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Car Coupler.
Patent for car coupler heads. This object has coupler heads that, when set in position, automatically lock.
Date:
September 11, 1923
Creator:
Tucker, Roger V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aerial Projectile
Patent for an aerial projectile for use as an anti-infantry bomb, dropped by planes. Specifically, it is a fragmentation bomb hand dropped from planes that will not only deliver an explosive blast and the subsequent shrapnel, but deliver such a blast as to destroy itself so it cannot be reverse engineered.
Date:
September 25, 1918
Creator:
Bury, Thomas J. & Bury, Oney
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Continuous Hydraulic Oil Press
Patent for an automatic continuous hydraulic oil press designed to more efficiently extract oil from a variety of crops and seeds.
Date:
September 16, 1919
Creator:
Helm, C. D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Casing-Head
Patent for a casing head that is specially adapted for "use in connection with well drilling for letting the tubing down into the bore, and in withdrawing the tubing from the bore." (Lines 15-16), including illustrations.
Date:
September 7, 1920
Creator:
McGarry, Henry S. & Carr, John D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Cleaning Wells
Patent for improving the efficiency of oil wells.
Date:
September 2, 1919
Creator:
Sargent, Lemuel S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Auto Body
Patent for an invention made for the improvements of the auto body and provide a way to convert a motor vehicle body to a comfortable bed with a foldable cushion for the back seat.
Date:
September 16, 1919
Creator:
Lawrence, John & Whitton, Orvil C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Pipe Coupling
Patent for improvement on the methods of controlling oil flow.
Date:
September 2, 1919
Creator:
Childs, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Separator
Patent for crude-oil separators mainly improves crude oil separators of baffle plate type.
Date:
September 9, 1919
Creator:
Lawrence, William P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aparatus for Cleaning Lechuguilla, Henequen, and Analogous Fibrous Plants.
Patent for an improved apparatus for scraping lechugilla, henequen, and analogous fibrous plants. This apparatus scrapes the stalks of the plants mechanically and separates the pulp from the fiber of the plant so that the fiber will be cleaned and ready for use.
Date:
September 3, 1918
Creator:
Aguilar, Alfonso
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carton.
Patent for a carton used to carry bottles or other fragile containers in a manner that prevents spillage, breakage, or other type of damage to befall the bottles and their contents, includes illustrations.
Date:
September 2, 1919
Creator:
Elder, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Pipe Coupling
Patent for the air-pipe coupling. This invention relates to improvements in couplers for air other liquid pipes. The improvement is primarily designed for connecting the fluid pipes of an air brake system between the locomotive and coaches of railway trains.
Date:
September 23, 1916
Creator:
Bonelli, Liborio C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animated Sign
Patent for a display apparatus to be implemented as animated advertising signs which successively display different images by controlling the timing of changes in the colors of light used to flood the front and to backlight the display surfaces. The images are created in such a way that certain elements created in certain colors become absorbed or are made invisible when illuminated by certain colors of light. An apparatus controls the cyclical changes of the colored lights used by the sign.
Date:
September 5, 1922
Creator:
Craig, Richard M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Antislipping Device for Tires
Patent for a device intended to decrease slippage of vehicle tires on roads that are either damaged or otherwise hard to navigate due to weather conditions.
Date:
September 4, 1919
Creator:
Edwards, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Fence and Repair Tool
Patent for a multi-purpose tool related to working with wires in and around the home. It is intended to tighten, twist, and/or sever a wire.
Date:
September 6, 1917
Creator:
Grogan, Edward W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Forming Gun Barrels.
Patent for an apparatus for forming gun barrels that twists a sheet of metal into a tube for the gun barrel at a slight angle, while slightly flattening the tube into an oval shape. This method is supposed to create ribs within the gun barrel.
Date:
September 10, 1917
Creator:
Cole, William F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn Dasher
Patent for the churn dasher. This invention relates to dashers, or agitators, for churns and similar devices and aims to provide an improved assemblage of the component elements of the dasher, whereby to facilitate the agitation of the material and to aerate the same. Illustrations are provided.
Date:
September 5, 1917
Creator:
Lambie, R.C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
By-Pass Draft Fan
Patent for bypass draft fans used for the functioning of pneumatic conveyors. Pneumatic conveyors are used to transport solid materials through pipelines with the flow of air or other gases. Most pneumatic conveyors are located in mechanical processing plants.
Date:
September 2, 1919
Creator:
Martin, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Book-Cover
Patent for a book cover that can be adjusted to fit any book size.
Date:
September 28, 1920
Creator:
Toland, Thomas L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Block or Follower for Baling-Presses.
Patent for blocks or followers for baling presses that has an improved press block to facilitate the handling of the bagging that the bale is wrapped in so the bale can be held tightly.
Date:
September 7, 1920
Creator:
Becker, Irvine N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Boll-Cleaning Machine.
Patent for a more practical and compact cotton boll cleaning or ginning machine.
Date:
September 7, 1920
Creator:
Lokey, Allen T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Protecting And Preserving Poles And The Like
Patent for add-on device to shield existing electric posts and poles from decay over time and weather damage.
Date:
September 21, 1920
Creator:
Lewis, Thomas E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Building Construction.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in building construction" (lines 9-11), including illustrations.
Date:
September 28, 1920
Creator:
Laughlin, Edward A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bee-Cage.
Patent for a new and improved design of bee cages that facilitates the feeding of bees during transportation and provides "the proper ventilation of the air through the cage to prevent the bees from smothering" (lines 17-19), including illustrations.
Date:
September 21, 1920
Creator:
Ault, Eugene B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adding and Subtracting Machine
Patent for an improved adding and subtracting machine adapted to be attached to the end of a lead pencil. It is readily manufactured and simple in construction.
Date:
September 21, 1918
Creator:
Wittnebert, Duke.
System:
The Portal to Texas History