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Case for Rural-Mail Carriers.
Patent for a device to enable rural mail carriers to efficiently carry and store postal items for sale. The storage unit (device) is water-resistant to protect the items inside from inclement weather while delivering mail.
Date:
April 24, 1917
Creator:
Campbell, Guy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burial-Casket.
Patent for a burial casket made of plastic and woven wire fabric "of great strength and minimum weight" (lines 20-21) and an air- and water-tight lid, including illustrations.
Date:
July 24, 1917
Creator:
Hartman, Emanuel W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Belt
Patent for an invention that relates to belts. The primary object of the invention is to provide a belt, which includes an outer casing having a buckle attached and a tab slidably positioned within one end of the outer casing for coaction.
Date:
July 24, 1917
Creator:
Hill, Ulysses H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Writing-Machine.
Patent for writing-machine mechanism which prolongs the life of the ribbon and provides "means to rotate the platen step by step at each actuation of one or more of the keys" (line 20).
Date:
April 24, 1917
Creator:
Edwards, Alrah B. & Russell, Frank K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weaning-Bit
Patent for a weaning-bit. This bit "[admits] air into the mouth of the animal, thus obviating any drawing or sucking action." (lines 10-12) Additionally, this bit was created to be of better construction which would make it cheaper and longer-lasting.
Date:
July 24, 1917
Creator:
Turner, Wiley Ernest
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Visual Automatic-Setback Annunicator.
Patent for an indicator dial controlled by magnets to read out a display for an instrument via a lever.
Date:
July 24, 1917
Creator:
Stephens, Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Boring Stem.
Patent for a well-boring stem. This design eliminates buckling at the couplings of the stem.
Date:
April 24, 1917
Creator:
Layne, Mahlon E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Still for Distillation of Petroleum
Patent for improvements in still design for distillation of petroleum or its products, providing relief for any suddenly formed vapors and preventing the oil from boiling over.
Date:
July 24, 1917
Creator:
Gallsworthy, Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sulky-Plow
Patent for the design of a plow that can "overcome obstacles without injury to"(lines 14-15) to the machine. It also includes a new design for a plow foot spring, in addition to an element that allows the foot spring to be adjusted quickly by there operator.
Date:
April 24, 1917
Creator:
Sanders, John T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Screening Device.
Patent for a screening device that offers "an improved means for imparting motion to and controlling or varying the motion of the screen to affect a separation of the materials undergoing treatment." (lines 10-13).
Date:
July 24, 1917
Creator:
Cole, David
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gangway.
Patent for a ramp for use by the Army in loading farm animals and wagons on train cars and other transports. This gangway is designed in sections to be adaptable for different needs and to be collapsible for storage and easy transportation.
Date:
April 24, 1917
Creator:
Titsworth, Richard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Garden-Hoe Cultivator.
Patent for "a combination garden hoe and cultivating implement ... which has a number of interchangeable working elements and ... can be quickly adjusted for use as a drill opener, solid sweep, hoe, or turning plow" (lines 12-20).
Date:
July 24, 1917
Creator:
Muckleroy, Allie B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Handle.
Patent for Saw-Handle that blows air out of its handle to clear the saw's teeth of dust.
Date:
July 24, 1917
Creator:
Whitworth, John Luther
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rod-Lifting Tool.
Patent for a gripping device for large metal rods.
Date:
April 24, 1917
Creator:
Miller, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dry Closet.
Patent for a new design that improves "construction, utility, and efficiency of dry closets"(lines 10-11) that would also allow the use of an attachment specifically for dry closet seats. Includes design for mesh cloth to capture waste.
Date:
April 24, 1917
Creator:
Mershon, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Slicing Fish.
Patent for new and useful improvements to a device for slicing fish into smooth and even slices, including illustrations.
Date:
April 24, 1917
Creator:
Allen, James Leonard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin.
Patent for an improved method of locating the air blast apparatus for cleaning lint from the saw teeth of saw-type cotton gins, so that the cotton lint does not accumulate on the cleaning apparatus and render it inoperative, including illustrations.
Date:
July 24, 1917
Creator:
Hopper, James F.; Stephens, George B. & Young, Harry F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Curtain and Shade Support.
Patent for a curtain device that allows for adjusting shades/curtains to different lengths or positions in order to fit the window they cover, without changing or damaging the window casing, curtain pole, or shade roller.
Date:
July 24, 1917
Creator:
Odell, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a machine to thin and cultivate cotton plants without covering them with debris. Designed to be used with most cultivators and to be inexpensive to construct.
Date:
April 24, 1917
Creator:
Gunn, Jc. Christon
System:
The Portal to Texas History