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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
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
Station-Indicator. (open access)

Station-Indicator.

Patent for an automatic station indicator for railway coaches.
Date: February 11, 1919
Creator: Large, WIlliam A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Four Wheel Drive Mechanism (open access)

Four Wheel Drive Mechanism

Patent for giving engine power equally to all four wheels of a vehicle.
Date: February 25, 1919
Creator: Littlejohn, Lonzo B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Grinding Device (open access)

Valve-Grinding Device

Patent for a device that can simultaneously grind "several valves of a multi-cylinder engine or motor" (lines 11-12). This device allows the "ready interchangeability, repair and adjustment of the working parts" (lines 16-17).
Date: February 4, 1919
Creator: Lohec, Joseph C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carpenter's Tool. (open access)

Carpenter's Tool.

Patent for carpenter's tool that has an "adjustable pattern" that can assist in "determining the exact size and configuration of the space in which a stair tread or riser is adapted to be fitted" (lines 9 - 12).
Date: February 11, 1919
Creator: McDermett, Jim E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gas Producer (open access)

Gas Producer

Patent for a new and more efficient type of gas producer.
Date: February 25, 1919
Creator: Modlin, Frank E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Filter. (open access)

Filter.

Patent for an improvement in filters to remove impurities from gasoline and oil and to reuse the gasoline and oil. Includes illustrations.
Date: February 4, 1919
Creator: Northrup, Early
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bit-Hoist (open access)

Bit-Hoist

Patent for easy removal of bits from drilling machines.
Date: February 11, 1919
Creator: Parrish, Benjamin Eugene & Stage, Solomon
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Blacking Kit. (open access)

Portable Blacking Kit.

Patent for a small affordable and portable space that "travelers, soldiers, or other parties" can carry a shoe shining kit in. The box can carry "blacking brushes, cloth and the usual articles carried in a kit of this kind".
Date: February 11, 1919
Creator: Reid, Chauncey S.
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
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
Saw-Handle. (open access)

Saw-Handle.

Patent for improvements in saw-handles. Invention provides for adjustable and detachable means for clamping of a saw blade. The device includes a "head member, means for clamping the end of a saw blade" (lines 19-20).
Date: February 18, 1919
Creator: Smith, Lee A.
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
Linotype and Intertype (open access)

Linotype and Intertype

Patent for automatic stopping of matrices.
Date: February 11, 1919
Creator: Sundstrom, Herman T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clutch. (open access)

Clutch.

Patent for "the principal object of this invention to provide a compact and efficient friction clutch for transmitting power from a single driving member to a plurality of individual driven mechanisms" (lines 11-15), including illustrations.
Date: February 4, 1919
Creator: Taft, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Road-Light. (open access)

Automobile Road-Light.

Patent for an automobile road-light improvement that causes the lights of a moving vehicle to move in conformity of the vehicle itself. The device is readily attachable to automobiles of standard type.
Date: February 25, 1919
Creator: Tausch, Joseph H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal-Lubricator. (open access)

Journal-Lubricator.

Patent for a railway journal lubricator with a reservoir and lubricating rollers for supplying lubricant to the railway journal.
Date: February 4, 1919
Creator: Urbieta, Jose M.
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
Grain-Harvester. (open access)

Grain-Harvester.

Patent for an improved grain harvester design.
Date: February 25, 1919
Creator: Wells, Homer C.
System: The Portal to Texas History