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Combined Heater and Radiator
Patent for a combined water heater and radiator. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 16, 1912
Creator:
Wheeler, Mary J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Train-Stop.
Patent for a more efficient automatic train stop with a mechanism that uses a connection with the block system used on railways to stop a train when it runs into "the tracks of the danger zone or upon the tracks of the block where the train should be stopped." (lines 16-18)
Date:
April 20, 1915
Creator:
Gramm, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Opener and Cleaner.
Patent for cleaning and renovating cotton and other fibrous materials that are found in the lint that falls from the gin in the regular ginning process.
Date:
April 18, 1916
Creator:
Garner, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check-Book-Stub Holder.
Patent for a check book stub holder. This device holds back used check stubs in a check book.
Date:
April 10, 1917
Creator:
Exline, Marcus P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaning and Renovating Plant.
Patent for getting knowledge on how to collect the cotton and make it usable.
Date:
April 18, 1916
Creator:
James C. Garner, of Dallas, Texas & Charles S. Reynolds, of Houston, Texas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll Breaker and Cleaner
Patent for new and improved Boll Breakers and Cleaners "for handling and cleaning seed cotton prior to it delivery to the ginning mechanism..." (lines 9-10).
Date:
April 26, 1915
Creator:
Kinne, Tempel L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Service-Switch.
Patent for a new automatic service switch "which will be entirely concealed within a casing ordinarily kept locked, thus preventing any unauthorized parties from endangering themselves by tampering with the switch, and furthermore impeding any attempt to defraud the company furnishing the current by rendering the switch difficult to access." (lines 35-42) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 7, 1914
Creator:
Wetter, Ralph E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
AIR REGULATING ATTACHMENT
Patent for an Air Regulating Attachment. This new invention for an air regulating attachment builds upon previous advancements to create an inexpensive air regulating attachment system, which will in turn be used to regulate engine carburetors (Oscar Kiessing).
Date:
April 21, 1919
Creator:
Kiessig, Oscar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil-Destroying Machine.
Patent for "a machine for destroying boll weevil and other pests which frequent and infect agricultural products" (lines 14-16) using "suction nozzles correlated with a common suction system adaptable to sweep a plurality of rows at a time" (lines 27-30) including illustrations.
Date:
April 16, 1918
Creator:
Diserens, Thomas H. & McKay, Frank C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Writing-Machine.
Patent for writing-machine mechanism which prolongs the life of the ribbon and provides "means to rotate the platen step by step at each actuation of one or more of the keys" (line 20).
Date:
April 24, 1917
Creator:
Edwards, Alrah B. & Russell, Frank K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locking Device.
Patent for "improvements in locking devices for motor vehicle steering wheels" (lines 10-11).
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Crawford, Jesse L. & Dunlap, Jack R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wind-Wheel.
Patent for "connecting the wheel shaft with the driving shaft and [...] the provision of a wind wheel having wind collecting faces or pockets extending in vertical planes surrounding a vertical driving shaft as an axis" (lines 25-38), including illustrations.
Date:
April 25, 1916
Creator:
Iley, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Keyboard for Writing Machines.
Patent for improved keyboards for writing machines "having its keys so arranged that the fingers of the operator may rest upon the keyboard in an easy and natural manner, the keys being so disposed with relation to each other that the fingers of the operator may reach all of them with the least possible strain or exertion" (lines 16-22). This improvement allows the operator to work at maximum speed and efficiency.
Date:
April 17, 1917
Creator:
Edwards, Alrah B. & Russell, Frank K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window Shade Roller
Patent for an improved window shade roller design.
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Revier, H. R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ink-Well
Patent for an air and dust proof ink well for pens. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 4, 1911
Creator:
Banning, Frederick D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel.
Patent for a resilient vehicle wheel.
Date:
April 16, 1912
Creator:
Stephens, Louis K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve
Patent for a valve used with radiator heating system. Illustration included.
Date:
April 26, 1910
Creator:
Kinnison, Hallah C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Top Rest.
Patent for am improved vehicle top rest, which employs two coils of wire to hold up the vehicle-top and increases the strength and durability of the device.
Date:
April 12, 1910
Creator:
Henry, Patrick
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tramper-Press
Patent for a tramper press for pressing cotton into bales. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 9, 1912
Creator:
Wilson, Ralph E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of and Apparatus for Classifying Comminuted Material.
Patent for improving the process of classifying materials in order to reduce rehandling and improve efficiency in sizing materials through the use of screens.
Date:
April 20, 1915
Creator:
Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Raising Fluids from Artesian Wells
Patent for a method of using compressed air to retrieve contents of bored wells.
Date:
April 14, 1914
Creator:
Brown, Frank O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hose-Supporter
Patent for a hose supporter that is worn on the leg. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 4, 1911
Creator:
Moses, Jacob Bernhard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stenographic-Writing Means
Patent for improvements in stenographic-writing (typewriting). The object of the invention being "to provide a keyboard comprising keys to cooperate with suitable printing means, and to so arrange said keys...to facilitate the speed at which the writing can be accomplished" (lines 14-20).
Date:
April 1, 1913
Creator:
Ireland, Ward S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
System:
The Portal to Texas History