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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
Support for Line-Wires.
Patent for support for line wires that can be quickly connected to the line wire and at the same time preventing the line wire from being bent to a large extent.
Date:
November 20, 1917
Creator:
Head, Vernon
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Fender
Patent for cultivator fenders, which will assist in tilling the earth for proper planting methods. This invention will allow for the removal of weeds close to plants without burying the plants in soil.
Date:
November 16, 1917
Creator:
William M. Peel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Water Cut-Off
Patent for improvements to automatic water cut-offs adapted to be useful "in the event of the falling of temperature to freezing or any other predetermined degree of automatically cutting off the flow of the water." (Lines 18-22).
Date:
November 13, 1917
Creator:
Goodridge Wilson B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Casing-Shoe.
Patent for new and useful Improvements in Casing-Shoes whose object is to "clamp around the tread of a tire casing for the purpose of reinforcing weak places in the casing, for repairing 'blow-outs' and for the purpose of preventing the 'skidding' of the vehicle" (lines 13-17), including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
November 13, 1917
Creator:
Tuttle, Frank & Hall, Lewis T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Square-Gathering Device
Patent for cotton square gathering device will "provide a gatherer by means of which the punctured squares can be quickly collected off of the ground without compelling the user to bend, as ordinarily, with the result that a much smaller number of people can gather the punctured squares in a given area than has been possible heretofore in a given length of time" (lines 21 - 28).
Date:
November 13, 1917
Creator:
Summers, Martin Vandver & Passmore, Henry Tracy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Demountable Rim
Patent for "a demountable vehicle rim, which may be quickly secured to or detached from the felly rim or band of a wheel" (lines 9 - 11). As well as "to provide a demountable rim having lugs adapted to fit within bayonet slots in the felly band and be secured therein against rotational movement relative to the wheel by a plurality of spring pressed wedges or keys" (lines 16 - 21).
Date:
November 13, 1917
Creator:
Stroud, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dish-Washing Machine.
Patent for an improved dish-washing machine with removable platforms to hold the dishes to be cleaned and water spraying from both top and bottom of the device, including illustrations.
Date:
November 13, 1917
Creator:
Crow, Jesse J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flame-Proof Insulation.
Patent for "flame proof" insulation that is a composition comprising of chlorinated petroleum material.
Date:
November 13, 1917
Creator:
Ellis, Carleton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Preventing Clogging of the Working Barrels of Pumps.
Patent for an apparatus that prevents the clogging of the working barrels of pumps.
Date:
November 13, 1917
Creator:
Carmichael, Robert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Permutation-Lock.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in permutation-locks." (Lines 6-7) This lock is specifically designed to protect delivered milk bottles from theft.
Date:
November 13, 1917
Creator:
Kirkpatrick, Otey R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History