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Saw-Handle.
Patent for Saw-Handle that blows air out of its handle to clear the saw's teeth of dust.
Date:
July 24, 1917
Creator:
Whitworth, John Luther
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Scarifier and Blocker.
Patent for a scarifier and blocker designed specifically to go around small plants that is mounted on wheels.
Date:
July 10, 1917
Creator:
Weisenborn, George P. A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Screening Device.
Patent for a screening device that offers "an improved means for imparting motion to and controlling or varying the motion of the screen to affect a separation of the materials undergoing treatment." (lines 10-13).
Date:
July 24, 1917
Creator:
Cole, David
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Dropper.
Patent for a seed dropper that is used to drop peas or other seeds between hills of corn. This tool is very light and can be handled with one hand.
Date:
July 31, 1917
Creator:
Hefner, John M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sleeping-Hood.
Patent for an "inexpensive to manufacture, and convenient and comfortable in use" (lines 17-18) sleeping hood to be worn while sleeping to prevent snoring.
Date:
July 31, 1917
Creator:
Bloomfield, Emma D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Speed-Controlling Mechanism for Motor-Vehicles.
Patent for a device that automatically closes the throttle to slow the speed of a motor vehicle when necessary. The device is designed to respond to vehicle load, road surface, and a predetermined speed limit.
Date:
July 17, 1917
Creator:
Carpenter, John C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Still for Distillation of Petroleum
Patent for improvements in still design for distillation of petroleum or its products, providing relief for any suddenly formed vapors and preventing the oil from boiling over.
Date:
July 24, 1917
Creator:
Gallsworthy, Benjamin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Street and Station Indicator.
Patent for a device that announces names of streets and stations as well as names of business firms or advertising data, including illustrations.
Date:
July 10, 1917
Creator:
Dilley, John W. & Cook, John F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tent-Stake.
Patent for a tent stake that is used with a metal guy or rope. The purpose of this tent stake is to secure tents under all weather conditions.
Date:
July 31, 1917
Creator:
Basnett, Augustus
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trap.
Patent for impalement mouse trap that is intended to be manufactured and sold at a low cost.
Date:
July 3, 1917
Creator:
Speed, Jefferson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Underscoring Attachment for Type-Writers.
Patent for an improvement on an underscoring attachment for type writers that allows the user to use the functions of underscoring, correcting, and cancelling characters as they type, allowing some functions to occur simultaneously, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 17, 1917
Creator:
Aiton, Fred
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Underwaist.
Patent for an underwaist specifically designed for juveniles that provides for more comfortable supporting straps crossing the back and chest at the shoulders, extending to the leg to clasp the stockings with the purpose of holding them up, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 31, 1917
Creator:
Johnson, Ida Bassett
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Upward-Current Separating Process and Device.
Patent for upward-current separation processes and devices to allow for working with changes in conditions and proportions with ease.
Date:
July 3, 1917
Creator:
Allen, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel.
Patent for a vehicle wheel that "embodies a flexible tread and radially arranged springs for absorbing shocks and cushioning the yielding of the parts of said tread." (lines 10-13).
Date:
July 10, 1917
Creator:
Anderson, Lycurgus
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Visual Automatic-Setback Annunicator.
Patent for an indicator dial controlled by magnets to read out a display for an instrument via a lever.
Date:
July 24, 1917
Creator:
Stephens, Lee
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wall Construction
Patent for the contemplates the erection of a wall formed of superimposed parallel tiers or slabs spaced apart to give the wall the desired thickness.
Date:
July 10, 1917
Creator:
Long, Clarence W. & Stephens, Joseph. W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weaning-Bit
Patent for a weaning-bit. This bit "[admits] air into the mouth of the animal, thus obviating any drawing or sucking action." (lines 10-12) Additionally, this bit was created to be of better construction which would make it cheaper and longer-lasting.
Date:
July 24, 1917
Creator:
Turner, Wiley Ernest
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History