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Carbureter Attachment. (open access)

Carbureter Attachment.

Patent for a carbureter attachment.
Date: March 19, 1918
Creator: McDonald, James A. & Harris, James H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cleaning Cotton (open access)

Apparatus for Cleaning Cotton

Patent for an improvement to boll breakers and cotton cleaners by performing the tasks of picking, cleaning, beating, and spreading more efficiently and effectively.
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Streun, John Arnold
System: The Portal to Texas History
Derailing Block dated October 1, 1918 (open access)

Derailing Block dated October 1, 1918

Patent for new and improved detailing rocks for railroads. What makes this unique is that the clamp can be quickly and effectively clamped to railroad tracks.
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Samuel Harvey Garrett & Joseph Owen Staude
System: The Portal to Texas History
Butter-Mold (open access)

Butter-Mold

Patent for "a butter mold embodying means for cutting and shaping a piece of wrapping paper to conform to the configuration of the mold in which it is adapted to be placed to receive the butter." (lines 9-13).
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Higginbotham, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Classifier and Separator. (open access)

Classifier and Separator.

Patent for classifiers and separators used in mining to separate solids and liquids in the tank. It allows for easy removal and replacement of parts as they wear.
Date: March 19, 1918
Creator: Allen, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Dental Instruments. (open access)

Attachment for Dental Instruments.

Patent for a dental instrument which is to attach to a dental drill handle. Protecting the patient's tongue from being cut by the drill or grinding disk while the patient's lower teeth are being operated on, including illustrations.
Date: November 19, 1918
Creator: Luzzi, August F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertising-Machine. (open access)

Advertising-Machine.

Patent for a machine that displays advertisements in a rotation.
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Barnett, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll Breaker and Cleaner. (open access)

Boll Breaker and Cleaner.

Patent for a device that attaches to a cotton gin that cleans and crushes the cotton bolls.
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Streun, John Arnold
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Breaker and Cotton-Cleaner. (open access)

Boll-Breaker and Cotton-Cleaner.

Patent for improvements to the boll breaker and cotton cleaner by changing the construction and arrangement of parts. The patent uses air pressure to move the bolly cotton through the boll breaker and cotton cleaner chambers.
Date: November 19, 1918
Creator: Gillespie, Solomon E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collar (open access)

Collar

Patent for a collar with tie supporting strip.
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Naegeli, Fred E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Can-Opener. (open access)

Can-Opener.

Patent for a can opener that is made from "a single flat piece of metal" (line 17) and is made for ease of operation, reducing the chance of the user cutting themselves.
Date: March 19, 1918
Creator: Williams, Paul E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Train Signal (open access)

Automatic Train Signal

Patent for new automatic train signal. It was invented to improve train signaling systems for automatic trains.
Date: November 19, 1918
Creator: Bulla, Melburn Bernie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Turbine-Motor (open access)

Turbine-Motor

Patent for improvements in the construction and use of turbine motors.
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Smithey, Walter Duke
System: The Portal to Texas History
Knockdown and Portable Frame and Hoist. (open access)

Knockdown and Portable Frame and Hoist.

Patent for a knockdown and portable frame and hoist as a combined structure for "easy and convenient transportation" (line 19).
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Shook, Jessie Alonzo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Screen (open access)

Well-Screen

Patent for a well-screen which is used in oil or water wells for screening out sand from the inflowing fluids
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Rodrigo, Henry, Sr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for improved wire-stretchers. The simple concept allows for the pieces to be produced inexpensively and does not require any machine work.
Date: November 19, 1918
Creator: Moseley, Benjmine G
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Burners (open access)

Improvements in Burners

Patent for improvements for burners. It is related explicitly to hydrocarbon burners. Its purpose is to keep the oil and steam separate as they leave the burner by keeping them in two separate streams.
Date: June 19, 1918
Creator: Trahan, Clair A
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vacuum-Operated Make-And-Break Spark Plug (open access)

Vacuum-Operated Make-And-Break Spark Plug

Patent for an improved "vacuum operated make and break spark plug" (lines 16-17) including illustrations.
Date: November 19, 1918
Creator: Irwin, Herbert G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump (open access)

Pump

This patent is for pumps. This patent allows for the pump barrel to be readily disengaged from its normal positive engagement with the well tube for removal from said tube for repairs or any other reason.
Date: March 19, 1918
Creator: Perry, Sherman V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Treating Cotton-Stalks (open access)

Process of Treating Cotton-Stalks

Patent for a low cost method of treating cotton-stalks to be used for similar purposes to hemp and other similar fibers.
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Jones, Levander D.; Deacon, Herbert D. & Marvin, Zebina E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Means of Escaping from Aeroplanes (open access)

Means of Escaping from Aeroplanes

Patent for providing emergency egress to pilots by way of quick release restraint straps, a parachute, and a trap door, including illustrations.
Date: November 19, 1918
Creator: Carver, Ben D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process for Tanning Hides. (open access)

Process for Tanning Hides.

Patent for a novel process of tanning hides of various animals.
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Moore, Rufus N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch. (open access)

Switch.

Patent for a multiple point switch that may be connected to a standard light socket.
Date: November 19, 1918
Creator: Kilmer, Edward J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Tanning Hides and Skins (open access)

Process of Tanning Hides and Skins

Patent for rendering the process of tanning hides and skins "more expeditious and considerably cheaper &c., &c." (lines 12-13)
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Hall, Lewis T. & Tuttle, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History