Combined Collar-Button and Necktie-Holder (open access)

Combined Collar-Button and Necktie-Holder

Patent for "an improved collar button and necktie holder made of sheet metal, celluloid, bone, rubber, or any other suitable sheet or strip material desired" (lines 8-12).
Date: February 4, 1919
Creator: Kelly, Orson N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Box-Cabinet (open access)

Box-Cabinet

Patent for cabinets which are "adapted to hold boxes of the kind used by druggists, as containers for medicines and small objects" (lines 9-11).
Date: February 4, 1919
Creator: Hines, Bascom L. & Johnson, Mannon G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Balancing Pump Jack (open access)

Balancing Pump Jack

Patent for increasing the power of pump jacks and providing simple devices for aiding the driving mechanism. A shifting weight helps balance the sucker rod.
Date: February 4, 1919
Creator: Dayton, W.L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clutch. (open access)

Clutch.

Patent for "the principal object of this invention to provide a compact and efficient friction clutch for transmitting power from a single driving member to a plurality of individual driven mechanisms" (lines 11-15), including illustrations.
Date: February 4, 1919
Creator: Taft, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Grinding Device (open access)

Valve-Grinding Device

Patent for a device that can simultaneously grind "several valves of a multi-cylinder engine or motor" (lines 11-12). This device allows the "ready interchangeability, repair and adjustment of the working parts" (lines 16-17).
Date: February 4, 1919
Creator: Lohec, Joseph C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal-Lubricator. (open access)

Journal-Lubricator.

Patent for a railway journal lubricator with a reservoir and lubricating rollers for supplying lubricant to the railway journal.
Date: February 4, 1919
Creator: Urbieta, Jose M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spur. (open access)

Spur.

Patent for an improvement in spurs, this one containing a forked end with a rowel on each end of the fork. This is to ensure the rowels have a broad surface adjacent to each rowel and to prevent less injury to an animal when in use.
Date: February 4, 1919
Creator: Cook, Landon H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Motor-Vehicle Body. (open access)

Motor-Vehicle Body.

Patent for a convertible truck body to be used for agricultural purposes.
Date: February 4, 1919
Creator: Ritcheson, Alvin A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Filter. (open access)

Filter.

Patent for an improvement in filters to remove impurities from gasoline and oil and to reuse the gasoline and oil. Includes illustrations.
Date: February 4, 1919
Creator: Northrup, Early
System: The Portal to Texas History
Even-Balance Pump-Jack (open access)

Even-Balance Pump-Jack

Patent for "increasing the power of the pump jacks" (lines 10-11) for improved uniformity during the upstroke and the downstroke.
Date: February 4, 1919
Creator: Dayton, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Box. (open access)

Mail-Box.

Patent for a modified mailbox that includes design specifications, and is intended for "rural" use (Honig, 1918, p. 2).
Date: February 4, 1919
Creator: Honig, Gustav
System: The Portal to Texas History