Composition of Matter for Treating Concrete Flooring (open access)

Composition of Matter for Treating Concrete Flooring

Patent for improvements to treating concrete flooring. The process described for mixing animal, mineral, and vegetable waxes to produce a treatment which renders already poured concrete floors (or other cement or stone) dustless and waxy to prevent disintegration of the floor's components.
Date: May 12, 1917
Creator: Annan, Alfred H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for getting a good knowledge on how to use a cultivator, detailed instructions are provided.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Blalock, Justice E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tandem-Roller Attachment. (open access)

Tandem-Roller Attachment.

Patent for improved, simply constructed, and high-efficiency tandem roller attachments with the purpose of, "preventing surface waving of roadways," (lines 18-19) including illustrations.
Date: May 14, 1918
Creator: Brown, Frank O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weather-Strip. (open access)

Weather-Strip.

Patent for an improved door weather strip and stop. The device atuates to be both a door stop and a weather strip.
Date: May 28, 1919
Creator: Campbell, Thomas M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shank-Stiffener and Heel-Plate for Shoes. (open access)

Shank-Stiffener and Heel-Plate for Shoes.

Patent for "shank stiffener and heel securing plate for use in the manufacture of shoes or in the repair work" (lines 25-27) to prevent or repair buckling, loosening, and breaking of heels due to shanks of soles being made from "leather, compressed paper, or steel" (lines 18-19) which historically have not been able to support the heel of the shoe.
Date: May 7, 1918
Creator: Cobler, Lee Ora
System: The Portal to Texas History
Handle Bar (open access)

Handle Bar

Patent for a bicycle handlebar
Date: May 18, 1915
Creator: Cortines, Ernest J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Distant Control Switch Socket For Electric Lights (open access)

Distant Control Switch Socket For Electric Lights

Patent for an improved electric light control switch design meant to decrease the rate of energy consumption.
Date: May 13, 1919
Creator: Davis, James Mattison
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Tire (open access)

Pneumatic Tire

Patent for pneumatic tires. Illustration included.
Date: May 3, 1910
Creator: Dazey, Harry L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam Engine (open access)

Steam Engine

Patent for an improved steam engine design.
Date: May 27, 1919
Creator: Edwards, James L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner. (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Burner.

Patent for an improved hyrdrocarbon burner that includes "an overhanging generating element of suitable construction in combination with a particular base having a burner jet surrounded by air admitting jets [...] to be installed in the various forms of stoves and grates" (lines 11-26), including illustrations.
Date: May 16, 1916
Creator: Franklin, Oliver H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Money-Changing Apparatus. (open access)

Money-Changing Apparatus.

Patent for an apparatus for money changing and recording. The apparatus selects and ejects coins and is controlled by keys that can be pressed.
Date: May 16, 1916
Creator: Furttinger, Fred P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Money-Changing Machine. (open access)

Money-Changing Machine.

Patent for improvements on money-changing machines to include multiple coin holding tubes and require the user to push only one key lever for change.
Date: May 29, 1917
Creator: Furttinger, Fred P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Camp-Cooker. (open access)

Camp-Cooker.

Patent for "a new and useful improvement in a form of camp cooker, or camp stove and particularly appertains to a folding and demountable cooker" (lines 8-11), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 21, 1918
Creator: Hanson, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Fluid-Compressor (open access)

Hydraulic Fluid-Compressor

Patent for a hydraulic fluid compressor for gas and air compressors.
Date: May 21, 1912
Creator: Hawkins, Alda F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mattress (open access)

Mattress

Patent for a mattress made with folded layers of material, such as cotton or wool, where the fibers are placed in a vertical position.
Date: May 16, 1911
Creator: Heermans, Wallace T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ice Tongs (open access)

Ice Tongs

Patent for ice tongs to assist with lifting ice "and other articles," with a special feature on the device that will display the weight of the item being carried (line 10).
Date: May 25, 1915
Creator: Henderson, Douglas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Staple-Set (open access)

Staple-Set

Patent for a staple set for building and fixing wire fences. Illustrations included.
Date: May 23, 1911
Creator: Highsmith, Aubrey O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Knee-Pad (open access)

Knee-Pad

Patent for knee-pads that are used for berry or cotton pickers.
Date: May 3, 1915
Creator: Holsey, Walter R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grave-Marker. (open access)

Grave-Marker.

Patent for a new and useful Grave-Marker. The body of the improved grave marker or cradle is elongated or somewhat elliptical in contour, and its central portion is open, in order that the grave marker or cradle may surround a grave.
Date: May 5, 1914
Creator: Kimball, Herbert E
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Regulating Attachment. (open access)

Air-Regulating Attachment.

Patent for a new attachment in a carburetor that regulates air through suction and has a valve to release pressure from an engine, including illustrations.
Date: May 14, 1918
Creator: Kimbler, Henry R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Lamp-Shade. (open access)

Adjustable Lamp-Shade.

Patent for a simplified, detachable, and adjustable lamp shade that is "more practical and efficient without increasing the cost of manufacture" (lines 27-29), including illustrations.
Date: May 16, 1916
Creator: Landers, Charles G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process for Reduction of Unsaturated Fatty Acids and Their Esters (open access)

Process for Reduction of Unsaturated Fatty Acids and Their Esters

Patent for saturated fatty acid reduction using hydrogen, a palladium group catalyzer, and a fat solvent.
Date: May 19, 1914
Creator: Maryott, Carlton H
System: The Portal to Texas History
Running-Gear for Aeroplanes. (open access)

Running-Gear for Aeroplanes.

Patent for an improvement to the running gear of aeroplanes in which the running gear can be moved out of the way so as not to create unnecessary head resistance when the plane is in flight.
Date: May 26, 1914
Creator: McCarroll, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interest Calculator (open access)

Interest Calculator

Patent for an adjustable calendar for calculating interest between two dates, including illustrations.
Date: May 6, 1913
Creator: Moody, Jason B.
System: The Portal to Texas History