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Culvert.
Patent for metal road culvert improvements. Light weight, but sturdy, interlocking metal sheets are used. They can be stacked for cheaper and easier shipping. The culvert allows large amounts of water to flow through.
Date:
April 22, 1913
Creator:
Youngblood, David Franklin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Curtain Stretcher
Patent for curtain stretcher or frames
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Buckreis, Valentine
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clock.
Patent for an improved alarm clock with two different alarms that sound at desired time set and when the clock is unwound, including illustrations.
Date:
April 11, 1916
Creator:
Buttigieg, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bandage
Patent for a new bandage or dressing clamp that will hold a bandage in place. It includes two circular, notched jaws held together by an adjustable tube. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 21, 1914
Creator:
Lupton, Minnie May
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Container.
Patent for a collapsible container that is easily assembled without the "employment of nails or fastening devices" (line 10).
Date:
April 10, 1917
Creator:
Dunn, Lewis C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements to Demountable Wheels
Patent for a new design for the demountable wheel with a new simple and strong construction that is made of a lighter pressed steel that may be manufactured at a relatively lower cost.
Date:
April 18, 1916
Creator:
Simmons, Oliver G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrapper.
Patent for the creation of a file made of cardboard, canvas, and cords made for sending articles such as drawings, fabrics, and such through the mail.
Date:
April 6, 1915
Creator:
Page, Harvey L. & Burnett, Robert L., Sr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Clamping and Nailing Boards.
Patent for a "machine whereby boards for floors, ceiling or sheathing may be forced into place and into contact with previously nailed boards without damage and held clamped into position until nails can be driven into the boards and into the joints" (lines 29-34), with illustrations.
Date:
April 11, 1916
Creator:
Binger, Nickolaus
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weight-Motor.
Patent for a fan, which includes improvements in the arrangement of gears and the addition of a casing with a weighted motor.
Date:
April 20, 1915
Creator:
McQueen, Charley
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tub Holder
Patent for improvements made to tub holders, primarily to suit tubs of various sizes for heating water. Purposes for holding tubs include boiling water for clothes and food. The improvements focus on support of the tubs, and allow for rotation of tubs with ease and efficiency.
Date:
April 28, 1914
Creator:
Dullnig, Adolph Cleveland
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hose-Washer.
Patent for improvement in efficiency of hose washers. Patent helps to prevent accidental detachment of a hose via the use of a "resilient wire" designed to strengthen the connection. Citation: Calvert, Walter Riley. Hose-Washer., patent, April 27, 1915; [Washington D.C.]. University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.
Date:
April 27, 1915
Creator:
Calvert, Walter Riley
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paper-Folding Machine.
Patent for a paper-folding machine that is intended to fold letters and insert them into envelopes.
Date:
April 21, 1914
Creator:
Causey, Charles W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Parcel-Carrier for Bicycles.
Patent for improvements in parcel carriers for bicycles in which the parcel carriers can attach/detach easily and is adaptable to different types of bicycle handlebars; includes illustration.
Date:
April 6, 1915
Creator:
Apple, William M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flushing Device
Patent for a flushing mechanism for water-closets (toilets) which operates in concert with the lifting and lowering of the seat.
Date:
April 13, 1915
Creator:
Kreter, Otto F. W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Tie.
Patent for "improvements in railroad ties [...] which will prevent the rail from spreading, sinking, or creeping" (lines 13-16). It also "is the provision of a tie in which the resilient qualities of the old type of wood tie are retained and combined with the advantages which are present in the use of a metallic tie" (lines 17-21), including illustrations.
Date:
April 11, 1916
Creator:
Shearer, Frederick C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mold for Typographical Casting-Machines.
Patent for a mold for typographical casting machines which may be altered to produce slugs of different sizes.
Date:
April 7, 1914
Creator:
Diaz, Pascual M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Condensing Apparatus
Patent for a condensing apparatus designed to be attached to linting machines.
Date:
April 8, 1919
Creator:
Martin, G. W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Camp Bedding-Roll
Patent for a bedding roll in which the main sheet is adapted to receive a mattress or be stuffed with straw, grass, or leaves to enable it to be used as a bed-sack.
Date:
April 23, 1918
Creator:
Waugh, Julia Nott
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Battery Terminal
Patent for an adaptable battery terminal design.
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Luthy, J. O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Grinding Implement
Patent for improvements in Valve-Grinding implements. This improvement is applicable to practically any type of engine or motor and to the different types of valves employed therein. This valve relates to the rotating of the valves of internal combustion engines and the like when the same is being ground to effect a proper seating action.
Date:
April 18, 1922
Creator:
Hood, William S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Memorandum-Calendar.
Patent for providing a memorandum calendar pad to be used for 2 consecutive years, that includes a filing wire of which the leaves of the pad can be attached to or detached from the calendar stand, and that will be inexpensive to make and easy to operate.
Date:
April 12, 1921
Creator:
Schramm, Henry A. & Hawkins, Jackson D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel
Patent for new and useful improvements to the Vehicle-Wheel. Tire may be formed into a disk wheel constructed with nuts, bolts, rivets, and screws to compensate for any regular and irregular pressure stresses a tire may be subjected to on a road. A further improvement is to provide a more resilient disk wheel to have more durability and longer use on the road.
Date:
April 12, 1921
Creator:
Allan, William N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Trunk-Rack
Patent for a trunk-rack that is adjustable and sturdy. The trunk-rack design indicates that the rack has wheels and adjustable components to accommodate various sized pieces of luggage.
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Wessinger, Lon Woodram
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid Measure and Strainer
This patent relates to devices for measuring and straining liquids and discharging them into a receptacle or tank without exposing the liquids after being strained to the atmosphere or rendering the liquid liable to be deteriorated by dust or other foreign matter.
Date:
April 2, 1918
Creator:
Doolin, Charles B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History