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Traction Engine.
Patent for an improved version of traction engine with ambulatory wheels that improve the design, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 12, 1916
Creator:
Altgelt, Herman E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mattress
Patent for a mattress. This invention relates more particularly to the pattern of the blank from which the casing is made to provide a simple and durable structure and may be rolled or folded when not in use.
Date:
December 19, 1916
Creator:
Anderson, Forest H. & McClinton, Elmore
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Semi-Automatic Steering Gear Operating Mechanism
Patent for Semi-automatic Steering Gear Operating Mechanism
Date:
December 12, 1916
Creator:
Austin, Frank W.
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
Land Marker
Patent for land markers that can be used as guides such as for planting.
Date:
December 19, 1916
Creator:
Bland, Royal H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paint Composition
Patent for
Date:
December 9, 1916
Creator:
Brooks, Benjamin T. & Padgett, Fred W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Metal-Bending Machine.
Patent for machine enhancements for bending metal bars.
Date:
December 12, 1916
Creator:
Bussel, Herman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Garment-Stretcher
Patent for garment-stretchers that improve the stretching and pressing of garments to keep them in better shape. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 12, 1916
Creator:
Carlson, Magnus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed Cotton Cleaner
Patent for a cleaner for seed cotton, in preparation for supplying the cotton to gins.
Date:
December 19, 1916
Creator:
Cass, Thomas M.
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
Feeding and Packing Mechanism for Baling Presses
Patent for condenser that positively feeds cotton into the press box.
Date:
December 26, 1916
Creator:
Christopher, Giles V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaner
Patent for Cotton Cleaner
Date:
December 12, 1916
Creator:
Dickerson, Eustice E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harrow
Patent for harrow that is helpful when replanting on hard ground.
Date:
December 19, 1916
Creator:
Dickinson, Kyle R.
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
Bottle Attachment
Patent for attachment that prevents a person from accidentally consuming poison.
Date:
December 26, 1916
Creator:
Drouilhet, William L.
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
Pencil Attachment
Patent for device that continuously applies mucilage to the penil without rendering it sticky.
Date:
December 26, 1916
Creator:
Elliott, Claud B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Delivery-Reel for Printing Presses
Patent for "improvements in delivery reels for printing presses, and more particularly to such reels on the so-called stop cylinder press having a reciprocatory bed carrying the type, and its object is to provide the delivery reel with mechanism whereby the paper will, after being removed from the cylinder be carried to such a position that its lower edge will be removed from the proximity to the type to prevent its engagement therewith on the return stroke of the bed" (lines 13-24) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 26, 1916
Creator:
Garlick, Mark J.
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
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
Rotary Boring Drill
Patent for a rotary boring drill that shears off material in a circular manner while drilling holes.
Date:
December 19, 1916
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
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
Wire Stretcher
Patent for improved construction of wire stretcher.
Date:
December 19, 1916
Creator:
Johnson, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vise and Saw Clamp
Patent for a vise and a saw clamp
Date:
December 19, 1916
Creator:
King, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History