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Cotton-Picker. (open access)

Cotton-Picker.

Patent for a high-yield cotton picker that removes cotton from the bolls without damaging the plants.
Date: April 15, 1919
Creator: Johnson, Frank Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Bed-Rack. (open access)

Automobile Bed-Rack.

Patent for a bed rack (bed roll) located at the rear of a car so that once the car cushions have been placed to form a mattress, the bed roll can be unwound to stretch and cover the cushions providing bedding and covering.
Date: December 23, 1919
Creator: Turner, John S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Seed Linter (open access)

Cotton-Seed Linter

Patent for a new Cotton-Seed Linter (relates to a new and useful form of cotton seed linter) which operates efficiently in and about oil mills or other places where cotton seed is reduced to commercial products.
Date: July 8, 1919
Creator: Voorhies, Felix E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for improvements in churns, "specifically a churn disclosed in Patent No. 1268766, L. M. Payne, R. A. Thompson and L. P. Morris, June 4, 1918."
Date: March 9, 1919
Creator: Wilson, William W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Heavier-than-air- Airship (open access)

Heavier-than-air- Airship

Patent for aviation prototype.
Date: September 2, 1919
Creator: Brown, George Coleman
System: The Portal to Texas History
AIR REGULATING ATTACHMENT (open access)

AIR REGULATING ATTACHMENT

Patent for an Air Regulating Attachment. This new invention for an air regulating attachment builds upon previous advancements to create an inexpensive air regulating attachment system, which will in turn be used to regulate engine carburetors (Oscar Kiessing).
Date: April 21, 1919
Creator: Kiessig, Oscar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Check and the Like. (open access)

Check and the Like.

Patent for a bank check that lists the names and information of multiple banks so that the check can be drawn or charged in multiple banks (universal check).
Date: January 14, 1919
Creator: Moody, Jason B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Engine. (open access)

Engine.

Patent for improvements in engines including governors which have "inertia bars or governing weights" (lines 12-13) including illustrations. In this improvement, the "inertia bars constitute parts of the counterweight" which "counterbalance engine cranks" (lines 14-16).
Date: June 17, 1919
Creator: Pratt, Clarence E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cutting and Stepping Machine (open access)

Cutting and Stepping Machine

Patent for a cutting and stepping machine meant to replace a human cutter.
Date: May 6, 1919
Creator: Moore, L. R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elevated Carrier (open access)

Elevated Carrier

Patent for an elevated carrier, primarily used to travel merchandise and such from one point to another.
Date: July 22, 1919
Creator: Smiley, John 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
Amusement Apparatus. (open access)

Amusement Apparatus.

Patent for improvements to the Amusement Apparatus that can be more easily constructed and supports swimmers by the use of horizontal and vertical bars on each side of the device with the horizontal bars rotate independently. Includes illustration.
Date: November 4, 1919
Creator: Williams, May Brown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft-Equalizer. (open access)

Draft-Equalizer.

Patent for Draft Equalizer. Patent states this invention "relates to the new and useful improvements in draft-equalizers" (lines 10-11). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 20, 1918
Creator: Dudley, Thomas J. & Bryant, Marvin H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Delinter (open access)

Cotton-Delinter

Patent for a durable and inexpensive machine that remove cotton seed from lint.
Date: October 21, 1919
Creator: Young, Edwin H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brake-Band Clencher (open access)

Brake-Band Clencher

Patent for improvements in brake-band clenchers. It is intended to "provide an improved Ford brake band clencher adapted for holding the brake bands in place while the transmission case is being replaced" (lines 14-18).
Date: June 17, 1919
Creator: McCaffrey, Harry J. & Roberge, Edgar, J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drilling and Riveting Machine (open access)

Drilling and Riveting Machine

Patent for an improved drilling and riveting machine designed designed to drill through and rivet multiple layers of materials at once.
Date: April 8, 1919
Creator: Schoellkopf, J. F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Crib or Bed. (open access)

Adjustable Crib or Bed.

Patent for improvements in Adjustable Cribs or Beds for children to sit beside the bed of the mother or guardian of the child. Made to be "easily and quickly attachable to or connected with any make of" (lines 17-19) the adult's bed "so that the mattresses of the bed and crib will be perfectly even or flush, without space...between them" (lines 20-22). Includes illustrations.
Date: November 25, 1919
Creator: Rece, Frank S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Distant Control Switch Socket For Electric Lights (open access)

Distant Control Switch Socket For Electric Lights

Patent for an improved electric light control switch design meant to decrease the rate of energy consumption.
Date: May 13, 1919
Creator: Davis, J. M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrostatic Control for Pumps (open access)

Hydrostatic Control for Pumps

Patent for improvements in the hydrostatic control located in the pump. It is used as an automatic pressure governor.
Date: January 7, 1919
Creator: William M. Stephenson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanism for Removing Useful Fiber from Seeds (open access)

Mechanism for Removing Useful Fiber from Seeds

Patent for an adaptation to machines that will "remove fibers from their attachments, such as gins, cotton seed linters, wool-burring machines, and the like" (lines 10-12).
Date: August 9, 1919
Creator: Vardell, Arthur A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lawn Swing (open access)

Lawn Swing

Patent for an improved version of a Lawn Swing that is easily constructed and weather resistant, including illustrations.
Date: December 12, 1919
Creator: Galipp, Herman C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Separator (open access)

Cotton-Separator

Patent for a cotton gin designed to not need frequent cleaning.
Date: March 14, 1919
Creator: Williams, Melford L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Decapitator (open access)

Decapitator

Patent for improvements made to a previously issued patent that will improve speed and cost efficiency of creating decapitators.
Date: 1919
Creator: Frank S. Rece
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Roost and Nest (open access)

Combined Roost and Nest

Patent for a combined roost and nest for farm animals. The purpose of this new design is to improve the sanitation of current roosts and nests.
Date: August 26, 1919
Creator: Gilmore, Calvin L.
System: The Portal to Texas History