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Combination Plow and Pulverizer.
Patent for a combination plow and pulverizer, designed for the purpose of improved plowing and sowing of seed, with illustrations and explanations.
Date:
August 20, 1918
Creator:
Curtis, W. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Safety-Razor and Hair-Trimmer.
Patent for a tool used for shaving or hair trimming. This device has a reversible plate carrying a guard and comb teeth. The plate being reversible to permit the guard to be used in connection with a blade for shaving and to permit the teeth to be used in connection with a blade for hair trimming.
Date:
August 20, 1918
Creator:
Brasier, William Harry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Continuous Vacuum Dehydrator.
Patent for improvements in speed, cheapness, and more efficiency in continuous-vacuum dehydration and filtering for the purpose of extracting valuable ores with water including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 20, 1918
Creator:
Biesel, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Bur Separator.
Patent for improvements in apparatus for separating burs from cotton lint despite severe weather conditions, illustrations included.
Date:
August 20, 1918
Creator:
Irwin, Samuel D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Seed Flour and Process of Making the Same.
Patent for cotton-seed flour and the process for producing it, including removal of the oils and hulls.
Date:
August 20, 1918
Creator:
Baumgarten, Gustav Adolph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Seed Linter
Patent for the improvement of cotton lint linter parts and construction. Improvements to the parts remove cotton seed lint before entering the lint conveying flue.
Date:
August 20, 1918
Creator:
Henry, Nelson B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Extracting Metals from Ores
Patent for the extraction of metals from ores by developing an improvement to the cynid process.
Date:
August 20, 1918
Creator:
Biesel, C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Seperating Associated Liquids.
Patent for a new method of seperating liquids, specifically those "in which particles of one liquid are held, or bound in mechanical suspension in another" (lines 10-12). The inventor provides the specific example of water and crude oil.
Date:
August 20, 1918
Creator:
McKibben, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner
Patent for oil burner "in which the oil will be atomized by and thoroughly mixed with air or steam under pressure and if used in the presence of steam be preheated before admixture ... of use in power plants and in stoves, furnaces and the like" (lines 11-18).
Date:
August 20, 1918
Creator:
Mayer, E. R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Power Transmission
Patent for improvements in power transmission by inventor Gordon R. Sturgis.
Date:
August 20, 1918
Creator:
Sturgis, Gordon R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of and Apparatus for Hydrogenating Fats, Oils, Waxes, and the Like.
Patent for the Process of and Apparatus for Hydrogenating Fats, Oils, Waxes, and the like. The invention is related to the improvement of the effective the hydrogenation process of fats, oils, waxes, and similar materials.
Date:
August 20, 1918
Creator:
Walker, Thomas Bailey
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sight Feed Measuring Device
Patent for a "sight-feed" (line 10), a measuring device that lets the user see how much gasoline is still available in the container. Specifically adaptable to commerical fuel pumps.
Date:
August 20, 1918
Creator:
Terry, Graydon M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trailer.
Patent for improved construction and arrangement of trailers. This improvement will allow an easy turning movement where a number of trailers are connected while admitting of strain between the various trailers when they are turning a corner or going around a curve.
Date:
August 20, 1918
Creator:
Watkins, Leigh
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Closure for Ventilators
Patent for a new valve-closure for ventilators on plumbing systems by W.L. Hamilton and G. McCullough.
Date:
December 20, 1917
Creator:
Hamilton, William L. & McCullough, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bill-Posting Blanking Device.
Patent for bill-posting blanking device for applying strips of paper to bill-boards.
Date:
November 20, 1917
Creator:
Gallia, Paul
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clock-Actuated Display Apparatus.
Patent for a clock actuated display apparatus comprising a casing, a spring-pressed rotatable reel, and display tape adapted to wind which will cause the drum to rotate.
Date:
November 20, 1917
Creator:
Shure, Ralph Deane
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Fly-Trap.
Patent for improvement to fly traps. The improved fly trap electrocutes flies and other flying insects as they enter the trap. In the trap, there is a lamp that attracts flying insects.
Date:
November 20, 1917
Creator:
Bass, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ensilage-Cutting Machine.
Patent for ensilage-cutting that will efficiently cut corn and other rough feed. It can be driven clockwise of anti-clockwise, can discharge the cut feed at different points, and has few parts. There are no cogs or gears to catch the operator's clothing.
Date:
November 20, 1917
Creator:
Sinclair, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Coop
Patent for folding coops for the shipment of meat products, such as poultry. This invention will ensure greater efficiency in shipment of products.
Date:
November 20, 1917
Creator:
Randall, John G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Linotype Machine
Patent for used producing lines of type, and it is the object of the invention to provide a comparatively simple, small, inexpensive and compact machine of that character generally resembling a type write in its construction and operation, and operable to produce lines of type.
Date:
November 20, 1917
Creator:
French, Morris
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock Attachment for Automobiles.
Patent for a lock attachment for automobiles in relation to the gear-shift levers to prevent unlicensed interference with or stealing of the car.
Date:
November 20, 1917
Creator:
Dobler, Joseph G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plate-Guard for Secondary Batteries.
Patent for a plate-guard for secondary batteries. The invention relates to guard sheaths or envelopes to provide light, rigid, and inexpensive frame of acid-proof material to be build around the plate to protect the exposed metal of the plate.
Date:
November 20, 1917
Creator:
Luthy, Joseph O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Support for Line-Wires.
Patent for support for line wires that can be quickly connected to the line wire and at the same time preventing the line wire from being bent to a large extent.
Date:
November 20, 1917
Creator:
Head, Vernon
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Drying Briquets
Patent for drying briquets. Briquets are placed on a track, which is then rotated by chains as it dries, before falling into a stack in a chamber. This allows for faster, more even drying of the briquets before use.
Date:
July 20, 1917
Creator:
Baker, Burke
System:
The Portal to Texas History