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Automatically-Operated Gate and Door
Patent for improvements on automatically opened doors and gates for vehicular passing. The improvements will allow the automatic opening of gates and doors without human attention or interference.
Date:
April 9, 1921
Creator:
Brown, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Advertising Device
Patent for an advertising device meant to sit on a desk as a ruler. This device is designed to make the images on its surface appear to be suspended in air when it is lifted. It can be manufactured cheaply and is intended to be distributed for free as both a ruler and advertisement.
Date:
April 9, 1918
Creator:
Glisson, Amos Adolphus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Extracting Device
Patent for an Automobile Extracting Device, which may be readily carried in compact form in one of the storage compartments of a motor vehicle, including illustrations.
Date:
April 9, 1918
Creator:
Morrow, Thomas B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clod-Crusher
This patent is for a clod crusher. The purpose of this patent is to make clod crushing more effective and efficient through the action of the cutting members and not by the weight of apparatus alone.
Date:
April 9, 1918
Creator:
Weems, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combine Dimmer and Adjuster for Headlights
This patent is for the improvement of illumination and more particularly relates to a combined dimmer and adjuster for headlights. The primary aim is for the improvement of dimmers on the lamps of a motor vehicle so that the dimmers might be adjusted together with respect to the lamps so that various positions of vertical and horizontal adjustment are possible and if necessary, the removal of the cover of the lamps.
Date:
April 9, 1918
Creator:
Averitt, Robert W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator
Patent for cultivator with illustrations and certain improvements on the invention.
Date:
April 9, 1918
Creator:
Whisenant, David A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Apparatus for Heating Stills, Boilers, and the Like.
Patent for "Improvements in Electrical Apparatus for Heating Stills, Boilers, and the like" (lines 6-8) that uses electricity and includes "a heating element which is not affected by repeated changes in temperature, which is adapted to present a heating surface of large area, which may be raised to a high temperature with a low current, and which is many times more economical in use than metal coils possessing less heat radiating powers" (lines 21-28) including illustrations.
Date:
April 9, 1918
Creator:
Lorenz, Charles O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flush-Valve
Patent for a valve for a general flush tank.
Date:
April 9, 1918
Creator:
Cahill, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hat-Pin Point Protector
This patent is for the device that is to be used for protecting the point of the hat pin, and the invention aims to improve the operative connection between the compartmental members which shield and grip the point of the pin.
Date:
April 9, 1918
Creator:
Koch, Charles Albert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Can.
Patent for an oil can that provides a squirt through which oil is ejected with considerable force, illustration included.
Date:
April 9, 1918
Creator:
Ellis, Water Lloyd
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peanut Harvester
Patent for "new and improved peanut harvester (lines 5-7)."
Date:
April 9, 1918
Creator:
Keith, Walter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Piston-Head
This patent relates to piston heads particularly designed for use in connection with a hydrocarbon engine. The purpose of this invention is to provide a novel form of a ball and socket connection between the piston rod and the piston head. The said connection is designed to be durable in construction , cheap to manufacture and easily applied.
Date:
April 9, 1918
Creator:
Collier, William Reid
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Pillow.
Patent for improvements to pneumatic pillows, specifically the ventilator within the pillow.
Date:
April 9, 1918
Creator:
Kelly, Ida
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety Starting Device for Internal-Combustion Motors
Patent for the improved "Safety Starting Device for Internal-Combustion Motors (line 6-8)."
Date:
April 9, 1918
Creator:
Todd, James T. A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Toy Projectile
Patent for toy arrows and similar projectiles "which may be safely shot or projected by children without danger of the arrow injuring any object or hurting the child" (lines 12-15). Additionally it can be used to kill flies without smashing them.
Date:
April 9, 1918
Creator:
Pewther, Judson C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Propeller
Patent for a propeller for aircrafts. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 9, 1912
Creator:
Buchanan, Jesey H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bit-Frame
Patent for a bit frame for holding ceiling cleats in place so that screws can be driven at each end. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 9, 1912
Creator:
Lagarde, Everette S. & Angenend, Peter A., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Harrow and Roller
Patent for a combined harrow and roller for pulverizing and eliminating unwanted growth from the ground. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 9, 1912
Creator:
Younger, Walter E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Window-Awning And Fire-Protector.
Patent for a collapsible window awning.
Date:
April 9, 1912
Creator:
Guy, Webb W. & Richards, Oliver L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compressed-Air Machine.
Patent for an "an automatically acting compressed air machine where a reciprocating action is desired" (lines 9-11) "which will be automatic and positive in its action, which may be operated with minimum amount of compressed fluid, and which has relatively few parts that might get out of order" (lines 12-18).
Date:
April 9, 1912
Creator:
Saurenmann, Jacob Gilmore
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cuspidor Handle and Carrier
Patent for Cuspidor Handle and Carrier.
Date:
April 9, 1912
Creator:
Old, Earnest
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Envelop-Seal
Patent for an envelop seal. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 9, 1912
Creator:
Pettitt, Nancy E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-Board.
Patent for an ironing board for the particular use of ironing sleeves of garments and other small articles, and can be readily attached detached from a table, including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
April 9, 1912
Creator:
Clarke, Marcus S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Needle for Sound-Reproducing Machines
Patent for a needle with volume adjustment and sound enhancement capabilities, for gramophones and similar sound-reproducing machines.
Date:
April 9, 1912
Creator:
Tendler, Benard
System:
The Portal to Texas History