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Automatic Railway Switch.
Patent for providing the means for a switch to be actuated which will allow trains to enter or exit a siding of the track.
Date:
January 22, 1918
Creator:
Gullion, Robert, A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Charge Firing Pin
Patent for a new improvement in Charge - Firing Pens by John N. Swanson. Designed for bombs and torpedoes to create a simple firing pen mechanism that is simple, yet prevents accidental detonation of munitions
Date:
January 14, 1918
Creator:
Swanson, John N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boiler-Cleaner
Patent for an appliance to clean boilers. Device remains in boiler and sucks dirt particles out.
Date:
January 1, 1918
Creator:
Cross, William G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn or Grain Knife.
Patent for an improved corn or grain knife that is simpler in construction and inexpensive to produce. This corn or grain knife is "adapted for use in the hand of the user for clipping the tops of standing grain such as corn, by the simple act of opening and closing the hand" (lines 10-13), including illustrations.
Date:
January 8, 1918
Creator:
Holliday, Thomas B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Supply-Valve Attachment
Patent for a valve add on for a carburetor in order to control the air flow.
Date:
January 24, 1918
Creator:
Kirkpatrick, Monroe C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Canning Apparatus.
Patent for an apparatus adapted for use in canning operations for steaming and cooking fruit, vegetables, and the like, in the cans.
Date:
January 8, 1918
Creator:
Mueller, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Intake Device.
Patent for an air intake device for automobiles and other internal combustion engines. Provides novel and improved heated air supply for carburetors during cold weather. Adjustable to admit unheated air in various proportions according to the air temperature and weather.
Date:
January 29, 1918
Creator:
Hornburg, C.A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aerocompass.
Patent for an aerocompass, which improves upon a compass combined with inclinometers or map-boards. It is intended for use on submarines, airplanes, or in an area when it would be difficult to use a regular compass.
Date:
January 8, 1918
Creator:
Fischer, Fred Charlie.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blackboard-Cleaner.
Patent for a blackboard cleaner that incorporates a "water reservoir having manually controlled means for communicating the water of the reservoir to the rubbing element of the cleaner" (lines 13-17) including an illustration. The rubbing element was also made to be easily removed for replacement or cleaning.
Date:
January 29, 1918
Creator:
Satrum, Gilbert G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Separating Device.
Patent for an automatic separating device. This device operates with a link that connects the float level at the top of the tank with a valve handle at the bottom of the tank to control discharge from the tank.
Date:
January 22, 1918
Creator:
Allen, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Tire.
Patent for a device that provides a cushion to spring wheels.
Date:
January 1, 1918
Creator:
Dalwigk, Hermann
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Incubator Regulator.
Patent for an incubator with an automatic regulator for the flame of an incubator or heating lamp. The invention also provides an improved regulator arranged to raise or lower the wick of an incubator lamp in accordance with the heat in the incubator itself.
Date:
January 15, 1918
Creator:
Harris, Luster. F. & Williams, Walter. L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Waterproof Car-Door.
Patent for a freight car door of "strong, durable, and inexpensive construction which will be water and air tight, and which will be practically indestructible in case of a wreck" (lines 17-20) including illustrations.
Date:
January 1, 1918
Creator:
Atkinson, George C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive Drifting-Valve.
Patent for locomotive drifting valves to admit saturated steam from the boiler to the steam chamber of the valve chest and cylinders while the locomotive is running with the main steam throttle closed.
Date:
January 8, 1918
Creator:
Meister, Alfred A.; Surles, John W. & Boyle, Edmund F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Watchmaker's Tool.
Patent for a watchmaking tool that enables a roller jewel to be set in the balance-wheel of a watch with accuracy, and without removing the hair-spring or the roller table.
Date:
January 8, 1918
Creator:
Kethley, Jacob D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter.
Patent for an improved stalk cutter that can be connected with lister beams and thus, able to be connected to the lister to cut the stalks while plowing.
Date:
January 29, 1918
Creator:
Thompson, Roy De Witt
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spindle Lubricator.
Patent for improving the process of lubricating spindles without removing the wheel, and at a more affordable cost.
Date:
January 1, 1918
Creator:
Stair, Oscar H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow Attachment.
Patent for a plow attachment that works especially for plowing around smaller plants.
Date:
January 8, 1918
Creator:
Perkins, Simon F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Starter
Patent for "improvements in mechanical starters for internal combustion engines" (lines 10-11). It is designed for the use in automobiles, trucks, and similar vehicles.
Date:
January 3, 1918
Creator:
Johnson, William S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lamp-Burner.
Patent for a lamp burner that supplies air to the lamp flame to ensure proper combustion and maximum light while keeping flame in proper position, illustration included.
Date:
January 8, 1918
Creator:
McCrone, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Rectifier.
Patent for a mechanical rectifier for automobiles. This mechanical rectifier connects with the magneto or generator to turn alternating currents into to direct currents for charging a storage battery while operating the engine.
Date:
January 29, 1918
Creator:
Winterborne, Arthur William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Time-Switch.
Patent for a time switch "which will be automatically operated to close the circuit and to open the circuit at predetermined times so that the translating devices in the circuit may be maintained energized for a predetermined length of time," (lines 10-15) including illustrations.
Date:
January 15, 1918
Creator:
Scholl, Max
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Terrace-Marker.
Patent for a terrace-marker that has "improved means for quickly and conveniently marking or laying out and leveling terraces which shall be light and consequently easily portable, durable and inexpensive to manufacture" (lines 13-17) including an illustration.
Date:
January 15, 1918
Creator:
Norris, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hinge Gage and Marking Tool
Patent for a hinge gage (sic) and marking tool.
Date:
January 1, 1918
Creator:
Pummill, George R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History