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Diving Gear for Motor Vehicles (open access)

Diving Gear for Motor Vehicles

Patent for new type of driving gear for motor-vehicles that allows power to be carried independent of the direct drive to improve the life of the engine and fuel efficiency.
Date: March 9, 1914
Creator: Byars, Edgar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dirigible Headlight Construction for Automobiles. (open access)

Dirigible Headlight Construction for Automobiles.

Patent for improvements in dirigible headlight constructions for automobiles. Two major useful improments are mentioned: a) a headlight that is constructed so that when a car turns, the headlight on the turning side of the car will alone be turned in the same direction and b) a headlight that is constructed so that the driver can manually turn either headlight, allowing the headlights to act as search lights if necessary.
Date: November 7, 1922
Creator: Ross, Maxwell
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gas Stove. (open access)

Gas Stove.

Patent for a gas stove that is "simple, inexpensive, durable and reliable" (lines 9-10). Gas will be distributed more evenly throughout the stove and better sealing prevents gas odors from escaping.
Date: February 14, 1922
Creator: Wood, Thomas E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Engine. (open access)

Engine.

Patent for a new engine designed to maximize power output by using a single crank's bearing surface and increase the crank power without lengthening the piston travel.
Date: October 18, 1921
Creator: Ingram, Joseph D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Polish-Box Opener. (open access)

Polish-Box Opener.

Patent for a tool designed to open boxes of shoe polish paste.
Date: June 14, 1921
Creator: Ramon, Zaragoza Gonsalez
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tractor (open access)

Tractor

Patent for improvements in tractors for farm and road work. Improvements include enclosing all working parts within a protecting housing, mounting the motor for rotation, balance the weight, provide a wheel carriage to adjust the width and height, and to provide shifting gears.
Date: April 26, 1921
Creator: Ingram, Joseph D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Priming-Cup (open access)

Priming-Cup

Patent for an improved version of the priming cup "shown in Patent No. 1,329,464, granted February 3, 1920" (lines13-14). Includes illustrations.
Date: April 5, 1921
Creator: Martinek, Stanley A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel-Tread. (open access)

Wheel-Tread.

Patent for improvements on tractor wheel tread design, the structure of which was previously submitted by the inventor in 1918. This improved wheel tread makes the structure stronger and more compact.
Date: March 29, 1921
Creator: Ingram, Joseph D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Rack (open access)

Clothes-Rack

Patent for Clothes Rack. This helps dry clothes indoors when the weather is bad outside.
Date: March 22, 1921
Creator: Wells, Lillie Bell
System: The Portal to Texas History
Floor-Mop Wringer (open access)

Floor-Mop Wringer

Patent for a mop wringing frame that is portable and independent of the mop and the water receptacle. The device causes the mop to be subjected to a twisting action when the handle of the mop is rotated.
Date: March 1, 1921
Creator: Paul, Jennie Henry & Paul, William Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel Tread. (open access)

Wheel Tread.

Patent for wheel treads designed for heavy vehicles. The metal shoes on the tread are to help enable the vehicle to go over both hard and soft surfaces.
Date: February 8, 1921
Creator: Ingram, Joseph D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Guard. (open access)

Guard.

Patent for a guard for marine vessels against torpedoes.
Date: September 21, 1920
Creator: Muncy, David J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench. (open access)

Wrench.

Patent for a wrench specifically made to remove well drill bits from the drill.
Date: April 13, 1920
Creator: Stover, Willard L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Priming Cup for Internal Combustion Motors (open access)

Priming Cup for Internal Combustion Motors

Patent for "Improvements in Priming-Cups for Internal-Combustion Motors" (lines 4-5) including illustrations.
Date: February 3, 1920
Creator: Martinek, Stanley A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vise for Drilling-Machines (open access)

Vise for Drilling-Machines

Patent for a vise for drilling-machines with a novel construction and combination of parts. The work is positioned and clamped under the drill.
Date: September 9, 1919
Creator: Joyce, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Motor-Vehicle (open access)

Motor-Vehicle

Patent for a new Motor-Vehicle (relate to motor vehicle) that provide cushioning means for the steering wheel of a tractor.
Date: August 12, 1919
Creator: Ingram, Joseph D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner (open access)

Oil Burner

Patent for oil burner "in which the oil will be atomized by and thoroughly mixed with air or steam under pressure and if used in the presence of steam be preheated before admixture ... of use in power plants and in stoves, furnaces and the like" (lines 11-18).
Date: August 20, 1918
Creator: Mayer, E. R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transmission-Gearing. (open access)

Transmission-Gearing.

Patent for "improvements in variable speed transmission gearing, adapted for use upon automobiles or the like, while not necessarily restricted to such use. An important object of the invention is to provide apparatus of the above mentioned character, which is so constructed that the various speeds may be obtained in a highly expeditious and convenient manner" (lines 11-17) including an illustration and instructions.
Date: June 4, 1918
Creator: Pilcher, Newton R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door-Locking Device (open access)

Door-Locking Device

Patent for Door-Locking Device
Date: November 21, 1916
Creator: Newcome, Robert B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Holding-Clip. (open access)

Holding-Clip.

Patent for improvements on a holding clip for "cloth or other allied material." (line 79)
Date: August 29, 1916
Creator: Crume, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interior Bracing For Silos (open access)

Interior Bracing For Silos

The invention relates to silos and the removable devices that prevent the silos from collapsing when empty. The object is to provide wooden stave silos with certain adjustable and economical braces which are easily and quickly applied. It will be highly efficient in preventing the blowing down or collapsing of silos when empty. They would also be able to be easily and quickly removed when the silos are being filled.
Date: August 31, 1915
Creator: Galbraith, Henry William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interior Bracing of Silos. (open access)

Interior Bracing of Silos.

Patent for removable parts for silos to prevent the silo from collapsing when empty, including illustrations.
Date: June 23, 1914
Creator: Galbraith, Henry W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rope Guide and Protector. (open access)

Rope Guide and Protector.

Patent for improvements to rope guides and protectors for "unloading grain from cars, to prevent the rope from wearing during its passage around the door jamb of the [train] car, and also to prevent friction during such passage of the rope" (lines 14-18).
Date: July 27, 1915
Creator: Early, Allen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Internal-Combustion Engine. (open access)

Internal-Combustion Engine.

Patent for a two-cycle, reciprocating piston internal combustion engine that preheats incoming fuel and is designed to run smoothly and reduce vibration, including illustrations.
Date: January 12, 1915
Creator: Bukoviny, Frank W.
System: The Portal to Texas History