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Combined Signal and Sign-Displaying Lamp for Vehicles.
Patent for a combined signal and sign-displaying lamp for vehicles that uses only one light to illuminate all the sections and allows for easy interchanging of number plates.
Date:
October 10, 1911
Creator:
Puckett, Almor Manor
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collector's Receipting-Recording
Patent for a device for keeping a record of the money received in commercial transactions. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 15, 1912
Creator:
Hayes, Arthur Ward & Stevens, Clarence D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Case for Motion-Picture Films
Patent for a case for motion picture films that protects the film from damage when rewinding or transferring from one reel to another. The case also ensures that the film will be wound uniformly.
Date:
October 5, 1915
Creator:
McNeel, William Pinkney
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Driving Mechanism.
Patent for a driving mechanism for an automobile to dispense with the usual form of transmission gearing and differential, to substitute mechanisms power devices through the medium of a suitable liquid [preferably oil], maintained at a predetermined volume, and to provide a noiseless operating mechanism.
Date:
October 31, 1916
Creator:
Allan, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Furniture.
Patent for convertible furniture used in education. Features a table which can be easily converted from a flat desk, to an inclined black-board, and can store building blocks and similar items.
Date:
October 3, 1916
Creator:
Barler, Eugene M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Suction and Force Pump
Patent for improvement in suction and force pumps, a pneumatic lift-and-force pump for raising water from wells.
Date:
October 7, 1913
Creator:
De Hymel, Franklin O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeration and Subirrigation for Promoting Vegetation
Patent for large terminal that can be implanted into the ground, which can supply air and moisture into the surrounding soil to stimulate growth of vegetation.
Date:
October 10, 1916
Creator:
Rife, Archibald H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Automobile-Top.
Patent for an improvement on automatic automobile-tops. The primary objective is that when in inoperative positions, the actuated drum neatly appears as a weather proof roll. Another objective is to provide side curtains so that the vehicle may be closed on all sides.
Date:
October 1, 1918
Creator:
Montroy, Phiip A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bearing for Crank-Shafts.
Patent for an improvement for Bearings for Cranks Shafts. This invention provides a means for "tightening the bushings of the bearings easily and quickly when necessary" (lines 9-13).
Date:
October 22, 1918
Creator:
Blumberg, Hamilton G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed-Cover Holder
Patent for bed cover holder, particularly the clamping mechanism that holds the covers to the bed and allows the clamps to grasp "covers of different thicknesses" (lines 25-26) without requiring clamp adjustment.
Date:
October 29, 1918
Creator:
Hillman, Emmie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Comb-Cleaner.
Patent for a reusable comb cleaner which is cheap to produce.
Date:
October 23, 1916
Creator:
Schimmelpfening, Charles H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boiler-Skimmer.
Patent for a boiler-skimmer that improves the hinge joint so that water or scum will have free access there and in all positions of the skimmer.
Date:
October 14, 1919
Creator:
Phillips, Eugene N. & Dick, Harvey H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Shade.
Patent for a new and improved window shade that has a roller which allows the shade to be adjusted by moving the roller and then locking into place.
Date:
October 12, 1915
Creator:
Pepple, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lineman's Chair
Patent for a chair which allows a lineman to connect cables and lines more easily. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 25, 1910
Creator:
Davis, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel.
Patent for a new and useful Vehicle-Wheel, "which is formed with a sectional felly, and embodies novel features of construction whereby the felly can be readily removed from position, or quickly assembled and expanded into a tight engagement with the rim, without the aid of a blacksmith or the necessity of using any special tools or appliances" (lines 14-21).
Date:
October 9, 1917
Creator:
Vogler, Frank Clampett
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hose-Support
Patent for hose support with pivoted standard having a part which is adapted to support the nozzle of the hose, with illustrations.
Date:
October 20, 1914
Creator:
Praeger, Ewald
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Printing-Press Gripper.
Patent for a device to grip paper being carried between the type bed, rotary platen, and delivery belts of a printing press.
Date:
October 30, 1917
Creator:
Sadovsky, Nathan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Wheel
Patent for improved wheel that utilizes spring components in order to disperse the weight of the vehicle evenly.
Date:
October 31, 1916
Creator:
Allan, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Arrester
Patent for a spark arrester designed to extinguish the glowing cinders of smoke stacks. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 25, 1910
Creator:
Goodrich, Luman L., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Protector
Patent for a lightweight protector for pneumatic tires, providing dust- and waterproofing, as well as providing protection from puncture.
Date:
October 24, 1911
Creator:
Aue, Rudolph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock for Automobiles
Patent for Lock for Automobiles
Date:
October 17, 1916
Creator:
Harris, Robert M. & Wade, Milton V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Toy Dish.
Patent for a toy dish that is lightweight, attractive, durable, and cheap to manufacture. The design utilizes celluloid coverings.
Date:
October 14, 1919
Creator:
Luthy, Joseph O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pressed-Metal Wheel
Patent for an improved pressed-metal wheel by inventor Oliver G. Simmons.
Date:
October 22, 1918
Creator:
Simmons, Oliver G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Escape.
Patent for an improved chute type fire escape which is used to allow people to safely descend several stories of a building to the ground. Improvements include easy and economical installation, prevention of congestion of persons entering the chute, prevention of persons falling out of the chute, and inclusion of a water sheet to prevent the chute from catching fire.
Date:
October 10, 1916
Creator:
Youngblood, David Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History