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Live-Bait Bucket
Patent for the live-bait bucket. This bucket is created with a mesh-style wire to allow water in, but keep the bait from getting out when placed in water on the side of the boat.
Date:
June 21, 1919
Creator:
Haschke, Feodor G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Tire.
Patent for "tires such as are used for automobiles and other like vehicles in which it is desirable to absorb the shocks incident to rapid travel over road by means of an inherent resiliency in the tire" (lines 12-16) including illustration.
Date:
May 21, 1918
Creator:
Pepple, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knee Pad.
Patent for an improved knee pad, which provides better ventilation and cushioning to the knee, including illustrations.
Date:
November 21, 1922
Creator:
Rylander, Parrish H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for a windmill with vanes that can compensate for varying wind speeds without being damaged by high winds.
Date:
October 21, 1919
Creator:
Ochoa, Victor Leaton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel
Patent for a tire with strong durability and efficient manufacturing.
Date:
September 21, 1920
Creator:
Allan, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tractor-Coupling
Patent for tractor coupling. The object of the invention is to provide a coupling for tractor and plow. When a plow hits an obstruction, the coupling will automatically disengage tractor and plow without breaking any parts.
Date:
December 21, 1920
Creator:
Hart, Lawrence H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Boring Rod.
Patent for a well boring rod in which a hollow rod or shaft is used as a rotary power transmission shaft. The invention has for its primary objects the provision of means for reinforcing or stiffening a well boring rod so that a lighter tube may be used than would otherwise be the case.
Date:
May 21, 1918
Creator:
Layne, Mahlon E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transmission Mechanism.
Patent for a transmission mechanism "in which a minimum number of parts is employed and the working thereof is uniform, steady, and without lost motion" (lines 16-18). Additional benefits are "simple in construction, thoroughly reliable and efficient in operation, and which is strong and durable and may be manufactured at small cost" (lines 21-24).
Date:
May 21, 1918
Creator:
Martinez, Norberto
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Store Furniture
Patent for a piece of furniture that can hold rolls wrapping paper of various size. The rolls are contained in a device that rotates and allows the user to select and easily pull paper from roll.
Date:
October 21, 1919
Creator:
Nicks, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Huller
Patent for hullers for removing hulls of shells for seeds or other similar products. The invention "is of especial utility in hullers for cottons seeds." However, it is noted that a cotton seed huller is only one adaptation of the invention.
Date:
December 21, 1920
Creator:
Vardell, Arthur A. & Highland Gee Vardell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Standing Valve
Patent for a Standing Valve. This standing valve is designed to improve the way the fluids pump through oil and water wells. it also includes an improvement in the way the standing valve is secured to the wells. The new valve can also be easily replaced because of the materials it is composed of.
Date:
September 21, 1920
Creator:
Adams, Thomas M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Staple-Setting Device.
Patent for a staple setting device. This invention sets staples in blind slats and sticks with a special reference to assist with the setting of staples for the purposes of both construction and repair.
Date:
February 21, 1922
Creator:
Chamberlain, Kit Carson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Classifier.
Patent for hydraulic classifier for the treatment of ore. The invention subjects settling solid particles to a secondary classification and prevent the contamination of the settling solids before they are discharged.
Date:
March 21, 1922
Creator:
Allen, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Measure for Oil-Wells.
Patent for a device measuring the depth of oil and other wells by computing the distance preferably by the sand line or other line as it is let down from the earth's surface to the bottom of the well.
Date:
May 21, 1918
Creator:
Richardson, Robert B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tool-Heater
Patent for tool heaters "adapted to heat a soldering iron by gas" (lines 9-10) to increase the heat applied to the tool, including illustrations.
Date:
October 21, 1919
Creator:
Juergens, Ernest
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Measuring, Weighing, and Registering Machine.
Patent for machine that automatically weighs cotton seed while in transit from the cotton gin or grain from the grain elevator to the mill.
Date:
October 21, 1919
Creator:
Muirhead, Alfred Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Torpedo-Guard.
Patent for torpedo guards that can be applied without needing to place the vessel in a dry dock, as well as giving the option of retracting the torpedo guards when not needed. Includes illustrations.
Date:
May 21, 1918
Creator:
Rolf, Frederick G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tie.
Patent for device to make the tying of devices faster, easier, and cheaper than using traditional methods.
Date:
January 21, 1919
Creator:
Day, William H. & Day, Samuel S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Vaporizing Liquids.
Patent for an engine designed for combustion of kerosene with air. The patent notes improvements for regulating the mixture ratios and maximizing efficiency by heating the air intake.
Date:
December 21, 1920
Creator:
McClintock, Charles Davis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Core.
Patent for a tire core with interlocking sections that can be removed easily from built tires to reuse, including illustrations.
Date:
December 21, 1920
Creator:
Gillette, Walter S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Center Rail for Key-Actions.
Patent for an easily adjustable, simple, and durable center rail for key actions in pianos which does not require chiseling holes.
Date:
October 21, 1919
Creator:
Swallow, Oscar L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Underreamer for Reaming Out Producing-sands.
Patent for "underreaming tools or bits which can be adjusted from the top of the well and which can be set at the required angle..."
Date:
September 21, 1920
Creator:
Lambeth, Acey L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Support for Telegraph Line-Wires and the Like.
Patent for "supports for telegraph and telephone line wires, electric light line wires, and the like, and the object is to provide simple and highly efficient brackets for holding such wires securely in place ... so that the wires will not drop to the ground" (lines 10-18), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 21, 1918
Creator:
Wilson, James F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mouse-Guard for Pianos.
Patent for "an upright device for closing the opening in the front of a piano directly below a pedal to thereby render the piano mouse proof" (lines 8-11). The device utilizes spring tension to operate.
Date:
May 21, 1918
Creator:
Bell, Silas D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History