Rotary Tooth-Brush (open access)

Rotary Tooth-Brush

Patent for a crank powered rotary toothbrush. Designed with the purpose of easily cleaning teeth with a simple automatic mechanism, with added projection via a shield around the brush for protecting gums and cheeks from being scraped by the brush.
Date: October 8, 1918
Creator: Abel, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aparatus for Cleaning Lechuguilla, Henequen, and Analogous Fibrous Plants. (open access)

Aparatus for Cleaning Lechuguilla, Henequen, and Analogous Fibrous Plants.

Patent for an improved apparatus for scraping lechugilla, henequen, and analogous fibrous plants. This apparatus scrapes the stalks of the plants mechanically and separates the pulp from the fiber of the plant so that the fiber will be cleaned and ready for use.
Date: September 3, 1918
Creator: Aguilar, Alfonso
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cable Reeling and Pulling Truck (open access)

Cable Reeling and Pulling Truck

Patent for the cable reeling and pulling truck. This invention was made to ease the process of cable reeling and pulling by trucks and for improvements to the safety of this process. Illustrations are provided.
Date: February 12, 1918
Creator: Alberts, James
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Driving Mechanism For Automobiles And The Like. (open access)

Driving Mechanism For Automobiles And The Like.

Patent for improvements in the automobile driving mechanism thorough changes in the transmission and transmission gearing.
Date: February 26, 1918
Creator: Allan, William N.
Object Type: Patent
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
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Classifier and Separator. (open access)

Classifier and Separator.

Patent for classifiers and separators used in mining to separate solids and liquids in the tank. It allows for easy removal and replacement of parts as they wear.
Date: March 19, 1918
Creator: Allen, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Slime Pulp Thickener. (open access)

Slime Pulp Thickener.

Patent for a "device for thickening slime or pulp, and particularly pertains to a structure similar to that disclosed in my co-pending application entitled "Slime pulp thickener," serial number 173,785, filed June 9, 1917, and of which the present application is a division" (lines 8-14). Additionally, described as a device that automatically releases thickened pulp when proper density is achieved.
Date: October 5, 1918
Creator: Allen, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Saturating Oils (open access)

Process of Saturating Oils

Patent for the process of saturating oils. This is a continuation of the treating and improving petroleum hydrocarbons application serial number 792615 filed 1913-09-30.
Date: August 27, 1918
Creator: Almer McDuffie
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tractor (open access)

Tractor

Patent for "novel features of construction and combinations of parts" in tractors to ensure a steady, even pace of travel and allow for traversing uneven landscape while maintaining a level setting, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: April 23, 1918
Creator: Altgelt, Herman E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Fence-Stay Machine. (open access)

Wire-Fence-Stay Machine.

Patent for wire working machines, specifically for automatically making wire fence stays. This machine can be operated manually and it is portable.
Date: April 30, 1918
Creator: Alverson, Lewis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tube-Vulcanizing Apparatus. (open access)

Tube-Vulcanizing Apparatus.

Patent for a tube-vulcanizing apparatus "and in such connection, it relates more particularly to an apparatus for repairing inflatable tubes for wheel tires." (lines 10-13)
Date: March 26, 1918
Creator: Alvis, James T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Geometrical Instrument (open access)

Geometrical Instrument

Patent for a geometrical instrument. This instrument is used to create a straight edge with pivoted blades, like a protractor, to be used for laying protracted angles, etc.
Date: March 26, 1918
Creator: Anderson, Andrew E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Line. (open access)

Clothes-Line.

Patent for Clothes-Line that is to supply an endless amount of clothesline in order to facilitate easy placement and/or removal of clothing from the line.
Date: October 15, 1918
Creator: Anderson, Chester A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lamp Chimney and Burner. (open access)

Lamp Chimney and Burner.

