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Automobile Lock.
Patent for "certain new and useful improvements in automobile locks", including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 13, 1917
Creator:
Needham, Edmund T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Auxilary Transmission-Case Hanger.
Patent for auxiliary hanger for automobile transmission case. This particular device was designed for use with Ford automobiles, but can be used with other automobiles.
Date:
February 13, 1917
Creator:
Windsor, Samuel T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie Buckle.
Patent for bale-tie buckle improvement for tightly securing single length wire prior to pressure release around a cotton bale. Further bale-tie buckle improvements include sharper bends using flat or oval wire to further decrease slipping of wire.
Date:
March 13, 1917
Creator:
Frantz, Erza A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Destroying Insects.
Patent for improvements to a device for exterminating insects, in particular corn weevils, including illustrations.
Date:
March 13, 1917
Creator:
Geeslin, Robert Worn
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check-Protector.
Patent for check-protectors that prevent unauthorized tampering with perforating rollers with springs and jaws.
Date:
March 13, 1917
Creator:
McCombs, Charles Cleveland
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Water Cut-Off
Patent for improvements to automatic water cut-offs adapted to be useful "in the event of the falling of temperature to freezing or any other predetermined degree of automatically cutting off the flow of the water." (Lines 18-22).
Date:
November 13, 1917
Creator:
Goodridge Wilson B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Route-Indicator.
Patent for an improved route indicator for automobiles "which not only visually indicates the characteristics and risks of the road" but in addition provides an "auditory signal to call attention to approaching hazards or dangers" (lines 36-41). Illustrations included.
Date:
November 13, 1917
Creator:
Cranmer, Howard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Casing-Shoe.
Patent for new and useful Improvements in Casing-Shoes whose object is to "clamp around the tread of a tire casing for the purpose of reinforcing weak places in the casing, for repairing 'blow-outs' and for the purpose of preventing the 'skidding' of the vehicle" (lines 13-17), including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
November 13, 1917
Creator:
Tuttle, Frank & Hall, Lewis T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Excavator.
Patent for Excavator
Date:
March 13, 1917
Creator:
Butterfield, Charles S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher.
Patent for a wire stretcher with means to easily adjust a slidable rack bar, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 13, 1917
Creator:
Harper, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Truss.
Patent for a truss with new improvements that provide more comfortability and ease to the wearer.
Date:
March 13, 1917
Creator:
Fillip, Adolf A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vapor-Condensing Apparatus.
Patent for a vapor condensing system that utilizes a mixing chamber and several coils of tubing to produce a cooling effect. The application is suitable for ice machines, refrigeration plants and other systems.
Date:
November 13, 1917
Creator:
Phillips, John Ernst
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve
Patent for a valve for the improvement of flushing water in tanks. Development and use are within text; includes illustrations to demonstrate the object of the patent.
Date:
November 13, 1917
Creator:
Cahill, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Picture Display Machine
Patent for machines that display advertising machines that will rotate in the advertisements it displays.
Date:
February 13, 1917
Creator:
Osborne, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Washstand
Patent for washstand that can fold up and be put away when not being used.
Date:
February 13, 1917
Creator:
Ewell, Ocie D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid Vending Machine
Patent for machine that dispenses liquid drinks, and has a mechanism that can recieve a coin as payment for the drink.
Date:
March 13, 1917
Creator:
Ogden, Carlton N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Milk Cooling and Aerating Apparatus
Patent for machine that aids in the cooling, and aerating process of milk, so efficiently that it does not require agigtation of the milk.
Date:
March 13, 1917
Creator:
Vance, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Preventing Clogging of the Working Barrels of Pumps.
Patent for an apparatus that prevents the clogging of the working barrels of pumps.
Date:
November 13, 1917
Creator:
Carmichael, Robert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Guard Doors and the Like
Patent for improved guards for doors.
Date:
February 13, 1917
Creator:
Agee, Howard L. & Agee, Sidney A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Gate
Patent for gate for rail and train tracks.
Date:
February 13, 1917
Creator:
Burress, John R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Photographic View Finder
Patent for improved photographic view finders for cameras.
Date:
March 13, 1917
Creator:
Miller, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Patent for Matrix Broach-Molding Device
Patent for Matrix Broach-Molding Device
Date:
March 13, 1917
Creator:
Markwell, Andrew E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locking Device for Motor Vehicles
Patent for lock device for motor vehicles
Date:
March 13, 1917
Creator:
Gulden, Richard A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate Latch.
Patent for an automatically releasing latching bolt and other improvements for a gate latch, including illustrations.
Date:
February 13, 1917
Creator:
Howard, Frank L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History