Collection
Country
States
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Month
Day
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
Drainage-Bottle
Patent for a drainage bottle that can be attached/detached from the person and is used for draining wounds.
Date:
February 19, 1918
Creator:
Wofford, William Fillmore
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fastener for Meter-Boxes.
Patent for fasteners (locks) for meter-boxes to prevent tampering by unauthorized users by attaching a cover with rotating bolts that can be locked or unlocked with an accompanying key.
Date:
February 19, 1918
Creator:
Holmgreen, Julius H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Motor Limbering Stand
Patent for a motor limbering stand. To provide an apparatus for starting and testing motors.
Date:
February 19, 1918
Creator:
Hill, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Cutter
Patent for improvements to pipe-cutters that can cut pipes of different sizes.
Date:
February 19, 1918
Creator:
Hime, Clint T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
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
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
Slide-Display Machine.
Patent for a mechanism that automatically moves the slides through a slide display machine to display each successfully upon a wall or screen, illustrations included.
Date:
February 19, 1918
Creator:
Brown, Thomas E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
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
Air-Feed for Motors.
Patent for air-feed invention that aims to supply moist air to automobile engines. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 19, 1917
Creator:
Reid, Samuel E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap
Patent for improvements in animal traps, in particular mouse and rat traps. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 19, 1917
Creator:
Stockburger, Charles. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ceiling-Plate.
Patent for improvements to ceiling plates that allow a ceiling plate through which a pipe passes to remain securely attached to the ceiling (or other surface) even while the pipe expands or contracts.
Date:
June 19, 1917
Creator:
Donnelly, John R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cleaning Device for Wells.
Patent for a device for cleaning wells. Particularly for washing out of the well screen after it has been set in the bore.
Date:
June 19, 1917
Creator:
Carden, David A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picking Needle
Patent for a cotton picking needle that relates to machines for picking cotton. More particularly to a novel form of picking needle especially designed for use in connection with a picking machine of that type shown for example.
Date:
June 19, 1917
Creator:
Johnson, Billie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Ginning, Cleaning, and Bleaching Cotton.
Patent for improvements to the processes of ginning, cleaning, and bleaching cotton, and "particularly to stripping the lint cotton from the seed and for treating cotton with an air treatment after it leaves the saws" (lines 10-13), including illustrations.
Date:
June 19, 1917
Creator:
Hodo, Wesley A. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Radius-Rod.
Patent for radius rod which will hold more effectively the front axle in alignment for steering purposes. This rod will not cause damage to the crank case, motor, or other connecting parts.
Date:
June 19, 1917
Creator:
Harpst, Frederick E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale Band Buckle
Patent for bale band buckle.
Date:
December 19, 1916
Creator:
Ragsdale, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collar
Patent for a horse collar.
Date:
December 19, 1916
Creator:
Padgitt, Jesse D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Washing Machine and Canner
Patent for a machine that can be converted from a washing machine to a canner, and vice versa, very easily.
Date:
December 19, 1916
Creator:
Williams, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Excavator
Patent for excavator.
Date:
December 19, 1916
Creator:
Story, Ela D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fishing Tool for Wells
Patent for device that will remove broken drill heads or foreign matter from drill well.
Date:
December 19, 1916
Creator:
Sheldon, Ward J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History