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Combined Board-Set and Nail-Driver
Patent for a combined board set and nail driver that allows nails to be driven into wall boards without scarring the wood.
Date:
August 15, 1911
Creator:
Vaughan, Alonzo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bit Brace.
Patent for a bit-brace with a crank arm which can be secured to the bit chuck and which has an adjustable hand, so the chuck may be rotated while the brace remains stationary.
Date:
August 18, 1914
Creator:
Hall, Samuel N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Internal-Combustion Engines.
Patent for an invention relating to the attachment for internal combustion engines that will provide moisture through the form of liquid or vapors. Other objectives and illustrations of invention are included.
Date:
August 14, 1917
Creator:
Potts, Hugh
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Journal-Box.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in car journal boxes, and more particularly to the box in which the journal of the axle of the ordinary railway car has a bearing." (lines 8-12)
Date:
August 29, 1916
Creator:
Law, Charles R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carpenter's Implement.
Patent for a carpenter's implement designed to be easily carried within one's pocket, with illustrations.
Date:
August 5, 1919
Creator:
Smith, Evander A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boring-tool.
Patent for a device "designed particularly for boring out cylinders of internal combustion engines" (lines 12–13), includes illustrations.
Date:
August 19, 1919
Creator:
Dedman, Henry W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picker.
Patent for an improved cotton picker and cleaner that is cylindrical in design, with a drum that contains rows of spikes or teeth and which rotates by a connecting shaft that can be connected to a motor. Includes illustrations.
Date:
August 13, 1912
Creator:
Ball, William D. & Bradburn, Justin G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Internal Combustion Engines.
Patent for an attachment to internal combustion engines that allows for vaporizing part of the fuel mixture to introduce air and steam that aid combustion efficiency.
Date:
August 16, 1917
Creator:
Lynch, Floyd W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Treating Hydrocarbons.
Patent for an improved apparatus for treating hydrocarbons. This apparatus is for treating comparatively heavy petroleum and other hydrocarbon oils and their distillates and derivatives, in order to produce from such heavy oils a large yield of gasoline or other light, easily volatile liquids. This apparatus will be a safe and efficient way to produce large yield of gasoline and light hydrocarbon liquids from heavy oils and will be free from trouble arising from the accumulation of carbon.
Date:
August 5, 1919
Creator:
Andrews, Benjamin & Averill, Willard C., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Separating Liquids.
Patent for dehydrating petroleum oil emulsions through liquid seperation.
Date:
August 20, 1918
Creator:
McKibben, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Seperating Associated Liquids.
Patent for a new method of seperating liquids, specifically those "in which particles of one liquid are held, or bound in mechanical suspension in another" (lines 10-12). The inventor provides the specific example of water and crude oil.
Date:
August 20, 1918
Creator:
McKibben, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Tightener.
Patent for an improved wire tightener.
Date:
August 24, 1915
Creator:
Rose, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a chain wrench "in which both of the jaws are similar and interchangeable and provided with additional sets of teeth whereby the life of the jaws is increased" (lines 12-16) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 18, 1914
Creator:
Hall, Samuel N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Indicator
Patent for a vehicle-indicator that is designed for use on vehicles such as automobiles, to indicate the movement of the vehicle. Other objects of this include that it alerts those around of the intended movement of the vehicle being driven.
Date:
August 19, 1919
Creator:
McManus, Lewis R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lint Separator and Cleaner.
Patent for machine that separates lint cotton and removes dirt and dust from the machine while it pulls cotton in, including illustrations.
Date:
August 12, 1919
Creator:
Meyers, Frank Wynne
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Strainer
Patent for a well strainer made of sheet metal.
Date:
August 29, 1911
Creator:
Layne, Mahlon E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Boring Drill.
Patent for for a rotary well boring drill designed to have a simple yet durable structure.
Date:
August 14, 1917
Creator:
Reed, Clarence Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Spacing Attachment for Baling-Presses
Patent for a hay baling press attachment, which automatically spaces the wires and prevents them from becoming tangled between bales.
Date:
August 27, 1918
Creator:
Grant, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vending Machine
Patent for improvements in vending machines.
Date:
August 8, 1911
Creator:
Linck, George E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Measuring-Machine.
Patent for a machine measures out already established amounts of grains, coffee, sugar, etc., to be put into bags and delivered to customers, including illustrations.
Date:
August 10, 1915
Creator:
Hewson, Frank M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Station-Indicator
Patent for a station indicator for showing the names of street or stations on a web.
Date:
August 9, 1910
Creator:
Hathhorne, Robert A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock.
Patent for a device for mounting for rotary cutting disks. It will be a safer way to work with well drilling operations
Date:
August 25, 1914
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Cup.
Patent for an oil cup to be used for lubricating bearings that can be regulated with a valve to control the flow of the lubricant.
Date:
August 26, 1913
Creator:
Dawley, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mineral-Prospecting Apparatus.
Patent for an "apparatus for drilling and obtaining samples or specimens of minerals" (lines 12-13), and obtaining accurate samples of ores in situations where they would otherwise be washed away by water or broken apart. The patent includes illustrations.
Date:
August 26, 1913
Creator:
Andrews, Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History