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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
Building Tile.
Patent for "hollow blocks" or "tile and hollow corner blocks" that "prevent moisture from passing through walls" (lines 10-14).
Date:
December 31, 1918
Creator:
Bennett, Walter R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Hand-Grip.
Patent for an improvement to artificial hand-grips that includes a pair of jaws that attaches to an artificial arm and allows wearers to perform various activities.
Date:
December 31, 1918
Creator:
Corley, Quentin D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Driving-Box.
Patent for improvements in locomotive driving-boxes aimed at eliminating the need to hold locomotives (trains) out of service for significant periods of time in order to repair solid driving boxes. Increased functionality is achieved by means of removable hub liner, deliverability of lubricant to various surfaces of the box and sections having slidable engagement with the hub face.
Date:
December 31, 1918
Creator:
Simmons, Arthur W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Boring-Drill.
Patent for an improved rotary boring drill of the roller type for use in digging wells or mines in earth or rock. These improvements are primarily a means for housing the cutters of a drill in a removable housing that can be quickly removed but also firmly secured against accidental removal during operation.
Date:
December 31, 1918
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerating Machine.
Patent for a refrigerating machine that works with a double jacketed brine cylinder with a self-contained expansion tank for the coolant. It is meant to provide cooling with small displacement of the cylinder, but with great circulation of the brine.
Date:
December 31, 1918
Creator:
Bell, Samuel R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flying-Machine.
Patent for a flying machine that is designed to carry heavy weight such as for multiple passengers or cargo. It is also designed to be used for military purposes such as for carrying weaponry and soldiers.
Date:
December 31, 1918
Creator:
Torres, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stovepipe-Fastener.
Patent for a stovepipe fastener for the purpose of securing the end of the stovepipe into a sheet metal thimble and preventing the stovepipe being pulled out of the chimney and into the room.
Date:
December 31, 1918
Creator:
Schuch, Anthony
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plowing Machine
Patent for plowing machine. This invention improvement relates to an adaptation of the plowing machine to break up or loosen the subsoil and surface soil.
Date:
December 31, 1918
Creator:
Berger, Charles V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History