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Clasp or Fastener for Garments.
Patent for a clasp or fastener for garments, designed to replace hooks and buttons as fasteners of womens' garments, including illustrations.
Date:
February 4, 1918
Creator:
Sanger, Isaac L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Lock for Cotton Gins
Patent for an automatic lock for cotton gins. It provides an automatic latch having a constant tendency toward the latching position, but yieldable to the opening of breast of the cotton gin. This is to prevent accidents involving the removing of obstruction in the gin happening to those removing the obstruction. Illustrations are provided.
Date:
February 5, 1918
Creator:
Henson, W.M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil Exterminator.
Patent for Boll-Weevil Exterminator. Aims to provide a novel and improved apparatus for gathering the boll weevil and squares by air suction to catch insects and pests.
Date:
February 5, 1918
Creator:
Harrison, James H.; Hall, Samuel E. & Gholson, John M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Chair and Table.
Patent for a piece of furniture that can operate as either a table or a chair.
Date:
February 5, 1918
Creator:
Macon, Alexander W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Fire and Burglar Alarm
Patent for new and useful improvements to fire and burglar alarms. The invention includes improvements so that frequent battery changes are not necessary.
Date:
February 5, 1918
Creator:
Bates, Lewis E. & Hanks, Vollie V.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Form-Holder and Wall-Tie
Patent for form holder and wall tie used in construction of walls and pertinent structures.
Date:
February 5, 1918
Creator:
Tenholder, Herman G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Destroyer
Patent for an insect destroyer in the form of an oven that can be placed on the ground in the rows between plants to kill insects. This machine has an added benefit of killing weeds, as well.
Date:
February 5, 1918
Creator:
Cameron, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knife-Sharpener.
Patent for improvements in knife-sharpeners that can be clamped onto a table or similar object, including an illustration. The device has also been "adapted for use in connection with a pair of bits or cutters having convex cutting edges disposed in confronting relation, the bits or cutters being capable of adjustment to present new portions of the respective cutting edges for effective work as the occasion requires" (lines 17-23).
Date:
February 5, 1918
Creator:
Kirlin, Wiliam B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor For Fluid-Meters.
Patent for a motor for fluid meters. This specific construction will eliminate the friction of the moveable parts.
Date:
February 5, 1918
Creator:
Bradley, Richard C. & Ireland, C. Frank
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Cattle-Gate
Patent for a gate or guard to be positioned on a railroad track to prevent cattle or persons crossing the railroad track from turning up or down the track, and so avoid injury or death to cattle or persons. It is designed to be automatically activated by the passing train, and is of a simple design that is inexpensive to construct.
Date:
February 5, 1918
Creator:
Seay, Thomas A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Recording Device
Patent for recording device that included a future for printing data or records through an additional apparatus.
Date:
February 5, 1918
Creator:
Bradley, Richard C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Boring-Drill.
Patent for an improved rotary boring-drill of which the rotary disk drill is constructed in a manner to prevent clogging from soft material balling up. The channel for flushing water is also arranged to keep cutters clear. Including illustrations.
Date:
February 5, 1918
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stove.
Patent for a stove with a combustion chamber that utilizes oil as fuel through an oil burner in said chamber, illustration included.
Date:
February 5, 1918
Creator:
Cook, Charles F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve Construction
Patent for improved valve construction which permits unobstructed passage from valves to intake and exhaust pipe in motor vehicles.
Date:
February 5, 1918
Creator:
Smith, Thomas Noah
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Drilling Machine.
Patent for a driving mechanism to reduce the numbers of shafts and other parts needed for well drilling. The invention allows for one main driving shaft to be used as the primary source for well drilling.
Date:
February 5, 1918
Creator:
Herdman, Adam H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Review of the Grizzly and Big Brown Bears of North America (Genus Ursus): with Description of a New Genus, Vetularctos
Discusses distribution,sexual and age differences, specimens, and classification of North American grizzly and big brown bears. Describes and lists locations of species and subspecies. Mentions Vetularctos, a new genus related to Ursus.
Date:
February 9, 1918
Creator:
Merriam, C. Hart
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Attachment For Coffee-Roasters
Patent for coffee roaster attachment to aid in storing coffee after particle separation and also as a filter. The intention was to have this particular device be an attachment for many coffee roasters.
Date:
February 12, 1918
Creator:
Liberto, Samuel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Huller-Gins
Patent for the type of cotton gin known as huller gins. It is an attachment intended to force cotton through portions of the huller gin that often becomes blocked by accumulated detritus.
Date:
February 12, 1918
Creator:
Prichard, William Mathews
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Container for Quick Tire Patches.
Patent for quick-tire patches for repairing blowouts. Abrasive surface provides a more convenient way to clean tire patches than the usual sandpaper.
Date:
February 12, 1918
Creator:
Duffy, C.O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dirigible Headlight
Patent for an improved lamp bracket which will decrease vibration and increase stability. Connective devices from the steering mechanism to the headlight are also improved to increase responsiveness.
Date:
February 12, 1918
Creator:
Wogenstahl, Leo J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elevator Signal System.
Patent for an elevator signaling system that helps maintain proper spacing between elevator cars. This system provides signals to the elevator operator to allow him to know where all other elevator cars are located in real time.
Date:
February 12, 1918
Creator:
McNabb, Alvin C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lifter and Turner.
Patent for a lifter and turner tool to lift pots, pans, kettles and lids, and for turning and lifting food.
Date:
February 12, 1918
Creator:
Milliorn, William L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricator
Patent for a lubricator "in which an atomizing fluid is mixed with the lubricant" (lines 13-14) and provides for "an improved mixing chamber" (lines 15-16) as well as "an inclined surface on which the oil is dropped" (lines 22-23) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 12, 1918
Creator:
Hebel, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History