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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Cutlery-Sharpener.
Patent for a cutlery sharpener "which may be used for dressing down the edges of knives," "may be employed in the kitchen to rapidly condition kitchen knives," (line 16, lines 18-20) and create different types of beveled edges on a blade. It provides instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 18, 1918
Creator:
Ball, Ewart M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Demountable Rim.
Patent for demountable rims for motor vehicles which are constructed of two sections that latch together, resulting in easier application and/or removal of a tire from the rim.
Date:
June 25, 1918
Creator:
Dugger, Huston R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Closing Spouts of Cans.
Patent for spout closing device that is made of parts that are simple and economical to manufacture.
Date:
June 11, 1918
Creator:
Coffin, Albert T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Drill-Bit
Patent for a drill bit for oil wells that provides a way for the bit to be lubricated while in use to prevent the adhesion of gummy substances.
Date:
June 4, 1918
Creator:
Kilgore, John G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence Attachment
Patent for a fence attachment to prevent animals from digging under a fence. The novelty patented is the attachment of knife blades to the device which are buried when the device is mounted on a fence.
Date:
June 18, 1918
Creator:
Brown, Jerry F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fish-Screen.
Patent for fish screen for waterways that allows for free movement of debris but still creates a barrier for the fish.
Date:
June 11, 1918
Creator:
Crisp, Henry L. & Harrison, Ben T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Foldable Tent Bed
Patent for a Combination Folding Tent Bed and Tent
Date:
June 18, 1918
Creator:
Marsh, Willard E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Foot-Rail and Tonneau Truck Attachment for Passenger-Cars.
Patent for "an attachment for use within the tonneau of a passenger automobile" (lines 9-10) which includes a space-efficient foot rest "which can be utilized as a support for one end portion of a supplemental platform employed in the back portion of the tonneau when the vehicle is to be used for delivery services" (lines 12-16) including illustration.
Date:
June 11, 1918
Creator:
Balmos, Edward J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fuse-Plug.
Patent for a fuse plug for prolonged usage by allowing a new wire to be substituted to replace melted wire. This fuse plug has a second wire that can be triggered into circuit.
Date:
June 11, 1918
Creator:
Dugan, Joseph A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History