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Upward-Current Separating Process and Device.
Patent for upward-current separation processes and devices to allow for working with changes in conditions and proportions with ease.
Date:
July 3, 1917
Creator:
Allen, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grading Apparatus.
Patent for improvements in grading apparatus to make it "comparatively simple and inexpensive in construction" (line 10) and readily adjustable.
Date:
April 3, 1917
Creator:
Anderson, Lycurgus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap.
Patent for Improvements in Animal Traps. This trap is a "self and everset trap" (lines 11-12) with the primary purpose of creating a trap that is "efficient of operation, economical of construction, and sanitary" (lines 14-15).
Date:
July 3, 1917
Creator:
Burgett, William Matthews
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Self Locking Mechanism for Steering Wheel Shafts of Automobiles.
Patent for new and useful improvements to the shaft of steering wheels making them safer and easier to handle.
Date:
April 3, 1917
Creator:
Cowart, Stephen A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cleaning Deep Wells.
Patent for a device that assists in cleaning deep wells that have caked material in the pumping apparatus by using hot steam.
Date:
July 3, 1917
Creator:
Deats, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Projectile.
Patent for self-propelled vehicle with means for reducing a barrier such as a wire entanglement.
Date:
July 3, 1917
Creator:
Elrod, Henry E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Wheel.
Patent for a wheel that contains heavy wire spokes, consisting of two sections that are arranged to have their adjacent ends spaced and connected by coil springs to insure resiliency.
Date:
July 3, 1917
Creator:
Fuller, Robert Nelson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hoisting Drum.
Patent for an invention that "relates to improvements in hoisting drums" (line 15-16). Structure, objective, and illustrations of hoisting drums are included.
Date:
July 3, 1917
Creator:
Howard, Henry Fischer
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jogger Attachment for Platen Printing-Press
Patent for an automatic jogging attachment for platen presses. The attachments are unique because they can be placed on the press without alterations, they allow for the stacking of sheets in a uniform manner while also being more durable and efficient.
Date:
April 3, 1917
Creator:
Howard, Lewis F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Destroying Weevils.
Patent for an apparatus for destroying weevils and moths, infesting corn, peas, hay, sweet potatoes, beans, and the like, when stored. The apparatus consists of a container with an improved means of distributing heat to the contents in which the weevils and moths are found.
Date:
July 3, 1917
Creator:
Kasmeier, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine
Patent for Rotary Engine with an illustration attached. Created to "[embody] a novel construction and assemblage of the component elements, and [embody] novel means for reversing the engine." (lines 10-15)
Date:
July 3, 1917
Creator:
Martin, Jerry M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Patent for Farming Implement
Patent for Farming Implement
Date:
April 3, 1917
Creator:
Miller, Marion R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Envelop.
Patent for "simple envelop which can be cheaply manufactured and which cannot be fraudulently tampered with or opened for the purpose of removing its contents without mutilating or injuring the envelop to an extent which would be noticable" (lines 9-14), including illustrations.
Date:
April 3, 1917
Creator:
Moore, Essie H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Air Device for Gas Engines.
Patent for a removable automatic air device for delivering air to gas engines in proportion to the speed of the engine.
Date:
April 3, 1917
Creator:
Rivers, Charles A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Freight Gang-Plank.
Patent for freight gang-planks embodying hinged sections which may be adjusted at any angle with relation to each other so that the upper section may be disposed on a horizontal plane for the purpose of allowing a loaded truck to come to rest and remain immovable until manual or mechanical power is applied to move it.
Date:
July 3, 1917
Creator:
Simpson, Louis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Front-Wheel Drive
Patent for an invention that relates to front wheel driving mechanism. This invention is to provide simple and reliable driving mechanism between the engine and each of the front wheels of a motor vehicle.
Date:
July 3, 1917
Creator:
Smith, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Door
Patent for car-door. An attempt to have a door mounted such that when it is moved, it elevates in such a way as to prevent a binding of it.
Date:
July 3, 1917
Creator:
Smith, Harry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trap.
Patent for impalement mouse trap that is intended to be manufactured and sold at a low cost.
Date:
July 3, 1917
Creator:
Speed, Jefferson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Journal-Lubricator
Patent for journal-lubricator. To provide continuous lubrication for a railway car axle.
Date:
July 3, 1917
Creator:
Urbieta, Jose Maria
System:
The Portal to Texas History