Printing Appliance (open access)

Printing Appliance

Patent for a printing appliance meant to the improve the functionality of a printer.
Date: February 25, 1919
Creator: Johnson, S. T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Seed Linting Machine. (open access)

Cotton Seed Linting Machine.

Patent for Improvements of the Cotton-Seed-Linting Machine. This improvement will allow for better stripping and cleaning of cotton lint.
Date: February 20, 1919
Creator: Voorhees, Flex E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Separating and Grading Machine (open access)

Separating and Grading Machine

Patent for a separating and grading machine that separates foreign matter from produce such as peanuts, and also the produce are cleaned and at the same time graded for the market.
Date: February 19, 1919
Creator: Sparks, James N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ratchet Release For Front Wheel Drives (open access)

Ratchet Release For Front Wheel Drives

Patent for a front-wheel drive hatchet release to be used in automobiles and other motorized vehicles.
Date: February 18, 1919
Creator: Smith, G. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin. (open access)

Clothes-Pin.

Patent for metallic clothes pins made from a single length of wire.
Date: February 11, 1919
Creator: Atkins, Irving J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Collar-Button and Necktie-Holder (open access)

Combined Collar-Button and Necktie-Holder

Patent for "an improved collar button and necktie holder made of sheet metal, celluloid, bone, rubber, or any other suitable sheet or strip material desired" (lines 8-12).
Date: February 4, 1919
Creator: Kelly, Orson N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Box. (open access)

Mail-Box.

Patent for a modified mailbox that includes design specifications, and is intended for "rural" use (Honig, 1918, p. 2).
Date: February 4, 1919
Creator: Honig, Gustav
System: The Portal to Texas History
Motor-Vehicle Body. (open access)

Motor-Vehicle Body.

Patent for a convertible truck body to be used for agricultural purposes.
Date: February 4, 1919
Creator: Ritcheson, Alvin A.
System: The Portal to Texas History