Resource Type
Degree Department
States
622 Matching Results
Results open in a new window/tab.
Attachment for Cameras.
Patent for an improved camera attachment for adding titles to film that prevents the film from being exposed to light except when the title is photographed, with illustrations.
Date:
May 15, 1917
Creator:
Bretz, George W.; Lowry, Claud A.; Wood, Oscar O.; Wade, J. H.; Pirtle, P. R.; Jones, F. E. et al.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Headlight-Lamp Mounting.
Patent for the improvement of automobile headlight lamp mountings. Improvement on lamp bracket described in Letters Patent Number 1,129,207, issued to the author on February 23, 1915.
Date:
May 1, 1917
Creator:
Kitching, David C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check-Book.
Patent for improvements to check-books for easier access to the check stubs.
Date:
April 10, 1917
Creator:
Schwander, Peter W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Antiseptic Shaving Outfit.
Patent for a more compact and improved version of an antiseptic shaving outfit, including illustrations.
Date:
January 2, 1917
Creator:
Braunstein, Aron
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fly-Trap
Patent for Fly Trap
Date:
March 27, 1917
Creator:
Krueger, Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check-Protector.
Patent for check-protectors that prevent unauthorized tampering with perforating rollers with springs and jaws.
Date:
March 13, 1917
Creator:
McCombs, Charles Cleveland
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coin-Holder and Indicator for Receptacles.
Patent for a device to be placed on empty milk bottles or other receptacles that are left unattended for a delivery person to exchange for full ones, including illustrations. The device indicates to the delivery person the quantity of product desired and is equipped with a pouch or pocket into which the payment for the product can be placed. In this manner, the purchaser can communicate his or her desired purchase amount to the delivery person and provide payment for same, without the requirement of being present at the time of delivery.
Date:
August 21, 1917
Creator:
Roberts, William F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil Exterminator
Patent for an air suctioning instrument that exterminates boll-weevil and other insects that infest cotton crops. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 29, 1917
Creator:
Goar, Robert Keith
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner.
Patent for an improved burner that is safe from the danger of exploding and can be made cheaply, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 7, 1917
Creator:
Hudgens, John Albert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Casing Spear
Patent for a casing spear, "to remove casing within a well or removing a tool which may be dropped within the casing," with accompanying illustrations of the patent.
Date:
October 23, 1917
Creator:
Wagner, Warren
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burial-Casket.
Patent for a burial casket made of plastic and woven wire fabric "of great strength and minimum weight" (lines 20-21) and an air- and water-tight lid, including illustrations.
Date:
July 24, 1917
Creator:
Hartman, Emanuel W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pin or Retainer.
Patent for a clothes pin, "preferably" made from non-corrosive wire, that can be moved along a clothesline while remaining clamped to laundry. It has the ability to hold clothing of varying thicknesses.
Date:
September 11, 1917
Creator:
Price, Thomas M. & Tillman, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Flame-Regulator
Patent for a simple mechanical means of automatically maintaining a desired temperature within an incubator lamp.
Date:
September 25, 1917
Creator:
Krizan, Joseph, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coupling Means for Demountable Rum Sections.
Patent for coupling means for demountable-rim sections. Improved device that is simple, durable, efficient, and inexpensive to produce.
Date:
September 25, 1917
Creator:
Cumpston, Frederick B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cleaning Device for Wells.
Patent for a device for cleaning wells. Particularly for washing out of the well screen after it has been set in the bore.
Date:
June 19, 1917
Creator:
Carden, David A.
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
Centrifugal Gun.
Patent for a centrifugal gun wherein a fixed barrel is provided.
Date:
September 25, 1917
Creator:
Brown, Archie Edwards
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Arc-Lamp.
Patent for an arc lamp that features a spring operated clutch mechanism for the upper electrode.
Date:
July 10, 1917
Creator:
Williams, Theron H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil Catcher.
Patent for an improved agricultural device for catching boll weevils and other unwanted insects, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 30, 1917
Creator:
Richards, Joe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Rule and Square.
Patent for new and useful Improvements in Combined Rules and Squares which makes it "possible to form a rigid straight rule or one or more rigid squares" (lines 24-25), including illustration and instructions.
Date:
August 21, 1917
Creator:
Grossman, Edwin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Sword and Pistol.
Patent for improvements in combined swords and pistols where the "pistol is supported by the sword blade adjacent the handle portion" (lines 11-12). The invention allows the "barrel portion of the pistol to be broken down or moved" (lines 15-16) to help with emptying the barrel and an adjustable sword handle to aid in the use of the pistol; includes illustration.
Date:
September 4, 1917
Creator:
Wigiert, Joe J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ceiling-Plate.
Patent for improvements to ceiling plates that allow a ceiling plate through which a pipe passes to remain securely attached to the ceiling (or other surface) even while the pipe expands or contracts.
Date:
June 19, 1917
Creator:
Donnelly, John R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blade Holder.
Patent for an improved blade-holder that is simple in construction and can be manufactured at a lower cost. It is designed to "permit of the blades being readily and quickly assembled in the holder and permanently clamped therein to prevent any accidental displacement or movement of the blades from such holder during the stropping." (lines 16-21), including illustrations.
Date:
November 6, 1917
Creator:
Harriss, Wade H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bridle Rod
Patent for a bridle rod that will be longitudinally adjustable for taking up the space that would be likely to occur between the switch points and the rails so that both of the switch points will, when the switch is operated, move to the proper position for presenting a smooth and even surface for the wheel flange of the railway rolling stock when the same pass over the switch.
Date:
July 17, 1917
Creator:
Mc Robertson
System:
The Portal to Texas History