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Spur.
Patent for an improvement in spurs, this one containing a forked end with a rowel on each end of the fork. This is to ensure the rowels have a broad surface adjacent to each rowel and to prevent less injury to an animal when in use.
Date:
February 4, 1919
Creator:
Cook, Landon H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Grinding Device
Patent for a device that can simultaneously grind "several valves of a multi-cylinder engine or motor" (lines 11-12). This device allows the "ready interchangeability, repair and adjustment of the working parts" (lines 16-17).
Date:
February 4, 1919
Creator:
Lohec, Joseph C.
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
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
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
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
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
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
Linotype and Intertype
Patent for automatic stopping of matrices.
Date:
February 11, 1919
Creator:
Sundstrom, Herman 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
Station-Indicator.
Patent for an automatic station indicator for railway coaches.
Date:
February 11, 1919
Creator:
Large, WIlliam A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Still.
Patent for a still designed to refine crude petroleum and extract lighter elements, including illustrations.
Date:
February 11, 1919
Creator:
Gallsworthy, Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Heating and Regulating Means for Internal Combustion Engines
Patent for a type of air heater designed to be attached to an internal combustion engine for the purposes of regulating heat.
Date:
February 18, 1919
Creator:
Brooks, Howard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check-Turning Device
Patent for improvements of check-turning devices. The improvements allow checks to be turned quickly especially by adding machine operators.
Date:
February 18, 1919
Creator:
Albaugh, Ellis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Spreading Device
Patent for a portable weapon to spread fire quickly from object to object or building to building in enemy country.
Date:
February 18, 1919
Creator:
Ford, Frederick William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flying Machine
Patent for a new type of flying machine.
Date:
February 18, 1919
Creator:
Critchett, J. C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Making Ballast.
Patent for "improvements in methods of making ballast adapted for railway and other uses" (lines 9-11), including illustrations.
Date:
February 18, 1919
Creator:
Butler, Henry G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ratchet Release For Front Wheel Drives
Patent for a front-wheel drive hatchet release to be used in automobiles and other motorized vehicles.
Date:
February 18, 1919
Creator:
Smith, G. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Handle.
Patent for improvements in saw-handles. Invention provides for adjustable and detachable means for clamping of a saw blade. The device includes a "head member, means for clamping the end of a saw blade" (lines 19-20).
Date:
February 18, 1919
Creator:
Smith, Lee A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wind-Motor
Patent for a powerful motor for wind mills.
Date:
February 18, 1919
Creator:
Connolly, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Separating and Grading Machine
Patent for a separating and grading machine that separates foreign matter from produce such as peanuts, and also the produce are cleaned and at the same time graded for the market.
Date:
February 19, 1919
Creator:
Sparks, James N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Seed Linting Machine.
Patent for Improvements of the Cotton-Seed-Linting Machine. This improvement will allow for better stripping and cleaning of cotton lint.
Date:
February 20, 1919
Creator:
Voorhees, Flex E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Road-Light.
Patent for an automobile road-light improvement that causes the lights of a moving vehicle to move in conformity of the vehicle itself. The device is readily attachable to automobiles of standard type.
Date:
February 25, 1919
Creator:
Tausch, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Copy Holder for Stenotyped Notes
Patent for a stenotyped note copy holder.
Date:
February 25, 1919
Creator:
Hoyl, A. G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History