Air Heating and Regulating Means for Internal Combustion Engines (open access)

Air Heating and Regulating Means for Internal Combustion Engines

Patent for a type of air heater designed to be attached to an internal combustion engine for the purposes of regulating heat.
Date: February 18, 1919
Creator: Brooks, Howard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Check-Turning Device (open access)

Check-Turning Device

Patent for improvements of check-turning devices. The improvements allow checks to be turned quickly especially by adding machine operators.
Date: February 18, 1919
Creator: Albaugh, Ellis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flying Machine (open access)

Flying Machine

Patent for a new type of flying machine.
Date: February 18, 1919
Creator: Critchett, J. C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Spreading Device (open access)

Fire-Spreading Device

Patent for a portable weapon to spread fire quickly from object to object or building to building in enemy country.
Date: February 18, 1919
Creator: Ford, Frederick William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Handle. (open access)

Saw-Handle.

Patent for improvements in saw-handles. Invention provides for adjustable and detachable means for clamping of a saw blade. The device includes a "head member, means for clamping the end of a saw blade" (lines 19-20).
Date: February 18, 1919
Creator: Smith, Lee A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wind-Motor (open access)

Wind-Motor

Patent for a powerful motor for wind mills.
Date: February 18, 1919
Creator: Connolly, James H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ratchet Release For Front Wheel Drives (open access)

Ratchet Release For Front Wheel Drives

Patent for a front-wheel drive hatchet release to be used in automobiles and other motorized vehicles.
Date: February 18, 1919
Creator: Smith, G. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Making Ballast. (open access)

Method of Making Ballast.

Patent for "improvements in methods of making ballast adapted for railway and other uses" (lines 9-11), including illustrations.
Date: February 18, 1919
Creator: Butler, Henry G.
System: The Portal to Texas History