Automatic Air Device for Gas Engines. (open access)

Automatic Air Device for Gas Engines.

Patent for a removable automatic air device for delivering air to gas engines in proportion to the speed of the engine.
Date: April 3, 1917
Creator: Rivers, Charles A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collar Attachment (open access)

Collar Attachment

Patent for a collar attachment to be used with fold down collars to provide a means to hold the collar closed, with illustrations.
Date: May 1, 1917
Creator: Allen, Joseph H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clamp for Molds. (open access)

Clamp for Molds.

Patent for improved clamp, which releases quickly when facilitating mold removal.
Date: August 14, 1917
Creator: Watson, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blast Device for Shoe-Polishing Machines. (open access)

Blast Device for Shoe-Polishing Machines.

Patent for blast device for shoe-polishing machine which is so constructed as to apply polish to a shoe and then dry the same and afterward polish the shoe, thus dispensing with the necessity of the employment of the ordinary brushes and other paraphernalia now in the use for the purpose.
Date: September 11, 1917
Creator: De Los Monteros, Gustavo Espinosa
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for bailing press including improvements in the compressor, feeder, and plunger-actuating mechanisms.
Date: June 5, 1917
Creator: North, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Braking Actuating Mechanism for Automobiles (open access)

Braking Actuating Mechanism for Automobiles

Patent for an improvement to braking actuating mechanism for automobiles to allow for safer braking with the lever right of the driver's seat, in particular adaptable to Ford emergency brakes.
Date: November 30, 1917
Creator: Baker, Howard A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Hay-Rake. (open access)

Automobile Hay-Rake.

Patent for "an improved hay rake, for farm use, adapted to be attached to and operated by an automobile or motor truck or wagon." (lines 8-11) including illustrations.
Date: December 25, 1917
Creator: Holeman, David O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Signal (open access)

Vehicle-Signal

Patent for vehicle signal with accompanying illustrations.
Date: October 23, 1917
Creator: Edmond, George Woodbridge
System: The Portal to Texas History
Protector for Detonator-Caps. (open access)

Protector for Detonator-Caps.

Patent for a detonator cap that acts as a "protecting device...to seal the inner end of the cap into which the adjacent end of the fuse is projected in use." (lines 13-16)
Date: October 9, 1917
Creator: Dillard, George L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transmission-Gearing for Station-Indicators. (open access)

Transmission-Gearing for Station-Indicators.

Patent for a transmission device that indicates railway stations. The transmission gear can affix to any railway or street car. The transmission gearing helps to indicate (or display) accurately the names of stations or streets in conservative order.
Date: October 30, 1917
Creator: Tarbell, Cassius C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Treating Ores. (open access)

Method of Treating Ores.

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in methods of Treating Ores, of which the following is a specification. The present invention relates to a method of treating ores carrying gold and silver values in any form amenable to cyanid treatment or flotation" (lines 6-12).
Date: May 8, 1917
Creator: Friberger, Harry Louis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pumping-Engine. (open access)

Pumping-Engine.

Patent for a pumping engine that pumps air, water, oil, or other agents. It was designed to be used for air pumps on locomotives, inflating tires on automobiles, pumping water in steam operated machines, and other uses.
Date: June 5, 1917
Creator: Allison, Jesse H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tool (open access)

Tool

Patent for tool has combined multiple tools. The compact, is simple and easy to operate and it is convenient.
Date: June 26, 1917
Creator: Milliorn, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Job Press Standardizer (open access)

Job Press Standardizer

Patent for job press.
Date: January 23, 1917
Creator: McMath, William S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Track Appliance for Automatic Stops (open access)

Track Appliance for Automatic Stops

Patent for a new and improved track appliance for automatic stops in relation to railway trains.
Date: November 6, 1917
Creator: Bulla, Melbern B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hot Water Heating System (open access)

Hot Water Heating System

Patent for an improvement to open fire water heating systems in buildings.
Date: January 12, 1917
Creator: McChesney, Louis P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Upward-Current Separating Process and Device. (open access)

Upward-Current Separating Process and Device.

Patent for upward-current separation processes and devices to allow for working with changes in conditions and proportions with ease.
Date: July 3, 1917
Creator: Allen, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Film-Winder for Cameras. (open access)

Film-Winder for Cameras.

Patent for a film-winder for cameras. This particular film-winder is designed so that the exact required amount of film is placed upon the lens of the camera.
Date: May 22, 1917
Creator: Mansfield, Clarence H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Screening Device. (open access)

Screening Device.

Patent for a screening device that offers "an improved means for imparting motion to and controlling or varying the motion of the screen to affect a separation of the materials undergoing treatment." (lines 10-13).
Date: July 24, 1917
Creator: Cole, David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gangway. (open access)

Gangway.

Patent for a ramp for use by the Army in loading farm animals and wagons on train cars and other transports. This gangway is designed in sections to be adaptable for different needs and to be collapsible for storage and easy transportation.
Date: April 24, 1917
Creator: Titsworth, Richard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill (open access)

Windmill

Patent for windmill
Date: January 30, 1917
Creator: MacEwen, Benjamin J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cartridge Holder (open access)

Cartridge Holder

Patent for a belt adapted to hold the shells used in fire arms.
Date: March 6, 1917
Creator: Logan, Paul H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Filing Block and Sawing Board (open access)

Combination Filing Block and Sawing Board

Patent for jewelrs combination wood filing block, and a sawing board.
Date: January 9, 1917
Creator: Stillians, Harry E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pulling Attachment for Vehicles. (open access)

Pulling Attachment for Vehicles.

Patent for vehicle pulling attachment improvements for motor operative winch designed to retrieve stalled vehicles and includes driver foot pedal engagement.
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Zane, Edmund L.
System: The Portal to Texas History