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Quick Tire-Patch for Pneumatic Tires. (open access)

Quick Tire-Patch for Pneumatic Tires.

Patent for a quick tire patch for pneumatic tires for the purpose of providing an adhesive repair patch that is easy and convenient to apply and that may be used immediately after application.
Date: January 7, 1919
Creator: Duffy, Clarence O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rifle. (open access)

Rifle.

Patent for a rifle that uses electricity from a battery to ignite the explosive charge for the ammunition.
Date: January 14, 1919
Creator: Brannon, Virgil C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Footing Wells (open access)

Footing Wells

Patent for Footing Wells. This invention is a specification in production of deep wells to afford access to the pipe by which liquid is being drawn from the well.
Date: January 21, 1919
Creator: Kelley, Ward W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Etching Apparatus. (open access)

Etching Apparatus.

Patent for an etching device that is for those interested in producing copper and zinc half-tones. This device can also use wave like motion to retain highlight tones and finish half-tones without requiring re-etching or staging.
Date: January 14, 1919
Creator: Beare, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Street-Cleaning Machine (open access)

Street-Cleaning Machine

Patent for a street-cleaning machine that brushes the dirt into small piles and sucks the dirt piles into bags or receptacles for easy disposal.
Date: January 14, 1919
Creator: Atkinson, Wiley F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Boring-Drill. (open access)

Rotary Boring-Drill.

Patent for improvements in rotary boring drills. The invention provides a fluted drill collar for a drill bit designed to "break up the rock and other material tending to wedge in around the upper part of the head" (lines 19-21). The drill collar forms "a connection between the main rotary drill shaft and the drill bit" (lines 13-15).
Date: January 28, 1919
Creator: Hughes, Howard R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scraper. (open access)

Scraper.

Patent for a scraper with interchangeable blades, which can be used "for glue joints, and... scraping molded surfaces" (lines 25-26) that includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 28, 1919
Creator: Hartmann, John H.
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
Cotton-Treating Machine. (open access)

Cotton-Treating Machine.

Patent for improved cotton treating machine that separates cotton fibers from seeds. This cotton treater keeps the cotton fibers long when separating the seeds, including illustrations.
Date: January 21, 1919
Creator: Cassel, John L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Demountable Wheel-Rim (open access)

Demountable Wheel-Rim

Patent for Demountable Wheel-Rim. This invention relates to demountable and sectional wheel rims designed for use in connection with automobiles, motor trucks and motor vehicles of all kinds.
Date: January 21, 1919
Creator: Maupin, Frank L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle and Poultry Food and Process of Producing Same (open access)

Cattle and Poultry Food and Process of Producing Same

Patent for the production for a new, non-perishable, marketable, inexpensive, plentiful and nourishing cattle food from the prickly pear cactus plant (except the root of the plant). Novel idea of directing blasts of flame to burn off spines and roast plant.
Date: January 14, 1919
Creator: Hirsch, Herman
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane. (open access)

Aeroplane.

Patent for an airplane (or aeroplane) which provides a large number of control surfaces adjustable by the pilot, including a moveable engine.
Date: January 7, 1919
Creator: Millican, Joel Walter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boring-Bar. (open access)

Boring-Bar.

Patent for improvement in boring-bars, particularly in the ability to hold the tool securely "in place during operation and which will prevent the cutting tool from becoming loose in its socket or holder" (lines 12-15). Additional operations include the boring bar turning off or cutting on the outside in instances "where the lathe will not swing over the carriage" (line 19) and the cutting on both "the inside or outside of the work equally as well" (lines 16-18).
Date: January 21, 1919
Creator: Bird, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Rail-Anchor and Tie-Plate (open access)

Combined Rail-Anchor and Tie-Plate

Patent for a combined rail anchor and tie plate. The purpose of the invention is to combine the aforementioned devices to prevent rails from cutting into the ties, overturning, and spreading.
Date: January 24, 1919
Creator: Johnson, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Domino-Shuffler. (open access)

Domino-Shuffler.

Patent for an invention that mechanically shuffles dominoes.
Date: January 21, 1919
Creator: Eichblatt, Otto H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Garment. (open access)

Combination-Garment.

Patent for a onese. A shirt and underwear in a single piece. Has ample room in the seat.
Date: January 25, 1919
Creator: Gold, Anna
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Vaporization and Distillation of Petroleum and Other Hydrocarbon Oils. (open access)

Apparatus for Vaporization and Distillation of Petroleum and Other Hydrocarbon Oils.

Patent for a device that helps in the distilling process of gasoline.
Date: January 21, 1919
Creator: Humason, Granville A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Packing for Pistons (open access)

Metallic Packing for Pistons

Patent for metallic packing for pistons. Such invention is intended to provide a metallic packing for small high speed pistons for internal combustion engines, such as used on automobiles and airplanes.
Date: January 7, 1919
Creator: Williams, Nolan S.
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
Rotary Engine. (open access)

Rotary Engine.

Patent for a simplified rotary engine which uses steam, compressed air and other elastic fluids which act as motive fluid. This patent is special in that it is light and compact. This patent helps the engine start easily, reverse, and stop, as well as other types of motion.
Date: January 8, 1919
Creator: Campbell, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drill-Bit (open access)

Drill-Bit

Patent for an improved kind of drill bit that is more durable against rock. The bit's cutting rollers have a frusto-conical shape, and are also detachable.
Date: January 24, 1919
Creator: Humason, Granville A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Plows (open access)

Attachment for Plows

Patent for a plow attachment that is easy to use, does not "require the use of a supplemental beam or handle" (lines 11-12), and can be used with different makes of plows
Date: January 14, 1919
Creator: Nunnally, Robert Bruce
System: The Portal to Texas History
Separator for Secondary Batteries (open access)

Separator for Secondary Batteries

Patent for plates to separate parts of a battery such as a car battery. this allows free flow of the battery fluid while holding matter in place.
Date: January 16, 1919
Creator: Luther, Joseph O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Net-Frame. (open access)

Net-Frame.

Patent for a foldable and stable fishing net-frame.
Date: January 14, 1919
Creator: Franklin, Robert M.
System: The Portal to Texas History