Resource Type
Partner
Degree Department
Country
States
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Month
Day
Power Mechanism.
Patent for a "simple mechanism for use in connection with a prime mover of any of the well known types using as a motive agent steam, oil, gas, electricity, etc." (lines 13-16). The mechanism is meant to increase efficiency by reducing the number of its components.
Date:
May 29, 1917
Creator:
Dominguez, Salvador
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint.
Patent for a rail joint designed to prevent "longitudinal and lateral movements of the rails" (lines 14-15) as well as creeping by means of a new form of fish plate.
Date:
May 29, 1917
Creator:
Winter, Joe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Disk Drill
Patent for rotary disk drills with an illustration included. This drill is meant to be "efficient and strong and so arranged as to be inexpensive of manufacture and easily kept in serviceable condition." (lines 18-23)
Date:
May 29, 1917
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Silo.
Patent for a reinforced concrete silo, including specifications and illustrations.
Date:
May 29, 1917
Creator:
Abbett, Edgar J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Smoothing-Drag.
Patent for useful improvements to smoothing-drags which are "designed for the purpose of smoothing roads".
Date:
May 29, 1917
Creator:
Parker, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bearing for Baling-Presses.
Patent for a bearing for cotton presses which allows for greater force and less friction.
Date:
December 29, 1916
Creator:
Taft, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Well Drill
Patent for an Oil-Well Drill with the "...object of the invention being to provide means to prevent the drill from becoming unscrewed from the drill rod and dropping into the bottom of the well" (lines 12-16).
Date:
December 29, 1916
Creator:
Parker, Roy B. & Spurlock, Robert C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Valve
Patent for Automatic Valve
Date:
August 29, 1916
Creator:
Pringle, Henry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brake for Marine Vessels
Patent for Brake for Marine Vessels
Date:
August 29, 1916
Creator:
Harriss, Wade. H
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Journal-Box.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in car journal boxes, and more particularly to the box in which the journal of the axle of the ordinary railway car has a bearing." (lines 8-12)
Date:
August 29, 1916
Creator:
Law, Charles R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Handle-Securing Device.
Patent for a new and improved mechanism for simply and easily "securing handles on hoes, mattocks, picks, and other implements of the kind in which the handle has an enlarged end where it passes through and sets in the eye of the tool" (lines 10-14), including illustrations.
Date:
August 29, 1916
Creator:
Harvey, Harry W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
=Heater or Cooker for Cotton and Other Oil Seed or Material
Patent for Heater or Cooker for Cotton and Other Oil Seed or Material
Date:
August 29, 1916
Creator:
Sheppard, Orlando, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Holding-Clip.
Patent for improvements on a holding clip for "cloth or other allied material." (line 79)
Date:
August 29, 1916
Creator:
Crume, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Maize Header and Cutter.
Patent for a new and improved hand-operated implement designed for cutting heads of Kafir corn or maize in a more simple and efficient manner, including illustrations.
Date:
August 29, 1916
Creator:
Grindstaff, Isaac S. & Johnson, Luke
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Minnow Trap
Patent for Minnow Trap
Date:
August 29, 1916
Creator:
Bonner, John Sturgis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plastic Composition.
Patent for a plastic composition that lasts indefinitely, especially for coffins or caskets.
Date:
August 29, 1916
Creator:
Stone, Oscar Ottoe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of and Apparatus for Sizing or Classifying Comminuted Material.
Patent for a machine composed of independently operated and adjustable mounted sized units for sorting and transporting grain sized materials.
Date:
August 29, 1916
Creator:
Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tobacco-Pouch.
Patent for a tobacco pouch that will fit easily into pockets and hands while still holding the maximum amount of tobacco. There are also improvements on the ease of getting the tobacco out of the pouch.
Date:
August 29, 1916
Creator:
Shumard, Malnor A. & Shumard, Malnor A., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a new and improved wrench with a "novel means for adjustably controlling the position of the movable jaw with respect to the stationary jaw" (lines 12-15), including illustrations.
Date:
August 29, 1916
Creator:
Parmer, Ernest W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock.
Patent for new and improved Nut-Locks, allowing for "a simple, strong, durable, and efficient arrangement for effectually locking a nut on a bolt..." (lines 16-18), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 29, 1916
Creator:
Portesi, Santos & Taini, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Moving Picture Machines
Patent for improvements in attachments for moving picture machines through edges of film being lubricated or smoothed.
Date:
February 29, 1916
Creator:
Parker, Isaac B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carbon-gripper and margin-indicator for writing-machines
A device for improved handling, securing, and carrying paper while type-writing; suitable for a wide variety of type-writer models.
Date:
February 29, 1916
Creator:
Evans, Charles I., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Copy-Holding Pointograph.
Patent for a mechanism used in typewriters that holds documents to be copied indicates the line to be copied and shifts the document automatically. In addition, the patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 29, 1916
Creator:
Mathews, Louis T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Switch for Automatic Passenger-Fare-Registering Mechanism.
Patent for "improvements to electric switches for automatic passenger fare registering mechanisms" (lines 10-12). Illustration and instruction included.
Date:
February 29, 1916
Creator:
Savage, Harry & Baker, Willard L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History