Automobile-Signal (open access)

Automobile-Signal

Patent for a device to indicate the intention to make a turn in an automobile, with improvements made for nighttime usage, including illustrations.
Date: October 22, 1918
Creator: Illingworth, Sam
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bearing for Crank-Shafts. (open access)

Bearing for Crank-Shafts.

Patent for an improvement for Bearings for Cranks Shafts. This invention provides a means for "tightening the bushings of the bearings easily and quickly when necessary" (lines 9-13).
Date: October 22, 1918
Creator: Blumberg, Hamilton G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Hoe and Planter (open access)

Combined Hoe and Planter

Patent for improving on the design of devices that combine a hoe and a planter for the purpose of properly placing a seed at the cutting edge of the hoe.
Date: October 22, 1918
Creator: Combs, Asa Z.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cylinder Head. (open access)

Cylinder Head.

Patent for improvement in removable cylinder heads for gas engines. Exhaust gasses and foreign matter pass through the conduits without affecting the valve stem.
Date: October 22, 1918
Creator: Bloomber, H.G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Game and Toy Apparatus. (open access)

Game and Toy Apparatus.

Patent for a new game and toy apparatus for the purpose of throwing projectiles at targets and scoring the number of targets hit as a game or toy.
Date: October 22, 1918
Creator: Whiteker, Bosque M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Loading-Machine (open access)

Loading-Machine

Patent for a new and improved cantilevered arm to load hay and other materials onto wagons and other vehicles.
Date: October 22, 1918
Creator: Senior, Oliver
System: The Portal to Texas History
Military or Other Insignia (open access)

Military or Other Insignia

Patent for improved military or other insignia pin. It is an attempt to improve the pin design with stronger materials and different construction methods.
Date: October 22, 1918
Creator: Semans, Clare L & Heiligman, Edward C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner (open access)

Oil-Burner

Patent for a new way to spray atomized "oil, or a combination of oil with air or steam, or both air and steam, for the purpose of burning in a furnace" (lines 13-15) allowing for all of the oil to be burned. Enhancements were also made to the mixing chamber, discharge regulator, and ability to disassemble for cleaning and repair.
Date: October 22, 1918
Creator: Humason, Granville A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a plow with "structure of improved strength and durability wherein means are provided for changing or adjusting the angularity of the plow stock" (lines 10-13) to make it "capable of plowing the soil deeper or shallower, as desired" (lines 16-17).
Date: October 22, 1918
Creator: Warren, John T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pressed-Metal Wheel (open access)

Pressed-Metal Wheel

Patent for an improved pressed-metal wheel by inventor Oliver G. Simmons.
Date: October 22, 1918
Creator: Simmons, Oliver G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Leaching Copper Ores (open access)

Process of Leaching Copper Ores

Patent for "a method of recovering copper by the electrolysis of copper solutions of any suitable kind, obtained by the lixiviation of the ore" (lines 9-12). The improvement in this method is that almost all the sulfuric acid and other leaching agents are used up prior to the copper going to the electrolysis tanks which increases the amount of copper recovered and the reduction of accumulated biproducts.
Date: October 22, 1918
Creator: Hahn, Albert W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Rail (open access)

Railroad-Rail

Patent for railroad rail that does not need to joined with a bolt and can be locked in place to prevent spreading.
Date: October 22, 1918
Creator: Huffman, Henry W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tubeless Tire and Rim and Lock Therefor (open access)

Tubeless Tire and Rim and Lock Therefor

Patent for "an improved tubeless pneumatic tire casing, and an improved rim and locking means therefore, where by to effectively draw the edges together to render the same air tight" (lines 11-15). Also, this patent provides a improved "tubeless tire casing" where adding air pressure makes the joint air tight.
Date: October 22, 1918
Creator: Cumpston, Frederick B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Railway Switch. (open access)

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
Automatic Separating Device. (open access)

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
Fender for Plows (open access)

Fender for Plows

Patent for a plow for fenders. This invention was made to simplify and improve the construction of the rotary disk fender and the means for supporting the same. A further object of the invention is to simplify and improve the manner of connecting the device with an ordinary plow or cultivator beam. Illustrations are provided in figure 1.
Date: January 22, 1918
Creator: Moon, William Burr & Grissom, Francis Marian
System: The Portal to Texas History
Power-Transmitting Device. (open access)

Power-Transmitting Device.

Patent for new and useful improvements in Power-Transmitting Devices. "its object being to provide a device by means of which power taken from any suitable source may be economically transmitted and multiplied, for the purpose of driving machinery or other purposes."(lines 10-15)
Date: January 22, 1918
Creator: Montgomery, Edward F. & Burnham, Reuben B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Cattle-guard. (open access)

Railroad Cattle-guard.

Patent for an improved cattle-guard to keep livestock from crossing onto a railroad track or into railway property. This protects livestock and decreases railroad liability for loos of property. The invention includes a pivotal gate which runs parallel to the track that will go across the track to block animals if they try to cross the opening.
Date: January 22, 1918
Creator: Gidcumb, John T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Wheel. (open access)

Resilient Wheel.

Patent for improvements to resilient wheels with shock-absorbing elements in the hub.
Date: January 22, 1918
Creator: Robertson, Walter E.
System: The Portal to Texas History