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Windmill Pipe Attachment (open access)

Windmill Pipe Attachment

Patent for a windmill pipe attachment that is meant to close the vent opening of a windmill and drain from an opening of the user's choosing.
Date: December 30, 1919
Creator: Boerner, Fredrick W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Heating Attachment for Internal-Combustion Motors. (open access)

Water-Heating Attachment for Internal-Combustion Motors.

Patent for a water heating attachment for internal combustion motors that will allow the cooling fluid in said motors to remain heated even when the motor is at rest, especially during freezing temperatures, including illustration.
Date: December 7, 1920
Creator: Clayton, Oscar B. & Oberwetter, George T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waterproofing Composition and Process of Making the Same. (open access)

Waterproofing Composition and Process of Making the Same.

Patent for a new and useful improvement to a soluble composition that when applied to fabrics as a fluid, allows for making it waterproof and also fabric preservation.
Date: December 23, 1919
Creator: Mayer, Max B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Gage. (open access)

Water-Gage.

Patent for a water-gage measuring the height or volume of water in a steam boiler, particularly those "held closed by the weight of the operating handle" (lines 11-12). The device is designed for simple manufacture and easy assembly & disassembly without tools, and features a valve seat that stays in place, illustrations included.
Date: December 30, 1919
Creator: Leidecker, Helmoth M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water Tank Cut-Off (open access)

Water Tank Cut-Off

Patent for improvements on the devices controlling the flow of water in tanks. Development and use are within text; includes illustrations to demonstrate the object of the patent.
Date: December 11, 1917
Creator: Law, Eugene L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill Attachment. (open access)

Windmill Attachment.

Patent for an attachment for hand or windmill pumps in order to reduce stress of upward and load moving strokes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 23, 1919
Creator: Bertrand, Rabb A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Working Machine. (open access)

Wire-Working Machine.

Patent for improvements in Wire-Working Machines that forms hangers for "coats, trousers, and other clothing" (lines 11-12). Provides a more inexpensive, faster, and more accurate machine that uses less power, includes illustrations.
Date: December 16, 1919
Creator: Shelton, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Switch (open access)

Electric Switch

Patent is for electric switch that minimizes other phone interference and limits each call to a single caller on the line. Two lines can be connected to the switch.
Date: December 4, 1917
Creator: Teare, J. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improving Oils. (open access)

Improving Oils.

Patent for a method of improving the quality of more volatile petroleum oils, such as gasoline and burning oils.
Date: December 23, 1919
Creator: McAfee, Almer M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Traffic-Signal. (open access)

Traffic-Signal.

Patent for a traffic signal that provides a way for automobiles to notify other vehicles that the operator is about to make a turn or bring his vehicle a stop, with illustrations.
Date: December 23, 1919
Creator: Tillery, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tractor-Coupling (open access)

Tractor-Coupling

Patent for tractor coupling. The object of the invention is to provide a coupling for tractor and plow. When a plow hits an obstruction, the coupling will automatically disengage tractor and plow without breaking any parts.
Date: December 21, 1920
Creator: Hart, Lawrence H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well Capping Device. (open access)

Well Capping Device.

Patent for "new and useful improvements in a well capping device." [lines 9-10]
Date: December 2, 1919
Creator: Thrift, Homer C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ventilated Body-Garment. (open access)

Ventilated Body-Garment.

Patent for new ventilated body-garments "known as union-oversuits or "unionalls"" (lines 15-16) which improves the shoulder coverings and open armpit areas, allowing the passage of air but covering the area from rain.
Date: December 28, 1920
Creator: Jenkins, William M. & Vaughan, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trap (open access)

Trap

Patent for a bird-catching trap that has an entrance that is always open but prevents exit; also includes a device that keeps the bait visible but never attainable
Date: December 23, 1919
Creator: Mayse, Henry F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tractor Attachment (open access)

Tractor Attachment

Patent for a tractor attachment. The purpose of this attachment is to lift up the back wheels of the driving vehicle and improving the power of the vehicle.
Date: December 17, 1918
Creator: Thomas, Samuel Shelby
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washboiler (open access)

Washboiler

Patent for an improved wash boiler that contains a false bottom and ejectors to more efficiently clean the wash boiler, and to better control the passage of water.
Date: December 16, 1919
Creator: McFarland, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Traffic-Signal. (open access)

Traffic-Signal.

Patent for a traffic signal designed especially for use while attached to an automobile, illustrations included. The device is intended to indicate the direction of proposed turning and travel of the vehicle via controls that are convenient to the vehicle operator.
Date: December 9, 1919
Creator: Wilke, Edward V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Pressure and Time Indicator (open access)

Hydraulic Pressure and Time Indicator

Patent for hydraulic pressure and time indicator for "recording the times when hydraulic cylinders are in operation and to indicate when the cylinders commence work or reach the required pressure" (lines 10 - 14).
Date: December 24, 1918
Creator: Helm, Clyde D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Storage-Rack. (open access)

Storage-Rack.

Patent for a mounted storage rack for automobiles that can be folded onto the running board. The rack may be shortened or lengthened for running boards of different lengths, or to provide a storage space of a given length.
Date: December 23, 1919
Creator: Turner, John S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Huller (open access)

Huller

Patent for hullers for removing hulls of shells for seeds or other similar products. The invention "is of especial utility in hullers for cottons seeds." However, it is noted that a cotton seed huller is only one adaptation of the invention.
Date: December 21, 1920
Creator: Vardell, Arthur A. & Highland Gee Vardell
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Cotton Picker (open access)

Pneumatic Cotton Picker

Patent for an improved Pneumatic Cotton Picker. This invention was created to eliminate the tendancy for leaves to be bundled in with the cotton when picked by other Pneumatic Cotton Pickers.
Date: December 10, 1918
Creator: Radford, Will H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanism for Hanging Car-Doors and The Like (open access)

Mechanism for Hanging Car-Doors and The Like

Patent for a mechanism for hanging car doors and similar objects. The tool reduces the amount of people needed to install a car door or similar object, providing a more efficient installation.
Date: December 24, 1918
Creator: Hartough, Edward W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire Tool (open access)

Tire Tool

Patent for improvements in tire tools by Mr. Preston G. Taylor. These improvements relate to "expanding demountable tire-carrying rims of split tires," the object of which is the provision of a tool by which the rim, "can easily be contracted for removal from the tire," and "expanded to its proper position after the tire has been put back on the rim" (lines 8-15).
Date: December 2, 1919
Creator: Taylor, Preston G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mail Delivery Apparatus (open access)

Mail Delivery Apparatus

Patent for improvements to mail delivery through sorting and distribution to different destinations with illustrations.
Date: December 16, 1919
Creator: Cobb, Albert C.
System: The Portal to Texas History