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Automatic Control for Gas Water-Heaters.
Patent for improvements to "a gas control for instantaneous gas water heaters" (lines 9-10), including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
June 17, 1919
Creator:
Hamilton, Paul H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Concentration of Ores.
Patent for improvements to recovering ore using flotation methods.
Date:
December 17, 1918
Creator:
Wiser, Oba
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cooking Utensil.
Patent for cooking utensil designed for roasting coffee, popping corn, roasting meat, and other food by hand over a fire or flame by rotating. The device is made of metal and mesh, turns by cranking, and the length of the shaft is adjustable for stability.
Date:
June 17, 1919
Creator:
Bogue, Robert J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Curing Tire-Casings
Patent for an improved apparatus for Curing Tire-Casings (relates to molding devices for curing tire casings) which is easily and quickly set up and knocked down, holds casings safely in position while being cured, and highly efficient in curing tire casings.
Date:
June 17, 1919
Creator:
Bongio, Philip P. & Stephenson Elonzo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brake-Band Clencher
Patent for improvements in brake-band clenchers. It is intended to "provide an improved Ford brake band clencher adapted for holding the brake bands in place while the transmission case is being replaced" (lines 14-18).
Date:
June 17, 1919
Creator:
McCaffrey, Harry J. & Roberge, Edgar, J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Concrete Composition
Patent for a formulation of waterproof concrete that utilizes lava rocks.
Date:
December 17, 1918
Creator:
Charles E. Barglebaugh
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
Collar.
Patent for a collar that can be fastened without the need of a button. It is meant to be attached to any shirt and constructed so that it can stay without a button through a tab system.
Date:
December 17, 1918
Creator:
Narmore, Missouri A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Centrifugal Pump
Patent for centrifugal pump design meant to improve upon past models in which pieces of the pump wear out over time.
Date:
December 17, 1918
Creator:
Duda, Oswald
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Stalk-Cutting Machines.
Patent for improved, cheap, and simple stalk-cutting technology with shielded protection, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 17, 1918
Creator:
McCray, Henry L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Truck.
Patent for a truck or hand cart useful for loading and unloading at depots. This hand cart has has a hand actuated lift for lifting objects to the height of the loading vehicle.
Date:
November 17, 1919
Creator:
Thomas, Theodore G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Bag Catcher.
Patent for an improvement to devices that receive mail bags from moving locomotion.
Date:
December 17, 1918
Creator:
Ryan, Augustus M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Violin Piano
Patent for an apparatus to play a violin via piano keyboard input. Designed with the notion that it would be an effective method of playing the violin with those already familiar with the piano
Date:
January 17, 1917
Creator:
Strawn, Jesse C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tube-Expander
Patent for a tube expander for setting boiler tubes in the holes in the tube-sheet, which provides simplicity and improvement of its construction.
Date:
June 17, 1919
Creator:
Walsh, Emmet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Internal-Combustion Engine.
Patent for improvements for internal combustion engines. Improvements include a more compact design, easier to access for repairs, and increased durability and efficiency.
Date:
June 17, 1919
Creator:
Ward, John Price
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trap
Patent for an improvement on traps. This trap is primarily insect and pest control, meant for ants and flies.
Date:
October 17, 1919
Creator:
Miller, William B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tractor Attachment
Patent for a tractor attachment. The purpose of this attachment is to lift up the back wheels of the driving vehicle and improving the power of the vehicle.
Date:
December 17, 1918
Creator:
Thomas, Samuel Shelby
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Clutch and Traction Equalizer.
Patent for hydraulic clutches and traction equalizers. A "device for automobiles or other mother driven vehicles designed to be used in the place of the mechanism commonly known as the differential."
Date:
June 17, 1919
Creator:
Weston, William S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Sapping or Destroying Trenches or Other Defensive Works.
Patent for a method of sapping or destroying trenches or other defensive works to use in military operations.
Date:
September 17, 1918
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Meat-Scale.
Patent for a meat scale "designed for weighing large pieces of meat while the scale is also adjustable subsequent to determining the total weight of the meat" (lines 16-19) including illustrations.
Date:
December 17, 1918
Creator:
Stringer, Joe John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sulfur-Mining
Patent for improvement on sulfur mining by which "sulfur is fused by a heated fluid forced down into the well to the vicinity of the sulfur deposit and when so fused the sulfur is forced to the surface of the ground through a return pipe" (lines 14-18).
Date:
December 17, 1918
Creator:
Carmichael, Robert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Universal Vise and Carpenter's Tool.
Patent for a universal vise and carpenters tool designed for the use of clamping and holding a door or window frame open.
Date:
December 17, 1918
Creator:
Minnis, Henry M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire.
Patent for an improved tire designed with "necessary resiliency without requiring inflation" (lines 14-15). The internal core is designed in such a way that if will not collapse when punctured.
Date:
December 17, 1918
Creator:
Huffman, Orla L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sulphur-Mining Apparatus.
Patent for a thermal solvent based sulfur mining apparatus that is placed in a sulfur mining well. Utilizing thermodynamics, the apparatus has a new way to introduce air or steam into the various parts of the apparatus. It is designed with "simplicity and durability of construction" (lines 49-50).
Date:
December 17, 1918
Creator:
Carmichael, Robert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History