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Rotary Tooth-Brush
Patent for a crank powered rotary toothbrush. Designed with the purpose of easily cleaning teeth with a simple automatic mechanism, with added projection via a shield around the brush for protecting gums and cheeks from being scraped by the brush.
Date:
October 8, 1918
Creator:
Abel, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aparatus for Cleaning Lechuguilla, Henequen, and Analogous Fibrous Plants.
Patent for an improved apparatus for scraping lechugilla, henequen, and analogous fibrous plants. This apparatus scrapes the stalks of the plants mechanically and separates the pulp from the fiber of the plant so that the fiber will be cleaned and ready for use.
Date:
September 3, 1918
Creator:
Aguilar, Alfonso
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cable Reeling and Pulling Truck
Patent for the cable reeling and pulling truck. This invention was made to ease the process of cable reeling and pulling by trucks and for improvements to the safety of this process. Illustrations are provided.
Date:
February 12, 1918
Creator:
Alberts, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Driving Mechanism For Automobiles And The Like.
Patent for improvements in the automobile driving mechanism thorough changes in the transmission and transmission gearing.
Date:
February 26, 1918
Creator:
Allan, William N.
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
Classifier and Separator.
Patent for classifiers and separators used in mining to separate solids and liquids in the tank. It allows for easy removal and replacement of parts as they wear.
Date:
March 19, 1918
Creator:
Allen, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Slime Pulp Thickener.
Patent for a "device for thickening slime or pulp, and particularly pertains to a structure similar to that disclosed in my co-pending application entitled "Slime pulp thickener," serial number 173,785, filed June 9, 1917, and of which the present application is a division" (lines 8-14). Additionally, described as a device that automatically releases thickened pulp when proper density is achieved.
Date:
October 5, 1918
Creator:
Allen, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Saturating Oils
Patent for the process of saturating oils. This is a continuation of the treating and improving petroleum hydrocarbons application serial number 792615 filed 1913-09-30.
Date:
August 27, 1918
Creator:
Almer McDuffie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tractor
Patent for "novel features of construction and combinations of parts" in tractors to ensure a steady, even pace of travel and allow for traversing uneven landscape while maintaining a level setting, including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
April 23, 1918
Creator:
Altgelt, Herman E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Tube-Vulcanizing Apparatus.
Patent for a tube-vulcanizing apparatus "and in such connection, it relates more particularly to an apparatus for repairing inflatable tubes for wheel tires." (lines 10-13)
Date:
March 26, 1918
Creator:
Alvis, James T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Geometrical Instrument
Patent for a geometrical instrument. This instrument is used to create a straight edge with pivoted blades, like a protractor, to be used for laying protracted angles, etc.
Date:
March 26, 1918
Creator:
Anderson, Andrew E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Line.
Patent for Clothes-Line that is to supply an endless amount of clothesline in order to facilitate easy placement and/or removal of clothing from the line.
Date:
October 15, 1918
Creator:
Anderson, Chester A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Touch-System Hand-Rest
Patent for attaching a novel clamp to the rest frame of a typewriter or table. The clamps can be adjusted to fit various pieces of furniture or typewriters. The invention is to improve the way the hand rests on the frame of the typewriter.
Date:
August 27, 1918
Creator:
Anderson, Walter J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Treating Hydrocarbons
Patent for a new or improved process which distills heavy hydrocarbon oils into large volumes of gasoline or other lighter volatile liquids.
Date:
September 18, 1918
Creator:
Andrews, Benjamin & Averill, Willard C., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Cultivator
Patent for improvements to a new cultivator which eliminate side drafting and improving the means of cultivating and adjusting the shovels with ease.
Date:
April 2, 1918
Creator:
Ashley, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Molding Silos and the Like.
Patent for an apparatus of simple structure that allows for the easy adjustment and manipulation of parts. It is "used for molding silos and similar structures from concrete cement material" (lines 10-12).
Date:
July 16, 1918
Creator:
Atkins, Thomas B.
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
Attachment for Internal-Combustion-Engine Carbureters.
Patent for Improvements in Attachments for Internal-Combustion-Engine Carbureters. The "explosive mixture entering the cylinders of the engine may be improved and in this way increase the efficiency of the engine" (lines 12-15).
Date:
September 10, 1918
Creator:
Atkinson, John P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Milk-Warmer
Patent for Milk-Warmer that heats "milk with the purpose of souring the same in preparation of the milk for churning" (lines 10-12).
Date:
September 10, 1918
Creator:
Ault, Ella A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combine Dimmer and Adjuster for Headlights
This patent is for the improvement of illumination and more particularly relates to a combined dimmer and adjuster for headlights. The primary aim is for the improvement of dimmers on the lamps of a motor vehicle so that the dimmers might be adjusted together with respect to the lamps so that various positions of vertical and horizontal adjustment are possible and if necessary, the removal of the cover of the lamps.
Date:
April 9, 1918
Creator:
Averitt, Robert W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Heater
Patent for an improved heater for heating water and utilizing exhaust steam.
Date:
January 8, 1918
Creator:
Averitt, Robert W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History