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Amusement Apparatus
Patent for an amusement apparatus of the character set forth with and inclined place made of a number of pivoted sections which may be simultaneously moved into horizontal position to form steps or seats and be held in such position by trip device provided with a target which latter upon being hit by a thrown ball will release the several sections of the inclined plane of steps and permit them through the weight of one or more persons thereon to aline one with the other and form a continuous inclined plane or sliding board down which the persons who were seated or standing upon the steps will be caused to slide and be thrown into a body of water over which the apparatus is erected.
Date:
July 31, 1917
Creator:
Andrews, J.W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cleaning Deep Wells.
Patent for a device that uses hot steam to clean caked-on paraffin, mud, and other substances out of oil well pumping apparatuses.
Date:
July 31, 1917
Creator:
Deats, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Steering Apparatus.
Patent for automobile steering apparatus, adding two rear wheels and mounting an enlarged body on the frame which will allow a considerable number of passengers to be carried and many advantages had as a public service vehicle.
Date:
July 31, 1917
Creator:
Rebman, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press.
Patent for an invention composed of various tools used to compress bail hay and/or other similar materials. Nature and scope of invention are explained and illustrations are included.
Date:
July 31, 1917
Creator:
Preston, Cyrus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil Destroyer.
Patent for machine to exterminate boll weevils, including illustrations. This device administers insecticide and captures damaged plants and insects.
Date:
July 31, 1917
Creator:
Henry, William L. & Calloway, Irven E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cleaner.
Patent for an improved cotton cleaner including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 31, 1917
Creator:
Line, George C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dirigible Headlight.
Patent for "simple, durable and inexpensive" (line 22) dirigible headlight that can installed on automobiles and can be controlled from the steering wheel.
Date:
July 31, 1917
Creator:
Crawford, James E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric-Motor Drive.
Patent for an electric-motor drive that can be used specifically with a cotton tramper, including instructions and illustrations.. This invention serves multiples methods of improvement compared to current electric-motor drives, and will make the processes its involved in more efficient, while being inexpensive to construct.
Date:
July 31, 1917
Creator:
Whitt, Joseph E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Half-Car Unloader.
Patent for the improvement of Half-Car Unloaders as it "relates to the handling of material in bulk and has special reference to a device arranged to enable railroad cars such as are sued for hauling coal, ore, and other like material to be unloaded by a single operation." (lines 13-18)
Date:
July 31, 1917
Creator:
Scardino, Mariano P. & Scardino, Peter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Cutting and Scoring Box-Blanks
Patent for the mechanical cutting and scoring of box blanks with illustrations.
Date:
July 31, 1917
Creator:
Daven, Michael P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Match-Safe
Patent for a new match safe which dispenses matches individually, including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
July 31, 1917
Creator:
Lewis, Oscar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Cracking Mechanism.
Patent for a nut-cracking mechanism that adjusts automatically to the size of nut with a variable cracking stroke.
Date:
July 31, 1917
Creator:
Russell, Frank K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process for Producing Fibrous Material from Rice-straw
Patent for a process for producing fibrous material from rice-straw. The process was created to fiberize and use rice straw. Rice straw had little economic value but creating a process for fiberizing it might help to make this resource commercially useful.
Date:
July 31, 1917
Creator:
Toles, Justin Kay
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Dropper.
Patent for a seed dropper that is used to drop peas or other seeds between hills of corn. This tool is very light and can be handled with one hand.
Date:
July 31, 1917
Creator:
Hefner, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sleeping-Hood.
Patent for an "inexpensive to manufacture, and convenient and comfortable in use" (lines 17-18) sleeping hood to be worn while sleeping to prevent snoring.
Date:
July 31, 1917
Creator:
Bloomfield, Emma D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tent-Stake.
Patent for a tent stake that is used with a metal guy or rope. The purpose of this tent stake is to secure tents under all weather conditions.
Date:
July 31, 1917
Creator:
Basnett, Augustus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Underwaist.
Patent for an underwaist specifically designed for juveniles that provides for more comfortable supporting straps crossing the back and chest at the shoulders, extending to the leg to clasp the stockings with the purpose of holding them up, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 31, 1917
Creator:
Johnson, Ida Bassett
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Belt
Patent for an invention that relates to belts. The primary object of the invention is to provide a belt, which includes an outer casing having a buckle attached and a tab slidably positioned within one end of the outer casing for coaction.
Date:
July 24, 1917
Creator:
Hill, Ulysses H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burial-Casket.
Patent for a burial casket made of plastic and woven wire fabric "of great strength and minimum weight" (lines 20-21) and an air- and water-tight lid, including illustrations.
Date:
July 24, 1917
Creator:
Hartman, Emanuel W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin.
Patent for an improved method of locating the air blast apparatus for cleaning lint from the saw teeth of saw-type cotton gins, so that the cotton lint does not accumulate on the cleaning apparatus and render it inoperative, including illustrations.
Date:
July 24, 1917
Creator:
Hopper, James F.; Stephens, George B. & Young, Harry F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Curtain and Shade Support.
Patent for a curtain device that allows for adjusting shades/curtains to different lengths or positions in order to fit the window they cover, without changing or damaging the window casing, curtain pole, or shade roller.
Date:
July 24, 1917
Creator:
Odell, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Garden-Hoe Cultivator.
Patent for "a combination garden hoe and cultivating implement ... which has a number of interchangeable working elements and ... can be quickly adjusted for use as a drill opener, solid sweep, hoe, or turning plow" (lines 12-20).
Date:
July 24, 1917
Creator:
Muckleroy, Allie B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Handle.
Patent for Saw-Handle that blows air out of its handle to clear the saw's teeth of dust.
Date:
July 24, 1917
Creator:
Whitworth, John Luther
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Screening Device.
Patent for a screening device that offers "an improved means for imparting motion to and controlling or varying the motion of the screen to affect a separation of the materials undergoing treatment." (lines 10-13).
Date:
July 24, 1917
Creator:
Cole, David
System:
The Portal to Texas History