Automatic Flame-Regulator (open access)

Automatic Flame-Regulator

Patent for a simple mechanical means of automatically maintaining a desired temperature within an incubator lamp.
Date: September 25, 1917
Creator: Krizan, Joseph, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Centrifugal Gun. (open access)

Centrifugal Gun.

Patent for a centrifugal gun wherein a fixed barrel is provided.
Date: September 25, 1917
Creator: Brown, Archie Edwards
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coupling Means for Demountable Rum Sections. (open access)

Coupling Means for Demountable Rum Sections.

Patent for coupling means for demountable-rim sections. Improved device that is simple, durable, efficient, and inexpensive to produce.
Date: September 25, 1917
Creator: Cumpston, Frederick B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for improvements to sled cultivators.
Date: September 25, 1917
Creator: Howard, Quinton S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Hobble (open access)

Cultivator-Hobble

Patent for an improved cultivator hobble, including illustrations.
Date: September 25, 1917
Creator: Hackfeld, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drop-Feed for Seeders and Planters. (open access)

Drop-Feed for Seeders and Planters.

Patent for a drop feed device that dispenses individual seeds (particularly peas) for planting. It attaches to a planter, dropping seeds when activated by the motion of the planter's wheels. A seed guard prevents clogging.
Date: September 25, 1917
Creator: Johnson, Mat P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Pulling Device. (open access)

Pipe-Pulling Device.

Patent for a device for pulling pipes from wells without damaging the pipe, with a safety feature in case the pipe breaks.
Date: September 25, 1917
Creator: Osborne, William R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Receptacle (open access)

Receptacle

Patent for a new design for a vegetable receptacle or bin which allows for open circulation of air around the vegetables and has multiple compartments in which to store different types of vegetables, including illustrations.
Date: September 25, 1917
Creator: Bering, August C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Armor. (open access)

Tire-Armor.

Patent for "a flexible protector adapted to be applied to a tire" (lines 8-9).
Date: September 25, 1917
Creator: Oatman, Duke
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crossing-Gate. (open access)

Crossing-Gate.

Patent for improvements to crossing gates through a device that helps facilitate the gates' automatic closing and opening position.
Date: September 18, 1917
Creator: Hood, Lemuel L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dirigible Automobile-Headlight. (open access)

Dirigible Automobile-Headlight.

Patent for a simple, sturdy mounting for automobile headlights that connects them to the steering gear. It enables the headlights to turn in the same direction as the front wheels of the vehicle, thus continually lighting the direction of travel, even when turning.
Date: September 18, 1917
Creator: Taylor, Martin L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dirigible Automobile-Headlight (open access)

Dirigible Automobile-Headlight

Patent for a dirigible automobile headlight which turns with the front wheels of the vehicle in order to illuminate the path in the direction the vehicle is about to travel, including illustrations.
Date: September 18, 1917
Creator: Sears, Johnie W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements for Apparatus for Sealing Pipe-Joints (open access)

Improvements for Apparatus for Sealing Pipe-Joints

Patent for apparatus for sealing pipe-joints. Improvements and unique changes are explained in the text of the patent submission, accompanied by diagrams of the patent.
Date: September 18, 1917
Creator: Woodward, Edwin C
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inspirator Valve For Intake Manifolds (open access)

Inspirator Valve For Intake Manifolds

Patent for inspirator valve for to accelerate the air intake to the intake manifold as suction is increased.
Date: September 18, 1917
Creator: Brasier, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock. (open access)

Nut-Lock.

Patent for improvement in nuts-locks whereby a nut is coupled to a bolt by a washer with a pivoted tooth.
Date: September 18, 1917
Creator: Harris, Joseph A. & Howard, Arthur W.
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
Switch-Point Holddown (open access)

Switch-Point Holddown

Patent for switch-point holddown to accompany and support the switch rail machinery. Process and function in text with accompanying illustrations to demonstrate said function.
Date: September 18, 1917
Creator: Morrison, Oscar P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Tire (open access)

Vehicle-Tire

Patent for a bolt-free spring connection between a vehicle tires inner and outer rims, allowing for an air cushion between rims and improving overall performance of vehicle tires.
Date: September 18, 1917
Creator: Horne, Henry M. & Buford, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Harvesting And Cleaning Machine. (open access)

Cotton Harvesting And Cleaning Machine.

Patent for cotton harvesting and cleaning machine. The invention allows for seed cotton, hulls, husk, pods or other foreign matter to be gathered and separated from the cotton. The invention also allows bulls of cotton to be picked at the same time as other is being separated.
Date: September 17, 1917
Creator: Meier, John & Wallace, James F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blast Device for Shoe-Polishing Machines. (open access)

Blast Device for Shoe-Polishing Machines.

Patent for blast device for shoe-polishing machine which is so constructed as to apply polish to a shoe and then dry the same and afterward polish the shoe, thus dispensing with the necessity of the employment of the ordinary brushes and other paraphernalia now in the use for the purpose.
Date: September 11, 1917
Creator: De Los Monteros, Gustavo Espinosa
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil Destroyer. (open access)

Boll-Weevil Destroyer.

Patent for a boll weevil or insect exterminating device on wheels for use outdoors, including illustrations.
Date: September 11, 1917
Creator: Graves, James Newell
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boxing and Bearing. (open access)

Boxing and Bearing.

Patent for a boxing and bearing rings used on motor shafts in engines and mills. The invention replaces the babbitt and brass bearings, which can be placed and removed on opening side of boxing.
Date: September 11, 1917
Creator: Tipton, Clay
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pin or Retainer. (open access)

Clothes Pin or Retainer.

Patent for a clothes pin, "preferably" made from non-corrosive wire, that can be moved along a clothesline while remaining clamped to laundry. It has the ability to hold clothing of varying thicknesses.
Date: September 11, 1917
Creator: Price, Thomas M. & Tillman, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Composition of Matter for the Welding and Soldering of Articles Constructed of Aluminum. (open access)

Composition of Matter for the Welding and Soldering of Articles Constructed of Aluminum.

Patent for composition of aluminum, lead, block tin and zinc to be used for "welding and soldering articles constructed of aluminum" (line 95).
Date: September 11, 1917
Creator: Wells, Clarance Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History