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Pass-Book
Patent for improvements on pass book design, so that the owner's name can be included on the cover of the book, and so that the name can not be easily removed.
Date:
April 23, 1918
Creator:
Exline, Marcus P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Temperature-Viscosity Relations in the Ternary System CaO-Al₂O₃-SiO₂
Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies on the relations of temperature-viscosity. The "observations on the temperature-viscosity relations of silicates" (p. 5) are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date:
April 1918
Creator:
Feild, Alexander L. & Royster, P. H.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Advertising Device
Patent for an advertising device meant to sit on a desk as a ruler. This device is designed to make the images on its surface appear to be suspended in air when it is lifted. It can be manufactured cheaply and is intended to be distributed for free as both a ruler and advertisement.
Date:
April 9, 1918
Creator:
Glisson, Amos Adolphus
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Harvester.
Patent for a new, mobile harvesting machine designed to uproot, clean, and pile agricultural products that grow underground, including illustrations.
Date:
April 30, 1918
Creator:
Green, Zedekiah W., Sr. & Green, Zedekiah W., Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cut-off Valve for Pipe-Lines
Patent for cut-off valve for pipe-lines intended for oil companies.
Date:
April 30, 1918
Creator:
Hagern, Joseph F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Car Door.
Patent for Grain-Car Door. "The object the present invention is to arrange the door for use in transporting grain without requiring any additional grain door or planking on the inside door opening." (Line 3)
Date:
April 23, 1918
Creator:
Hartough, Edward W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cane-Stripper.
Patent for cane stripper with v-shaped opposing spring jaws and double cutting edges on its blades. Its simple construction can be created at a low cost and then be sold for profit.
Date:
April 30, 1918
Creator:
Haynes, Robert J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ring-Mandrel
Patent for "new and useful improvements in ring mandrels, for use in shaping up and rounding and dressing bands of different diameters &c., &c." lines 15-18
Date:
April 30, 1918
Creator:
Hinson, James
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hog-Crate
Patent for a crate for use in shipping live pigs which allows for the free movement of the animal's legs while maintaining separation from other animals for identification purposes, including illustrations and instructions for use.
Date:
April 16, 1918
Creator:
Hirst, John A. & Hirst, Samuel L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reamer.
Patent for an enlarged reamer for maintaining the gage of the hole comprising a head threaded at one end for attachment to the drill and disk-shaped reaming cutters housed in slots in the sides.
Date:
April 23, 1918
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peanut Harvester
Patent for "new and improved peanut harvester (lines 5-7)."
Date:
April 9, 1918
Creator:
Keith, Walter
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Pillow.
Patent for improvements to pneumatic pillows, specifically the ventilator within the pillow.
Date:
April 9, 1918
Creator:
Kelly, Ida
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Casket-Support.
Patent for Casket-Support. "An object of the invention is to provide a support of simple and durable structure adapted to be manipulated to support the casket at an elevated position with relation to a floor or which may be folded whereby the casket may rest flat upon the floor." (line 3)
Date:
April 2, 1918
Creator:
Kinnison, Martin L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hat-Pin Point Protector
This patent is for the device that is to be used for protecting the point of the hat pin, and the invention aims to improve the operative connection between the compartmental members which shield and grip the point of the pin.
Date:
April 9, 1918
Creator:
Koch, Charles Albert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Cooking Table
Patent for a sanitary cooking table, which has for its primary object the provision of a sanitary cooking table specially adapted for use in cooking schools.
Date:
April 23, 1918
Creator:
Laursen, Laust K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Single Trigger Mechanism For Double-Barrel Guns
Patent for "new and useful improvement in Single Trigger Mechanism For Double-Barrel Guns (lines 5-7)."
Date:
April 2, 1918
Creator:
Lindsay, Charles W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Apparatus for Heating Stills, Boilers, and the Like.
Patent for "Improvements in Electrical Apparatus for Heating Stills, Boilers, and the like" (lines 6-8) that uses electricity and includes "a heating element which is not affected by repeated changes in temperature, which is adapted to present a heating surface of large area, which may be raised to a high temperature with a low current, and which is many times more economical in use than metal coils possessing less heat radiating powers" (lines 21-28) including illustrations.
Date:
April 9, 1918
Creator:
Lorenz, Charles O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harvester.
Patent for Harvester. "This invention relates to harvesters, particularly designed for harvesting beets, potatoes or analogous agricultural products and the primary object of the invention is to provide a machine which will harvest a crop of agricultural products of the edible root type with a minimum amount of manual labor." (line 2)
Date:
April 23, 1918
Creator:
Malone, Tom Anderson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Go-Cart Attachment.
Patent for an attachment to a child-sized go-cart, meant to hook onto the seat of the cart and undercarriage, providing a receptacle for the child to store clothes or other personal items while keeping it from swaying or falling off.
Date:
April 2, 1918
Creator:
McWilliams, Lulie C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reversible Chuck-Jaw.
Patent for a reversible chuck-jaw that is " 'capable of wide adjustment, this flexibility of operation facilitating the application of the chuck jaw to various types of chucks." (lines 49-52)
Date:
April 2, 1918
Creator:
Miller, William J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hat-Blocker
Patent for "new and useful improvements hat-blocker (lines 8-9)."
Date:
April 30, 1918
Creator:
Milligan, Clifford V.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for an improvement wire-stretcher using a sliding, adjustable plate (non-rotating) that provides unique means for attaching, stretching, and adjusting the wire.
Date:
April 2, 1918
Creator:
Moore, Charles M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Leaf for Books
Patent for certain improvements in leaves for books, specifically hotel registers and similar, that materially prolong the life of the leaf.
Date:
April 23, 1918
Creator:
Moore, William R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock.
Patent for Nut-Lock. The invention is to enable locking a nut upon a bolt, to keep from coming undone due to vibration.
Date:
April 2, 1918
Creator:
Morris, William T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History