Wheel-Tire. (open access)

Wheel-Tire.

Patent for improvement in automobile tires, resulting in more resilient tires that utilize internal spring coils that are encased in an elastic casing to protect against direct contact with the rubber tire.
Date: September 9, 1919
Creator: Dalwigk, Hermann
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Traffic Signal. (open access)

Traffic Signal.

Patent for an illuminated turn signal attached to the frame of a car. The signal is shaped like a hand and can be raised or lowered by a lever behind the steering wheel.
Date: May 9, 1922
Creator: Jones, Theodoric
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Traffic-Signal. (open access)

Traffic-Signal.

Patent for a traffic signal designed especially for use while attached to an automobile, illustrations included. The device is intended to indicate the direction of proposed turning and travel of the vehicle via controls that are convenient to the vehicle operator.
Date: December 9, 1919
Creator: Wilke, Edward V.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hot-Air Mixer (open access)

Hot-Air Mixer

Patent for a device that will create hot air to be delivered to the manifold of gas-powered engines in motor vehicles when the operator pushes a plunger that will open an intake valve.
Date: March 9, 1920
Creator: Ingraham, Jerome H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Speed-Regulating Means. (open access)

Speed-Regulating Means.

Patent for an improvement in regulating the speed of sound recording and reproducing machines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 9, 1918
Creator: Fletcher, Theodore
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of making tire-fillers (open access)

Process of making tire-fillers

Patent for the process of making tire fillers that relates to the fillers for tire casings and the process of producing the same.
Date: September 9, 1919
Creator: Aycock, Edward F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Priming Device. (open access)

Priming Device.

Patent for a priming device, used on internal combustion engines, that can be used to assist an engine heat up. Through this device, users can accelerate this process and benefit from a more fuel-efficient vehicle.
Date: July 9, 1918
Creator: Brooks, Howard
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow (open access)

Plow

Patent for a plow that has functional improvements in plows.
Date: September 9, 1919
Creator: Fudge, Henry E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire Traction-Lug (open access)

Tire Traction-Lug

Patent for tire traction-lug preventing slipping of the wheel in mud, sand, snow, slush, and other soft road-beds.
Date: September 9, 1919
Creator: Smith, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Apparatus for Sizing and Separating Comminuted Material (open access)

Process of Apparatus for Sizing and Separating Comminuted Material

Patent for new and useful improvements in process and apparatus for sizing and separating comminuted materials. This is the fifth patent and improves on the previous four patents.
Date: September 9, 1919
Creator: Sutton, Henry M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Toy Projectile (open access)

Toy Projectile

Patent for toy arrows and similar projectiles "which may be safely shot or projected by children without danger of the arrow injuring any object or hurting the child" (lines 12-15). Additionally it can be used to kill flies without smashing them.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Pewther, Judson C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process Of and Apparatus for Separating and Grading Material. (open access)

Process Of and Apparatus for Separating and Grading Material.

Patent for improvements in the process of and apparatus for separating and grading material. "Improvement upon our Patent #1,073,644, issued September 23, 1913, for a 'Separating table and process of separation'" (lines 14-17). Object of invention is to improve the general construction of separating table.
Date: September 9, 1919
Creator: Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Preparing Carrot Flakes. (open access)

Method of Preparing Carrot Flakes.

Patent for a process of preserving carrots by reducing them to dried flakes so they "retain their flavor and color when subsequently cooked and served."
Date: July 9, 1918
Creator: Horn, Mary C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Faucet-Drain (open access)

Faucet-Drain

Patent for a faucet drain attachment that allows for the draining of pipes eliminating the need for opening of faucet. This invention helps to prevent damage to pipes.
Date: December 9, 1919
Creator: Eaton, Bruce E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Can. (open access)

Oil-Can.

Patent for an oil can that provides a squirt through which oil is ejected with considerable force, illustration included.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Ellis, Water Lloyd
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Pillow. (open access)

Pneumatic Pillow.

Patent for improvements to pneumatic pillows, specifically the ventilator within the pillow.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Kelly, Ida
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press. (open access)

Hay-Press.

Patent for the improvement of hay presses used for forming tightly-compressed hay bales. Improvements include the provision of, "a hand or power operated hay press which may be operated to cause a great pressure to be exerted on the hay or other material being pressed, with a minimum exertion on power means" (lines 12-16). The invention of simple and durable construction with minimal parts reducing need for repair.
Date: November 9, 1920
Creator: Powell, Walter E. & Powell, Rosa E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gin-Saw Filer and Gummer (open access)

Gin-Saw Filer and Gummer

Patent for an improved gin saw filer and gummer. This model would yield sharp conical shaped teeth, and straighten bent or deformed teeth.
Date: July 9, 1918
Creator: Norman, James E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hat-Pin Point Protector (open access)

Hat-Pin Point Protector

This patent is for the device that is to be used for protecting the point of the hat pin, and the invention aims to improve the operative connection between the compartmental members which shield and grip the point of the pin.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Koch, Charles Albert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow (open access)

Harrow

Patent for new and useful improvements in Harrows or cultivators that can be set to any height and any degree.
Date: August 9, 1921
Creator: McConal, Wiliam
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Apparatus for Heating Stills, Boilers, and the Like. (open access)

Electrical Apparatus for Heating Stills, Boilers, and the Like.

Patent for "Improvements in Electrical Apparatus for Heating Stills, Boilers, and the like" (lines 6-8) that uses electricity and includes "a heating element which is not affected by repeated changes in temperature, which is adapted to present a heating surface of large area, which may be raised to a high temperature with a low current, and which is many times more economical in use than metal coils possessing less heat radiating powers" (lines 21-28) including illustrations.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Lorenz, Charles O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piston-Head (open access)

Piston-Head

This patent relates to piston heads particularly designed for use in connection with a hydrocarbon engine. The purpose of this invention is to provide a novel form of a ball and socket connection between the piston rod and the piston head. The said connection is designed to be durable in construction , cheap to manufacture and easily applied.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Collier, William Reid
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sample-Taking Device (open access)

Sample-Taking Device

Patent for a sample taking device "for use in preserving the log of the well in drilling operations in earth, rock or other similar formations." (lines 12-14). Specially adapted for use in drilling wells for oil and sulfur, specifically in the Gulf Coast region.
Date: December 9, 1919
Creator: Carmichael, Robert E. & Hamman, George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Well-Drilling Machine (open access)

Rotary Well-Drilling Machine

Patent for a rotary well-drilling machine that makes use of an "independently rotatable section" to aid in the screwing and unscrewing of pipe sections.
Date: August 9, 1921
Creator: Taylor, William Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History