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Apparatus for Retailing Shot.
Patent for a new and improved round dispenser. This design "consists in a receptacle or multiple bin the several compartments of which are provided with valves controlling exit-openings, whereby any desired quantity of shot, descending by gravity from the appropriate compartment, may be directed into the scale-pan of a scale without the necessity of lifting the receptacle or bin or any part of its contents" (lines 35-43).
Date:
September 21, 1880
Creator:
Stokes, Micajah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Separating Liquids.
Patent for dehydrating petroleum oil emulsions through liquid seperation.
Date:
August 20, 1918
Creator:
McKibben, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Separating Liquids in Emulsion.
Patent for improved apparatus for separating liquids in emulsion (relates to improved apparatus for separating one liquid from another) when found in emulsion and has especial reference to means for rapidly and effectually dehydrating petroleum oil emulsion.
Date:
May 27, 1919
Creator:
McKibben, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Stamping Envelopes
Patent for "a means whereby with one motion a stamp will be supplied from the'apparatus, moistened, and placed in position upon a letter, wrapper, or parcel adapted to receive it, and wherein a number of stamps may be consecutively placed when and as desired" (lines 10-15).
Date:
September 24, 1889
Creator:
Helland, Hans & Matzow, Frantz
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for the Conversion of Liquids, Fluids, and Oils.
Patent for an apparatus for the conversion of liquids, fluids, and oils. This invention is to use high heat to change the original oils and fluids into oils and fluids of better quality and value.
Date:
November 4, 1919
Creator:
Adams, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Treating Hydrocarbons.
Patent for an improved apparatus for treating hydrocarbons. This apparatus is for treating comparatively heavy petroleum and other hydrocarbon oils and their distillates and derivatives, in order to produce from such heavy oils a large yield of gasoline or other light, easily volatile liquids. This apparatus will be a safe and efficient way to produce large yield of gasoline and light hydrocarbon liquids from heavy oils and will be free from trouble arising from the accumulation of carbon.
Date:
August 5, 1919
Creator:
Andrews, Benjamin & Averill, Willard C., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Treating Petroleum.
Patent for an apparatus that is used to treat petroleum and other heavy hydrocarbons in order to produce gasoline and other liquid fuels.
Date:
October 28, 1919
Creator:
Andrews, Benjamin & Averill, Willard C., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Treatment of Oil Emulsions.
Patent for improvements in apparatus for treatment of oil emulsions by providing a means that will greatly assist in the separation of water from oil emulsions and which will aid the re-absorption or retention of gas.
Date:
January 13, 1920
Creator:
McKibben, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Vaporization and Distillation of Petroleum and Other Hydrocarbon Oils.
Patent for a device that helps in the distilling process of gasoline.
Date:
January 21, 1919
Creator:
Humason, Granville A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Washing and Scrubbing Gas.
Patent for a washer-scrubber that cleans gas from "tarry matter, ammonia, sulphureted hydrogen, carbonic acid and other impurities" (lines 14-16). The machine divides gas into streams, sprays it with washing liquor, spreads it over reticulated and perforated plates.
Date:
March 7, 1893
Creator:
Fitzgerald, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Arc-Lamp
Patent for an arc lamp which does not spark for use in headlights for trains and automobiles and in street lights.
Date:
June 28, 1910
Creator:
Anderson, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Arc-Lamp Headlight
Patent for an electric arc headlight for trains, cars, or boats which produces a steady light and lasts long enough to allow travel over long distances.
Date:
February 2, 1909
Creator:
Lacy, Benjamin B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Armor For Pneumatic Tires.
Patent for armor for pneumatic tires to prevent puncturing of the inner inflatable tube. To also provide anti-skidding lugs which connect to the flexible armor embodied in the tire casing.
Date:
October 16, 1917
Creator:
Chilton, William G. & Hobgood, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Stone Block.
Patent for a new and improved artificial-stone block. This design "consists in the particular formation of the protuberances by which interlocking joints or seams of the building-blocks are attained, the object of which is to so form the prolific protuberances of said blocks as to permit joining them in close proximity on all the sides or faces of the seam, to reduce the binding material for the same and increase the strength of the same" (lines 14-22).
Date:
May 3, 1892
Creator:
Graham, George M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Tooth
Patent for an artificial tooth that is better able to anchor to the mouth plate.
Date:
July 5, 1918
Creator:
Dee, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Bale-Forming Presses.
Patent for an attachment for bale-forming presses consisting of needles, wire storage spools, and a "yieldable mechanism" allowing the wire to pass (line 17) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 26, 1918
Creator:
Freeman, Lawrence K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Bath-Tubs.
Patent for a removable and adjustable wash cloth attachment "in such a position within the tub that a person bathing may readily move the back and shoulders over the wash cloth or other cleaning element to effect a thorough cleansing thereof" (lines 14-18) including illustrations.
Date:
December 28, 1915
Creator:
Seib, Lee R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Bicycles.
Patent for a package-carrying device that attaches to the frame of a bicycle. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 29, 1897
Creator:
Saunders, David Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cameras.
Patent for an improved camera attachment for adding titles to film that prevents the film from being exposed to light except when the title is photographed, with illustrations.
Date:
May 15, 1917
Creator:
Bretz, George W.; Lowry, Claud A.; Wood, Oscar O.; Wade, J. H.; Pirtle, P. R.; Jones, F. E. et al.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Dental Instruments.
Patent for a dental instrument which is to attach to a dental drill handle. Protecting the patient's tongue from being cut by the drill or grinding disk while the patient's lower teeth are being operated on, including illustrations.
Date:
November 19, 1918
Creator:
Luzzi, August F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Display Figures
Patent for an attachment for display figures that fills out the sleeves of a garment.
Date:
April 23, 1912
Creator:
Beyette, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Internal-Combustion-Engine Carbureters.
Patent for Improvements in Attachments for Internal-Combustion-Engine Carbureters. The "explosive mixture entering the cylinders of the engine may be improved and in this way increase the efficiency of the engine" (lines 12-15).
Date:
September 10, 1918
Creator:
Atkinson, John P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Internal-Combustion Engines.
Patent for an invention relating to the attachment for internal combustion engines that will provide moisture through the form of liquid or vapors. Other objectives and illustrations of invention are included.
Date:
August 14, 1917
Creator:
Potts, Hugh
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Internal Combustion Engines.
Patent for an attachment to internal combustion engines that allows for vaporizing part of the fuel mixture to introduce air and steam that aid combustion efficiency.
Date:
August 16, 1917
Creator:
Lynch, Floyd W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History