Plate-Lifter (open access)

Plate-Lifter

Patent for an "...improved lifter whereby certain important advantages are attained and the device is rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient..." (lines 19-23).
Date: February 28, 1917
Creator: Mitchell, Frank
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rodless Double-Acting Pump (open access)

Rodless Double-Acting Pump

Patent for a Rodless Double-Acting Pump to "...eliminate the pump rods and substitute flexible connections" (lines 11-12).
Date: February 12, 1917
Creator: Schilder, John J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Lock. (open access)

Automobile Lock.

Patent for "certain new and useful improvements in automobile locks", including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 13, 1917
Creator: Needham, Edmund T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Auxilary Transmission-Case Hanger. (open access)

Auxilary Transmission-Case Hanger.

Patent for auxiliary hanger for automobile transmission case. This particular device was designed for use with Ford automobiles, but can be used with other automobiles.
Date: February 13, 1917
Creator: Windsor, Samuel T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Container. (open access)

Container.

Patent for new improved containers adapted for the shipment of eggs, including illustrations.
Date: February 27, 1917
Creator: Hall, Cyrus M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine For Compressing Baled Hay. (open access)

Machine For Compressing Baled Hay.

Patent for a machine for compressing baled hay to a "greater density" (line 16). Can also be used to compress loose hay or other similar materials.
Date: February 27, 1917
Creator: Whitney, George E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Picture Display Machine (open access)

Picture Display Machine

Patent for machines that display advertising machines that will rotate in the advertisements it displays.
Date: February 13, 1917
Creator: Osborne, James M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gasolene Tank Filler and Gage (open access)

Gasolene Tank Filler and Gage

Patent for a means of filling a gasoline tank for a motor vehicle with a sight gage for determining the level of gasoline placed in the tank.
Date: February 27, 1917
Creator: Boyce, Leonora
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Washstand (open access)

Folding Washstand

Patent for washstand that can fold up and be put away when not being used.
Date: February 13, 1917
Creator: Ewell, Ocie D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fastener (open access)

Fastener

Patent for improved fastener for boxes.
Date: February 6, 1917
Creator: Lewis, Alfred M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Manufacture of Aluminum Chlorid (open access)

Manufacture of Aluminum Chlorid

Patent for method of making aluminum chlorid, where a form of hydrated alumina is combined with coking coal, and then exposed to heat and chlorin/chlorin containing gas.
Date: February 27, 1917
Creator: McAfee, Almer M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Foot Rest for School Desks (open access)

Foot Rest for School Desks

Patent for foot rest that will elevate the feet of a studying student while they are at the desk.
Date: February 20, 1917
Creator: Pratt, John L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Bath Apparatus (open access)

Electric Bath Apparatus

Patent for device that allows an electric bath to be taken despite varying degrees of current intensity.
Date: February 27, 1917
Creator: Lowe, James D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air Filtering Gas Burner (open access)

Air Filtering Gas Burner

Patent for device that helps prevent air from choking burners when used in cooking.
Date: February 6, 1917
Creator: Parks, William B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hotel Key Tag (open access)

Hotel Key Tag

Patent for key tag.
Date: February 6, 1917
Creator: Rosenfield, Clarence
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe or Rod Grips (open access)

Pipe or Rod Grips

Patent for Pipe or Rod Grip
Date: February 20, 1917
Creator: Champie, James A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Meat Slicer (open access)

Meat Slicer

Patent for machine that cuts meat.
Date: February 6, 1917
Creator: Miller, Charles R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Post Hole Drill (open access)

Post Hole Drill

Patent for Post Hole Drill.
Date: February 17, 1917
Creator: Blue, Lee A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Guard Doors and the Like (open access)

Guard Doors and the Like

Patent for improved guards for doors.
Date: February 13, 1917
Creator: Agee, Howard L. & Agee, Sidney A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway Gate (open access)

Railway Gate

Patent for gate for rail and train tracks.
Date: February 13, 1917
Creator: Burress, John R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner (open access)

Oil Burner

Patent for simple, efficient oil burner.
Date: February 20, 1917
Creator: Latshaw, Benjamin J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate Latch. (open access)

Gate Latch.

Patent for an automatically releasing latching bolt and other improvements for a gate latch, including illustrations.
Date: February 13, 1917
Creator: Howard, Frank L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch Lock for Motor Vehicles. (open access)

Switch Lock for Motor Vehicles.

Patent for "certain new and useful improvements in Switch-Locks for motor vehicles", including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 20, 1917
Creator: Frank, Gustav
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine. (open access)

Washing Machine.

Patent for new and useful improvements for a pounder type of washing machine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 27, 1917
Creator: Patterson, Thomas A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History