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Bale-Core-Operating Device (open access)

Bale-Core-Operating Device

Patent for bale core operating device which improves the bale core quality around which the bale is formed, including illustrations.
Date: July 16, 1918
Creator: Taft, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Automobile-Top. (open access)

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
Locking Device for Steering-Wheels. (open access)

Locking Device for Steering-Wheels.

Patent for a device which is completely detachable from the steering column, can be quickly applied and removed from the steering wheel, and securely holds the steering wheel from turning on the steering column. The purpose of this device is to prevent unauthorized use or theft of a vehicle.
Date: May 21, 1918
Creator: Grimm, Max F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Camp Bedding-Roll (open access)

Camp Bedding-Roll

Patent for a bedding roll in which the main sheet is adapted to receive a mattress or be stuffed with straw, grass, or leaves to enable it to be used as a bed-sack.
Date: April 23, 1918
Creator: Waugh, Julia Nott
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bearing for Crank-Shafts. (open access)

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
Boring-Machine. (open access)

Boring-Machine.

Patent for Boring-Machine. Particularly a boring-machine for boring brush blanks, and can bore all of the necessary openings, both straight and at an angle, at a single operation.
Date: May 7, 1918
Creator: Miller, Emma T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertising-Sign (open access)

Advertising-Sign

Patent for large outdoor advertising sign that is inexpensive to illuminate but still catches attention by providing the illusion of movement.
Date: August 20, 1918
Creator: Craig, Richard M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bed-Cover Holder (open access)

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
Collapsible Foot Rest. (open access)

Collapsible Foot Rest.

Patent for a collapsible foot rest used for shoe shining stands. The invention is meant to simplify and improve the process of one stepping off or on a foot-rest to prevent injury or accident.
Date: December 10, 1918
Creator: Le Laurin, Eugene M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Direction-Signal. (open access)

Automobile Direction-Signal.

Patent for an invention of a simple signal that allows drivers to indicate they are turning left or right to the vehicle behind them, illustrations included.
Date: July 16, 1918
Creator: Vaca, Pedro
System: The Portal to Texas History
Canopy-Support (open access)

Canopy-Support

Patent for canopy support for the bed where the user can attach mosquito netting. The canopy support can be removed and folded when not in use, and is designed to offer simple and efficient support.
Date: March 26, 1918
Creator: Carroll, Houston M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Tire. (open access)

Automobile-Tire.

Patent for a device that provides a cushion to spring wheels.
Date: January 1, 1918
Creator: Dalwigk, Hermann
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Trap. (open access)

Insect-Trap.

Patent for a new and improved insect trap with a flanged pan, the mouth of which has an inclined surface. The insect trap is designed to be arranged directly over a burrow of ants, so that ants are directed to a bait pan.
Date: May 7, 1918
Creator: Mosby, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Grinding Machine (open access)

Valve-Grinding Machine

Patent for a simple valve grinding machine designed to be efficient and easy to use, as well as more secure (within a valve casing) than previous models.
Date: November 6, 1918
Creator: Branning, Willie F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Liquid Measure and Strainer (open access)

Liquid Measure and Strainer

This patent relates to devices for measuring and straining liquids and discharging them into a receptacle or tank without exposing the liquids after being strained to the atmosphere or rendering the liquid liable to be deteriorated by dust or other foreign matter.
Date: April 2, 1918
Creator: Doolin, Charles B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Tire. (open access)

Vehicle-Tire.

Patent for "tires such as are used for automobiles and other like vehicles in which it is desirable to absorb the shocks incident to rapid travel over road by means of an inherent resiliency in the tire" (lines 12-16) including illustration.
Date: May 21, 1918
Creator: Pepple, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lens Mounting. (open access)

Lens Mounting.

Patent for an improvement to spectacles to prevent lens breakage. The change to the design of the spectacles are mounts on the nose piece that attaches to the lenses, as well as mounts that attach to the temples of the spectacles and the lenses.
Date: May 18, 1918
Creator: Rees, Charles S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve Construction (open access)

Valve Construction

Patent for improved valve construction which permits unobstructed passage from valves to intake and exhaust pipe in motor vehicles.
Date: February 5, 1918
Creator: Smith, Thomas Noah
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locking and Operating System for Jail-Doors. (open access)

Locking and Operating System for Jail-Doors.

Patent for a new way to operate and lock jail doors "whereby each and every door in the system can be locked, unlocked and operated altogether, or any one, two or more doors can be locked, unlocked and operated without disturbing the other doors of the system" (lines 11-16), including illustrations.
Date: June 11, 1918
Creator: Youngblood, David Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ventilator (open access)

Ventilator

Patent for low cost, improved ventilators for Pullman and passenger cars and buildings.
Date: March 26, 1918
Creator: Hedges, Robert S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Speed-Regulating Means. (open access)

Speed-Regulating Means.

Patent for an improvement in regulating the speed of sound recording and reproducing machines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 9, 1918
Creator: Fletcher, Theodore
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mixer (open access)

Mixer

Patent for an improved mixer for "use in connection with internal combustion engines" (lines 9-10). The invention is designed to simplify and increase the engine's efficiency while also making construction more affordable.
Date: March 26, 1918
Creator: Warren, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Rectifier. (open access)

Mechanical Rectifier.

Patent for a mechanical rectifier for automobiles. This mechanical rectifier connects with the magneto or generator to turn alternating currents into to direct currents for charging a storage battery while operating the engine.
Date: January 29, 1918
Creator: Winterborne, Arthur William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Moving-Picture Machine. (open access)

Moving-Picture Machine.

Patent for an improved machine to play films (moving-pictures), synchronizing both sound and picture in a single machine. Division of another patent by the same inventor (Serial No. 765,959) for a sound record film, and is intended to be used in conjunction with said patent.
Date: March 26, 1918
Creator: Craig, Richard M.
System: The Portal to Texas History