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Diving-Armor. (open access)

Diving-Armor.

Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Diving-Armor" (lines 5-6) relating to protection from high pressure, enabling arm and hand movements, an outside air supply, and an oxygen tank. Includes illustrations.
Date: June 3, 1919
Creator: Long, James F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fluid Dispensing Apparatus (open access)

Fluid Dispensing Apparatus

Patent for a fluid dispensing apparatus meant to improve the dispensation of oil and similar liquids from appropriate faucets.
Date: June 3, 1919
Creator: Kincaid, C. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Separator for Secondary Batteries (open access)

Separator for Secondary Batteries

Patent for an improved secondary battery separator.
Date: June 3, 1919
Creator: Luthy, J. O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Treating Wood (open access)

Process of Treating Wood

Patent for a new method of treating wood.
Date: November 3, 1919
Creator: Lyon, Leonidas N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Head or Tail Light for Automobiles. (open access)

Head or Tail Light for Automobiles.

Patent for head or tail light for automobiles with adaptations of optical signaling and lighting devices used to make the vehicle and its intended change of drive direction and other traffic signals visible at night. This design also includes indicia, or specific distinguishing marks noting right and left turns.
Date: June 3, 1919
Creator: Heartsill, Isaac Newton.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Bale-Forming-Compress (open access)

Automatic Bale-Forming-Compress

Patent for the automation of compression and creation of hay bales.
Date: June 3, 1919
Creator: Dudley, Andrew T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cable Head (open access)

Cable Head

Patent for a connector in an early aeroplane (airplane) for the turnbuckle and ropes.
Date: June 3, 1919
Creator: Dickson, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fuel Rod Coupling (open access)

Fuel Rod Coupling

Patent for a new type of fuel rod coupling, or "sucker rod," meant to increase the durability of pipes and rods used in drilling operations.
Date: June 3, 1919
Creator: Sheldon, W. J. & Allen, C. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vibrating Churn (open access)

Vibrating Churn

Patent for a vibrating churn design meant to improve the process of churning liquids.
Date: June 3, 1919
Creator: Yount, J. E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lemon and Lime Squeezer (open access)

Lemon and Lime Squeezer

Patent for an improved lemon and lime squeezer that can divide the lemon and lime into two halves and squeeze the halves in succession, or one half be left un-squeezed.
Date: June 3, 1919
Creator: Bolton, Jack R.; Williams, John D. & Struve, Felix L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Turnbuckle (open access)

Turnbuckle

Patent for a stretching screw, turnbuckle. It adjusts the tension of cables and was used in early aeroplanes (airplanes).
Date: June 3, 1919
Creator: Dickson, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Screen. (open access)

Well-Screen.

Patent for a well-screen formed of perforated pipes for oil production to filter sand and detritus, including illustrations.
Date: June 3, 1919
Creator: Mack, James O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Speed-Operated Circuit-Closer. (open access)

Speed-Operated Circuit-Closer.

Patent for an alarm trigger or stopping device on belt driven grain elevators.
Date: July 3, 1919
Creator: Touchy, Frank Earl
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sun-Hat (open access)

Sun-Hat

Patent for headgear especially adapted for use as a sun hat, in which it provides a sun hat 1) to create the crown and brim from a single sheet and fabric, 2) have self-adjusting means for different head shapes and sizes, 3) to be durable, desirable, and neat in appearance, and 4) to have a brim retained in position by a bracing wire which may be conveniently removed.
Date: September 3, 1919
Creator: Satterfield, Rosa P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washer for Well Screens. (open access)

Washer for Well Screens.

Patent for improvements in a washer for well screens relating to oil wells, using a fluid conducting tube, to be let down in a well.
Date: June 3, 1919
Creator: Mack, James O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for improvements in plows through a, "disk-type," addition to paired longitudinally spaced ground engaging elements, "to throw the earth in opposite directions in order to effectively open a furrow" (lines 11-20). The improvements are simple, convenient, and cost reducing.
Date: June 3, 1919
Creator: Jackson, Charley S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grease Dispensing Pump (open access)

Grease Dispensing Pump

Patent for improvements upon "grease-dispensing pumps"(line 7) which removes old grease and dispenses "mobile grease"(line 13) easily to machinery.
Date: June 3, 1919
Creator: Miller, Charles R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gin Compress (open access)

Gin Compress

Patent for improvements upon the cotton gin-compress which includes driven screws with gearing to make the compress "more effective than that heretofore employed"(lines 10-11) machinery.
Date: June 3, 1919
Creator: Dunlap, Samuel H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shaft-Coupling. (open access)

Shaft-Coupling.

Patent for "an improvement in shaft couplings ... primarily designed for installation on the shafting of steamships and the like" (lines 9-13), including illustrations and instructions.
Date: June 3, 1919
Creator: Nelson, Gustaf Theodore
System: The Portal to Texas History