. (open access)

Automobile Projectile.

Patent for self-propelled vehicle with means for reducing a barrier such as a wire entanglement.
Date: July 3, 1917
Creator: Elrod, Henry E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Steering Apparatus. (open access)

Automobile Steering Apparatus.

Patent for automobile steering apparatus, adding two rear wheels and mounting an enlarged body on the frame which will allow a considerable number of passengers to be carried and many advantages had as a public service vehicle.
Date: July 31, 1917
Creator: Rebman, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Composition of Matter for Treating Concrete Flooring (open access)

Composition of Matter for Treating Concrete Flooring

Patent for improvements to treating concrete flooring. The process described for mixing animal, mineral, and vegetable waxes to produce a treatment which renders already poured concrete floors (or other cement or stone) dustless and waxy to prevent disintegration of the floor's components.
Date: May 12, 1917
Creator: Annan, Alfred H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Security Lock Device. (open access)

Automobile Security Lock Device.

Patent for a new and useful form of automobile lock adaptable for use in connection with the steering column and steering wheel of the car or automobile to be locked.
Date: December 18, 1917
Creator: Mushaway, Alden
System: The Portal to Texas History
Writing-Machine. (open access)

Writing-Machine.

Patent for writing-machine mechanism which prolongs the life of the ribbon and provides "means to rotate the platen step by step at each actuation of one or more of the keys" (line 20).
Date: April 24, 1917
Creator: Edwards, Alrah B. & Russell, Frank K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Loose-Leaf Binder (open access)

Loose-Leaf Binder

Patent for new loose leaf binder to help carry leaf support and means for separating the members and displacing one longitudinally relation with the other.
Date: October 30, 1917
Creator: Moody, Jason B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Cutting and Scoring Box-Blanks (open access)

Machine for Cutting and Scoring Box-Blanks

Patent for the mechanical cutting and scoring of box blanks with illustrations.
Date: July 31, 1917
Creator: Daven, Michael P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wall Construction (open access)

Wall Construction

Patent for the contemplates the erection of a wall formed of superimposed parallel tiers or slabs spaced apart to give the wall the desired thickness.
Date: July 10, 1917
Creator: Long, Clarence W. & Stephens, Joseph. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Line-Type-Casting Machine. (open access)

Line-Type-Casting Machine.

Patent for new and useful Improvements in Line-Type-Casting Machines, including illustrations and instructions. This invention relates to the casting of "lines of type on slugs or bars formed in molds from metal supplied by a melting pot" (lines 11-13) for linotype machines and provides "novel and efficient means for holding the used or worn out slugs in position to be fed to a melting pot, improved devices for automatically feeding one or more slugs to the pot as often as necessary, and novel and efficient means for sounding an alarm when the supply of slugs in the magazine is exhausted or materially reduced" (lines 27-35).
Date: September 4, 1917
Creator: Wilmans, Lloyd I.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Keyboard for Writing Machines. (open access)

Keyboard for Writing Machines.

Patent for improved keyboards for writing machines "having its keys so arranged that the fingers of the operator may rest upon the keyboard in an easy and natural manner, the keys being so disposed with relation to each other that the fingers of the operator may reach all of them with the least possible strain or exertion" (lines 16-22). This improvement allows the operator to work at maximum speed and efficiency.
Date: April 17, 1917
Creator: Edwards, Alrah B. & Russell, Frank K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Violin. (open access)

Violin.

Patent for violin with special arrangement of two strings. The two strings produce similar tones when vibrated.
Date: January 30, 1917
Creator: Rice, John Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Coop (open access)

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.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interlocking Tile. (open access)

Interlocking Tile.

Patent for interlocking tiles that obviate a continuous transverse mortar joint so that all liability of moisture passing through the wall is eliminated and a more substantial wall built.
Date: October 2, 1917
Creator: Waddell, Clarence W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mill for Grinding or Crushing Cotton-Seed or the Like. (open access)

Mill for Grinding or Crushing Cotton-Seed or the Like.

Patent for improvements to the grinding or crushing of materials in mills by eliminating the hammering action by the use of supported ball bearings. This decreases the amount of power needed to operate the mill and includes illustrations.
Date: May 1, 1917
Creator: Nolen, Robert Rufus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Mixing Concrete and The Like. (open access)

Process of Mixing Concrete and The Like.

Patent for concrete mixer. The processes of mixing concrete and the like allows perfect hydration of mixture and eliminates air pockets in the mixture, including illustrations.
Date: March 6, 1917
Creator: Woodward, Edwin C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Surveying Instrument (open access)

Surveying Instrument

Patent for surveying instrument involved in leveling telescope equipment at more optimal pivot points.
Date: September 4, 1917
Creator: Clark, Franklin S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Cracking Mechanism. (open access)

Nut-Cracking Mechanism.

Patent for a nut-cracking mechanism that adjusts automatically to the size of nut with a variable cracking stroke.
Date: July 31, 1917
Creator: Russell, Frank K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pad for Lower Limbs (open access)

Pad for Lower Limbs

Patent for a new single pad for the lower limbs, particularly of "feminine theatrical performers" (lines 12-13). Unlike previous pads which represented single muscles, the new pad contains all the muscles required for a lower limb in one, so that the muscles will not slip around when the performer is dancing.
Date: October 30, 1917
Creator: Matragos, Nick
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gin (open access)

Gin

Patent for cotton gin
Date: January 2, 1917
Creator: Henry, Nelson B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Radiator Supporting Frame (open access)

Radiator Supporting Frame

Patent for support structure for car radiators.
Date: January 23, 1917
Creator: Neveu, Frank A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Sealing Pipe-Joints. (open access)

Process of Sealing Pipe-Joints.

Patent for an improved method of sealing sewer or soil pipe joints, including illustrations.
Date: September 18, 1917
Creator: Woodward, Edwin C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Printing-Roller-Cleaning Device. (open access)

Printing-Roller-Cleaning Device.

Patent for a cleaning device designed to expedite the cleaning of printing press rollers.
Date: March 1, 1917
Creator: Farr, Charles A. & Dove, Bascom A.
System: The Portal to Texas History