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Aeroplane.
Patent for an airplane (or aeroplane) which provides a large number of control surfaces adjustable by the pilot, including a moveable engine.
Date:
January 7, 1919
Creator:
Millican, Joel Walter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Firing Device for Explosive Shells.
Patent for automatic firing device where "an explosive shell may be caused to travel any distance within the range of the shell through the air without exploding" (lines 14-17).
Date:
January 7, 1919
Creator:
McCombs, Orville K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Gun and Knife.
Patent for a firearm that has a permanently-attached retractable bayonet.
Date:
January 7, 1919
Creator:
Tomanek, Josef
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence Stay Machine
Patent for a machine coils the wire around the fence stay within one device.
Date:
January 7, 1919
Creator:
Lewis Alverson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grade-Indicator.
Patent for a grade indicator designed for land, air, and sea vehicles. It provides both lateral and longitudinal inclination with a simple construction.
Date:
January 7, 1919
Creator:
Shemeley, Jesse B. & Shemeley, Marion E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrostatic Control for Pumps
Patent for improvements in the hydrostatic control located in the pump. It is used as an automatic pressure governor.
Date:
January 7, 1919
Creator:
William M. Stephenson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Inlet Control Valve for Flush Tanks
Patent for inlet control valve for flush tanks. Invention is indented to be an improvement on inlet control valves in flush tanks by decreasing noise levels.
Date:
January 7, 1919
Creator:
Wright, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Measuring-Dispenser.
Patent for a fluid measuring dispenser with a dispensing receptacle, measuring scale, and cooperating gauge. The gauge displays the exact quantity of fluid dispensed as well as the amount remaining in the receptacle.
Date:
January 7, 1919
Creator:
Mauldin, Collumbus S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mine-Cart-Check Lock
Patent for improvements on mine-car-check lock technology. It provides a secure place for miners to put checks on the front of their cars and cannot be opened until the cart is empty.
Date:
January 7, 1919
Creator:
Williams, Ned
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor Starter
Patent for a new motor starter design.
Date:
January 7, 1919
Creator:
Maha, Irwin J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Patch for Cotton Bales.
Patent for a patch for cotton bales. The invention provides a solution for the need to cut a slit in a cotton bale to see to the cotton's quality. This cotton bale patch serves as a way to fasten these slits in production to prevent loss or theft of the cotton product.
Date:
January 7, 1919
Creator:
Louis, Rube B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of and Apparatus for Treating Oil
Patent for a process of and an apparatus for treating oil in a more efficient manner.
Date:
January 7, 1919
Creator:
Seibert, Frank M. & Brady, John D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quick Tire-Patch for Pneumatic Tires.
Patent for a quick tire patch for pneumatic tires for the purpose of providing an adhesive repair patch that is easy and convenient to apply and that may be used immediately after application.
Date:
January 7, 1919
Creator:
Duffy, Clarence O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Utilization of Acid-Coke
Patent for the utilization sulfuric acid in the creation and uses of acid-coke.
Date:
January 7, 1919
Creator:
George L. Pichard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
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
Tractor.
Patent is for a new and improved tractor design. Improvements to gear and axle design that enable the tractor to make narrower turns and to make power run from the engine to the gears without interfering with the steering mechanism.
Date:
January 7, 1917
Creator:
Hudgens, George Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
COTTON CHOPPER
Patent for a simple arrangement to be drawn along a row of standing plants in order to chop or cut out the superfluous plants in the row.
Date:
January 7, 1914
Creator:
Charles Lomax
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Wrench
Patent for an automatic wrench. The wrench possesses a locking movable jaw. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 7, 1913
Creator:
Clay, Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bag Holder
Patent for a bag holder. This invention is made of four frame sections that fold and when extended supports the bag. Illustration included.
Date:
January 7, 1913
Creator:
Devini, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Feed-Box.
Patent for a folding feed box that may be "readily carried or packed in a small space" (lines 18-19) when not being used.
Date:
January 7, 1913
Creator:
Young, Benjamin Joshua
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Food Tongs
Patent for food tongs. The invention employs scoops. Illustration included.
Date:
January 7, 1913
Creator:
Wheeler, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Thrust Bearing
Patent for a thrust bearing. Illustration included.
Date:
January 7, 1913
Creator:
Johnston, Horace G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine
Patent for a washing machine. Illustration included.
Date:
January 7, 1913
Creator:
Pippin, John William & Woods, Douglass H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History