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Coin-Holder and Indicator for Receptacles.
Patent for a device to be placed on empty milk bottles or other receptacles that are left unattended for a delivery person to exchange for full ones, including illustrations. The device indicates to the delivery person the quantity of product desired and is equipped with a pouch or pocket into which the payment for the product can be placed. In this manner, the purchaser can communicate his or her desired purchase amount to the delivery person and provide payment for same, without the requirement of being present at the time of delivery.
Date:
August 21, 1917
Creator:
Roberts, William F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner.
Patent for an improved burner that is safe from the danger of exploding and can be made cheaply, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 7, 1917
Creator:
Hudgens, John Albert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Rule and Square.
Patent for new and useful Improvements in Combined Rules and Squares which makes it "possible to form a rigid straight rule or one or more rigid squares" (lines 24-25), including illustration and instructions.
Date:
August 21, 1917
Creator:
Grossman, Edwin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaner
Patent for cotton cleaners which serve as accessories in cotton ginning operations and in the present instance are used with a pneumatic cotton distributing elevator or conveying means cooperating with gin feeders.
Date:
August 21, 1917
Creator:
Murray, S.D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clamp for Molds.
Patent for improved clamp, which releases quickly when facilitating mold removal.
Date:
August 14, 1917
Creator:
Watson, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Auxiliary Seeding Attachment for Planters
Patent for an attachment to existing hopper fed planters intended for larger format seeds (corn, cotton, etc.), to allow their use in distribution of smaller format seeds (cabbage, onions, etc.).
Date:
August 21, 1917
Creator:
Whitworth, John Allen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Quick-Acting Vise.
Patent for a quick-acting, easily operated vise "in which the jaws are automatically held closed upon the work until released." Its simple construction enables it to be inexpensively and efficiently manufactured.
Date:
August 14, 1917
Creator:
McCullough, Daniel B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Boll Harvester.
Patent for improvements to the cotton-boll harvesters. "..has for its principal object the production of a structure which will quickly and readily strip the unopened bolls from the cotton stalks"( line 9-14)
Date:
August 21, 1917
Creator:
Smith, Millard Elmor & Simmons, J.T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Internal-Combustion Engines.
Patent for an invention relating to the attachment for internal combustion engines that will provide moisture through the form of liquid or vapors. Other objectives and illustrations of invention are included.
Date:
August 14, 1917
Creator:
Potts, Hugh
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Topper.
Patent for corn-toppers for cutting off the heads of Kafir corn, milo maze, and other similar grain plants.
Date:
August 28, 1917
Creator:
Pletcher, Thomas S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Railway-Switch.
Patent for new and useful Improvements in Automatic Railway-Switches, "particularly to automatic railway switches for use in street railways or steam railways" (lines 13-15), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 21, 1917
Creator:
Eisenberg, Louis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Internal Combustion Engines.
Patent for an attachment to internal combustion engines that allows for vaporizing part of the fuel mixture to introduce air and steam that aid combustion efficiency.
Date:
August 16, 1917
Creator:
Lynch, Floyd W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Watering-Trough.
Patent for a valve that controls the flow of drinking water from a reservoir or tank into a trough. It can be operated by domestic animals and automatically shuts off when they are finished drinking.
Date:
August 21, 1917
Creator:
Atkinson, George C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Boring Drill.
Patent for for a rotary well boring drill designed to have a simple yet durable structure.
Date:
August 14, 1917
Creator:
Reed, Clarence Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Oil-Burners
Patent for improvements to oil-burners. The text contains a description of the unique improvements and is accompanied by explanatory illustrations.
Date:
August 21, 1917
Creator:
Harrington, Edward A
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Baling-Presses
Patent for Improvements on Baling Presses. The patent contains an explanation of how the improvements function and their purpose, and is accompanied by illustrations of the machinery.
Date:
December 11, 1916
Creator:
Ezell, Umberto D
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tramping Mechanism.
Patent for self-throttling tramping apparatus to be used in conjunction with cotton gin.
Date:
August 14, 1917
Creator:
Boyles, Homer A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vending-Machine
Patent for a vending machine designed to dispense liquids, including illustrations.
Date:
August 14, 1917
Creator:
Elder, Thomas Jefferson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Traffic-Signal.
Patent for a traffic signal apparatus for installation in automobiles, including illustrations.
Date:
August 21, 1917
Creator:
Valdes, Salvador M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trailer.
Patent for "...an improved construction and arrangement of trailers and has for an object that provision of means which will allow as easy turning movement where a number of trailers are connected while admitting of strain between the various trailers, whereby they are propelled properly around a curve." (lines 5-15) including illustrations.
Date:
August 28, 1917
Creator:
Watkins, Leigh
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner.
Patent for hydrocarbon-burners to provide a novel and improved burner for coal-oil, petroleum, or other liquid fuel.
Date:
August 21, 1917
Creator:
Hewett, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spading-Machine.
Patent for a spading-machine that "can be propelled by any mechanism desired and which has soil engaging devices mounted in a novel manner whereby, as the machine is moved forwardly, said devices will be forced downwardly into the soil and then lifted upwardly so as to lift or break the soil." (lines 11-17) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 28, 1917
Creator:
Robinson, David M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter.
Patent for a stalk-cutter that will improve the effectiveness of stalk cutting by readily attaching to a plow or tilling machine, increasing the draft, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 14, 1917
Creator:
Gable, Gus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Time-Controlling Mechanism.
Patent for new and useful Improvements in Time-Controlling Mechanism "designed more particularly for the automatic operation of electric switches, circuit closers, and the like" (lines 13-15), including illustrations and instructions. A main object of the invention is to provide a time controlling mechanism for alarm clocks to "intermittently operate the electric switch or other movable member at pre-determined intervals" (lines 19-21).
Date:
August 28, 1917
Creator:
Gerdes, Herman Henry.
System:
The Portal to Texas History