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Vehicle Spring-Wheel (open access)

Vehicle Spring-Wheel

Patent for improvement in vehicle spring-wheels.
Date: January 25, 1921
Creator: Harris, Walter A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Leaf-Turner. (open access)

Leaf-Turner.

Patent for a new and improved leaf turner which allows the piano player to turn the pages of their sheet music without taking their hands off the keyboard. This leaf turner is "noiseless and efficient in operation and...will respond instantly to the actuating impulse" (lines 21-23). It is not expensive to make, and securely holds music and releases it without effort.
Date: January 11, 1921
Creator: Holcom, Jarret C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Incubator Regulator. (open access)

Incubator Regulator.

Patent for an incubator with an automatic regulator for the flame of an incubator or heating lamp. The invention also provides an improved regulator arranged to raise or lower the wick of an incubator lamp in accordance with the heat in the incubator itself.
Date: January 15, 1918
Creator: Harris, Luster. F. & Williams, Walter. L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Violin Piano (open access)

Violin Piano

Patent for an apparatus to play a violin via piano keyboard input. Designed with the notion that it would be an effective method of playing the violin with those already familiar with the piano
Date: January 17, 1917
Creator: Strawn, Jesse C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vaporizing Attachment for Internal-Combustion Engines. (open access)

Vaporizing Attachment for Internal-Combustion Engines.

Patent for a vaporizing attachment for internal combustion engines which provides means for vaporizing and introducing liquid fuel into the cylinders while the motor is in motion.
Date: January 7, 1919
Creator: Irwin, Herbert G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jar and Can Lifter (open access)

Jar and Can Lifter

Patent for Jar and Can lifter designed to assist in transporting a can or jar. It is made from wire and acts as a removable handle.
Date: January 24, 1920
Creator: Hilley, Seaborn A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Liquid Dispensing Apparatus. (open access)

Liquid Dispensing Apparatus.

Patent for liquid dispensing apparatus to dispense and simultaneously measure liquid.
Date: January 14, 1919
Creator: Reid, Elton F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Irrigator (open access)

Irrigator

Patent for an irrigator used to treat piles (hemorrhoids) and similar diseases. A nozzle delivers liquid to wash the surface of the mucus coating of the afflicted area, and then drains the liquid without obstructing the flow of the liquid. Patent includes illustrations.
Date: January 18, 1921
Creator: Phillips, Edwin R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Tool. (open access)

Well-Drilling Tool.

Patent for a well-drilling tool adapted for use in a sticky shale or similar formations.
Date: January 31, 1922
Creator: Reed, Clarence E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well Drilling Apparatus. (open access)

Well Drilling Apparatus.

Patent for an improved well-drilling apparatus. Improvements made to bull wheel shaft and the sand reel and casing line shaft so they may be operated independently of each other while utilizing the same source of power.
Date: January 14, 1919
Creator: Thorniley, Clarence W. & Thorniley, Charles, D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waterproof Car-Door. (open access)

Waterproof Car-Door.

Patent for a freight car door of "strong, durable, and inexpensive construction which will be water and air tight, and which will be practically indestructible in case of a wreck" (lines 17-20) including illustrations.
Date: January 1, 1918
Creator: Atkinson, George C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive Drifting-Valve. (open access)

Locomotive Drifting-Valve.

Patent for locomotive drifting valves to admit saturated steam from the boiler to the steam chamber of the valve chest and cylinders while the locomotive is running with the main steam throttle closed.
Date: January 8, 1918
Creator: Meister, Alfred A.; Surles, John W. & Boyle, Edmund F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for an adjustable wire stretcher.
Date: January 4, 1921
Creator: Tompkins, Walter L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing Appliance. (open access)

Washing Appliance.

Patent for a washing appliance that consists of pipes that release hot water within a container. This appliance can be used to wash clothing. The patent explains how the appliance works and the specifics of each pipe.
Date: January 28, 1919
Creator: McFarland, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window-Screen. (open access)

Window-Screen.

Patent for improvements in screen constructions in connection with doors or windows. The goal is to provide a means for encouraging insects that are on the inner surfaces of the screen.
Date: January 20, 1920
Creator: McGeorge, Jefferson F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Work Engaging Support for Surface Treating Machines (open access)

Work Engaging Support for Surface Treating Machines

Patent for work engaging support for surface treating machines. Intent of patent is to provide support for revolving sections of machinery in order to provide greater stabilization.
Date: January 13, 1920
Creator: Clark, Alex A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Straightening Tool. (open access)

Wire-Straightening Tool.

Patent for a wire straightening tool, with illustrations, that relies on a series of levers and cams to apply pressure to the wire as it is pulled through. The patent notes that "the wires can be straightened quickly and with facility, thereby permitting the using of all twisted and bent wire which has heretofore gone to waste and resulting in considerable saving of metal" (page 2, lines 14-18).
Date: January 27, 1920
Creator: Cervenka, Frank L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Apparatus for Collecting and Handling Lint (open access)

Improvements in Apparatus for Collecting and Handling Lint

Patent for improvements in apparatus for collecting and handling lint. This apparatus will more thoroughly collect and handle lint so that less lint winds up in the linter room, and can be thoroughly collected.
Date: January 2, 1919
Creator: Nolen, Robert Rufus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transmission Mechanism (open access)

Transmission Mechanism

Patent is for power transmission in motor vehicles. It is housed in one case.
Date: January 23, 1917
Creator: Stillians, Harry C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel (open access)

Vehicle-Wheel

Patent for vehicle wheels/tires and meant to improve upon current models that contain too many operating parts. Patent also contains improvements in performance of tires relating to expansion and contraction of the tires due to temperature.
Date: January 7, 1919
Creator: Allan, William N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel (open access)

Vehicle-Wheel

Patent for a vehicle wheel with a tire that is improved with a spring cushion.
Date: January 4, 1921
Creator: Allan, William N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Watchmaker's Tool. (open access)

Watchmaker's Tool.

Patent for a watchmaking tool that enables a roller jewel to be set in the balance-wheel of a watch with accuracy, and without removing the hair-spring or the roller table.
Date: January 8, 1918
Creator: Kethley, Jacob D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vending-Machine. (open access)

Vending-Machine.

Patent for improvements in the construction of coin-operated vending machines which automatically lock when coins are not inserted. This device is designed to dispense objects of many shapes and sizes. Illustrations included.
Date: January 6, 1920
Creator: Ogden, Carlton N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hot Water Heating System (open access)

Hot Water Heating System

Patent for an improvement to open fire water heating systems in buildings.
Date: January 12, 1917
Creator: McChesney, Louis P.
System: The Portal to Texas History