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Attachment for Seed Planters (open access)

Attachment for Seed Planters

Patent for "improvements in attachments for seed-planters" (lines 5-6) where seeds will not be unevenly planted including illustrations.
Date: July 7, 1914
Creator: Hooks, Jesse J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Auto Body (open access)

Auto Body

Patent for an invention made for the improvements of the auto body and provide a way to convert a motor vehicle body to a comfortable bed with a foldable cushion for the back seat.
Date: September 16, 1919
Creator: Lawrence, John & Whitton, Orvil C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Plows (open access)

Attachment for Plows

Patent for a plow attachment that is easy to use, does not "require the use of a supplemental beam or handle" (lines 11-12), and can be used with different makes of plows
Date: January 14, 1919
Creator: Nunnally, Robert Bruce
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chain-Tightening Tool (open access)

Chain-Tightening Tool

Patent for a tool for tightening automobile wheel chains that is "simple in construction and may be manufactured at a comparatively low cost" (lines 14-16).
Date: August 27, 1918
Creator: Ruthven, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Necktie-Holder (open access)

Necktie-Holder

Patent for improvements to necktie-holders, particularly to prevent the neck-tie from sliding down toward the lower portion of the collar.
Date: April 21, 1921
Creator: Potter, Arthur C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Orchard-Heat or Smudge-Pot (open access)

Orchard-Heat or Smudge-Pot

Patent for a new and useful improvement in orchard-heaters and smudge-pots to provide an improved drat flue and damper carried by a cap especially adapted for use in connection with heaters or crude oil smudge pots commonly used in various orchards during frosty weather. The invention aims to provide a draft flue and damper to withstand the most severe and erratic winds, the damper capable of being opened to suit any temperature, without impairing its efficiency in protecting the draft.
Date: October 18, 1921
Creator: Potter, Arthur C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dredge. (open access)

Dredge.

Patent for an excavating machine specifically designed for canal digging, that "is an improvement upon a patent granted to Charles S. Butterfield, March 13, 197 and numbered 1,219,371" (lines 10-13). This invention provides a means for firm and stable support of the excavating machine and allows the position of the machine to be easily changed as the work progresses.
Date: November 22, 1921
Creator: Evans, Marvin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Excavator. (open access)

Excavator.

Patent for Excavator
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Butterfield, Charles S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window-Sash Lock (open access)

Window-Sash Lock

Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Window-Sash Locks" (lines 5-7). "The object in view is to produce a simple and efficient device..., [which] consists essentially in the provision of means for permitting either sash to be locked or one sash to be partially or fully opened..." (lines 17-22).
Date: July 9, 1918
Creator: Rickel, Tremont W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements to Auxiliary Clutch-Pedal Lever (open access)

Improvements to Auxiliary Clutch-Pedal Lever

Patent for improvements in Auxiliary Clutch-pedal Levers for tractor foot pedal levers, providing much greater operability when attached, but does not interfere with the driver's use of the pedal in a traditional manner.
Date: December 17, 1919
Creator: Stoltz, Otto W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Train-Stopping Apparatus (open access)

Train-Stopping Apparatus

Patent for the improvement of train stopping apparatuses, includes illustration.
Date: December 7, 1915
Creator: Bock, Victor E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock. (open access)

Nut-Lock.

Patent for a nut lock that has a washer divided on predetermined lines bent in a V-shaped fold line that provides attaching support. Identical sector-like portions of the nut lock have a curved edge that permit embedding in material through which a bolt is passed.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: Harding, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Submarine-Destroyer. (open access)

Submarine-Destroyer.

Patent for submarine destroyer that is a projectile of the harpoon type adapted to be dropped from an aeroplane with the purpose to destroy a submarine or other vessel.
Date: November 27, 1917
Creator: Garner, William W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Thermostatic Fire-Extinguishing Device (open access)

Thermostatic Fire-Extinguishing Device

Patent for a thermostatic fire-extinguishing device that improves the efficiency and operation of thermostatic fire-extinguishers.
Date: June 22, 1915
Creator: Hooks, J. J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hat-Box. (open access)

Hat-Box.

Patent for a hat box that is capable of being used on shelves with capability to pile additional objects, with a removable cover and hinged front wall.
Date: June 13, 1916
Creator: Ledbetter, Lewis J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Increasing the Quality and Volume of Oil in Wells and Removing the Oil Therefrom. (open access)

Process of Increasing the Quality and Volume of Oil in Wells and Removing the Oil Therefrom.

Patent for a method for drawing a higher quality and grade of oil from a well through the combination with gas trapped in the well.
Date: May 9, 1922
Creator: Hallmark, Elmer C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Game-Retaining Garment (open access)

Game-Retaining Garment

Patent for a garment with detachable areas that allows for the carrying and quick loading of ammunition when hunting game, and is more sanitary and durable than other options.
Date: June 17, 1919
Creator: Cox, Benjamin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety Top for Cans (open access)

Safety Top for Cans

Patent for a milk can lid which may be locked in place by a spring, and which contains a hollow chamber inside to carry "butter, or other commodities" (lines 62-63).
Date: March 2, 1920
Creator: O'Conner, Paul H. & Hardesty, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Heater. (open access)

Heater.

Patent for a heater, "designed for use in orchards for raising the temperature of the atmosphere at times when frosts or freezing temperature is threatened" (lines 11-14). Illustration included.
Date: November 18, 1919
Creator: Briscoe, Williard H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dish Washing Machine (open access)

Dish Washing Machine

Patent for "new and useful machine improvements for washing dishes and other articles" (lines 9-11).
Date: May 16, 1916
Creator: Randolph, Hallie H.
System: The Portal to Texas History