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Artificial Hand-Grip.
Patent for an improvement to artificial hand-grips that includes a pair of jaws that attaches to an artificial arm and allows wearers to perform various activities.
Date:
December 31, 1918
Creator:
Corley, Quentin D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stovepipe-Fastener.
Patent for a stovepipe fastener for the purpose of securing the end of the stovepipe into a sheet metal thimble and preventing the stovepipe being pulled out of the chimney and into the room.
Date:
December 31, 1918
Creator:
Schuch, Anthony
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Concrete Composition
Patent for a formulation of waterproof concrete that utilizes lava rocks.
Date:
December 17, 1918
Creator:
Charles E. Barglebaugh
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Interest-Computing Device.
Patent for a mechanical interest computing device, which is designed to be simple to build, maintain, and operate.
Date:
December 10, 1918
Creator:
Harris, Ira S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Disintegrating-Machine.
Patent for "bodily revolving a mass of fibrous material over a disintegrating member whereby a shearing action is had and the material disintegrated." (lines 13-16)
Date:
December 3, 1918
Creator:
Patterson, Warren A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Card-File Cabinet.
Patent for a lockable card file cabinet or casing that allows for viewing through a transparent top with use of a rod for moving cards back and forth. The transparent top allows customer information to be stored and used, but not edited without a key.
Date:
November 26, 1918
Creator:
Reeves, John R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Engine.
Patent for "engines which employ governors" (lines 11-12) "desirably located within the crank cases to be effectively lubricated by the oil which is dashed about in engine operation." (lines 13-16)
Date:
November 26, 1918
Creator:
Pratt, Clarence E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump
Patent for high pressure water pump with improved arrangement of and contact between internal pumps in order to create higher water pressure. For use by fire fighters and at pump stations, including illustrations.
Date:
November 26, 1918
Creator:
Raynes, Clarence R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Breaker and Cotton-Cleaner.
Patent for improvements to the boll breaker and cotton cleaner by changing the construction and arrangement of parts. The patent uses air pressure to move the bolly cotton through the boll breaker and cotton cleaner chambers.
Date:
November 19, 1918
Creator:
Gillespie, Solomon E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vegetable-Curing Plant
Patent for curing vegetables by a unit system. The design is a curing house of multiple bins with air circulation in each, allowing for a faster and more uniform curing process.
Date:
November 12, 1918
Creator:
Ewton, Thomas F. & Waldrop, Frances E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ash-Sieve.
Patent for a new ash sieve for a home oven.
Date:
November 2, 1918
Creator:
Steindorf, Michael C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elastic Tire.
Patent for improvements on elastic tires, so that they are solid and secured on rims of wheels laterally and circumferentially, with fastening rings that hold the tires steady with circular movement; includes illustrations.
Date:
October 29, 1918
Creator:
Avery, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Model Display Stand.
Patent for new improvements in model display stands for articles of clothing in which the display is made interchangeable and has a fabric background.
Date:
October 29, 1918
Creator:
Tyler, Claude B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Signal
Patent for a device to indicate the intention to make a turn in an automobile, with improvements made for nighttime usage, including illustrations.
Date:
October 22, 1918
Creator:
Illingworth, Sam
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Military or Other Insignia
Patent for improved military or other insignia pin. It is an attempt to improve the pin design with stronger materials and different construction methods.
Date:
October 22, 1918
Creator:
Semans, Clare L & Heiligman, Edward C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Muffler and Air-Heating Device
Patent for improvement for the muffler to silence the explosive exhaust of the internal combustion engines and to heating fresh air in facilitating the carburetion of liquid fuel oil to a combustible gaseous mixture.
Date:
October 8, 1918
Creator:
Rinehart, Thomas M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wall Construction
Patent for type of wall construction that have plastic slabs (spacers) that are superimposed and secured together by concealed mortar joints.
Date:
October 8, 1918
Creator:
Sawyer, Frank McM.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence Fabric.
Patent for a new kind of fence fabric that lays flatter, can be made more efficiently, and slips less.
Date:
September 24, 1918
Creator:
Dobkins, Pearl
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Signal Apparatus for Motor-Vehicles
Patent for automobile signaling apparatus. The apparatus is designed to signal the operator's direction to other drivers.
Date:
September 17, 1918
Creator:
Riggs, Fletcher S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sound-Producing Maching
Patent for "sound producing instruments and sound imitators and comprises an assemble of a plurality of sound producing instruments all unified through a central control for us in connection with theaters and particularly moving pictures."
Date:
September 10, 1918
Creator:
Illo, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drier
Patent for inventing an low cost and efficient apparatus for a drier. The primary use is for drying fertilizers and animal hair, but can also be adapted for other commodities.
Date:
August 27, 1918
Creator:
Luther, Calvin R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sight Feed Measuring Device
Patent for a "sight-feed" (line 10), a measuring device that lets the user see how much gasoline is still available in the container. Specifically adaptable to commerical fuel pumps.
Date:
August 20, 1918
Creator:
Terry, Graydon M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Airship.
Patent for improved airship design involving the containment of gas in an envelop and the passage of gas through multiple compartments with the purpose of facilitating, "steering or repairing of the machine." (line 17) including illustrations.
Date:
August 13, 1918
Creator:
Rainey, James E. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window Washer And Wiper.
Patent for improvement in window washer and wiper design pertaining to the windshields or windows of street cars.
Date:
August 6, 1918
Creator:
Randall, John G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History