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Armored Car.
Patent for an armored car or portable fort, that aims to provide a novel and improved armor unit of that nature.
Date:
December 11, 1917
Creator:
Spence, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Cutter.
Patent for improvements in cutters where the cutter is "specially adapted for smoothing the inside of barrels, kegs and the like, which are formed from wooden staves" (lines 11-14); includes illustration.
Date:
September 11, 1917
Creator:
Highams, Frank T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drum-Lining.
Patent for a cement pulverizer drum made of cast iron with a tongue and groove connection that is strong, durable, and easy to make.
Date:
December 11, 1917
Creator:
Johnson, Charles L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Connection for Automobile-Lamps.
Patent for electric connection for automobile lamps that has an improvement in electric connections or plugs for incandescent electric-lamps for automobiles.
Date:
September 11, 1917
Creator:
Kearby, John Gallatin & Robinson, Zephaniah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gearing for Gin Saw Cleaners
Patent for an improvement on a previous patent relating to a gearing for gin saw cleaners. Development and use are within text; includes illustrations to demonstrate the object of the patent.
Date:
December 11, 1917
Creator:
Robertson, Osborn Bragg
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harrow.
Patent for a harrow with adjustable teeth.
Date:
December 11, 1917
Creator:
Mierzwik, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lawn-Sprinkler.
Patent for an inexpensive lawn sprinkler that serves the dual purpose of connecting to a hose to spread the water over a broad area and of holding a hose stationary to water a single area.
Date:
December 11, 1917
Creator:
Schneider, Gustav H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Handling Device.
Patent for a mail handling device that mounts into a train car to assist in loading and unloading of mail bags.
Date:
September 11, 1917
Creator:
Kost, Joseph L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Overall-Suspenders.
Patent for a strong and comfortable overall suspenders that have an elastic web inside the straps connecting the shoulder padding to the end pieces.
Date:
December 11, 1917
Creator:
Patterson, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Harvester.
Patent for a simplified and improved peanut-harvesting machine. With this machine, "peanut vines may be dug from the ground, and thoroughly shaken and agitated so as to separate dirt and sand from the vines and nuts, the vines and nuts being bunched and deposited on the ground in piles or heaps for subsequent gathering," (lines 12-17) including illustrations.
Date:
December 11, 1917
Creator:
Meador, Lenerd E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process and Apparatus for Reducing Cotton-Stalks to Pulp Suitable for the Manufacture of Paper.
Patent for an invention that combines mechanical and chemical operations to effectively reduce cotton stalks to a fiber or pulp. Suitable for the manufacture of paper or for uses in which vegetable pulp may be used.
Date:
December 11, 1917
Creator:
Irwin, Jesse M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Row-Binder.
Patent for a type of new row binders by "use of rotary cuffs and adjustable bottom disposed conveyer belts" (lines 14-15), with illustrations.
Date:
September 11, 1917
Creator:
Gruben, Edward J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Separating Machine
Patent for separation of the foreign materials from the seed meats by means of an air blast directed against the materials as they fall by gravity from an inclined shaker or agitator, the lighter foreign matter being thereby separated from the heavier seed meats which continue their decent so a suitable conveyer of recptacle
Date:
September 11, 1917
Creator:
Buckley, Andrew Jackson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shock Absorber.
Patent for a shock absorber used on automobiles and others vehicles that provides additional support to a body supporting spring.
Date:
December 11, 1917
Creator:
Redmond, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Signal.
Patent for an improved signal for a vehicle that is operable by the driver from their seat, to signal whether they are turning, going straight, backing up, or stopping, and can be attached to any vehicle, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 11, 1917
Creator:
Chaffin, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water Tank Cut-Off
Patent for improvements on the devices controlling the flow of water in tanks. Development and use are within text; includes illustrations to demonstrate the object of the patent.
Date:
December 11, 1917
Creator:
Law, Eugene L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History