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Antikicking Device for Automobiles.
Patent for a device that catches the crank of hand crank automobiles which were typical of the early 1900s in the United States of America. The invention addresses controlling the motion of the crank and preventing the crank from causing injury.
Date:
March 20, 1917
Creator:
Miller, Herman P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Destroying Insects.
Patent for improvements to a device for exterminating insects, in particular corn weevils, including illustrations.
Date:
March 13, 1917
Creator:
Geeslin, Robert Worn
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Phonographic Reproducers.
Patent for a device that reduces the crackling sound of records playing on a phonograph.
Date:
March 20, 1917
Creator:
Gollmer, Edmund
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie Buckle.
Patent for bale-tie buckle improvement for tightly securing single length wire prior to pressure release around a cotton bale. Further bale-tie buckle improvements include sharper bends using flat or oval wire to further decrease slipping of wire.
Date:
March 13, 1917
Creator:
Frantz, Erza A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Belt Tightener for Pumps.
Patent for belt tighteners for well pumps which decreases the amount of force necessary to tighten a pump. Patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 6, 1917
Creator:
Layne, Mahlon E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bracket
Patent for an improved bracket.
Date:
March 13, 1917
Creator:
Mertz, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Calculating-Machine
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in calculating machines. Whereby substantially correct calculations may be registered or recored without using a series of superfluous or immaterial numbers. The machine will round prices up to the nearest cent. For example, $0.024 becomes $0.02 while $0.025 becomes $0.03. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 6, 1917
Creator:
Hardgrave, Everett J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Candy Wrapping Machine
Patent for a machine that will enrobe stick cand with a wrapper. It will recieve the candy stick by stick, wrap it in paper, and twist the ends.
Date:
March 13, 1917
Creator:
Greer, Jesse W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cartridge Holder
Patent for a belt adapted to hold the shells used in fire arms.
Date:
March 6, 1917
Creator:
Logan, Paul H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check-Protector.
Patent for check-protectors that prevent unauthorized tampering with perforating rollers with springs and jaws.
Date:
March 13, 1917
Creator:
McCombs, Charles Cleveland
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Rim.
Patent for a collapsible rim for wheels, particularly the wheels of motor vehicles, to provide ease in changing tires. Instructions and illustrations are included.
Date:
March 20, 1917
Creator:
Rogers, Francis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Concrete Step Mold
Patent for concrete that when used multiple times will produce a flight of stairs.
Date:
March 20, 1917
Creator:
Baldwin, Thomas H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Boll Threshing Machine.
Patent for a cotton boll breaking mechanism and a means for breaking cotton bolls which are not opened sufficiently for the cotton to be picked.
Date:
March 20, 1917
Creator:
Cass, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Discharge-Tube for Fertilizer-Distributors.
Patent for a device to evenly dispense fertilizer to soil. This is an agricultural device.
Date:
March 20, 1917
Creator:
Kerr, Oscar F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dispensing-Counter
Patent is for new way of dispensing and weighing material housed on store shelves. It saves time and labor putting items out.
Date:
March 20, 1917
Creator:
Griffin, William Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dispensing Liquids
Patent for device used to dispense liquids such as gasolene or the like.
Date:
March 13, 1917
Creator:
Bruce, Thomas S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Excavator.
Patent for Excavator
Date:
March 13, 1917
Creator:
Butterfield, Charles S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Explosion Hatch for Oil Containers
Patent for improved explosion hatch for oil containers.
Date:
March 20, 1917
Creator:
Scott, Clarence N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Filler for a Cotton-Gin Press-Block.
Patent for a Cotton-Gin Press-Block improvement in fillers that provide bale space when bagging using a pressed block to prevent bagging press-block interference.
Date:
March 13, 1917
Creator:
Hall, Joseph Sidney
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fly-Trap
Patent for Fly Trap
Date:
March 27, 1917
Creator:
Krueger, Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Foot Piece for Cultivators.
Patent for foot pieces of "simple and improved construction whereby the cultivator blade will be held in ground engaging position resiliently with sufficient force to maintain it properly in position in varying conditions of the soil" (lines 10-15). The foot pieces allow for variation in the force with which the blade is maintained in ground, the blade being "quickly and conveniently changed" (lines 24-25).
Date:
March 13, 1917
Creator:
Myers, Jim H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Game.
Patent for a four-player checker game and a hinged gameboard to play it on which provides storage for the checkers when folded.
Date:
March 27, 1917
Creator:
Mason, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain Heading Machine
Patent for machine that aids in the harvest and processing of Kafir corn.
Date:
March 6, 1917
Creator:
Forbes, Cullen C., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hame Hook
Patent for improved harness and trace connector.
Date:
March 6, 1917
Creator:
Conn, Isaac D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History