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Advertising-Sign
Patent for large outdoor advertising sign that is inexpensive to illuminate but still catches attention by providing the illusion of movement.
Date:
August 20, 1918
Creator:
Craig, Richard M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Automobile-Top.
Patent for an improvement on automatic automobile-tops. The primary objective is that when in inoperative positions, the actuated drum neatly appears as a weather proof roll. Another objective is to provide side curtains so that the vehicle may be closed on all sides.
Date:
October 1, 1918
Creator:
Montroy, Phiip A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Direction-Signal.
Patent for an invention of a simple signal that allows drivers to indicate they are turning left or right to the vehicle behind them, illustrations included.
Date:
July 16, 1918
Creator:
Vaca, Pedro
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Tire.
Patent for a device that provides a cushion to spring wheels.
Date:
January 1, 1918
Creator:
Dalwigk, Hermann
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Core-Operating Device
Patent for bale core operating device which improves the bale core quality around which the bale is formed, including illustrations.
Date:
July 16, 1918
Creator:
Taft, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bearing for Crank-Shafts.
Patent for an improvement for Bearings for Cranks Shafts. This invention provides a means for "tightening the bushings of the bearings easily and quickly when necessary" (lines 9-13).
Date:
October 22, 1918
Creator:
Blumberg, Hamilton G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed-Cover Holder
Patent for bed cover holder, particularly the clamping mechanism that holds the covers to the bed and allows the clamps to grasp "covers of different thicknesses" (lines 25-26) without requiring clamp adjustment.
Date:
October 29, 1918
Creator:
Hillman, Emmie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boring-Machine.
Patent for Boring-Machine. Particularly a boring-machine for boring brush blanks, and can bore all of the necessary openings, both straight and at an angle, at a single operation.
Date:
May 7, 1918
Creator:
Miller, Emma T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Camp Bedding-Roll
Patent for a bedding roll in which the main sheet is adapted to receive a mattress or be stuffed with straw, grass, or leaves to enable it to be used as a bed-sack.
Date:
April 23, 1918
Creator:
Waugh, Julia Nott
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Canopy-Support
Patent for canopy support for the bed where the user can attach mosquito netting. The canopy support can be removed and folded when not in use, and is designed to offer simple and efficient support.
Date:
March 26, 1918
Creator:
Carroll, Houston M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Foot Rest.
Patent for a collapsible foot rest used for shoe shining stands. The invention is meant to simplify and improve the process of one stepping off or on a foot-rest to prevent injury or accident.
Date:
December 10, 1918
Creator:
Le Laurin, Eugene M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Retainer or Dog
Patent for improving a tool (dog) used in the operation of processing cotton bales. The (dog) tool does not require the replacement of other tools in cotton processing.
Date:
October 1, 1918
Creator:
Cameron, Theodore R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cylinder Head.
Patent for improvement in removable cylinder heads for gas engines. Exhaust gasses and foreign matter pass through the conduits without affecting the valve stem.
Date:
October 22, 1918
Creator:
Bloomber, H. G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dirigible Headlight
Patent for an improved lamp bracket which will decrease vibration and increase stability. Connective devices from the steering mechanism to the headlight are also improved to increase responsiveness.
Date:
February 12, 1918
Creator:
Wogenstahl, Leo J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Display or Advertising Device.
Patent for a dimple, durable display or advertising device "which may be easily and conveniently used for displaying or exposing an advertising sign in a manner to attract attention to the same" (lines 14-17), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 14, 1918
Creator:
Fox, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Driving Mechanism For Automobiles And The Like.
Patent for improvements in the automobile driving mechanism thorough changes in the transmission and transmission gearing.
Date:
February 26, 1918
Creator:
Allan, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Water-Heater.
Patent for a new electric water heater that forces water to travel around heated wires in tubes, including illustrations.
Date:
May 7, 1918
Creator:
Valdes, Salvador M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fastener for Meter-Boxes.
Patent for fasteners (locks) for meter-boxes to prevent tampering by unauthorized users by attaching a cover with rotating bolts that can be locked or unlocked with an accompanying key.
Date:
February 19, 1918
Creator:
Holmgreen, Julius H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Film-Mask for Cameras
Patent for adjustable (improved) mask plate for different film widths (sizes) for cameras.
Date:
October 8, 1918
Creator:
Burdette, Richard S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Filter.
Patent for Improvements in Filters specifically used to remove "impurities from gasoline and oil, to fit the gasolene or oil for reuse" (lines 11-13).
Date:
November 12, 1918
Creator:
Caen, George, Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gasolene and Oil Filter
Patent for a gasoline and oil filter capable of filtering material in a way that makes in suitable for reuse, including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
June 4, 1918
Creator:
Caen, George, Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hair-Drying Apparatus.
Patent for an improved method of drying hair after washing that separates and parts the hair in numerous places to quickly and thoroughly dry the hair. The apparatus, that sits on the shoulders, also has an "improved fastener for holding the frame on the head" (lines 40-41), and the frame is collapsible.
Date:
June 18, 1918
Creator:
Moffitt, Mansfield M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Trap.
Patent for a new and improved insect trap with a flanged pan, the mouth of which has an inclined surface. The insect trap is designed to be arranged directly over a burrow of ants, so that ants are directed to a bait pan.
Date:
May 7, 1918
Creator:
Mosby, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lens Mounting.
Patent for an improvement to spectacles to prevent lens breakage. The change to the design of the spectacles are mounts on the nose piece that attaches to the lenses, as well as mounts that attach to the temples of the spectacles and the lenses.
Date:
May 18, 1918
Creator:
Rees, Charles S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History