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Automatic Weighing Scale
Patent for moving a pole along a beam that efficiently measures weight as a scale.
Date:
June 29, 1918
Creator:
Foster Jr., Samuel T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Marking-Pot and Brush.
Patent for a combined marking-pot and brush where the marking-pot "will effectually support a brush and prevent the handle thereof from dropping down in to the ink or paint contained therein" (lines 13-16). The marking-pot also provides a detachable cover to prevent spilling.
Date:
January 29, 1918
Creator:
McCombs, Charles C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Intake Device.
Patent for an air intake device for automobiles and other internal combustion engines. Provides novel and improved heated air supply for carburetors during cold weather. Adjustable to admit unheated air in various proportions according to the air temperature and weather.
Date:
January 29, 1918
Creator:
Hornburg, C.A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blackboard-Cleaner.
Patent for a blackboard cleaner that incorporates a "water reservoir having manually controlled means for communicating the water of the reservoir to the rubbing element of the cleaner" (lines 13-17) including an illustration. The rubbing element was also made to be easily removed for replacement or cleaning.
Date:
January 29, 1918
Creator:
Satrum, Gilbert G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed-Cover Holder
Patent for bed cover holder, particularly the clamping mechanism that holds the covers to the bed and allows the clamps to grasp "covers of different thicknesses" (lines 25-26) without requiring clamp adjustment.
Date:
October 29, 1918
Creator:
Hillman, Emmie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Activated-Sludge Treatment.
Patent for a method that dehydrates sewage for easier removal.
Date:
January 29, 1918
Creator:
Moor, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brace Attachment For Seats
Patent for diver stability and control of heavy machinery like cultivators, mowers, etc. Is designed to attach to all machine seats and adjust to a driver's leg or thigh; it also functions as a foot rest.
Date:
October 29, 1918
Creator:
Hart, Henry, C., Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake for Automobiles
Patent for air-brakes in automobiles. It is a system that replaces fluid braking systems with an air-based braking system.
Date:
October 29, 1918
Creator:
Daniel, Wiley Eugene
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Track Gage
Patent for a track laying appliance which gages the distance between the rails of a track so that the rails may be disposed at the proper gages at all times. (Lines 10-13)
Date:
October 29, 1918
Creator:
McGuire, Johnie A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter.
Patent for an improved stalk cutter that can be connected with lister beams and thus, able to be connected to the lister to cut the stalks while plowing.
Date:
January 29, 1918
Creator:
Thompson, Roy De Witt
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Model Display Stand.
Patent for new improvements in model display stands for articles of clothing in which the display is made interchangeable and has a fabric background.
Date:
October 29, 1918
Creator:
Tyler, Claude B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Rectifier.
Patent for a mechanical rectifier for automobiles. This mechanical rectifier connects with the magneto or generator to turn alternating currents into to direct currents for charging a storage battery while operating the engine.
Date:
January 29, 1918
Creator:
Winterborne, Arthur William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pocket Hair Brush.
Patent for useful improvements on the pocket hairbrush in which the bristles are movably mounted in a supporting frame in order to make the brush more compact.
Date:
October 29, 1918
Creator:
Walbach, James de B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press
Patent for the hay press. The object of this invention is to provide a novel construction for operating the compressing head or plunger of a press, which structure is extremely simple in construction, durable and easy to operate. Illustrations of this invention are provided.
Date:
January 29, 1918
Creator:
Payne, Alvah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Self-Cleaning Harrow and Cultivator.
Patent for a harrow and cultivator "which is self-cleaning in that, by manipulation of certain mechanism embodied in the machine, the teeth or shovels are caused to rotate about axes, giving up any stalks, grass, or other fibrous matter which may cling to the teeth or shovels impeding the working of the soil" (lines 15-21).
Date:
January 29, 1918
Creator:
Miner, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roof Structure.
Patent for an improved roof structure that has "movable panels in the roof and side walls... to permit of manual adjustment to regulate the temperature, light, and moisture" (lines 10-14). This patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 29, 1918
Creator:
Simon, Jacob P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of and Apparatus for Earth-Boring
Patent for earth-boring apparatus.
Date:
October 29, 1918
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elastic Tire.
Patent for improvements on elastic tires, so that they are solid and secured on rims of wheels laterally and circumferentially, with fastening rings that hold the tires steady with circular movement; includes illustrations.
Date:
October 29, 1918
Creator:
Avery, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Display Rack.
Patent for rotary display rack for goods to be readily exhibited.
Date:
January 29, 1918
Creator:
Koehler, Bert J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History