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Braking Actuating Mechanism for Automobiles
Patent for an improvement to braking actuating mechanism for automobiles to allow for safer braking with the lever right of the driver's seat, in particular adaptable to Ford emergency brakes.
Date:
November 30, 1917
Creator:
Baker, Howard A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Bathing Apparatus
Patent for a portable device that provides the ability to bathe using heated water.
Date:
November 30, 1917
Creator:
Richards, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Projecting Motion-Pictures.
Patent for an improvement to motion picture projectors that lowers the operating speed, thus reducing the amount of film needed for movies, and eliminates flickers in the projection. This patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 27, 1917
Creator:
Craig, Richard M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Elevator.
Patent for an automobile elevator for use in garages, which operates using the car's own movement.
Date:
November 27, 1917
Creator:
Wright, Virgil Tilden
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Signal
Patent for a signal of the nature indicated including a signal arm controlled in novel manner and movable from one position to another, the signal arm being inoperative in one position, and when moved to the other position being visible to other vehicles and pedestrians both in front and in rear, to warn them of the intention of the operator driver to turn.
Date:
November 27, 1917
Creator:
Deats, O.G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition for Sealing Tire-Punctures and the Like.
Patent for sealing tire punctures consisting of the extract obtained from boiling guayule and candelilla plants in water to which is added asbestos and fullers' earth.
Date:
November 27, 1917
Creator:
Garza, Ricardo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Threshing Machine.
Patent for an improvement to cotton-threshing machines that threshes "the cotton crop by extracting and separating the cotton locks from the bolls and stalks" (lines 13-15). This patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 27, 1917
Creator:
Patterson, Warren A. & Kemp, Joseph A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door-Check.
Patent for a door check that will be able to hold the door in any desired position to which it may be moved and it will prevent the slamming or sudden closing of the door.
Date:
November 27, 1917
Creator:
Winfrey, Edgar M. & Pike, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Necktie-Holder.
Patent for a necktie-holder "which may either be used in connection with a four-in-hand or bow tie." (lines 10-11) including illustrations. The holder has been adapted to maintain the tie in the proper position by having it be engageable with the collar button and secured within the tie. Another feature of the device is the adjustable frame which enables the holder to adapt to collars of different sizes.
Date:
November 27, 1917
Creator:
Duff, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nutcracker.
Patent for a nutcracker with an adjustable jaw and a smaller number of parts.
Date:
November 27, 1917
Creator:
Gradick, Wiley, Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Frog.
Patent for a "reversible or invertible" (line 13) railroad frog, which exhibits improved longevity and durability as compared to other railroad frogs. This patent contains illustrations.
Date:
November 27, 1917
Creator:
Reed, General B. & Morgan, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Submarine-Destroyer.
Patent for submarine destroyer that is a projectile of the harpoon type adapted to be dropped from an aeroplane with the purpose to destroy a submarine or other vessel.
Date:
November 27, 1917
Creator:
Garner, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tank Furnace
Patent for a tank-furnace for the purpose of an easier way to heat water. Development and use are within text; includes illustrations to demonstrate the object of the patent.
Date:
November 27, 1917
Creator:
Yaeger, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Terracing-Machine.
Patent for a terracing machine to provide a device to this character constructed in such a manner that farm land can be readily terraced to prevent the soil washing away. Other features are having the means for vertically adjusting either end of the terracing scraper and to allow the scraper to easily and quickly be adjusted into different angular relations to the draft tongue.
Date:
November 27, 1917
Creator:
Reese, Samuel L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trailing Device for Tractors and the Like
Patent for a device built to connect behind tractors and other farming vehicles. Development and use are within text; includes illustrations to demonstrate the object of the patent.
Date:
November 27, 1917
Creator:
Fiegelson, Alexander
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weeding-Plow.
Patent for a weeding plow designed to remove weds and mellow the ground to assist with growing corn and cotton. It includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 27, 1917
Creator:
Prohaska, Melichar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bill-Posting Blanking Device.
Patent for bill-posting blanking device for applying strips of paper to bill-boards.
Date:
November 20, 1917
Creator:
Gallia, Paul
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clock-Actuated Display Apparatus.
Patent for a clock actuated display apparatus comprising a casing, a spring-pressed rotatable reel, and display tape adapted to wind which will cause the drum to rotate.
Date:
November 20, 1917
Creator:
Shure, Ralph Deane
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Fly-Trap.
Patent for improvement to fly traps. The improved fly trap electrocutes flies and other flying insects as they enter the trap. In the trap, there is a lamp that attracts flying insects.
Date:
November 20, 1917
Creator:
Bass, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ensilage-Cutting Machine.
Patent for ensilage-cutting that will efficiently cut corn and other rough feed. It can be driven clockwise of anti-clockwise, can discharge the cut feed at different points, and has few parts. There are no cogs or gears to catch the operator's clothing.
Date:
November 20, 1917
Creator:
Sinclair, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Coop
Patent for folding coops for the shipment of meat products, such as poultry. This invention will ensure greater efficiency in shipment of products.
Date:
November 20, 1917
Creator:
Randall, John G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Linotype Machine
Patent for used producing lines of type, and it is the object of the invention to provide a comparatively simple, small, inexpensive and compact machine of that character generally resembling a type write in its construction and operation, and operable to produce lines of type.
Date:
November 20, 1917
Creator:
French, Morris
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock Attachment for Automobiles.
Patent for a lock attachment for automobiles in relation to the gear-shift levers to prevent unlicensed interference with or stealing of the car.
Date:
November 20, 1917
Creator:
Dobler, Joseph G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plate-Guard for Secondary Batteries.
Patent for a plate-guard for secondary batteries. The invention relates to guard sheaths or envelopes to provide light, rigid, and inexpensive frame of acid-proof material to be build around the plate to protect the exposed metal of the plate.
Date:
November 20, 1917
Creator:
Luthy, Joseph O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History