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Line Type Casting Machine.
Patent for a linotype machine with improvements to the float, the ejector, and slugs magazine.
Date:
November 4, 1919
Creator:
Wilmans, Lloyd I.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Elevator.
Patent for a water elevator. The invention produces a means for "high power water elevating" which provides " a steady and voluminous flow of water" (lines 20-22). Illustration included.
Date:
November 25, 1919
Creator:
Barnett, Grady L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill
Patent for a windmill that rotates on a vertical and horizontal axis. The blades are mounted to stop in order to prevent damage to the windmill should pressure occur.
Date:
November 11, 1919
Creator:
Brown, Archie Edwards
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Work Clamp.
Patent for an improved work clamp. The inventor claimed that the clamp was meant to be universal, allowing for several clamped pieces of material to be secured simultaneously for welding or other joining methods. The tool was meant to facilitate complex construction in a variety of machinery repair facilities and markets.
Date:
November 25, 1919
Creator:
Treuthardt, Arnold Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hose-Supporter.
Patent for improvements in Hose-Supporters or garter that "grips the entire sock, around the leg, prevents the possibility of sagging, insures a perfect fit on the leg of the wearer and serves to equalize the stress on the sock" (lines 11-14) which adds durability and "avoids straining the sock out of shape" (lines 16-17). Includes illustration.
Date:
November 18, 1919
Creator:
Tonahill, William J., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process for the Conversion of Liquids, Fluids, and Oils
Patent for a process for the conversion of liquids, fluids, and oils that converts these fluids into more buoyant products with lower specific gravities and boiling points. This process seeks to meet demand for engine fuels, gasoline, and oils, and augment the diminishing supply of these natural products.
Date:
November 4, 1919
Creator:
Adams, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for an improvement in pumps and "has for its object the provision of a pump providing a counterbalance for the weight of the column of liquid in the suction pipe provided by a vacuum chamber in the pump" (lines 10-14). Illustration included.
Date:
November 11, 1919
Creator:
Haszinger, George Ernest
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor-Actuated Locking Device for Automobiles
Patent for a device that prevents the drive shaft of an automobile from when moving when pushed by an unauthorized person. The device acts as a form of security to ensure unauthorized individuals are unable to move the vehicle. Additionally, the device can be used while the vehicle is in motion in order to slow the drive shaft, and thus the vehicle.
Date:
November 18, 1919
Creator:
Wherry, Robert D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire Construction
Patent for an improvement to rubber tires. The inner tube is enclosed within a thick detachable shoe to withstand shocks and jars, and also uses side guards to protect from dirt accumulation.
Date:
November 25, 1919
Creator:
Luck, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Guide and Depth Regulator
This patent is for an improved form of guide and depth regulators by Mr. Frank B. Dow. This improved design "relates to new and useful improvements in guides and depth regulations for shovel plows," while "providing simple and easy means for the parts involved," (lines 9-16).
Date:
November 11, 1919
Creator:
Dow, Frank B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hand-Operated Baling-Press.
Patent for improvements in Hand-Operated Baling-Presses that has a durable structure and is convenient and easy to use for baling hay and straw. Consists of "a box or body provided with a hopper of usual pattern" and "clamping rods located at the delivery end thereof" (lines 19-20) with a sliding plunger, lever, pivots, and a spring. Includes illustrations.
Date:
November 4, 1919
Creator:
Harris, Albert O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drill-Cutter.
Patent for new and improved drill cutter for rotary boring drills including exact description and illustrations.
Date:
November 4, 1919
Creator:
Godbold, Louis A. & Fletcher, Harold W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Cream Freezer
Patent for a contraption designed to freeze ice cream.
Date:
November 14, 1919
Creator:
Knemeyer, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine.
Patent for a rotary engine. The engine is devised for driving a motor vehicle. Illustration included.
Date:
November 4, 1919
Creator:
Winn, Frank B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Boring Drill.
Patent for "rotary boring drills for use in drilling wells or mines in earth or rock" (lines 11-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 25, 1919
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved rotary cultivator designed to pulverize hard, dry soil without damaging the plants. The device utilizes cylindrical tooth holder with teeth that can be manipulated at various angles to pry the soil from around the plants.
Date:
November 18, 1919
Creator:
Irwin, Samuel D. & Irwin, Herbert G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Railroad Tie
Patent for an improved railroad tie. The improved railroad tie will be more resilient, with a housing made of pressed metal.
Date:
November 18, 1919
Creator:
Autrey, Benjamin P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Explosive Projectile.
Patent for an improved, non-ricocheting explosive projectile.
Date:
November 4, 1919
Creator:
Rohling, Frank J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electrically-Heated Boiler
Patent for an electrically-heated boiler that provides a "compact structure which occupies a minimum amount of space" (line 11-12) while still being a reliable machine.
Date:
November 25, 1919
Creator:
Fleming, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Signaling Apparatus.
Patent for new, durable improvements requiring minimal installation cost in the signaling apparatus on automobiles and other vehicles to notify traffic of an intended turn and its direction. These improvements involve a lamp being illuminated and raised and then lowered by the movement of the steering wheel. Said improvements also provide manual operation for emergencies.
Date:
November 18, 1919
Creator:
Wyrill, Arthur O.
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
Heater.
Patent for a heater, "designed for use in orchards for raising the temperature of the atmosphere at times when frosts or freezing temperature is threatened" (lines 11-14). Illustration included.
Date:
November 18, 1919
Creator:
Briscoe, Williard H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Wrench
Patent for a pipe-wrench that features new and useful improvements and also extends the purposes to which the pipe-wrench may be applicable.
Date:
November 25, 1919
Creator:
Steen, Buford J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History