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Chair Cot.
Patent for "the provision of a chair or a seat which may readily be converted into a cot when occasion demands" (lines 9-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 9, 1918
Creator:
Griffith, James Elliott
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Window-Shade Support.
Patent for an adjustable window shade support that can readily attach a shade to a window frame and the roller can be adjusted to any desired location or elevation.
Date:
July 9, 1918
Creator:
Simmons, Oscar C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Mail-Box and Door-Bell
Patent for a combined mailbox and doorbell. The invention automatically sounds a bell when mail is placed inside that can be set up directly on the house or at a distance. The invention also serves to protect the mail from rain and mail thieves.
Date:
July 9, 1918
Creator:
McDonald, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie Buckle.
Patent for a bale tie buckle where "an internal shoulder adapter to cooperate with the tie or band to prevent the latter from accidentally slipping through the entrance throat in the buckle when the tie is slackened" (lines 16-20).
Date:
July 9, 1918
Creator:
Schutz, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Broom Rack
Patent for a Broom-Rack
Date:
July 9, 1918
Creator:
Horn, Jacob S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock-Strike.
Patent for simple and durable lock plates for door frames. This patent is for the keeper plates for door locks and is an invention "for rendering the plate adjustable both vertically and horizontally without detaching the same from the door jamb" (lines 11-14). Includes one illustration page and description.
Date:
July 9, 1918
Creator:
Russell, Leo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Sash Lock
Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Window-Sash Locks" (lines 5-7). "The object in view is to produce a simple and efficient device..., [which] consists essentially in the provision of means for permitting either sash to be locked or one sash to be partially or fully opened..." (lines 17-22).
Date:
July 9, 1918
Creator:
Rickel, Tremont W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheeled Sectional Harrow.
Patent for an improved wheeled section harrow with a simple construction that provides a way to raise and lower the harrow sections as needed, and improves construction of the truck carrying the harrow.
Date:
July 9, 1918
Creator:
Mize, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Speed-Regulating Means.
Patent for an improvement in regulating the speed of sound recording and reproducing machines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 9, 1918
Creator:
Fletcher, Theodore
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Priming Device.
Patent for a priming device, used on internal combustion engines, that can be used to assist an engine heat up. Through this device, users can accelerate this process and benefit from a more fuel-efficient vehicle.
Date:
July 9, 1918
Creator:
Brooks, Howard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Preparing Carrot Flakes.
Patent for a process of preserving carrots by reducing them to dried flakes so they "retain their flavor and color when subsequently cooked and served."
Date:
July 9, 1918
Creator:
Horn, Mary C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gin-Saw Filer and Gummer
Patent for an improved gin saw filer and gummer. This model would yield sharp conical shaped teeth, and straighten bent or deformed teeth.
Date:
July 9, 1918
Creator:
Norman, James E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Discharge-Nozzle
Patent for discharge nozzle for insecticide spraying machines. Proposed nozzle design to have adjustable opening.
Date:
July 9, 1918
Creator:
Gohmert, Otto Adolph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin.
Patent for a clothes-pin made of one piece of wire twisted around with a spring-clamping mechanism for holding clothes.
Date:
July 9, 1907
Creator:
Freeze, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Frame Attachment
Patent for a window frame attachment of bars that shades can be attached to.
Date:
July 9, 1912
Creator:
Hillman, Annie M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Top.
Patent for a canvas top for a wagon that is attached to wooden bows and can be folded up into a seat rest when not in use.
Date:
July 9, 1907
Creator:
Kelley, Harrall M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ink-Fountain
Patent for "improved means for supplying only a sufficient quantity of ink for immediate use, while at the same time securing a hermetical sealing of the ink within its reservoir, so as to prevent evaporation and thickening thereof" (lines 13-17).
Date:
July 9, 1901
Creator:
Holden. Elbridge G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel
Patent for a vehicle wheel with spring spokes to absorb shocks.
Date:
July 9, 1912
Creator:
Hodges, Ludia H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Internal Combustion Engine.
Patent for improved internal combustion engine design that replaces puppet valves with slide valves to increase port area and speed, while reducing noise. Includes illustrations.
Date:
July 9, 1912
Creator:
Garfield, George M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Elevator
Patent for a water elevator in which compressed air may be used to raise water from a well. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 9, 1907
Creator:
Martin, Edward G. & Hake, John Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hypodermic-Needle Cleaner.
Patent for a hypodermic needle cleaner that allows the drill sizes to be easily changed for cleaning different size needles.
Date:
July 9, 1907
Creator:
Barr, George T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam Trap.
Patent for invention that relates to improvements in steam and water separators, and more particularly to that class within the valve controlling the escape of the water condensation from the collecting-trap is operated by the movements of a float actuated by the water of condensation (Reynolds, 1901).
Date:
July 9, 1901
Creator:
Reynolds, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for improvements of plows and their agricultural implementation.
Date:
July 9, 1901
Creator:
Kothmann, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for a washing machine with a folding frame, which operates with rollers and springs.
Date:
July 9, 1907
Creator:
Davis, John Lafayette & Davis, John Wesley
System:
The Portal to Texas History