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Adjustable Split Lock-Nut or Union
Patent for an adjustable split cock-nut or union that is of a simple, cheap, and efficient construction with an intended use on valve rods of internal combustion engines. This device is designed to withstand direct pressure, blows, and torque forces.
Date:
December 2, 1919
Creator:
Dickinson, Harry E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chopping Attachment.
Patent for a chopping attachment for a cultivator. The attachment has an adjustable height in order to cut shorter and taller crops.
Date:
March 17, 1919
Creator:
Chenault, George N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Agricultural Implement
Patent for an implement to cut and destroy weeds and other toxic plants.
Date:
September 23, 1919
Creator:
Boone, Wallie R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Book-Cover.
Patent for adjustable book covers. More protection with use of thicker paper, with adjustable feature is highly important as is also the slit and tongue.
Date:
July 1, 1919
Creator:
Walraven, Albert T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Harvester.
Patent for an adjustable corn harvester which both removes ears of various sizes from the stalks and cuts the ears into smaller pieces to make them easier to process; includes illustrations.
Date:
September 23, 1919
Creator:
Grosshans, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Bur Breaker and Suction Fan.
Patent for "a new and useful Improvements in Cotton-Bur Breakers and Suction-Fans" (lines 6-8) and is designed for loading and unloading cotton from a wagon while separating the cotton lint from the hulls, including illustrations.
Date:
November 18, 1919
Creator:
Irwin, Samuel D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Construction of the Hulls of Concrete Ships.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in Construction of the Hulls of Concrete Ships" (lines 5-6). The improvements enable concrete hulls to be made efficiently, comparatively lightweight, and durable with a new form of rib reinforcement providing strength to withstand all strains of ocean travel.
Date:
May 13, 1919
Creator:
Holmgreen, Julius H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crosscut Band-Saw.
Patent for improvements in crosscut band-saws, in particular, a portable, power-driven crosscut band-saw used for lumbering wood. Designed with motor seated in light metal framework and intended to be operated by two persons. Meant for increased productivity through reduction in sawing time and ability to cut the tree within inches of the ground.
Date:
January 14, 1919
Creator:
Howland, Harry W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Kitchen-Cabinet and Refrigerator
Patent for the combination design of kitchen cabinets that include a refrigerator component.
Date:
March 4, 1919
Creator:
Polk, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Bale-Forming-Compress
Patent for the automation of compression and creation of hay bales.
Date:
June 3, 1919
Creator:
Dudley, Andrew T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Gun and Knife.
Patent for a firearm that has a permanently-attached retractable bayonet.
Date:
January 7, 1919
Creator:
Tomanek, Josef
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Lock.
Patent for an inexpensive automobile lock that is adapted to fit the front bumper of an automobile and designed to lock the two front wheels in place.
Date:
November 4, 1919
Creator:
Tiedemann, Otto
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
Combination Lock and Jack.
Patent for a combination lock and jack to prevent automobile theft. The jack locks the operating levers of an automobile to prevent them from moving, and the lock prevents its removal. The jack can also be detached and collapse for easy storage.
Date:
May 5, 1919
Creator:
Brittain, William Franklin
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
Cooking-Stove
Patent for a stove "with an oven, and a combustion chamber, so arranged . . . that the heat will completely surround said oven, said stove being equipped with a novel form of oil burner which is contained in the combustion chamber and adapted to utilize oil as a fuel" (lines 14-19).
Date:
March 18, 1919
Creator:
Cook, Charles F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Antiskidding Device
Patent for an anti-skidding device to be used in tires and other traction wheels.
Date:
September 16, 1919
Creator:
Weatherly, W. G. & Weatherly, E. M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence Stay Machine
Patent for a machine coils the wire around the fence stay within one device.
Date:
January 7, 1919
Creator:
Lewis Alverson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Firing Device for Explosive Shells.
Patent for automatic firing device where "an explosive shell may be caused to travel any distance within the range of the shell through the air without exploding" (lines 14-17).
Date:
January 7, 1919
Creator:
McCombs, Orville K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boiler-Skimmer
Patent for a boiler-skimmer that assist in preventing external pressures from collapsing the float values. These type of boilers are used in steam locomotives.
Date:
May 20, 1919
Creator:
Schreiber, Norbert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aerial Conveyor
Patent for an aerial conveyor, specifically one that relates to "an aerial suspension car for aiding linemen in traveling along a suspended cable" (lines 9-11). It's primary function is to allow a wheeled car to be mounted on a cable and used to transport a person.
Date:
August 26, 1919
Creator:
Moore, Richard S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin.
Patent for improvement on clothing pin by using a single wire.
Date:
March 11, 1919
Creator:
Neal, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Treating Hydrocarbons.
Patent for an improved apparatus for treating hydrocarbons. This apparatus is for treating comparatively heavy petroleum and other hydrocarbon oils and their distillates and derivatives, in order to produce from such heavy oils a large yield of gasoline or other light, easily volatile liquids. This apparatus will be a safe and efficient way to produce large yield of gasoline and light hydrocarbon liquids from heavy oils and will be free from trouble arising from the accumulation of carbon.
Date:
August 5, 1919
Creator:
Andrews, Benjamin & Averill, Willard C., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Can Opener.
Patent for "a can opener intended for use in removing or cutting the closures or tops from cans or other sheet metal receptacles." [lines 8-11]
Date:
November 25, 1919
Creator:
Crawford, Hezekiah H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History