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Coin-Controlled Vending-Machine.
Patent for a con-controlled vending-machine that sells stamps and similar products including illustrations. The machine "compels a complete cycle of operation for each coin received and cannot be rendered inoperative through the deposit of a plurality of coins in the chute or while the operation of the machine is in progress." (lines 14-17).
Date:
October 9, 1917
Creator:
William O. Wolford
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition of Matter for the Welding and Soldering of Articles Constructed of Aluminum.
Patent for composition of aluminum, lead, block tin and zinc to be used for "welding and soldering articles constructed of aluminum" (line 95).
Date:
September 11, 1917
Creator:
Wells, Clarance Charles
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
Apparatus for Demonstrating and Testing Piston Packing Rings
Patent for an apparatus that allows for a more accurate and efficient way to test piston packing rings by measuring ease of movement.
Date:
October 2, 1917
Creator:
Holland, Kirk D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cleaning Deep Wells.
Patent for a device that assists in cleaning deep wells that have caked material in the pumping apparatus by using hot steam.
Date:
July 3, 1917
Creator:
Deats, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Visual Automatic-Setback Annunicator.
Patent for an indicator dial controlled by magnets to read out a display for an instrument via a lever.
Date:
July 24, 1917
Creator:
Stephens, Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements for Apparatus for Sealing Pipe-Joints
Patent for apparatus for sealing pipe-joints. Improvements and unique changes are explained in the text of the patent submission, accompanied by diagrams of the patent.
Date:
September 18, 1917
Creator:
Woodward, Edwin C
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Ginning, Cleaning, and Bleaching Cotton.
Patent for improvements to the processes of ginning, cleaning, and bleaching cotton, and "particularly to stripping the lint cotton from the seed and for treating cotton with an air treatment after it leaves the saws" (lines 10-13), including illustrations.
Date:
June 19, 1917
Creator:
Hodo, Wesley A. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Wheel.
Patent for a wheel that contains heavy wire spokes, consisting of two sections that are arranged to have their adjacent ends spaced and connected by coil springs to insure resiliency.
Date:
July 3, 1917
Creator:
Fuller, Robert Nelson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rodless Double-Acting Pump
Patent for a Rodless Double-Acting Pump to "...eliminate the pump rods and substitute flexible connections" (lines 11-12).
Date:
February 12, 1917
Creator:
Schilder, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flushing Device
Patent for flushing devices have better toilet seats and providing simple flushing system.
Date:
June 26, 1917
Creator:
Osborn, Claud A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Display Advertising-Machine.
Patent for an advertising display that carries a number of large advertisement sheets that are revolved and held stationary to periodically display each advertisement in repeating succession.
Date:
October 9, 1917
Creator:
Barnett, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picking Spindle
Patent for a cotton-picking spindle that does not damage the cotton fibers.
Date:
November 6, 1917
Creator:
Lightfoot, Exta
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for cotton-chopper improvements providing a longer elliptical orbit for the hoe in order to chop closer to the ground.
Date:
August 21, 1917
Creator:
Noblett, Adontram J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Silo Construction
Patent for Improvements in Silo Construction which include verticalstaves, grooves, and sealing strips. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 13, 1917
Creator:
Dietz, Paul A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Scarifier and Blocker.
Patent for a scarifier and blocker designed specifically to go around small plants that is mounted on wheels.
Date:
July 10, 1917
Creator:
Weisenborn, George P. A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Holder.
Patent for a builders' hardware used to hold a sash in a closed to the adjacent stile so that the sash cannot be opened from the outside.
Date:
November 13, 1917
Creator:
Boynton, Amos W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Molds for Making Blocks of Plastic Material.
Patent for an invention related to molds used to form plastic blocks for building purposes. Objectives and illustrations of invention are included.
Date:
August 14, 1917
Creator:
Hawkins, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Freight Gang-Plank.
Patent for freight gang-planks embodying hinged sections which may be adjusted at any angle with relation to each other so that the upper section may be disposed on a horizontal plane for the purpose of allowing a loaded truck to come to rest and remain immovable until manual or mechanical power is applied to move it.
Date:
July 3, 1917
Creator:
Simpson, Louis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Antikicking Device for Automobiles.
Patent for a device that catches the crank of hand crank automobiles which were typical of the early 1900s in the United States of America. The invention addresses controlling the motion of the crank and preventing the crank from causing injury.
Date:
March 20, 1917
Creator:
Miller, Herman P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive Driving-Box.
Patent for an invention relating to detachable flanges found in locomotive driving boxes. Benefits and objectives are explained and illustrations are included.
Date:
May 29, 1917
Creator:
Hazelwood, William A. & Whiteside, J. Aldo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Picture Display Machine
Patent for machines that display advertising machines that will rotate in the advertisements it displays.
Date:
February 13, 1917
Creator:
Osborne, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gage Cock
Patent for gage cock.
Date:
January 30, 1917
Creator:
Lang, Victor A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Bath Apparatus
Patent for device that allows an electric bath to be taken despite varying degrees of current intensity.
Date:
February 27, 1917
Creator:
Lowe, James D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History