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Apparatus for Projecting Motion-Pictures. (open access)

Apparatus for Projecting Motion-Pictures.

Patent for an improvement to motion picture projectors that lowers the operating speed, thus reducing the amount of film needed for movies, and eliminates flickers in the projection. This patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 27, 1917
Creator: Craig, Richard M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Elevator. (open access)

Automobile-Elevator.

Patent for an automobile elevator for use in garages, which operates using the car's own movement.
Date: November 27, 1917
Creator: Wright, Virgil Tilden
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Signal (open access)

Automobile Signal

Patent for a signal of the nature indicated including a signal arm controlled in novel manner and movable from one position to another, the signal arm being inoperative in one position, and when moved to the other position being visible to other vehicles and pedestrians both in front and in rear, to warn them of the intention of the operator driver to turn.
Date: November 27, 1917
Creator: Deats, O.G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Composition for Sealing Tire-Punctures and the Like. (open access)

Composition for Sealing Tire-Punctures and the Like.

Patent for sealing tire punctures consisting of the extract obtained from boiling guayule and candelilla plants in water to which is added asbestos and fullers' earth.
Date: November 27, 1917
Creator: Garza, Ricardo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Threshing Machine. (open access)

Cotton-Threshing Machine.

Patent for an improvement to cotton-threshing machines that threshes "the cotton crop by extracting and separating the cotton locks from the bolls and stalks" (lines 13-15). This patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 27, 1917
Creator: Patterson, Warren A. & Kemp, Joseph A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door-Check. (open access)

Door-Check.

Patent for a door check that will be able to hold the door in any desired position to which it may be moved and it will prevent the slamming or sudden closing of the door.
Date: November 27, 1917
Creator: Winfrey, Edgar M. & Pike, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Necktie-Holder. (open access)

Necktie-Holder.

Patent for a necktie-holder "which may either be used in connection with a four-in-hand or bow tie." (lines 10-11) including illustrations. The holder has been adapted to maintain the tie in the proper position by having it be engageable with the collar button and secured within the tie. Another feature of the device is the adjustable frame which enables the holder to adapt to collars of different sizes.
Date: November 27, 1917
Creator: Duff, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nutcracker. (open access)

Nutcracker.

Patent for a nutcracker with an adjustable jaw and a smaller number of parts.
Date: November 27, 1917
Creator: Gradick, Wiley, Sr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Frog. (open access)

Railroad-Frog.

Patent for a "reversible or invertible" (line 13) railroad frog, which exhibits improved longevity and durability as compared to other railroad frogs. This patent contains illustrations.
Date: November 27, 1917
Creator: Reed, General B. & Morgan, James H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Submarine-Destroyer. (open access)

Submarine-Destroyer.

Patent for submarine destroyer that is a projectile of the harpoon type adapted to be dropped from an aeroplane with the purpose to destroy a submarine or other vessel.
Date: November 27, 1917
Creator: Garner, William W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tank Furnace (open access)

Tank Furnace

Patent for a tank-furnace for the purpose of an easier way to heat water. Development and use are within text; includes illustrations to demonstrate the object of the patent.
Date: November 27, 1917
Creator: Yaeger, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Terracing-Machine. (open access)

Terracing-Machine.

Patent for a terracing machine to provide a device to this character constructed in such a manner that farm land can be readily terraced to prevent the soil washing away. Other features are having the means for vertically adjusting either end of the terracing scraper and to allow the scraper to easily and quickly be adjusted into different angular relations to the draft tongue.
Date: November 27, 1917
Creator: Reese, Samuel L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trailing Device for Tractors and the Like (open access)

Trailing Device for Tractors and the Like

Patent for a device built to connect behind tractors and other farming vehicles. Development and use are within text; includes illustrations to demonstrate the object of the patent.
Date: November 27, 1917
Creator: Fiegelson, Alexander
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weeding-Plow. (open access)

Weeding-Plow.

Patent for a weeding plow designed to remove weds and mellow the ground to assist with growing corn and cotton. It includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 27, 1917
Creator: Prohaska, Melichar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fly-Trap (open access)

Fly-Trap

Patent for Fly Trap
Date: March 27, 1917
Creator: Krueger, Samuel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Game. (open access)

Game.

Patent for a four-player checker game and a hinged gameboard to play it on which provides storage for the checkers when folded.
Date: March 27, 1917
Creator: Mason, James H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Internal Combustion Engine. (open access)

Internal Combustion Engine.

Patent for improvements to the class of explosive engine for a motor vehicle and internal gas combustion engine, including illustrations.
Date: March 27, 1917
Creator: Murray, Harry A.; Dorman, William T. & Pollard, Claude
System: The Portal to Texas History
Line support (open access)

Line support

Patent for an adjustable support for clothes lines.
Date: March 27, 1917
Creator: Lott, Truman R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trimmer and filer for saws. (open access)

Trimmer and filer for saws.

Patent for trimmer and filer for saws. It is particularly designed for gin saws.
Date: March 27, 1917
Creator: Norman, James E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale Tie Securing Device (open access)

Bale Tie Securing Device

Patent for device that will replace destroyed bale ties.
Date: February 27, 1917
Creator: Todd, James T. A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bottle Washing Apparatus (open access)

Bottle Washing Apparatus

Patent for bottle washing machine.
Date: February 27, 1917
Creator: McDaniel, Joshua S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burglar Alarm (open access)

Burglar Alarm

Patent for alarm that is activated upon the closing of a circuit, which will occur when an intruding person enters through the window or door.
Date: February 27, 1917
Creator: Hilley, Albert O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carbureting System for Internal Combustion Engines (open access)

Carbureting System for Internal Combustion Engines

Patent for improved carbureting system for combustion engines.
Date: February 27, 1917
Creator: Hooser, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Container. (open access)

Container.

Patent for new improved containers adapted for the shipment of eggs, including illustrations.
Date: February 27, 1917
Creator: Hall, Cyrus M.
System: The Portal to Texas History