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Decade
Month
Automobile-Signal
Patent for a device to indicate the intention to make a turn in an automobile, with improvements made for nighttime usage, including illustrations.
Date:
October 22, 1918
Creator:
Illingworth, Sam
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Window Shade and Curtain Hanger.
Patent for an adjustable window shade frame that can be mounted on an existing window to allow curtains or shades to be adjusted from the top or the bottom, and secured at any desired level for privacy and/or ventilation.
Date:
December 31, 1918
Creator:
Edens, Myrtle J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Antifriction Hollow-Tube Sucker-Rod for Deep Wells
Patent for a "simple and inexpensive means for coupling the tubular sections of the sucker rod together and guiding said rod with little or no friction into the well casing or tube" (lines13-17). This object is to be used in "pumping water, oil, and other liquids from deep wells"(lines 11-12).
Date:
October 15, 1918
Creator:
Black, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bill-Posting Blanking Device.
Patent for bill-posting blanking device for applying strips of paper to bill-boards.
Date:
November 20, 1917
Creator:
Gallia, Paul
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carbureter Attachment.
Patent for a carbureter attachment.
Date:
March 19, 1918
Creator:
McDonald, James A. & Harris, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Engine Hood and Drain-Trough Therefor.
Patent for the creation of "an improved automobile hood and particularly drain trough" (lines 12-14) that have been adapted in order to reduce the risk of water leaking into the vehicle's engine.
Date:
March 30, 1920
Creator:
Stowe, George B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ratchet Die-Stock
Patent for improvement on the usage of die-stocks which are used to cut and thread metal objects such as pipes.
Date:
July 22, 1919
Creator:
Hestand, Rue S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Rocker for Baby-Carriages.
Patent for adjustable rockers that convert baby carriages into a cradle in a quick and reliable manner.
Date:
June 18, 1918
Creator:
Hill, Joseph C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beet-Harvester.
Patent for a beet-harvester that pulls the beets from the ground and severs the tops from the bodies of the beets.
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Faucher, George E
System:
The Portal to Texas History
AIR REGULATING ATTACHMENT
Patent for an Air Regulating Attachment. This new invention for an air regulating attachment builds upon previous advancements to create an inexpensive air regulating attachment system, which will in turn be used to regulate engine carburetors (Oscar Kiessing).
Date:
April 21, 1919
Creator:
Kiessig, Oscar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cork-Puller
Patent for a cork-puller which eases the removal of a cork from a bottle, without damaging either cork or bottle, with illustrations.
Date:
October 15, 1918
Creator:
Moser, Jacob W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Automobile Headlights
Patent for an automobile headlight attachment capable of horizontal rotation.
Date:
December 2, 1919
Creator:
Tripp, J. C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
AUTOMOBILE-TOOL.
Patent for an automobile tool for the Ford make of automobiles that "will hold the springs away from the bands and allow the bands to be removed and replaced or adjusted, when necessary" (lines 29-32) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 4, 1920
Creator:
ROBERGE, JAMES Z.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Vaporizing-Plug
Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Vaporizing-Plugs" (lines 5-6). "This invention... has for its principle object the production of a device which is adapted to be carried upon a manifold of an internal combustion engine... so that upon each stroke of the piston, or pistons, air will be drawn into the intake manifold where it will be mixed with gas passing therethrough, thus forming a charge which will have more power when exploded and which will prevent the formation of carbon deposits within the cylinders and which will also reduce the cost of operation of the engine." (lines 9-23).
Date:
July 2, 1918
Creator:
Floyd, William B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Block and Tying Mechanism for Baling Presses.
Patent for blocks and tying mechanism for baling presses, which include "a hollow block, a plurality of which may be used in a press, and a tying mechanism including transversely operating needles or plungers entering the the blocks and cooperating with the means therein for tying the bale wires" (lines 17-23) including an illustration and instructions.
Date:
June 4, 1918
Creator:
Ezell, Uberto D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boring-Drill.
Patent for detachable heads and plates for frusco-conical rollers that allow for space between drills, including illustrations.
Date:
April 23, 1918
Creator:
Reed, Clarence Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burial-Casket
This patent is for a burial casket. One of the aims of this casket is to obviate the necessity of using metallic securing devices which now commonly corrode or deteriorate from moisture and expose the body of the corpse to moisture in the ground as well as to parasites and burrowing animals.
Date:
March 26, 1918
Creator:
McKinney, Jacob D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Article Holder or Stand.
Patent for a device that conveniently and readily supports books, photographs, picture cards, and other similar articles. The new design is formed from a single strand of wire, and is specifically adapted for holding books in an open position and allowing the pages to be turned as needed.
Date:
February 28, 1922
Creator:
Boyette, Oren K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Airship.
Patent for improved airship design involving the containment of gas in an envelop and the passage of gas through multiple compartments with the purpose of facilitating, "steering or repairing of the machine." (line 17) including illustrations.
Date:
August 13, 1918
Creator:
Rainey, James E. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Antiskid Device
Patent for reinforcing the hinge of an antiskid device. Long studs on heavy foot plates on tires are used to brace the hinges not allowing them to wear down by dragging on the road surface.
Date:
February 17, 1920
Creator:
Smith, Ross
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
Churn.
Patent for working body-churn "which is mounted between springs and is adapted to be worked up and down by the contraction and expansion of the springs so as to thoroughly agitate the cream within the receptacle thereof" (lines 16-20) including illustration.
Date:
June 4, 1918
Creator:
Payne, Luther Maxie; Robert Asbury Thompson & Lute Percy Morris
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weeding Device
Patent for improving "the construction and increase the efficiency and utility" of "horse or motor drawn weeding devices." (Lines 8-11)
Date:
May 31, 1919
Creator:
Zetzman, William of Post, Texas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator.
Patent for improving acetylene gas generators.
Date:
April 1, 1919
Creator:
Muse, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History