Bale-Tie Buckle. (open access)

Bale-Tie Buckle.

Patent for bale-tie buckle improvement for tightly securing single length wire prior to pressure release around a cotton bale. Further bale-tie buckle improvements include sharper bends using flat or oval wire to further decrease slipping of wire.
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Frantz, Erza A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Destroying Insects. (open access)

Apparatus for Destroying Insects.

Patent for improvements to a device for exterminating insects, in particular corn weevils, including illustrations.
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Geeslin, Robert Worn
System: The Portal to Texas History
Check-Protector. (open access)

Check-Protector.

Patent for check-protectors that prevent unauthorized tampering with perforating rollers with springs and jaws.
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: McCombs, Charles Cleveland
System: The Portal to Texas History
Excavator. (open access)

Excavator.

Patent for Excavator
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Butterfield, Charles S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher. (open access)

Wire Stretcher.

Patent for a wire stretcher with means to easily adjust a slidable rack bar, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Harper, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Attachment (open access)

Vehicle Attachment

Patent for vehicle attachment
Date: March 13, 1916
Creator: Walker, Willey P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Truss. (open access)

Truss.

Patent for a truss with new improvements that provide more comfortability and ease to the wearer.
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Fillip, Adolf A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Liquid Vending Machine (open access)

Liquid Vending Machine

Patent for machine that dispenses liquid drinks, and has a mechanism that can recieve a coin as payment for the drink.
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Ogden, Carlton N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Milk Cooling and Aerating Apparatus (open access)

Milk Cooling and Aerating Apparatus

Patent for machine that aids in the cooling, and aerating process of milk, so efficiently that it does not require agigtation of the milk.
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Vance, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Photographic View Finder (open access)

Photographic View Finder

Patent for improved photographic view finders for cameras.
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Miller, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Patent for Matrix Broach-Molding Device (open access)

Patent for Matrix Broach-Molding Device

Patent for Matrix Broach-Molding Device
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Markwell, Andrew E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locking Device for Motor Vehicles (open access)

Locking Device for Motor Vehicles

Patent for lock device for motor vehicles
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Gulden, Richard A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Filler for a Cotton-Gin Press-Block. (open access)

Filler for a Cotton-Gin Press-Block.

Patent for a Cotton-Gin Press-Block improvement in fillers that provide bale space when bagging using a pressed block to prevent bagging press-block interference.
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Hall, Joseph Sidney
System: The Portal to Texas History
Raised Sill for Express and Baggage Trucks. (open access)

Raised Sill for Express and Baggage Trucks.

Patent for a raised sill for express and baggage trucks which adds width to the body of the truck and raises the sides of the truck, increasing safety, strength, and efficiency. Patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Engle, George Madison
System: The Portal to Texas History
Retaining Ring. (open access)

Retaining Ring.

Patent for "a new and useful Retaining-Ring" (lines 5-6), including illustrations.
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Hornburg, Charles A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Foot Piece for Cultivators. (open access)

Foot Piece for Cultivators.

Patent for foot pieces of "simple and improved construction whereby the cultivator blade will be held in ground engaging position resiliently with sufficient force to maintain it properly in position in varying conditions of the soil" (lines 10-15). The foot pieces allow for variation in the force with which the blade is maintained in ground, the blade being "quickly and conveniently changed" (lines 24-25).
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Myers, Jim H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pen Point Holder. (open access)

Pen Point Holder.

Patent for a pen point holder, made cheaply with a small number of necessary parts. The pen point holder allows the nib of a pen to be removed from the pen without use of the fingers so that they may remain clean. Instructions and illustrations are included.
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: McCombs, Charles C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spraying and Powder Dusting Attachment (open access)

Spraying and Powder Dusting Attachment

Patent for improved dusting and spraying attachment for cultivators
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Oldham, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher (open access)

Wire Stretcher

Patent for a wire stretching tool.
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Clack, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soldiering Irons or Copper (open access)

Soldiering Irons or Copper

Patent for Soldiering Iron or Copper
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Edwards, Claude M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dispensing Liquids (open access)

Dispensing Liquids

Patent for device used to dispense liquids such as gasolene or the like.
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Bruce, Thomas S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Candy Wrapping Machine (open access)

Candy Wrapping Machine

Patent for a machine that will enrobe stick cand with a wrapper. It will recieve the candy stick by stick, wrap it in paper, and twist the ends.
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Greer, Jesse W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bracket (open access)

Bracket

Patent for an improved bracket.
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Mertz, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shower Bath Attachment (open access)

Shower Bath Attachment

Patent for attachment for shower and bath.
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Luzzi, August F.
System: The Portal to Texas History