Chase for Printers. (open access)

Chase for Printers.

Patent for chase for printing presses, and more particularly to facets of choses or type which are adjustable without knocking down the type and which can be shifted to any desirable position on the bed of the printing press and held rigid.
Date: April 23, 1915
Creator: Bolles, Percy S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Intestine-Protector. (open access)

Intestine-Protector.

Patent for an intestine protector that protects the intestines from needles (or other sharp instruments) after surgical procedures have concluded.
Date: April 29, 1913
Creator: Miller, Robert E. L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile -Tire. (open access)

Automobile -Tire.

Patent for a wire-wrapped casing for car tires.
Date: November 29, 1919
Creator: MIchero, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Activated-Sludge Treatment. (open access)

Activated-Sludge Treatment.

Patent for a method that dehydrates sewage for easier removal.
Date: January 29, 1918
Creator: Moor, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
World-Chronometer (open access)

World-Chronometer

Patent for a globe set on top of a pedestal, where the globes rotates by clock work to instruct the user of the time for any given place on the globe. Sides of the pedestal also allow for advertising.
Date: December 29, 1914
Creator: Agnew, Walter F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive Driving-Box. (open access)

Locomotive Driving-Box.

Patent for an invention relating to detachable flanges found in locomotive driving boxes. Benefits and objectives are explained and illustrations are included.
Date: May 29, 1917
Creator: Hazelwood, William A. & Whiteside, J. Aldo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Liquid-Fuel Burner (open access)

Liquid-Fuel Burner

Patent for a liquid fuel burner. Illustrations included.
Date: November 29, 1910
Creator: McQuerry, James Cravens & Everett, Arch Letrobe
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tongue (open access)

Tongue

Patent for a tongue. "This invention has relation to tongues, especially adapted to be applied to agricultural machines, as for instance wheel mounted plow frames, and has for its object the provision of a tongue structure with means for connecting the same to the frame of the machine so that frame may be swung under the tongue laterally while the frame is being over the ground." (line 8-16). illustration included.
Date: October 29, 1912
Creator: Brown, Bartley
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fish-Cord Shoe (open access)

Fish-Cord Shoe

Patent for a water shoe which is made of a woven mesh-work portion made of braided threads of rectangular cross section.
Date: May 29, 1917
Creator: Tynes, Lucius M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Tooth-Cleaner. (open access)

Sanitary Tooth-Cleaner.

Patent for a device to clean teeth, made of a fabric pocket that can be placed over an index finger, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 29, 1915
Creator: Over, Edwin Gould
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Valve (open access)

Automatic Valve

Patent for Automatic Valve
Date: August 29, 1916
Creator: Pringle, Henry C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment (open access)

Cultivator Attachment

Patent for a cultivator attachment. This invention is an implement lies in supporting the plow feet from the cultivator beams in such a manner in order to adjust the placing of the plow shanks. Illustrations included.
Date: October 29, 1912
Creator: Crouch, William V.; Crouch, McElvy S. & Martin, H. G.
System: The Portal to Texas History