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Air Intake Device.
Patent for an air intake device for automobiles and other internal combustion engines. Provides novel and improved heated air supply for carburetors during cold weather. Adjustable to admit unheated air in various proportions according to the air temperature and weather.
Date:
January 29, 1918
Creator:
Hornburg, C.A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coupling.
Patent for a coupling to be used by military vehicles, unique in its "simplicity, rapidity in attachment and detachment, strength and durability" (lines 19-21).
Date:
May 24, 1921
Creator:
Speece, Russell. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steering Attachment for Automobiles
Patent for a steering attachment for automobiles, more specifically automobiles of Ford. This invention helps to provide stiffer friction for the steering wheel which provides stability when the driver no longer has a grip on the steering wheel. This helps keep the steering wheel from veering off and stays on track.
Date:
November 15, 1921
Creator:
Balmos, Edward J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spout for Railroad Water Tanks
Patent for improvements to railroad water tank spouts which allow for valve shut-off. The valve shut-off function controls the flow of water by suction force into the spout which will prevent wasting water.
Date:
August 13, 1918
Creator:
Metzger, Frederick
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gun-Barrel Cleaner.
Patent for a gun-barrel cleaner unique in that it cleans and oils. It also provides an adjustable handle-stop which avoids damage to muzzle end of shotgun by inexperienced users. Adjustable in order to clean different gauges.
Date:
November 14, 1922
Creator:
McCanna, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Foot-Rail and Tonneau Truck Attachment for Passenger-Cars.
Patent for "an attachment for use within the tonneau of a passenger automobile" (lines 9-10) which includes a space-efficient foot rest "which can be utilized as a support for one end portion of a supplemental platform employed in the back portion of the tonneau when the vehicle is to be used for delivery services" (lines 12-16) including illustration.
Date:
June 11, 1918
Creator:
Balmos, Edward J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Destroyer
Patent for an insect destroyer in the form of an oven that can be placed on the ground in the rows between plants to kill insects. This machine has an added benefit of killing weeds, as well.
Date:
February 5, 1918
Creator:
Cameron, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Work-Holder
Patent for a work holder used to hold securely hold a bolt, rivet or the like against movement. The work holder is used in combination with a work bench, and contains perforations to receive a variety of sizes of bolt and rivet.
Date:
September 19, 1918
Creator:
Peters, Edwards Mathias
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Press
A press adapted for packing cotton (line 13).
Date:
June 27, 1916
Creator:
Cameron, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Retaining Ring.
Patent for "a new and useful Retaining-Ring" (lines 5-6), including illustrations.
Date:
March 13, 1917
Creator:
Hornburg, Charles A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shock Absorber
Patent for shock absorbers.
Date:
November 28, 1916
Creator:
Hornburg, Charles A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pencil Sharpener and Holder.
Patent for a device that is a pencil sharpener and a pencil holder, which can clip onto a coat pocket. The device is made from a small amount of sheet metal.
Date:
June 27, 1916
Creator:
Brucks, William Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil Machine.
Patent for a pneumatic device to remove and crush boll weevils and their associated bolls on cotton plants, in the ground around cotton plants, and in the air.
Date:
October 16, 1917
Creator:
Jones, Henry A. & Harrell, Billington C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Shuck Chopper.
Patent for "an implement for cutting and removing the corn shuck or husk from the ear of corn more rapidly than any machine in the market. The invention consists of a table having in the middle of the top a longitudinal recess wit grooves on its sides, in which by means of pressing down a treadle a horizontal knife-blade slides to and fro. This knife-blade carries on its upper side a pair of movable clamps for holding an ear of corn in its place against an upright standard which is fastened on top of a stationary knife-blade." (Lines 7-19) Illustrations are included.
Date:
November 5, 1901
Creator:
Pluck, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton-Seed and Corn Planter
Patent for "a truck having operating mechanism changeable to either cotton or corn seeders and in combination therewith a hopper formed in sections, one of which is removable" (lines 14-17).
Date:
May 28, 1901
Creator:
Droitcourt, Adam
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Reversing Mechanism
Patent for an automatic reversing mechanism for cotton presses.
Date:
April 30, 1912
Creator:
Cameron, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill-Regulator
Patent for a windmill regulator, specifically windmill breaks "to be used in connection with a windmill placed upon a tower in the usual manner and having the controlling-wire depending therefrom to be drawn upon for stopping the pumping mechanism and to be released for allowing it to resume its operation" (lines 22-28), including illustrations.
Date:
September 25, 1900
Creator:
Rohlf, Claus H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock.
Patent for a lock that was invented for house doors, outside doors, inner safe doors, and other similar doors. The lock is simple in construction and easily operatable for the user's efficiency.
Date:
September 8, 1903
Creator:
Bell, William E. & Brown, Francis W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lint Packing Appratus
Patent for a lint packing apparatus for collecting packing lint from a gin saw. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 13, 1910
Creator:
Cameron, George W.; Muennink, George & Muennink, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire Setting and Cooling Machine.
Patent for a tire setting and cooling machine.
Date:
April 10, 1900
Creator:
Horn, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Poison-Distributer for Plants
Patent for a mobile, horse-drawn poison-distributer for application of a dust or spray "to destroy insects and vermin" (line 11) on "as many as five rows of plants at a time" (lines 38-39).
Date:
November 28, 1905
Creator:
Ward, Noble Wesley; Ward, Pleasant Simeon & Ward, Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Punch.
Patent for a metal punch for use on cold metal. It is designed to sit atop a blacksmith's anvil.
Date:
December 24, 1901
Creator:
Tevebaugh, Henry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plunger for Baling Presses
Patent for a plunger for baling presses. This baling press is used for the baling of cotton, hay, and similar products through the "means for mounting and actuating the ram or plunger which reciprocates in the baling chamber" (14-16) Illustration included.
Date:
December 31, 1912
Creator:
Cameron, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mowing Machine
Patent for a mowing machine. This invention is designed to attach to mowers of various sizes in order to divide material along a proper line of swath and guide it over the cutting-bar.
Date:
September 8, 1903
Creator:
Weynand, Peter
System:
The Portal to Texas History