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Controlling Mechanism for Windmills.
Patent for the operation of a windmill pump that may be automatically controlled so that a constant supply of water will be maintained in the storage tank.
Date:
June 18, 1918
Creator:
Bradford, Joseph W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Rocker for Baby-Carriages.
Patent for adjustable rockers that convert baby carriages into a cradle in a quick and reliable manner.
Date:
June 18, 1918
Creator:
Hill, Joseph C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Block and Tying Mechanism for Baling Presses.
Patent for blocks and tying mechanism for baling presses, which include "a hollow block, a plurality of which may be used in a press, and a tying mechanism including transversely operating needles or plungers entering the the blocks and cooperating with the means therein for tying the bale wires" (lines 17-23) including an illustration and instructions.
Date:
June 4, 1918
Creator:
Ezell, Uberto D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for working body-churn "which is mounted between springs and is adapted to be worked up and down by the contraction and expansion of the springs so as to thoroughly agitate the cream within the receptacle thereof" (lines 16-20) including illustration.
Date:
June 4, 1918
Creator:
Payne, Luther Maxie; Robert Asbury Thompson & Lute Percy Morris
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil Exterminator.
Patent for a machine that exterminates boll weevils. This machine employs air suction for drawing boll weevils into a retaining box from which they may be removed for destruction.
Date:
June 11, 1918
Creator:
Stubs, Orace Virgil
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Support.
Patent for adjustable props or supports used in concrete construction or scaffolding, including illustrations.
Date:
June 18, 1918
Creator:
Ware, Howard T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil Destroyer.
Patent for woll weevil destroyer that is an attachment that can be applied to the frame and beams of a cultivator and may knock weevil and insects from plants standing in a row.
Date:
June 4, 1918
Creator:
Young, Troy W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Automobile-Wheel and Flexible Tire.
Patent for improving tires for the motor vehicles. The invention provides a wheel with a tieldably connected tire so as to take up the vibration upon the vehicle equipped with the wheel. Further, invention provides vehicle wheel with a yieldable rim. This rim is for a wheel formed from sheet metal instead of usual pneumatic tire, eliminating the expense of repairs from punctures and blow-outs.
Date:
June 18, 1918
Creator:
La Bauve, Henry John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Communion-Service Cabinet.
Patent for an improved communion service cabinet meant to distribute communion service to parishioners "quickly and noiselessly" (lines 5-6). The shelves contain grooves to hold wine glasses and small loafs of bread.
Date:
June 4, 1918
Creator:
Howard, Jewell
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Weighing Scale
Patent for moving a pole along a beam that efficiently measures weight as a scale.
Date:
June 29, 1918
Creator:
Foster Jr., Samuel T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rock Quarrying for Cement Manufacture
Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over rock quarries in the United States. As stated in the introduction, "the bulk of the report deals with quarrying methods and equipment, and gives special attention to drilling and blasting; a chapter on rock mining and one on prospecting are included" (p. 1). This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date:
June 1918
Creator:
Bowles, Oliver
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Revision of the American Flying Squirrels
Habits, voice, nests, breeding, food, economic status, pelage and molt, and descriptions of species and subspecies of the American flying squirrels.
Date:
June 13, 1918
Creator:
Howell, Arthur H.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Diesel Engine: Its Fuels and Its Uses
Report discussing recent developments in the design and construction of the Diesel engine, the fuels suitable for burning in it, and the uses to which it is particularly adapted.
Date:
June 1918
Creator:
Haas, Herbert
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
War Minerals Nitrogen Fixation and Sodium Cyanide
Report discussing the results of the Bureau of Mines' investigations into questions of priority, transportation, fuel, equipment, construction of highways and roads, labor supply, best practices for mining, and the development of new materials in the production of war minerals. Produced for the War Industries Board, the U.S. Shipping Board, and other government establishments.
Date:
June 1918
Creator:
Manning, Van. H.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Brush.
Patent for a brush that provides adjustable handle for variety of uses and great saving of time and labor. The brush is durable and not excessively heavy.
Date:
June 4, 1918
Creator:
Lay, William C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safe Lock
Patent for providing "a means which will necessitate the operation of a series of setting devices before the several bolts can be moved to unlock the door". (lines 11-14).
Date:
June 13, 1918
Creator:
Harris, William J. B. of Bonham, TX
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Motion-Picture and Sound-Reproducing Mechanism.
Patent for a connecting mechanism between the motion picture and sound reproducing mechanisms. If the two get out of sync, there are manually operable means to halting one until the other has caught up.
Date:
June 4, 1918
Creator:
Kirkwood, Abraham L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Stacker and Unloading Barge
Patent for a Machine for Stacking and Loading Hay or Other Vegetation
Date:
June 18, 1918
Creator:
Conway, Julian C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Leather-Working Machine
Patent for a leather-working machine which performs the many steps involved in finishing leather straps and related items into one easy step, with illustrations.
Date:
June 4, 1918
Creator:
Russell, Frank K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Spring Lifter.
Patent for valve spring lifter designed for use with internal combustion engines that holds the intake or exhaust valve springs in an elevated or rigid position. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 18, 1918
Creator:
Mountain, Thomas O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid-Fuel-Measuring Tank
Patent for a liquid fuel measuring tank that accurately measures fuel and can automatically stop accumulating fuel when a certain amount has been reached, including illustrations.
Date:
June 25, 1918
Creator:
Helm, Virgil L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locking and Operating System for Jail-Doors.
Patent for a new way to operate and lock jail doors "whereby each and every door in the system can be locked, unlocked and operated altogether, or any one, two or more doors can be locked, unlocked and operated without disturbing the other doors of the system" (lines 11-16), including illustrations.
Date:
June 11, 1918
Creator:
Youngblood, David Franklin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Shooting Torpedo.
Patent for "torpedoes of the type used in "shooting" wells, the object being to provide a torpedo which will be especially useful in the removal of casings from wells" (lines 9-13), such as easier removal from dry wells. Also, modifications to the hammer are noted to ensure explosion.
Date:
June 25, 1918
Creator:
Franklin, Henry L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cut-Out Device for Windmills.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Cut-Out Devices for Windmills" (lines 6-7), which includes illustrations and explanations.
Date:
June 25, 1918
Creator:
Pennington, P. M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History