Automatic Vaporizing-Plug (open access)

Automatic Vaporizing-Plug

Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Vaporizing-Plugs" (lines 5-6). "This invention... has for its principle object the production of a device which is adapted to be carried upon a manifold of an internal combustion engine... so that upon each stroke of the piston, or pistons, air will be drawn into the intake manifold where it will be mixed with gas passing therethrough, thus forming a charge which will have more power when exploded and which will prevent the formation of carbon deposits within the cylinders and which will also reduce the cost of operation of the engine." (lines 9-23).
Date: July 2, 1918
Creator: Floyd, William B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Airship. (open access)

Airship.

Patent for an airship with multiple gas bags inside an outer enclosing casing, which maintain the buoyancy of the airship in case one or more of the smaller bags should rupture. This airship also supports one or more persons other than the pilot, has an "envelop adapted to serve as a parachute in the event of danger", and can "alight upon and rise from the surface of a body of water".
Date: July 2, 1918
Creator: Richmond, George E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Making Tamales (open access)

Machine for Making Tamales

Patent for a Machine for Making Tamales
Date: July 2, 1918
Creator: Winfrey, Herbert O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washboiler. (open access)

Washboiler.

Patent for improvements in washboilers involving water and steam being forced through a perforated clothes receptacle as well as automatic draining or release of accumulated water and soil.
Date: July 2, 1918
Creator: McFarland, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Holder. (open access)

Holder.

Patent for improved book holder for holding down the leaves of an open book which can be adjusted to fit various widths.
Date: July 2, 1918
Creator: Duckett, J. L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Swing (open access)

Swing

Patent for a new lawn swing design meant to be "a simple and inexpensive swing which will be strong and durable" (lines 10-12) and that will engage all muscles in its operation, including illustrations.
Date: July 2, 1918
Creator: Bretz, Don C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Extensible Ladder (open access)

Portable Extensible Ladder

Patent for a portable extendable ladder, designed for use, among other things, as a means of fire escape or observation, along with illustrations and explanations.
Date: July 2, 1918
Creator: Trojan, J. E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Expansive and Contractive Well-Drill (open access)

Expansive and Contractive Well-Drill

Patent for improvements for expansive and contractive well drill involving improvements to drill bits.
Date: July 2, 1918
Creator: Carter, Oscar Martin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fastener for Antiskid-Chains. (open access)

Fastener for Antiskid-Chains.

Patent for a "means for fastening anti-skidding chains about the tread surfaces of tires, and consists of a simple and efficient device ... which may be easily and quickly applied to the wheel and as easily removed therefrom" (lines 16-21), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 2, 1918
Creator: Harmon, William Oliver
System: The Portal to Texas History
Garment-Protector. (open access)

Garment-Protector.

Patent for an easily detachable garment protector "for use with trousers and overalls to protect them from wear and from becoming soiled while in use" (lines 10-13) including illustration.
Date: July 2, 1918
Creator: Spencer, William Levi
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process and Formula for Tanning Hides. (open access)

Process and Formula for Tanning Hides.

Patent for the formula and processing used in tanning hides that is cheaper and more effective.
Date: July 2, 1918
Creator: Moore, Rufus N.
System: The Portal to Texas History