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Check-Turning Device
Patent for improvements of check-turning devices. The improvements allow checks to be turned quickly especially by adding machine operators.
Date:
February 18, 1919
Creator:
Albaugh, Ellis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel.
Patent for improving a tire by providing new form of tread-holding device and using a resilient metal band encircling the tire.
Date:
March 11, 1919
Creator:
Allan, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel
Patent for vehicle wheels/tires and meant to improve upon current models that contain too many operating parts. Patent also contains improvements in performance of tires relating to expansion and contraction of the tires due to temperature.
Date:
January 7, 1919
Creator:
Allan, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Submarine Telescope.
Patent for submarine telescope using a pair of longitudinal tubes, mounted lens, rigid rods, electric light bulb, and chains for securing to the boat. Intended as useful improvements to submarine telescopes with the objection to assist in locating submerged objects. Accompanied with illustrations.
Date:
April 22, 1919
Creator:
Armstrong, William S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Etching Apparatus.
Patent for an etching device that is for those interested in producing copper and zinc half-tones. This device can also use wave like motion to retain highlight tones and finish half-tones without requiring re-etching or staging.
Date:
January 14, 1919
Creator:
Beare, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Underground Portable Drill
Patent for drilling machines for the object of drilling underground openings for laying gas, electric, water or any other conduits. A second object is sectional drill or track worm to keep drilling going without moving the machine.
Date:
July 15, 1919
Creator:
Branning, Willie F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
COTTON CLEANER
This is a patent for a Cotton Cleaner. This new cotton cleaner is able to use air to rotate the rotors to then separate the dirty cotton from the clean cotton.
Date:
May 6, 1919
Creator:
Cabrera, Maragarito
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock.
Patent for "locking the control pedals of a motor vehicle from movement in either direction, the said lock being arranged between the pedals and arranged to simultaneously engage and lock both" (lines 9-14).
Date:
February 27, 1919
Creator:
Cameron, Robert G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Feeding Apparatus for Baling-Presses
Patent for improvements to the devices that feed cotton into baling presses. The main intentions of the improvements are to ensure that cotton is fed to the press at regular intervals, and to provide a "feed paddle" which is operational when the press ram is raised.
Date:
1919
Creator:
Cameron, Theodore R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Advertising-Sign.
Patent for an advertisement sign with a translucent display band that illuminates different sections of letters, numbers, or figures, in various colors, giving the appearance of animation.
Date:
August 5, 1919
Creator:
Craig, Richard M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Electric Advertising Sign
Patent for an electronic sign that works by a conveyor-belt like band printed with advertisements being rotated, allowing the owner to show many advertisements while saving space.
Date:
July 1, 1919
Creator:
Craig, Richard M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel-Tire.
Patent for improvement in automobile tires, resulting in more resilient tires that utilize internal spring coils that are encased in an elastic casing to protect against direct contact with the rubber tire.
Date:
September 9, 1919
Creator:
Dalwigk, Hermann
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Split Lock-Nut or Union
Patent for an adjustable split cock-nut or union that is of a simple, cheap, and efficient construction with an intended use on valve rods of internal combustion engines. This device is designed to withstand direct pressure, blows, and torque forces.
Date:
December 2, 1919
Creator:
Dickinson, Harry E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Laminated Fabric for Tire-Casings.
Patent for a laminated fabric for tire casings that reinforces motor vehicle tires to reduce heat exposure and risk of damage. This type of laminated fabric is intended to resist wear and prevent tire blow-outs.
Date:
July 29, 1919
Creator:
Doolin, Charles B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Impression Cake
Patent for a new type of impression cake meant for the creation of dental and other kinds of molds.
Date:
May 13, 1919
Creator:
Downie, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process for Treating Cotton-Seed
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Processes for Treating Cotton-Seed"(lines 6-8), which expresses oil from cotton and neutralizes it with "alkali... and precipitating solid matter"(lines 26-27).
Date:
May 27, 1919
Creator:
Fee, Horatio A. & Aeveaenes, Garciea H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock.
Patent for new and useful improvements to nut-locks. Created a simple and inexpensive nut that is easily applied and removed from a bolt using a pin locking mechanism.
Date:
September 2, 1919
Creator:
Fitzpatrick, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Furniture
Patent for easy assembly and disassembly of cabinet furniture.
Date:
March 11, 1919
Creator:
Giordano, Anthony
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Body Suspension.
Patent for swing suspension for trucks to absorb shocks sustained by the chassis.
Date:
June 20, 1919
Creator:
Harper, William David
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burner
Patent for improvements in oil super heating burners used in locomotives and other large engines that require the creation of steam to propel them. The invention describes many improvements involving the fuel ejection and atomizing processes.
Date:
May 16, 1919
Creator:
Henry, Murray
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Construction of the Hulls of Concrete Ships.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in Construction of the Hulls of Concrete Ships" (lines 5-6). The improvements enable concrete hulls to be made efficiently, comparatively lightweight, and durable with a new form of rib reinforcement providing strength to withstand all strains of ocean travel.
Date:
May 13, 1919
Creator:
Holmgreen, Julius H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Cream Freezer
Patent for a contraption designed to freeze ice cream.
Date:
November 14, 1919
Creator:
Knemeyer, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Grinding Device
Patent for a device that can simultaneously grind "several valves of a multi-cylinder engine or motor" (lines 11-12). This device allows the "ready interchangeability, repair and adjustment of the working parts" (lines 16-17).
Date:
February 4, 1919
Creator:
Lohec, Joseph C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Diving-Armor.
Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Diving-Armor" (lines 5-6) relating to protection from high pressure, enabling arm and hand movements, an outside air supply, and an oxygen tank. Includes illustrations.
Date:
June 3, 1919
Creator:
Long, James F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History