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Account-Book.
Patent for a new and improved account book that is arranged to improve accuracy of record-keeping and facilitate the referencing of different accounts.
Date:
June 13, 1916
Creator:
Zimmerman, Charles Levy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetlyene Generator
Patent for an imporived acetlyene generator, "wherein the carbid container or receptacle will be elevated clear above the surface of the water contained in the generator when said receptacle is not discharging into the water."
Date:
October 31, 1916
Creator:
Michael, Mack W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Head Gate
Patent for "an adjustable gate adapted to be used in connection with irrigation ditches" (lines 10-12).
Date:
February 22, 1916
Creator:
Bogard, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Lamp-Shade.
Patent for a simplified, detachable, and adjustable lamp shade that is "more practical and efficient without increasing the cost of manufacture" (lines 27-29), including illustrations.
Date:
May 16, 1916
Creator:
Landers, Charles G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Seat for Automobiles.
Patent for the invention of adjustable seats for vehicles to provide a comfortable seating for travellers.
Date:
August 22, 1916
Creator:
Dedrick, John V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Window-Shade
Patent for an adjustable window-shade that is more useful and can be "raised and lowered in its entirety" (lines 10-11) including instructions and illustration.
Date:
December 5, 1916
Creator:
Hayes, George Daniel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeration and Subirrigation for Promoting Vegetation
Patent for large terminal that can be implanted into the ground, which can supply air and moisture into the surrounding soil to stimulate growth of vegetation.
Date:
October 10, 1916
Creator:
Rife, Archibald H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aerial Projectile and Launching Mechanism Therefor
This document is a patent for the invention of the Aerial Projectile and Launching Mechanism Therefor. According to its inventor Frank M. Bell, the object of this mechanism is to fire aerial projectiles or torpedoes more accurately at their intended target. This mechanism can be called an anti-observation balloon/zeppelin weapon and it would see some usage by the Allied air forces during this conflict.
Date:
October 10, 1916
Creator:
Bell, Frank M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane
Patent for aeroplane with an improved carrying capacity.
Date:
October 31, 1916
Creator:
Millican, Joel W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane.
Patent for improving the fuselage for aeroplanes by "securing double strength throughout the body and [...] be light and durable" (lines 12-14). Provides rudder, landing gear, telescopic joint, and sprocket gear improvements, including illustrations.
Date:
March 28, 1916
Creator:
Smith, Glen B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Agricultural Machine
Patent for an agricultural machine that consists of a rotary cutter and a fixed horizontal cutter. Illustrations are included.
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Evans, Lucias S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Brush
Patent for new and useful air brushes that are "intended for spraying paints, or colors, where it is desired to frequently change the color employed or to spray a combination of colors at the same time" (lines 16-20). Illustrations are included.
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Philibert, Joseph E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Cooling Apparatus.
Patent for an air cooling apparatus for air to be delivered into a room treated with moisture to reduce the temperature of the air without the use of ice.
Date:
March 21, 1916
Creator:
Hollenburger, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Pipe Coupling
Patent for the air-pipe coupling. This invention relates to improvements in couplers for air other liquid pipes. The improvement is primarily designed for connecting the fluid pipes of an air brake system between the locomotive and coaches of railway trains.
Date:
September 23, 1916
Creator:
Bonelli, Liborio C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Pump.
Patent for an air pump improvement that simpler and cheaper to produce. It also provides a description of "the combination and arragement of parts" (lines 14-15), including illustrations.
Date:
May 16, 1916
Creator:
Runge, Friedrich Albert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alarm for Incubators
Patent for an alarm that sounds upon the temperature in an incubator either increasing or decreasing.
Date:
November 21, 1916
Creator:
Poore, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Poke
Patent for an animal poke that will go over the head of a horse, cow, or related animal, preventing it from getting under, over, or through fences, slacking bent wires, or prevent it from otherwise damaging or mutilating fences of all kinds.
Date:
November 28, 1916
Creator:
Williams, Osker
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Trap
Patent for a trap to catch small animals
Date:
November 28, 1916
Creator:
Baker, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Antifriction-Bearing for Cutting Apparatus.
Patent for a rotary cutting tool meant for corn harvesting that is more durable and efficient at cutting corn stalks than previously used stationary knives.
Date:
February 1, 1916
Creator:
Roten, Henry G. & Embry, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Burning Lime.
Patent for improvements in apparatus for burning lime. To provide reliable and efficient means to extract all the heat units from fuel to be used by providing an increase draft and long blaze.
Date:
July 18, 1916
Creator:
Walsh, Patrick A. & Walsh, Edward J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cleaning Cotton
Patent for machine that cleans harvested cotton.
Date:
November 7, 1916
Creator:
Dickerson, Eustice E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Destroying Insects.
Patent for an apparatus used to kill insectects, particularly boll weevils on cotton blooms. The apparatus is attached to a wagon which is driven through a cotton field, and the device knocks off the boll weevil eggs and then suctions them into the device and destroys them by fire.
Date:
July 4, 1916
Creator:
Morrow, James Morton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Enteric Lavage.
Patent for an enteric lavage for the use of emptying the bowels of any liquid after use of an enema. The device will remove the waste and deposit it into a separate receptacle.
Date:
June 27, 1916
Creator:
Pair, Laura Costello
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Feeding Fuel to Furnaces
Patent for device that aids in the separation of bolls and burrs in cotton ginning, and makes use of undesired material as a fuel for power.
Date:
October 24, 1916
Creator:
Williams, Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History