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Raised-Stamp Tool
Patent for a single tool for stamping leather.
Date:
February 26, 1918
Creator:
Varga, Lionel John
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
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
Foot Steering Device for Automobiles.
Patent for foot steering device as "an attachment to the ordinary steering devices which are operated by handwheels for controlling the steering mechanism by foot, or other parts of the body to relieve the hand" (lines 13-17). The device also provides "a steering device with pedals so connected thereto and so located that the same may be readily reached with the feet" (lines30-32).
Date:
February 26, 1918
Creator:
Haley, Seabron M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fastener for Meter-Boxes.
Patent for fasteners (locks) for meter-boxes to prevent tampering by unauthorized users by attaching a cover with rotating bolts that can be locked or unlocked with an accompanying key.
Date:
February 19, 1918
Creator:
Holmgreen, Julius H.
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
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
Nut-Lock.
Patent for a nut lock, with which a nut can be locked on a threaded bolt or stud to prevent moving the bolt or stud. It can also be detached without damaging the the nut, bolt, or thread.
Date:
February 12, 1918
Creator:
Capron, George F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Cutter
Patent for improvements to pipe-cutters that can cut pipes of different sizes.
Date:
February 19, 1918
Creator:
Hime, Clint T.
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
Drainage-Bottle
Patent for a drainage bottle that can be attached/detached from the person and is used for draining wounds.
Date:
February 19, 1918
Creator:
Wofford, William Fillmore
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Harvester
Patent for cotton harvesters and particularly to the picker mechanism, in which the picker is able to provide means for picking the cotton and delivering the same to the desired basket on the vehicle.
Date:
February 18, 1918
Creator:
Newman, Joe
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale Forming Press.
Patent for a bale forming press to form bales of hay and automatically secure "baling wires around the bale as formed" (lines 13-14). It automatically stops the feeder when "the bale is being tied" (lines 19-20) and winds and automatically unwinds and winds the wire.
Date:
February 26, 1918
Creator:
Dudley, Andrew T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Slide-Display Machine.
Patent for a mechanism that automatically moves the slides through a slide display machine to display each successfully upon a wall or screen, illustrations included.
Date:
February 19, 1918
Creator:
Brown, Thomas E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ring for Disseminating Perfumes, &c.
Patent for "an improved device for disseminating chemicals, perfumes and the like ... in the nature of a ring which may be worn on either finger, toe, arm, or any part of the body and which constitutes a container for the material to be disseminated." (p.1 lines 9-15). The "outlet ... openings [of the ring] ... are normally obstructed to some extent by contact with the member on which it is worn so that the escape of the material contained will be slow and gradual." (p.1 lines 18-23)
Date:
February 26, 1918
Creator:
Griffin, William H. H.
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
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