Patent for securely fastening the lamp chimney when it is placed on top of a burner to prevent the two from coming detached. Includes illustrations.
Date: December 24, 1918
Creator: Anderson, Laura
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Touch-System Hand-Rest (open access)

Touch-System Hand-Rest

Patent for attaching a novel clamp to the rest frame of a typewriter or table. The clamps can be adjusted to fit various pieces of furniture or typewriters. The invention is to improve the way the hand rests on the frame of the typewriter.
Date: August 27, 1918
Creator: Anderson, Walter J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Treating Hydrocarbons (open access)

Process of Treating Hydrocarbons

Patent for a new or improved process which distills heavy hydrocarbon oils into large volumes of gasoline or other lighter volatile liquids.
Date: September 18, 1918
Creator: Andrews, Benjamin & Averill, Willard C., Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Farm Practices That Increase Crop Yields in Kentucky and Tennessee (open access)

Farm Practices That Increase Crop Yields in Kentucky and Tennessee

"In the limestone and mountain districts south of the Ohio River there is much land that has been run down by continual cropping without rotation. In some places run-down land is left to grow up in weeds, wild grasses, and brush, a practice known as 'resting' the land. Where this sort of farm management is followed farm manure is largely wasted, little or no attention is paid to green-manure crops or other means of putting humus into the soil, and crop yields are very low. However, progressive farmers throughout the region who have built up run-down lands are now getting heavy yields. In the following pages are described some of the methods by which these farmers get results by making good use of farm manure and crop refuse, using legumes and grasses in regular rotations, and applying lime and commercial fertilizers." -- p. 2
Date: 1918
Creator: Arnold, J. H. (Jacob Hiram), 1864-1921
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ways of Making Southern Mountain Farms More Productive (open access)

Ways of Making Southern Mountain Farms More Productive

"The southern mountain farm often produces no more than a scant living for the family. Corn is the chief crop grown. Often part of the farm lies idle, being 'rested' while corn is grown on another part year after year until the land is worn out. By growing three or more crops in rotation, including clover, the farmer will be able to produce larger crops, make more money, and keep all crop land under cultivation all the time. Cattle, hogs, and sheep will not only add to the cash income, but will help to increase the fertility of the soil, and render larger crops possible. This bulletin describes crop rotations for small mountain farms in the southern Alleghenies, and gives complete directions for starting a crop rotation that will make poor mountain land more productive." -- p. 2
Date: 1918
Creator: Arnold, J. H. (Jacob Hiram), 1864-1921
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Well-Casing Grapple (open access)

Well-Casing Grapple

Patent for a well-casing grapple, allowing a positive grip when lowering casing or pipe within a well, or withdrawing it therefrom, without the danger of slipping or accident.
Date: April 30, 1918
Creator: Artzt, Erich C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator (open access)

Cultivator

Patent for improvements to a new cultivator which eliminate side drafting and improving the means of cultivating and adjusting the shovels with ease.
Date: April 2, 1918
Creator: Ashley, John F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Molding Silos and the Like. (open access)

Apparatus for Molding Silos and the Like.

Patent for an apparatus of simple structure that allows for the easy adjustment and manipulation of parts. It is "used for molding silos and similar structures from concrete cement material" (lines 10-12).
Date: July 16, 1918
Creator: Atkins, Thomas B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waterproof Car-Door. (open access)

Waterproof Car-Door.

Patent for a freight car door of "strong, durable, and inexpensive construction which will be water and air tight, and which will be practically indestructible in case of a wreck" (lines 17-20) including illustrations.
Date: January 1, 1918
Creator: Atkinson, George C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Internal-Combustion-Engine Carbureters. (open access)

Attachment for Internal-Combustion-Engine Carbureters.

Patent for Improvements in Attachments for Internal-Combustion-Engine Carbureters. The "explosive mixture entering the cylinders of the engine may be improved and in this way increase the efficiency of the engine" (lines 12-15).
Date: September 10, 1918
Creator: Atkinson, John P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Milk-Warmer (open access)

Milk-Warmer

Patent for Milk-Warmer that heats "milk with the purpose of souring the same in preparation of the milk for churning" (lines 10-12).
Date: September 10, 1918
Creator: Ault, Ella A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History