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Coupling.
Patent for improvements to couplings for windmills specifically "for use in connecting the pump rod to the reciprocal rod of the windmill, so as to permit reciprocation of the wind mill rod independently of movement of the pump rod, and which also will permit the relatively quick and easy change from windmill power to engine power, such as gasolene engine or the like, for pumping water from wells" (lines 9-17) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 29, 1921
Creator:
Regenier, John G.
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.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Marking-Pot and Brush.
Patent for a combined marking-pot and brush where the marking-pot "will effectually support a brush and prevent the handle thereof from dropping down in to the ink or paint contained therein" (lines 13-16). The marking-pot also provides a detachable cover to prevent spilling.
Date:
January 29, 1918
Creator:
McCombs, Charles C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Harvester
Patent for a cotton harvester "with an improved arrangement of combined gathering and picking arms" (lines 12-13) to more effectively obtain the cotton bolls (i.e. balls), including illustrations.
Date:
March 29, 1921
Creator:
Stanton, John T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Calk Attachment For Horseshoes
Patent for new and useful improvements in calk attachments for horseshoes. The objective is to provide detachable means applicable to the conventional types of shoe without any modifications.
Date:
March 29, 1921
Creator:
Douglas, John Davies
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment For Internal-Combustion Motors
Patent for improvements in attachments for internal- combustion motors. The invention is about new and useful improvements to a specific attachment. The two stated objectives are to provide a device adapted for application to the intake pipe on an internal combustion motor and to provide a device which may be locked in a closed position, thereby preventing theft.
Date:
March 29, 1921
Creator:
Thomas, James Clarence
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricator.
Patent for new and improved lubricator. The invention is connected to lubricators used in earth boring drills for deep well drilling.
Date:
March 29, 1921
Creator:
Scott, Floyd L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile -Tire.
Patent for a wire-wrapped casing for car tires.
Date:
November 29, 1919
Creator:
MIchero, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Controlling Mechanism for Exhaust-Gases of Internal-Combustion Engines.
Patent for an improved controlling mechanism for accelerating the warming up of engines, especially automotive and marine engines. It can maintain a good working temperature while running at slow speeds so that the engine may operate economically in cold weather.
Date:
January 29, 1920
Creator:
Guthrie, William S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cleaning Device
Patent for a cleaning tool that attaches to the windshields of automobile windows to clean snow, rain, and dust. It is operated from the interior of the car and can be easily attached and removed. Includes illustrations.
Date:
March 29, 1921
Creator:
Rivers, Charles A. & Stuart, Francis B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Intake Device.
Patent for an air intake device for automobiles and other internal combustion engines. Provides novel and improved heated air supply for carburetors during cold weather. Adjustable to admit unheated air in various proportions according to the air temperature and weather.
Date:
January 29, 1918
Creator:
Hornburg, C.A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blackboard-Cleaner.
Patent for a blackboard cleaner that incorporates a "water reservoir having manually controlled means for communicating the water of the reservoir to the rubbing element of the cleaner" (lines 13-17) including an illustration. The rubbing element was also made to be easily removed for replacement or cleaning.
Date:
January 29, 1918
Creator:
Satrum, Gilbert G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed-Cover Holder
Patent for bed cover holder, particularly the clamping mechanism that holds the covers to the bed and allows the clamps to grasp "covers of different thicknesses" (lines 25-26) without requiring clamp adjustment.
Date:
October 29, 1918
Creator:
Hillman, Emmie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Activated-Sludge Treatment.
Patent for a method that dehydrates sewage for easier removal.
Date:
January 29, 1918
Creator:
Moor, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brace Attachment For Seats
Patent for diver stability and control of heavy machinery like cultivators, mowers, etc. Is designed to attach to all machine seats and adjust to a driver's leg or thigh; it also functions as a foot rest.
Date:
October 29, 1918
Creator:
Hart, Henry, C., Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake for Automobiles
Patent for air-brakes in automobiles. It is a system that replaces fluid braking systems with an air-based braking system.
Date:
October 29, 1918
Creator:
Daniel, Wiley Eugene
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check-Valve
Patent for improved check values in relation to a boiler of locomotives, to better secure priming and increase forcing power of its injector.
Date:
July 29, 1919
Creator:
Deinert, Hans Gustav Joachim
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chicken-Brooder
Patent for an improved Chicken-Brooder that provide an improved brooder especially for outdoor use or independently of poultry house.
Date:
April 29, 1919
Creator:
Murray, Richard R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bearing for Baling-Presses.
Patent for a bearing for cotton presses which allows for greater force and less friction.
Date:
December 29, 1916
Creator:
Taft, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bending-Machine and Method of Bending.
Patent for a machine to bend metal into various shapes for the purpose of construction and reinforcement.
Date:
March 29, 1921
Creator:
Holmgreen, Julius H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Heat-Regulator for Incubators.
Patent for a device that allows for automatic temperature regulation in incubators. It operates by extinguishing and lighting the incubator's heating lamp wick to maintain a predetermined temperature.
Date:
March 29, 1921
Creator:
Wiedner, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burglar-Alarm.
Patent for a burglar alarm, designed to be simply constructed and installed.
Date:
November 29, 1921
Creator:
Stephens, William B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Casing-Pulling Apparatus.
Patent for an apparatus to more easily and more economically remove well-casings from the ground when an oil well is no longer in use.
Date:
November 29, 1921
Creator:
Wilson, John Hart
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Sealing the Walls of Deep Wells
Patent for a new and useful method of dealing the walls of deep wells in which the means for lining oil wells by the use of the customary metal casing is avoided, the cost is very materially reduced, and numerous expenses and failures are avoided.
Date:
November 29, 1921
Creator:
Nolan, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History