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Automatic Control for Gas Water-Heaters.
Patent for improvements to "a gas control for instantaneous gas water heaters" (lines 9-10), including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
June 17, 1919
Creator:
Hamilton, Paul H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cash-Registers.
Patent for an attachment for cash registers which makes it impossible to remove paper to wrap a customer's purchase before the cash register has been opened, for the purpose of reducing "losses due to forgetfulness or dishonesty of clerks making sales" (lines 9-11), including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
June 10, 1919
Creator:
White, Robert N., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cranking Device
Patent for cranking device to start internal combustion engines and designed specifically for automobiles.
Date:
June 24, 1919
Creator:
Harris, Irvin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cooking Utensil.
Patent for cooking utensil designed for roasting coffee, popping corn, roasting meat, and other food by hand over a fire or flame by rotating. The device is made of metal and mesh, turns by cranking, and the length of the shaft is adjustable for stability.
Date:
June 17, 1919
Creator:
Bogue, Robert J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Curing Tire-Casings
Patent for an improved apparatus for Curing Tire-Casings (relates to molding devices for curing tire casings) which is easily and quickly set up and knocked down, holds casings safely in position while being cured, and highly efficient in curing tire casings.
Date:
June 17, 1919
Creator:
Bongio, Philip P. & Stephenson Elonzo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brake-Band Clencher
Patent for improvements in brake-band clenchers. It is intended to "provide an improved Ford brake band clencher adapted for holding the brake bands in place while the transmission case is being replaced" (lines 14-18).
Date:
June 17, 1919
Creator:
McCaffrey, Harry J. & Roberge, Edgar, J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Battery.
Patent for an improvement to batteries, particularly pertaining to their electrochemical components, including an illustration and instructions.
Date:
June 10, 1919
Creator:
Crowley, Richard Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vibrating Churn
Patent for a vibrating churn design meant to improve the process of churning liquids.
Date:
June 3, 1919
Creator:
Yount, J. E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lemon and Lime Squeezer
Patent for an improved lemon and lime squeezer that can divide the lemon and lime into two halves and squeeze the halves in succession, or one half be left un-squeezed.
Date:
June 3, 1919
Creator:
Bolton, Jack R.; Williams, John D. & Struve, Felix L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Body Suspension.
Patent for swing suspension for trucks to absorb shocks sustained by the chassis.
Date:
June 20, 1919
Creator:
Harper, William David
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Live-Bait Bucket
Patent for the live-bait bucket. This bucket is created with a mesh-style wire to allow water in, but keep the bait from getting out when placed in water on the side of the boat.
Date:
June 21, 1919
Creator:
Haschke, Feodor G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tube-Expander
Patent for a tube expander for setting boiler tubes in the holes in the tube-sheet, which provides simplicity and improvement of its construction.
Date:
June 17, 1919
Creator:
Walsh, Emmet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Internal-Combustion Engine.
Patent for improvements for internal combustion engines. Improvements include a more compact design, easier to access for repairs, and increased durability and efficiency.
Date:
June 17, 1919
Creator:
Ward, John Price
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Screen.
Patent for a well-screen formed of perforated pipes for oil production to filter sand and detritus, including illustrations.
Date:
June 3, 1919
Creator:
Mack, James O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Tightener.
Patent for improvements in wire-tighteners with an illustration. Specifically, the patented improvement is for a "device" that can "be used for the purpose of tightening strands of wire of a wire fence" (lines 11-14).
Date:
June 24, 1919
Creator:
Wilson, James G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vacuum-Operated Make-and-Break Spark-Plug.
Patent for simple and efficient improvements to vacuum-operated make-and-break spark plugs, including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
June 10, 1919
Creator:
Irwin, Herbert Glen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Clutch and Traction Equalizer.
Patent for hydraulic clutches and traction equalizers. A "device for automobiles or other mother driven vehicles designed to be used in the place of the mechanism commonly known as the differential."
Date:
June 17, 1919
Creator:
Weston, William S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Projectile.
Patent for projectiles, more particularly to an explosive projectile. "One of the main objects of the invention is to provide a shell of the character stated which may be produced at relatively small cost..."
Date:
June 24, 1919
Creator:
Wilkins, Willie A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telegraph-Repeater
Patent for a telegraph repeater. This invention improves repeaters by eliminating lag by simplifying the apparatus which increases capacity and clarity in transmission by maintaining a larger current strength.
Date:
June 24, 1919
Creator:
McKibben, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washer for Well Screens.
Patent for improvements in a washer for well screens relating to oil wells, using a fluid conducting tube, to be let down in a well.
Date:
June 3, 1919
Creator:
Mack, James O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tatting-Shuttle.
Patent for an improvement in shuttles for making tatting which both winds the thread and uses spring tension to prevent it from unwinding, including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
June 17, 1919
Creator:
Houseman, George Alfred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor-Vehicle Heater.
Patent for improvements for a motor vehicle heater that "convey the exhaust gases from the muffler to a container capable of inflation and to inflate said container whereby a heating or warming element for the passengers of the car is provided" (lines 10-14).
Date:
June 17, 1919
Creator:
Barrett, Eli B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for improvements in plows through a, "disk-type," addition to paired longitudinally spaced ground engaging elements, "to throw the earth in opposite directions in order to effectively open a furrow" (lines 11-20). The improvements are simple, convenient, and cost reducing.
Date:
June 3, 1919
Creator:
Jackson, Charley S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grease Dispensing Pump
Patent for improvements upon "grease-dispensing pumps"(line 7) which removes old grease and dispenses "mobile grease"(line 13) easily to machinery.
Date:
June 3, 1919
Creator:
Miller, Charles R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History