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Needle for Hand-Embroidery and Similar Work.
Patent for simple and inexpensive hand needles, particularly those used for embroidering or ornamental needlework, to increase the rapidity and ease with which such work can be accomplished.
Date:
July 8, 1919
Creator:
Neitzel, Conrad T. & Pade, George V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mote-Board for Cotton-Gins
Patent for mote boards for cotton gins that throw off bolls, leaf, trash, dust, along with other foreign material
Date:
July 1, 1919
Creator:
Wooldridge, James L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Pipe-Wrench.
Patent for the improvement of pipe wrenches necessary for use in well drilling or other circumstances where a wrench of strong construction is needed. This patent provides for a pipe wrench that can be easily adjusted to fit pipes of differing sizes and is easily manipulated for use regardless of direction.
Date:
December 9, 1919
Creator:
Carmichael, Robert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mold for Plastic Material
Patent for a mold of the character described in the illustrations, designed for use in cement and concrete constructions. It is specifically well-suited for building boats and ships.
Date:
July 22, 1919
Creator:
Reynolds, Robert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe Puller
Patent for a pipe puller design to be used in wells.
Date:
September 30, 1919
Creator:
Heckman, J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mold for Forming Walls and Floors
Patent for mold to create walls and floors. This mold creates walls and floors that are air and sound proof.
Date:
October 21, 1919
Creator:
Murdock, Walter Scott
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Holder
Patent for a pipe-holder that is designed "to provide a novel, conveniently operated, effective and compact pipeholder" (line 8-10).
Date:
July 7, 1919
Creator:
Heckman, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Pulling Device.
Patent for a pipe pulling device designed for wells. The device will automatically grip and hold pipe at any point of elevation.
Date:
August 5, 1919
Creator:
Thrift, Homer C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe Tongs.
Patent for pipe tongs for screwing and unscrewing a pipe for quick adjustments.
Date:
January 30, 1919
Creator:
Fletcher, Harold W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paving for Streets and the Like
Patent for paving for streets and the like invention relates to paving with specific constructions for high efficiency in resisting wear.
Date:
September 9, 1919
Creator:
Stubbs, Robert C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Digger.
Patent for an improved peanut digger design.
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Noah, Joseph O.
System:
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Overall Jacket Or Waist.
Patent for an overall jacket or waists, the construction of which permits of its formation with less material and its use with greater comfort and convenience by terminating at its lower edge in a waist band, which, in use, is intended to be seated upon or lap the upper edges or portions of the trouser sections, thus avoiding the extensions usually present with a wait section or jacket into the trouser section.
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Elliot, Joseph Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pencil Attachment.
Patent for a pencil attachment that holds a picture that is designed to have a picture mounted in an opening of the pencil. When the opening is held close to the viewer's eye, the image is magnified. The main purpose of the device is to be used for advertising or souvenirs.
Date:
June 10, 1919
Creator:
Tippit, Thomas Oland
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Overshot Fishing-Tool
Patent for improvements to overshot fishing tools, particularly for the use of removing, fishing out, "tools, parts of tools and other articles from" bored or drilled wells (lines 20-21). These improvements are designed to be manufactured cheaply.
Date:
July 17, 1919
Creator:
Kliewer, Edward A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Overflow Control for Separating Tanks.
Patent for improved overflow control for separating tanks, accounting for, "slime thickness, settling tanks, separating tanks, and the like," ensuring, "uniform overflow." (lines 8-10; 27), with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 4, 1919
Creator:
Allen, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Harvester.
Patent for improvements in peanut harvester machines with illustrations. The improvement is specific to "improved organiz[ation]" (line 10) and to "simplify and improve the construction" (line 18) of the harvester.
Date:
August 12, 1919
Creator:
Beard, Willie Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for an improvement to the plow by adjusting various devices for better results.
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Kopplin, Otto E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rear Sight for Guns
Patent for a rear sight for firearms, particularly larger firearms such as service rifles or other field artillery and machine guns.
Date:
November 18, 1919
Creator:
Kaempfer, Effie May Wagner
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
Harrow
Patent for improvements to harrows, being namely hinges that allow the harrow to more readily conform to surfaces and furrows.
Date:
1919
Creator:
Gillis, Harry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate
Patent for an improved gate design.
Date:
November 18, 1919
Creator:
Jenson, J. S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gas Producer
Patent for a new and more efficient type of gas producer.
Date:
February 25, 1919
Creator:
Modlin, Frank E.
System:
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Gas-Purifier
Patent for a device that separates impurities and contaminants from gas used in generators. A series of filters, and baffles are used to extract impurities to the gas supplied to a generator.
Date:
September 16, 1919
Creator:
Modlin, Frank E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History