Attachment for Coffee-Roasters. (open access)

Attachment for Coffee-Roasters.

Patent for an attachment to a coffee-roaster that assists in separating coffee beans from foreign matter.
Date: December 25, 1917
Creator: Liberto, Samuel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insulator. (open access)

Insulator.

Patent for an insulator for water pipes that conducts away electric current to be utilized elsewhere.
Date: December 25, 1917
Creator: Stone, Oscar Otto
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Screen Frame. (open access)

Wire-Screen Frame.

Patent for a more economical, foldable wire screen frame for doors with removable wire mesh, and included illustration.
Date: December 18, 1917
Creator: Carroll, Houston Monroe
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lawn-Sprinkler. (open access)

Lawn-Sprinkler.

Patent for an inexpensive lawn sprinkler that serves the dual purpose of connecting to a hose to spread the water over a broad area and of holding a hose stationary to water a single area.
Date: December 11, 1917
Creator: Schneider, Gustav H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Overall-Suspenders. (open access)

Overall-Suspenders.

Patent for a strong and comfortable overall suspenders that have an elastic web inside the straps connecting the shoulder padding to the end pieces.
Date: December 11, 1917
Creator: Patterson, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shock Absorber. (open access)

Shock Absorber.

Patent for a shock absorber used on automobiles and others vehicles that provides additional support to a body supporting spring.
Date: December 11, 1917
Creator: Redmond, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gasoline and Oil Renovator (open access)

Gasoline and Oil Renovator

Patent for a device that can take the impurities from gasoline and oil, thus making them reusable. Development and use are within text; includes illustrations to demonstrate the object of the patent.
Date: December 4, 1917
Creator: Caen, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paracentesis Needle or Trocar (open access)

Paracentesis Needle or Trocar

Patent for a needle with the purpose of injecting fluids or extracting excess fluids from the body. Includes illustrations to demonstrate the object of the patent.
Date: December 4, 1917
Creator: Hill, Phillip
System: The Portal to Texas History
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
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
Ensilage-Cutting Machine. (open access)

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
Plate-Guard for Secondary Batteries. (open access)

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
Printing-Press Gripper. (open access)

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. (open access)

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
Signal. (open access)

Signal.

Patent for an improved signal for a vehicle that is operable by the driver from their seat, to signal whether they are turning, going straight, backing up, or stopping, and can be attached to any vehicle, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 11, 1917
Creator: Chaffin, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trailer. (open access)

Trailer.

Patent for "...an improved construction and arrangement of trailers and has for an object that provision of means which will allow as easy turning movement where a number of trailers are connected while admitting of strain between the various trailers, whereby they are propelled properly around a curve." (lines 5-15) including illustrations.
Date: August 28, 1917
Creator: Watkins, Leigh
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Railway-Switch. (open access)

Automatic Railway-Switch.

Patent for new and useful Improvements in Automatic Railway-Switches, "particularly to automatic railway switches for use in street railways or steam railways" (lines 13-15), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 21, 1917
Creator: Eisenberg, Louis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Traffic-Signal. (open access)

Traffic-Signal.

Patent for a traffic signal apparatus for installation in automobiles, including illustrations.
Date: August 21, 1917
Creator: Valdes, Salvador M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Tramper and Baler. (open access)

Cotton Tramper and Baler.

Patent for an improved cotton tramper and baler that can more efficiently compress cotton into bales that are convenient for handling and shipping.
Date: August 7, 1917
Creator: Crowell, Pearl K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Decorticating Fibrous Leaves of Plants. (open access)

Device for Decorticating Fibrous Leaves of Plants.

Patent for a machine that decorticates fibrous material from leaves and plants designed to be of low manufacturing cost and light enough to be carried on pack animals.
Date: July 10, 1917
Creator: Askew, Joel Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Latch Mechanism for Spittoon-Covers. (open access)

Latch Mechanism for Spittoon-Covers.

Patent for an improved latch mechanism for sliding covers on spittoons.
Date: July 4, 1917
Creator: Lovece, Nicola
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tortilla-Making Machine. (open access)

Tortilla-Making Machine.

Patent for a machine for making tortillas "easily, conveniently and rapidly" (lines 13-14), including illustrations.
Date: June 12, 1917
Creator: GutiƩrrez, Refugio
System: The Portal to Texas History
Power Mechanism. (open access)

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
Automobile-Fender (open access)

Automobile-Fender

Patent for automobile fenders to provide a fender that can be used in conjunction with various types of motor vehicles and "prevent a person from being run over by the vehicle equipped with the fender" (lines 13-14).
Date: May 15, 1917
Creator: Uribe, Marcelino
System: The Portal to Texas History