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Automatic Circuit-Closer Attachment for Telegraph-Keys (open access)

Automatic Circuit-Closer Attachment for Telegraph-Keys

Patent for an attachment for telegraph keys, so that the line circuit closes automatically upon the release of the key.
Date: April 30, 1918
Creator: White, James L
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cane-Stripper. (open access)

Cane-Stripper.

Patent for cane stripper with v-shaped opposing spring jaws and double cutting edges on its blades. Its simple construction can be created at a low cost and then be sold for profit.
Date: April 30, 1918
Creator: Haynes, Robert J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clamp for Spirit-Levels. (open access)

Clamp for Spirit-Levels.

Patent for clamps for spirit levels that allow a spirit level to be attached directly to a straight edge so that one person could safely use both the straight edge and the spirit level simultaneously. Additionally, the clamp production is simple so it can be produced at a low cost.
Date: April 30, 1918
Creator: Bridgman, Jesse Everet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Comb-Cleaning Device (open access)

Comb-Cleaning Device

Patent for a comb-cleaning device which can be "secured to a wall, wires or cords being strung upon the bracket so that a comb may be stroked thereacross and cleaned &c., &c." lines 16-19
Date: April 30, 1918
Creator: Buchorn, Ben A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Clock Speed Regulator And Recorder (open access)

Combined Clock Speed Regulator And Recorder

Patent for a combined clock-speed regulator and recorder. This object is used for recording and measuring speed in a vehicle.
Date: April 30, 1918
Creator: Cook, Charles T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker's Knee-Pad. (open access)

Cotton-Picker's Knee-Pad.

Patent for Cotton-Picker's Knee-Pad. "This invention relates to pads and particularly to a new, useful, simple and practical knee pad especially designed fo use by cotton pickers." (line 2)
Date: April 30, 1918
Creator: Boynton, Willie A. & Terrell, George A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cut-off Valve for Pipe-Lines (open access)

Cut-off Valve for Pipe-Lines

Patent for cut-off valve for pipe-lines intended for oil companies.
Date: April 30, 1918
Creator: Hagern, Joseph F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hair-Clipper (open access)

Hair-Clipper

Patent for a hair-clipper designed for barbers' and household use, designed to be used without discomfort for the patient.
Date: April 30, 1918
Creator: Sammons, Loney H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hat-Blocker (open access)

Hat-Blocker

Patent for "new and useful improvements hat-blocker (lines 8-9)."
Date: April 30, 1918
Creator: Milligan, Clifford V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Processes of Distillation and Apparatus Therefor (open access)

Improvements in Processes of Distillation and Apparatus Therefor

Patent for improvements in processes of distillation and apparatus therefor in petroleum refineries.
Date: April 30, 1918
Creator: Prichard, George L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Harvester. (open access)

Peanut-Harvester.

Patent for a new, mobile harvesting machine designed to uproot, clean, and pile agricultural products that grow underground, including illustrations.
Date: April 30, 1918
Creator: Green, Zedekiah W., Sr. & Green, Zedekiah W., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piston Ring (open access)

Piston Ring

Patent for "new and useful improvements in Piston Rings (lines 5-6)."
Date: April 30, 1918
Creator: Byrant, Clarence R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Wheel. (open access)

Resilient Wheel.

Patent for a wheel made of metal that is secured to the rim without slipping or creeping, including illustrations
Date: April 30, 1918
Creator: Bonelli, Liborio C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ring-Mandrel (open access)

Ring-Mandrel

Patent for "new and useful improvements in ring mandrels, for use in shaping up and rounding and dressing bands of different diameters &c., &c." lines 15-18
Date: April 30, 1918
Creator: Hinson, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Casing Grapple (open access)

Well-Casing Grapple

Patent for a well-casing grapple, allowing a positive grip when lowering casing or pipe within a well, or withdrawing it therefrom, without the danger of slipping or accident.
Date: April 30, 1918
Creator: Artzt, Erich C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Fence-Stay Machine. (open access)

Wire-Fence-Stay Machine.

Patent for wire working machines, specifically for automatically making wire fence stays. This machine can be operated manually and it is portable.
Date: April 30, 1918
Creator: Alverson, Lewis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boring-Drill. (open access)

Boring-Drill.

Patent for detachable heads and plates for frusco-conical rollers that allow for space between drills, including illustrations.
Date: April 23, 1918
Creator: Reed, Clarence Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Camp Bedding-Roll (open access)

Camp Bedding-Roll

Patent for a bedding roll in which the main sheet is adapted to receive a mattress or be stuffed with straw, grass, or leaves to enable it to be used as a bed-sack.
Date: April 23, 1918
Creator: Waugh, Julia Nott
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Car Door. (open access)

Grain-Car Door.

Patent for Grain-Car Door. "The object the present invention is to arrange the door for use in transporting grain without requiring any additional grain door or planking on the inside door opening." (Line 3)
Date: April 23, 1918
Creator: Hartough, Edward W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harvester. (open access)

Harvester.

Patent for Harvester. "This invention relates to harvesters, particularly designed for harvesting beets, potatoes or analogous agricultural products and the primary object of the invention is to provide a machine which will harvest a crop of agricultural products of the edible root type with a minimum amount of manual labor." (line 2)
Date: April 23, 1918
Creator: Malone, Tom Anderson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ignition System for Internal-Combustion Engines. (open access)

Ignition System for Internal-Combustion Engines.

Patent for Ignition System for Internal-Combustion Engines. "This invention relates to ignition systems for internal combustion engines and comprehends the provision of a dual ignition system for multiple cylinder engines with which either battery or magneto current may be used and having only two coils, one with a vibrator for the magneto current and one without a vibrator for the battery current." (line - 2)
Date: April 23, 1918
Creator: Richards, Harvey B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in the Concentration and Purification of Sludge Acid (open access)

Improvements in the Concentration and Purification of Sludge Acid

Patent for improvements in the concentration and purification of sludge acid in petroleum refineries.
Date: April 23, 1918
Creator: Slater, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Leaf for Books (open access)

Leaf for Books

Patent for certain improvements in leaves for books, specifically hotel registers and similar, that materially prolong the life of the leaf.
Date: April 23, 1918
Creator: Moore, William R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Welding (open access)

Method of Welding

Patent for an improved method of welding broken frames in portions of machinery that are difficult to access, with illustrations and instructions.
Date: April 23, 1918
Creator: Brown, Charles Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History