Lamp Chimney and Burner. (open access)

Lamp Chimney and Burner.

Patent for securely fastening the lamp chimney when it is placed on top of a burner to prevent the two from coming detached. Includes illustrations.
Date: December 24, 1918
Creator: Anderson, Laura
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Wheel (open access)

Resilient Wheel

Patent for new wheel that helps vehicles drive over uneven roadways, providing "proper traction between the road surface and the wheel" (lines13-14).
Date: December 10, 1918
Creator: Bauer, Frederick H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Wheel. (open access)

Resilient Wheel.

Patent for "resilient wheels for use in carrying heavy loads across soft, sandy, or rough ground, being primarily intended for use upon farming machinery, trucks, gun carriages, and the like. One of the primary objects of the invention resides in providing a resilient wheel having a flexible yielding rim of relatively great width so constructed that it may flatten to a certain extent under a load to provide a large ground engaging surface so that a firm grip upon the road bed may be obtained and a large bearing surface to support the load provided" (lines 9-24) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 10, 1918
Creator: Bauer, Frederick H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerating Machine. (open access)

Refrigerating Machine.

Patent for a refrigerating machine that works with a double jacketed brine cylinder with a self-contained expansion tank for the coolant. It is meant to provide cooling with small displacement of the cylinder, but with great circulation of the brine.
Date: December 31, 1918
Creator: Bell, Samuel R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Building Tile. (open access)

Building Tile.

Patent for "hollow blocks" or "tile and hollow corner blocks" that "prevent moisture from passing through walls" (lines 10-14).
Date: December 31, 1918
Creator: Bennett, Walter R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sulfur-Mining (open access)

Sulfur-Mining

Patent for improvement on sulfur mining by which "sulfur is fused by a heated fluid forced down into the well to the vicinity of the sulfur deposit and when so fused the sulfur is forced to the surface of the ground through a return pipe" (lines 14-18).
Date: December 17, 1918
Creator: Carmichael, Robert E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sulphur-Mining Apparatus. (open access)

Sulphur-Mining Apparatus.

Patent for a thermal solvent based sulfur mining apparatus that is placed in a sulfur mining well. Utilizing thermodynamics, the apparatus has a new way to introduce air or steam into the various parts of the apparatus. It is designed with "simplicity and durability of construction" (lines 49-50).
Date: December 17, 1918
Creator: Carmichael, Robert E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Separating and Cleaning Hulls and Trash from Seed Cotton. (open access)

Apparatus for Separating and Cleaning Hulls and Trash from Seed Cotton.

Patent for a machine for separating and cleaning hulls and trash from seed cotton. It is intended to be used in conjunction with a boll threshing machine.
Date: December 10, 1918
Creator: Cass, Thomas M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Concrete Composition (open access)

Concrete Composition

Patent for a formulation of waterproof concrete that utilizes lava rocks.
Date: December 17, 1918
Creator: Charles E. Barglebaugh
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coupling. (open access)

Coupling.

Patent for a coupling invention that consists of a detachable key member and locking key member for a valve plug. It is meant to improve couplings for detachable handles of drain-cocks.
Date: December 3, 1918
Creator: Copeland, Joe S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Hand-Grip. (open access)

Artificial Hand-Grip.

Patent for an improvement to artificial hand-grips that includes a pair of jaws that attaches to an artificial arm and allows wearers to perform various activities.
Date: December 31, 1918
Creator: Corley, Quentin D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Motion-Picture Machine. (open access)

Motion-Picture Machine.

Patent for "improvements in motion picture machines and more particularly to means for automatically shutting the lights off the head or film operating part of the machine" (lines 9-13) "in case of accident, as when the film breaks." (lines 15-16)
Date: December 3, 1918
Creator: Dodd, David P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Centrifugal Pump (open access)

Centrifugal Pump

Patent for centrifugal pump design meant to improve upon past models in which pieces of the pump wear out over time.
Date: December 17, 1918
Creator: Duda, Oswald
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Window Shade and Curtain Hanger. (open access)

Adjustable Window Shade and Curtain Hanger.

Patent for an adjustable window shade frame that can be mounted on an existing window to allow curtains or shades to be adjusted from the top or the bottom, and secured at any desired level for privacy and/or ventilation.
Date: December 31, 1918
Creator: Edens, Myrtle J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carton (open access)

Carton

Patent for improvements made to a carton such as an inclusion of a wrapper and retaining strip to protect and hold valuable objects such as glass along with various other improvements to the overall construction of the carton.
Date: December 6, 1918
Creator: Elder, Joseph H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow. (open access)

Harrow.

Patent for "a simple, inexpensive and efficient implement by which roots of weeds and obnoxious grasses may be removed from the ground and destroyed," while also leaving the ground plowed (lines 9-12). The object also provides a simple way to remove accumulation of roots that generally clog implements of this type.
Date: December 3, 1918
Creator: Garrett, Jefferson D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interest-Computing Device. (open access)

Interest-Computing Device.

Patent for a mechanical interest computing device, which is designed to be simple to build, maintain, and operate.
Date: December 10, 1918
Creator: Harris, Ira S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanism for Hanging Car-Doors and The Like (open access)

Mechanism for Hanging Car-Doors and The Like

Patent for a mechanism for hanging car doors and similar objects. The tool reduces the amount of people needed to install a car door or similar object, providing a more efficient installation.
Date: December 24, 1918
Creator: Hartough, Edward W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Pressure and Time Indicator (open access)

Hydraulic Pressure and Time Indicator

Patent for hydraulic pressure and time indicator for "recording the times when hydraulic cylinders are in operation and to indicate when the cylinders commence work or reach the required pressure" (lines 10 - 14).
Date: December 24, 1918
Creator: Helm, Clyde D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin or Linting-Machine (open access)

Cotton-Gin or Linting-Machine

Patent for machine to "provide means for removing lint cotton from the gin saw teeth" (lines 11-12) and "provide efficient means for taking care of the cotton after it leaves the saw teeth." (lines 14-19)
Date: December 3, 1918
Creator: Hodo, Wesley A. J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire. (open access)

Tire.

Patent for an improved tire designed with "necessary resiliency without requiring inflation" (lines 14-15). The internal core is designed in such a way that if will not collapse when punctured.
Date: December 17, 1918
Creator: Huffman, Orla L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Boring-Drill. (open access)

Rotary Boring-Drill.

Patent for an improved rotary boring drill of the roller type for use in digging wells or mines in earth or rock. These improvements are primarily a means for housing the cutters of a drill in a removable housing that can be quickly removed but also firmly secured against accidental removal during operation.
Date: December 31, 1918
Creator: Hughes, Howard R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bottle Holder. (open access)

Bottle Holder.

Patent for a bottle holder, to hold ink bottles to a surface such as a desk or table. It is designed to be both a permanent or detachable fixture.
Date: December 3, 1918
Creator: Kayser, Mary Louise
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator. (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator.

Patent for "an improved apparatus for generating acetylene gas" (lines 12-13). The apparatus includes a carbid receptacle with a conical bottom and a cylindrical valve for better control of the carbid, as well as a gas tank with a gasometer-bell which operates the system.
Date: December 3, 1918
Creator: Lay, Claud
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History