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Adjustable Window-Shade
Patent for an adjustable window-shade that is more useful and can be "raised and lowered in its entirety" (lines 10-11) including instructions and illustration.
Date:
December 5, 1916
Creator:
Hayes, George Daniel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washboard
Patent for washboard that "is made for automatically moving, step by step, a cake of soap inclosed in a housing" (lines 9-11) against the cloths being washed and is "operated by the pressure exerted through the rubbing action upon a rubbing board associated with the device" (lines 22-24).
Date:
December 5, 1916
Creator:
Durden, Perrey Milton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Making Food Products.
Patent for a new process "to make lard and butter substitutes, and other edible fatty products possessing the desired consistency and flavor" (lines 27-30) by hydrogenizing oils and fats. Includes explanation of the process.
Date:
December 5, 1916
Creator:
Walker, Thomas Bailey
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow Attachment
Patent for Plow Attachment
Date:
December 5, 1916
Creator:
Smith, Fletcher
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Measuring Instrument for Curved Surfaces
Patent for Measuring Instrument for Curved Surfaces
Date:
December 5, 1916
Creator:
Mckinney, Elnathan J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Egg Testing Globe
Patent for egg tester, where you can place an egg into the globe and see if it is fertilized.
Date:
December 5, 1916
Creator:
Woolfolk, Paul E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Neck Yoke
Patent for neck yokes, particularly for hogs, but not made especially for hogs.
Date:
December 5, 1916
Creator:
McClure, Cicero F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insulating Tube
Patent for sercuing, protecting, and insulating electrical wires.
Date:
December 5, 1916
Creator:
Morene, Carl T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Movement
Patent for mechanical movement that aids in operating a gin automatically.
Date:
December 5, 1916
Creator:
Tucker, Roger V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reversing Mechanism For Engines.
Patent for improvements in "reversing mechanism for engines, where the operating lever may be supported in such a manner as to substantially eliminate lost motion, and where the reverse lever may be operated with greater convenience and facility." (lines 11-17).
Date:
December 5, 1916
Creator:
Wagner, Warren
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telpherage Apparatus
Patent for Telpherage Apparatus
Date:
December 5, 1916
Creator:
Drinkard, Ithamar B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring Foot Cultivator Attachement
Patent for device that spreads the links that lead from a spring foot cultivators to the tilling shoes.
Date:
December 5, 1916
Creator:
Grayson, Wilbur D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Double Action Well Pump
Patent for a double action well pump that only uses a single cylinder
Date:
December 5, 1916
Creator:
Jacob, Ernst A. H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Switch Throwing Apparatus
Patent for a device that will automatically throw a switch upon the presence of an on-coming train, and switch it back after the train has passed.
Date:
December 5, 1916
Creator:
Bida, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Gas Valves
Patent for automatic gas valve that will close if the pressure is detected to be too low.
Date:
December 5, 1916
Creator:
Chism, Sylvester J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Construction.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in Railway Constructions" (lines 6-7) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 5, 1916
Creator:
Oliver, Lavan; Oliver, Tilden B. & West, Gorge W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll Breaker and Cotton Cleaner
Patent for a device that will break open harvested cotton bolls, while simultaneously cleaning the cotton.
Date:
December 5, 1916
Creator:
Peterman, Toney S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History