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Antifriction Hollow-Tube Sucker-Rod for Deep Wells
Patent for a "simple and inexpensive means for coupling the tubular sections of the sucker rod together and guiding said rod with little or no friction into the well casing or tube" (lines13-17). This object is to be used in "pumping water, oil, and other liquids from deep wells"(lines 11-12).
Date:
October 15, 1918
Creator:
Black, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Jack.
Patent for an automobile jack designed to be attached to a beam embedded in a garage's concrete floor, with an added safety mechanism to prevent collapse. Including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 15, 1918
Creator:
Black, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Line.
Patent for Clothes-Line that is to supply an endless amount of clothesline in order to facilitate easy placement and/or removal of clothing from the line.
Date:
October 15, 1918
Creator:
Anderson, Chester A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cork-Puller
Patent for a cork-puller which eases the removal of a cork from a bottle, without damaging either cork or bottle, with illustrations.
Date:
October 15, 1918
Creator:
Moser, Jacob W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment
Patent for improving disc cultivators by attaching a tool (plow, hoe) to pulverize the soil and cut a trench before the machine drops seeds; then the tool runs behind the disc to throw dirt over the seeds. It Is reliable, easy to construct, and cheap.
Date:
October 15, 1918
Creator:
Meadows, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Heat-Producing Process.
Patent for Improvements in Heat-Producing Processes by way of "process of producing heat and conserving heat..." for use in various types of furnaces (lines 9-10).
Date:
October 15, 1918
Creator:
Bone, David R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mine-Sweeper and Ship-Shield
Patent for protecting a ship from mines with a net that serves as a "mine sweeper and ship shield" (lines 9-10). It is also for collecting underwater weapons and improving the net.
Date:
October 15, 1918
Creator:
Coin, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Signal
Patent for an automobile to signal the direction the car will go. The signal tool functions as a hand on each side of the car and can withstand the weather.
Date:
October 15, 1918
Creator:
Hibbert, Lammers R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Wheel
Patent for improved spring wheels where the pneumatic tire is replaced with a non-puncturable tire meant to increase strength and resilience of the tire while still being economical.
Date:
October 15, 1918
Creator:
Spiridakis, Astasios
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephonometer
Patent for measuring and recording the length of time when a telephone has been in use. It is simple and inexpensive.
Date:
October 15, 1918
Creator:
Gray, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail Joint
Patent for improved rail joints to lock rail sections together against accidental displacement with illustrations.
Date:
August 15, 1918
Creator:
Stewart, Amon Leslie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Plug Attachment
Patent for A Spark-Plug Attachment. This spark- plug attachment is designed to facilitate the sparking process without further damaging the porcelain component of the spark-plug.
Date:
July 15, 1918
Creator:
Sherill, Guy M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Battery
Patent for an improvement on batteries. Meant to increase insulation and plate stability inside the battery.
Date:
May 15, 1918
Creator:
Pipkin, Maurice E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Incubator Regulator.
Patent for an incubator with an automatic regulator for the flame of an incubator or heating lamp. The invention also provides an improved regulator arranged to raise or lower the wick of an incubator lamp in accordance with the heat in the incubator itself.
Date:
January 15, 1918
Creator:
Harris, Luster. F. & Williams, Walter. L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Wheel.
Patent for improvements in resilient wheels. "This invention relates to a new and useful resilient vehicle wheel embodying flat arcuate springs by means of which the tread or shoe of the wheel is resiliently mounted with relation to the hub."(lines 8-12)
Date:
January 15, 1918
Creator:
Roberts, Samuel A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Terrace-Marker.
Patent for a terrace-marker that has "improved means for quickly and conveniently marking or laying out and leveling terraces which shall be light and consequently easily portable, durable and inexpensive to manufacture" (lines 13-17) including an illustration.
Date:
January 15, 1918
Creator:
Norris, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Time-Switch.
Patent for a time switch "which will be automatically operated to close the circuit and to open the circuit at predetermined times so that the translating devices in the circuit may be maintained energized for a predetermined length of time," (lines 10-15) including illustrations.
Date:
January 15, 1918
Creator:
Scholl, Max
System:
The Portal to Texas History