Automobile-Windlass (open access)

Automobile-Windlass

Patent for an improvement to automobile windlasses. The improvement allows automobile to be removed from any road obstruction easily and quickly.
Date: November 11, 1919
Creator: Davis, Marion A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Battery-Mud-Extracting Device. (open access)

Battery-Mud-Extracting Device.

Patent for improvement of Battery-Mud-Extracting Devices where the mud may be removed without disassembling the battery or displacing of the electrode plates.
Date: March 11, 1919
Creator: Irwin, Samuel D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Beet-Harvester (open access)

Beet-Harvester

Patent for removal of beets from ground and transfer to carrying device.
Date: March 11, 1919
Creator: Mathison, Andrew Alois.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burner-Cap. (open access)

Burner-Cap.

Patent for an improved liquid fuel burner, one which can destroy the spines of cacti. The burner can also direct fuel in different angles and when ignited will move the flame onto the retort chamber.
Date: February 11, 1919
Creator: Brown, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bit-Hoist (open access)

Bit-Hoist

Patent for easy removal of bits from drilling machines.
Date: February 11, 1919
Creator: Parrish, Benjamin Eugene & Stage, Solomon
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hairpin (open access)

Hairpin

Patent for preventing "the accidental displacement of the dislodgment of the pin from the hair of the wearer." (Lines 11-12).
Date: September 11, 1919
Creator: Nalle, Charles R. of Forth Worth, TX
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Repairing Automobile Radiators (open access)

Apparatus for Repairing Automobile Radiators

Patent for an apparatus meant to assist in the repair of automobile radiators by holding the radiator in place and keeping all parts necessary for repair easily accessible.
Date: November 11, 1919
Creator: Jerden, W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Linotype and Intertype (open access)

Linotype and Intertype

Patent for automatic stopping of matrices.
Date: February 11, 1919
Creator: Sundstrom, Herman T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill (open access)

Windmill

Patent for a windmill that rotates on a vertical and horizontal axis. The blades are mounted to stop in order to prevent damage to the windmill should pressure occur.
Date: November 11, 1919
Creator: Brown, Archie Edwards
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel. (open access)

Vehicle-Wheel.

Patent for improving a tire by providing new form of tread-holding device and using a resilient metal band encircling the tire.
Date: March 11, 1919
Creator: Allan, William N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Station-Indicator. (open access)

Station-Indicator.

Patent for an automatic station indicator for railway coaches.
Date: February 11, 1919
Creator: Large, WIlliam A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal Box (open access)

Journal Box

Patent for an improved journal box design intended to reduce the risk of oil leaking from a locomotive's axle.
Date: March 11, 1919
Creator: Davis, L. L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump. (open access)

Pump.

Patent for an improvement in pumps and "has for its object the provision of a pump providing a counterbalance for the weight of the column of liquid in the suction pipe provided by a vacuum chamber in the pump" (lines 10-14). Illustration included.
Date: November 11, 1919
Creator: Haszinger, George Ernest
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump. (open access)

Pump.

Patent for improvements to liquid or fluid related pumps. This improvement will allow for a free flow of liquid without getting stuck, sticky, or full of sediment.
Date: October 11, 1919
Creator: Humason, Granville A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Operation for the Separation of Liquids. (open access)

Method of Operation for the Separation of Liquids.

Patent for method to separate liquid through a separation device connected with an electric circuit.
Date: March 11, 1919
Creator: McKibben, Charles W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Still. (open access)

Still.

Patent for a still designed to refine crude petroleum and extract lighter elements, including illustrations.
Date: February 11, 1919
Creator: Gallsworthy, Benjamin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Carrier (open access)

Tire-Carrier

Patent for carrying an extra tire on an automobile along with a method for easy removal and placement of the tire.
Date: March 11, 1919
Creator: Collins, Thomas Jefferson & Jordan, Royal Blaine
System: The Portal to Texas History
Guide and Depth Regulator (open access)

Guide and Depth Regulator

This patent is for an improved form of guide and depth regulators by Mr. Frank B. Dow. This improved design "relates to new and useful improvements in guides and depth regulations for shovel plows," while "providing simple and easy means for the parts involved," (lines 9-16).
Date: November 11, 1919
Creator: Dow, Frank B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press. (open access)

Hay-Press.

Patent for improving baling presses by reconstructing the press to make it more efficient and simple. Also, this improvement allows the plunger to automatically return after the press stroke is finished.
Date: March 11, 1919
Creator: White, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drinking-Cup. (open access)

Drinking-Cup.

Patent for a collapsible holder for paper drinking cups.
Date: March 11, 1919
Creator: Fermier, Victor Emanuel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch-Locking Device. (open access)

Switch-Locking Device.

Patent for improvements in switch locking devices. Design intends to increase efficiency and ease of operability, as well as providing "means for retaining the latch in inoperative position" when chosen (lines 23-25).
Date: March 11, 1919
Creator: McCormick, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Puzzle. (open access)

Puzzle.

Patent for a word puzzle made up of a thin board with a grid of letters in which palindromic words and phrases are spelled by following lines forward and backward across the board from any point on the edge of the board to another.
Date: March 11, 1919
Creator: Henderson, Alfred Jasper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Power-Transmitting Mechanism. (open access)

Power-Transmitting Mechanism.

Patent for an improved power-transmitting mechanism for, "bicycles, motorcycles and similar vehicles whereby rotation is transmitted to the driven wheel without the use of chains, belts, gears or analogous elements commonly employed for this purpose" (lines 14-18). The invention will maximize driving power while minimizing energy expenditure (lines 19-24), employ a propelling mechanism, and reduce manufacturing and repair costs.
Date: March 11, 1919
Creator: Grubb, Orin A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Well Torpedo. (open access)

Oil Well Torpedo.

Patent for "detonating explosives in oil wells" (nitroglycerin) (lines 10 - 13).
Date: March 11, 1919
Creator: Mosher, Lewis A.
System: The Portal to Texas History