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Chair Cot. (open access)

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. (open access)

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 (open access)

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
Bottle-Cap (open access)

Bottle-Cap

Patent for Louis Skala's improvement on the bottle cap. This design features a clampable bottlecap design for better functionality and a better seal
Date: March 9, 1918
Creator: Skala, Louis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie Buckle. (open access)

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
Combine Dimmer and Adjuster for Headlights (open access)

Combine Dimmer and Adjuster for Headlights

This patent is for the improvement of illumination and more particularly relates to a combined dimmer and adjuster for headlights. The primary aim is for the improvement of dimmers on the lamps of a motor vehicle so that the dimmers might be adjusted together with respect to the lamps so that various positions of vertical and horizontal adjustment are possible and if necessary, the removal of the cover of the lamps.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Averitt, Robert W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Broom Rack (open access)

Broom Rack

Patent for a Broom-Rack
Date: July 9, 1918
Creator: Horn, Jacob S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Stop and Adviser for Locomotives. (open access)

Automatic Stop and Adviser for Locomotives.

Patent for an automatic stop and advisor for locomotives.
Date: November 9, 1918
Creator: Battaglino, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertising Device (open access)

Advertising Device

Patent for an advertising device meant to sit on a desk as a ruler. This device is designed to make the images on its surface appear to be suspended in air when it is lifted. It can be manufactured cheaply and is intended to be distributed for free as both a ruler and advertisement.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Glisson, Amos Adolphus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clod-Crusher (open access)

Clod-Crusher

This patent is for a clod crusher. The purpose of this patent is to make clod crushing more effective and efficient through the action of the cutting members and not by the weight of apparatus alone.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Weems, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lock-Strike. (open access)

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
Automobile Extracting Device (open access)

Automobile Extracting Device

Patent for an Automobile Extracting Device, which may be readily carried in compact form in one of the storage compartments of a motor vehicle, including illustrations.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Morrow, Thomas B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window-Sash Lock (open access)

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. (open access)

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. (open access)

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. (open access)

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
Toy Projectile (open access)

Toy Projectile

Patent for toy arrows and similar projectiles "which may be safely shot or projected by children without danger of the arrow injuring any object or hurting the child" (lines 12-15). Additionally it can be used to kill flies without smashing them.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Pewther, Judson C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Preparing Carrot Flakes. (open access)

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
Oil-Can. (open access)

Oil-Can.

Patent for an oil can that provides a squirt through which oil is ejected with considerable force, illustration included.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Ellis, Water Lloyd
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Pillow. (open access)

Pneumatic Pillow.

Patent for improvements to pneumatic pillows, specifically the ventilator within the pillow.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Kelly, Ida
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gin-Saw Filer and Gummer (open access)

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
Hat-Pin Point Protector (open access)

Hat-Pin Point Protector

This patent is for the device that is to be used for protecting the point of the hat pin, and the invention aims to improve the operative connection between the compartmental members which shield and grip the point of the pin.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Koch, Charles Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Apparatus for Heating Stills, Boilers, and the Like. (open access)

Electrical Apparatus for Heating Stills, Boilers, and the Like.

Patent for "Improvements in Electrical Apparatus for Heating Stills, Boilers, and the like" (lines 6-8) that uses electricity and includes "a heating element which is not affected by repeated changes in temperature, which is adapted to present a heating surface of large area, which may be raised to a high temperature with a low current, and which is many times more economical in use than metal coils possessing less heat radiating powers" (lines 21-28) including illustrations.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Lorenz, Charles O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piston-Head (open access)

Piston-Head

This patent relates to piston heads particularly designed for use in connection with a hydrocarbon engine. The purpose of this invention is to provide a novel form of a ball and socket connection between the piston rod and the piston head. The said connection is designed to be durable in construction , cheap to manufacture and easily applied.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Collier, William Reid
System: The Portal to Texas History