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Cultivator Attachment dated October 8, 1918
Patent for cutting cotton and maintaining it at a certain height. This can be mounted to different cultivators without any need of change or alteration.
Date:
October 8, 1918
Creator:
Fletcher W. Vaughn
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Tire
Patent for the improvement of cushion tires. The improvement produces a more resilient tire, less susceptible to punctures.
Date:
October 8, 1918
Creator:
Hemphill, Alwynn
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn or Grain Knife.
Patent for an improved corn or grain knife that is simpler in construction and inexpensive to produce. This corn or grain knife is "adapted for use in the hand of the user for clipping the tops of standing grain such as corn, by the simple act of opening and closing the hand" (lines 10-13), including illustrations.
Date:
January 8, 1918
Creator:
Holliday, Thomas B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Canning Apparatus.
Patent for an apparatus adapted for use in canning operations for steaming and cooking fruit, vegetables, and the like, in the cans.
Date:
January 8, 1918
Creator:
Mueller, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Muffler and Air-Heating Device
Patent for improvement for the muffler to silence the explosive exhaust of the internal combustion engines and to heating fresh air in facilitating the carburetion of liquid fuel oil to a combustible gaseous mixture.
Date:
October 8, 1918
Creator:
Rinehart, Thomas M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aerocompass.
Patent for an aerocompass, which improves upon a compass combined with inclinometers or map-boards. It is intended for use on submarines, airplanes, or in an area when it would be difficult to use a regular compass.
Date:
January 8, 1918
Creator:
Fischer, Fred Charlie.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Irrigation Device.
Patent for a new and improved irrigation device consisting of a swivel joint that can be quickly moved to start or stop the flow of water. The device is designed to be water tight and easily manipulated.
Date:
October 8, 1918
Creator:
Howard, Charles Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wall Construction
Patent for type of wall construction that have plastic slabs (spacers) that are superimposed and secured together by concealed mortar joints.
Date:
October 8, 1918
Creator:
Sawyer, Frank McM.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive Drifting-Valve.
Patent for locomotive drifting valves to admit saturated steam from the boiler to the steam chamber of the valve chest and cylinders while the locomotive is running with the main steam throttle closed.
Date:
January 8, 1918
Creator:
Meister, Alfred A.; Surles, John W. & Boyle, Edmund F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Watchmaker's Tool.
Patent for a watchmaking tool that enables a roller jewel to be set in the balance-wheel of a watch with accuracy, and without removing the hair-spring or the roller table.
Date:
January 8, 1918
Creator:
Kethley, Jacob D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow Attachment.
Patent for a plow attachment that works especially for plowing around smaller plants.
Date:
January 8, 1918
Creator:
Perkins, Simon F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lamp-Burner.
Patent for a lamp burner that supplies air to the lamp flame to ensure proper combustion and maximum light while keeping flame in proper position, illustration included.
Date:
January 8, 1918
Creator:
McCrone, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Tooth-Brush
Patent for a crank powered rotary toothbrush. Designed with the purpose of easily cleaning teeth with a simple automatic mechanism, with added projection via a shield around the brush for protecting gums and cheeks from being scraped by the brush.
Date:
October 8, 1918
Creator:
Abel, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sandpapering-Machine.
Patent for a compressed air sanding machine to use in finishing surfaces with sandpaper, emery cloth, or other rubbing material.
Date:
January 8, 1918
Creator:
Morreau, Emile V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Luggage-Carrier
Patent for improvements on rear folding luggage-carriers for motor cars.
Date:
October 8, 1918
Creator:
Kirkpatrick, Monroe C. & Dobbs, Charles S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Film-Mask for Cameras
Patent for adjustable (improved) mask plate for different film widths (sizes) for cameras.
Date:
October 8, 1918
Creator:
Burdette, Richard S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Heater
Patent for an improved heater for heating water and utilizing exhaust steam.
Date:
January 8, 1918
Creator:
Averitt, Robert W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Puller
Patent for improvements in pipe pullers, mechanisms for use with pipe casings for wells and the pulling of pipe and better gripping jaws.
Date:
October 8, 1918
Creator:
Robichaux, Sosthene
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker
Patent for cotton picking in relation to the picking needle that is capable of longitudinal movement.
Date:
January 8, 1918
Creator:
Johnson, Billie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for an adjustable cotton chopper which allows for the chopper to be set to different heights (vertically).
Date:
January 8, 1918
Creator:
Seamon, Albert H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Garment.
Patent for improved sport costume for, "indoor and outdoor exercises, horseback riding, and...streetwear." (lines 11-13) including illustrations.
Date:
October 8, 1918
Creator:
Copenhafer, Pearle Z.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper-Tool-Lifting Mechanism.
Patent for a "hand and footlifting mechanism capable of independent operation whereby either the hand or the foot operations may be performed, and the tools or hoes either lifted without disturbing their fixed adjustment or their elevation adjusted as desired," (lines 14-20) including illustrations.
Date:
January 8, 1918
Creator:
East, Arthur R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device For Extracting Cores From Wells.
Patent for a device to obtain samples of the core formed by drilling tools at any depth and withdrawing the same to the surface during the process of drilling.
Date:
January 8, 1918
Creator:
Dodds, Redus D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chute for Garbage
Patent for improvements to the conveyer and chutes associated with the disposal of garbage. Also delivers coal and wood to the house from outside.
Date:
January 8, 1918
Creator:
Roberson, Ella
System:
The Portal to Texas History