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Power-Transmitting Mechanism.
Patent for an improved power-transmitting mechanism for, "bicycles, motorcycles and similar vehicles whereby rotation is transmitted to the driven wheel without the use of chains, belts, gears or analogous elements commonly employed for this purpose" (lines 14-18). The invention will maximize driving power while minimizing energy expenditure (lines 19-24), employ a propelling mechanism, and reduce manufacturing and repair costs.
Date:
March 11, 1919
Creator:
Grubb, Orin A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Windlass
Patent for an improvement to automobile windlasses. The improvement allows automobile to be removed from any road obstruction easily and quickly.
Date:
November 11, 1919
Creator:
Davis, Marion A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Furniture
Patent for easy assembly and disassembly of cabinet furniture.
Date:
March 11, 1919
Creator:
Giordano, Anthony
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper.
Patent for cotton chopper that frees the plants from the "weeds and the soil thereabout cultivated in but a single operation" (lines 14-16).
Date:
February 11, 1919
Creator:
Goodman, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Blacking Kit.
Patent for a small affordable and portable space that "travelers, soldiers, or other parties" can carry a shoe shining kit in. The box can carry "blacking brushes, cloth and the usual articles carried in a kit of this kind".
Date:
February 11, 1919
Creator:
Reid, Chauncey S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Battery-Mud-Extracting Device.
Patent for improvement of Battery-Mud-Extracting Devices where the mud may be removed without disassembling the battery or displacing of the electrode plates.
Date:
March 11, 1919
Creator:
Irwin, Samuel D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beet-Harvester
Patent for removal of beets from ground and transfer to carrying device.
Date:
March 11, 1919
Creator:
Mathison, Andrew Alois.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shear-Trimmer
Patent for improving shear trimmers particular to those cutting wall paper. It "aims to provide a trimmer which is of simple and economical construction, and to further provide means for guarding the blade" (line 19-22) when it's not in use .
Date:
June 11, 1919
Creator:
Hilliard, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sack Attachment for Cotton Picking Machines
Patent for an improved sack attachment for cotton-picking machines that is waterproof and stays in position on the machine to prevent its walls from collapsing during suction of cotton.
Date:
November 11, 1919
Creator:
Chaney, Bailey E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Differential
Patent for improvements in motor vehicle differentials by connecting axle sections to a worm gear.
Date:
February 11, 1919
Creator:
Brown, Charles Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Truck.
Patent for a churn truck. It allows for "receiving churns in order," can be "moved to various places" as needed, and "the truck being provided with means for facilitating pushing or pulling thereof" (lines 10-15). Illustration included.
Date:
November 11, 1919
Creator:
Buie, Sula
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crude Oil Refining Process
Patent for the refinement of crude oil, producing refined oil in an economic manor.
Date:
November 11, 1919
Creator:
Evens, Jewett G. P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drinking-Cup.
Patent for a collapsible holder for paper drinking cups.
Date:
March 11, 1919
Creator:
Fermier, Victor Emanuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burner-Cap.
Patent for an improved liquid fuel burner, one which can destroy the spines of cacti. The burner can also direct fuel in different angles and when ignited will move the flame onto the retort chamber.
Date:
February 11, 1919
Creator:
Brown, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elevating-Truck.
Patent for new improvements for a portable elevating truck, used for handling and storing heavy material to stack on each other. (referred to as "decking") using an endless chain on an incline.
Date:
November 11, 1919
Creator:
Anderson, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carpenter's Tool.
Patent for carpenter's tool that has an "adjustable pattern" that can assist in "determining the exact size and configuration of the space in which a stair tread or riser is adapted to be fitted" (lines 9 - 12).
Date:
February 11, 1919
Creator:
McDermett, Jim E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bit-Hoist
Patent for easy removal of bits from drilling machines.
Date:
February 11, 1919
Creator:
Parrish, Benjamin Eugene & Stage, Solomon
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin.
Patent for improvement on clothing pin by using a single wire.
Date:
March 11, 1919
Creator:
Neal, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Puzzle.
Patent for a word puzzle made up of a thin board with a grid of letters in which palindromic words and phrases are spelled by following lines forward and backward across the board from any point on the edge of the board to another.
Date:
March 11, 1919
Creator:
Henderson, Alfred Jasper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin.
Patent for metallic clothes pins made from a single length of wire.
Date:
February 11, 1919
Creator:
Atkins, Irving J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil Well Torpedo.
Patent for "detonating explosives in oil wells" (nitroglycerin) (lines 10 - 13).
Date:
March 11, 1919
Creator:
Mosher, Lewis A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hairpin
Patent for preventing "the accidental displacement of the dislodgment of the pin from the hair of the wearer." (Lines 11-12).
Date:
September 11, 1919
Creator:
Nalle, Charles R. of Forth Worth, TX
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switch-Locking Device.
Patent for improvements in switch locking devices. Design intends to increase efficiency and ease of operability, as well as providing "means for retaining the latch in inoperative position" when chosen (lines 23-25).
Date:
March 11, 1919
Creator:
McCormick, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Repairing Automobile Radiators
Patent for an apparatus meant to assist in the repair of automobile radiators by holding the radiator in place and keeping all parts necessary for repair easily accessible.
Date:
November 11, 1919
Creator:
Jerden, W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History