Weeding Device (open access)

Weeding Device

Patent for improving "the construction and increase the efficiency and utility" of "horse or motor drawn weeding devices." (Lines 8-11)
Date: May 31, 1919
Creator: Zetzman, William of Post, Texas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Indicator (open access)

Indicator

Patent for a numbering indicator used to mark the status of stored batteries.
Date: May 29, 1919
Creator: Carter, James William, Jr.
Object Type: Patent
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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Separating Liquids in Emulsion. (open access)

Apparatus for Separating Liquids in Emulsion.

Patent for improved apparatus for separating liquids in emulsion (relates to improved apparatus for separating one liquid from another) when found in emulsion and has especial reference to means for rapidly and effectually dehydrating petroleum oil emulsion.
Date: May 27, 1919
Creator: McKibben, Charles W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Checking Attachment for Planters (open access)

Checking Attachment for Planters

Patent for a checking attachment for planters that is "easily adjusted to drop seed at various distances" (lines 16-17).
Date: May 27, 1919
Creator: Sprowl, Wiliam L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Heater. (open access)

Heater.

Patent for a heater adapted for use in an internal combustion engine for the purpose of assisting the vehicle to start in cold weather.
Date: May 27, 1919
Creator: Pirtle, Claiborne Clinton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Retaining Internal Gear Drive (open access)

Oil Retaining Internal Gear Drive

Patent for automotive drive shaft that retains oil.
Date: May 27, 1919
Creator: Hereford, Adolph P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process for Treating Cotton-Seed (open access)

Process for Treating Cotton-Seed

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Processes for Treating Cotton-Seed"(lines 6-8), which expresses oil from cotton and neutralizes it with "alkali... and precipitating solid matter"(lines 26-27).
Date: May 27, 1919
Creator: Fee, Horatio A. & Aeveaenes, Garciea H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ratchet Pipe Cutter (open access)

Ratchet Pipe Cutter

Patent for improvements to a ratchet pipe cutter, which includes an adjustment system to allow for pipes to "approximately quickly adjusted to different sizes of pipe and subsequently automatically moved toward the cutting roller"(lines 11-13).
Date: May 27, 1919
Creator: Hestand, Rue S.
Object Type: Patent
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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drill. (open access)

Drill.

Patent for a drill that provides an improvement to connecting the drill bit to the shank so they do not become detached or break.
Date: May 22, 1919
Creator: Weathersby, Fred Richard
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Differential Construction (open access)

Differential Construction

Patent for "a new and Improved Differential Construction" (lines 5-6). "The object of the present invention is to provide a differential particularly suitable for motor vehicles... whereby the spinning of the wheels... is effectually prevented while the relative movement thereof necessary in passing around curves is freely allowed" (lines 22-31).
Date: May 21, 1919
Creator: Reagan, Edgar U. G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boiler-Skimmer (open access)

Boiler-Skimmer

Patent for a boiler-skimmer that assist in preventing external pressures from collapsing the float values. These type of boilers are used in steam locomotives.
Date: May 20, 1919
Creator: Schreiber, Norbert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Rim. (open access)

Collapsible Rim.

Patent for new and useful improvements related to demountable rims that are collapsible. This improvement facilitates the removal of a tire in an easier and expeditious manner.
Date: May 20, 1919
Creator: King, Willis C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dental Plate (open access)

Dental Plate

Patent for an improved dental plate design that fits better in the mouth of the user and allows for easier speaking and eating.
Date: May 20, 1919
Creator: Glaser, Adolph J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Farming Implement (open access)

Farming Implement

Patent for a farming double plough. This increased a farmers ability to break up the soil and increase productivity.
Date: May 20, 1919
Creator: Raun, George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burner (open access)

Burner

Patent for improvements in oil super heating burners used in locomotives and other large engines that require the creation of steam to propel them. The invention describes many improvements involving the fuel ejection and atomizing processes.
Date: May 16, 1919
Creator: Henry, Murray
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Priming Device (open access)

Priming Device

Patent for a priming device. Intent of the priming device is to provide improvements to priming devices in internal combustion engines.
Date: May 16, 1919
Creator: Donada, Benito J
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Spring Clamp (open access)

Adjustable Spring Clamp

Patent for an improved adjustable spring clamp design.
Date: May 13, 1919
Creator: Hillin, H. C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Construction of the Hulls of Concrete Ships. (open access)

Construction of the Hulls of Concrete Ships.

Patent for "new and useful improvements in Construction of the Hulls of Concrete Ships" (lines 5-6). The improvements enable concrete hulls to be made efficiently, comparatively lightweight, and durable with a new form of rib reinforcement providing strength to withstand all strains of ocean travel.
Date: May 13, 1919
Creator: Holmgreen, Julius H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper (open access)

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for improvements to the cotton-chopper. This invention outfits the cotton-chopper with a blade that can be moved, either mechanically or with electric power. Previously, the blade was fixed and stationary.
Date: May 13, 1919
Creator: Janes, Henry T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Printing Blue-Prints (open access)

Device for Printing Blue-Prints

Patent for a new type of printing press for the printing of large blue-prints. It is to be a more effective method of printing large objects with a curved plate to provide a more continuous and effective result.
Date: January 30, 1919
Creator: Cooper, Christopher Columbus
Object Type: Patent
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
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Impression Cake (open access)

Impression Cake

Patent for a new type of impression cake meant for the creation of dental and other kinds of molds.
Date: May 13, 1919
Creator: Downie, James H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History