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Fuel Vaporizer for Carburetors.
Patent for "an improvement in fuel heaters or vaporizers for use with carburetors for hydrocarbon fuel engines" (lines 9-12). The device "can therefore utilize those hydrocarbons of specific gravity much higher than gasoline, as fuel for internal combustion engines, with safety and with more economy than has heretofore been deemed possible." (lines 106-111).
Date:
February 7, 1922
Creator:
Smith, Maurice O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Manufacture of Aluminum Chloride.
Patent for improvements of manufacture of aluminum chloride, comprising "a method of utilizing certain oily residues which are the result of treatment of oils with aluminum chloride or with substances capable of forming aluminum chloride" (lines 11-14), including illustrations.
Date:
February 7, 1922
Creator:
McAfee, Almer M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Monolithic Wall.
Patent for concrete wall construction which is light in weight and inexpensive to fabricate. Frames may be previously constructed in a manner to allow for windows and other common wall features.
Date:
February 7, 1922
Creator:
Graham, Malcolm J
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter Attachment.
Patent for a planter attachment. It allows quick attachment of a stalk cutter that would let a planter serve two purposes.
Date:
February 7, 1922
Creator:
Haynes, Jack M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Strap Binder or Lock and Record-Check.
Patent for an improved strap-binder or lock and record-check that is "simple, effective, and comparatively inexpensive" to manufacture (lines 8-11).
Date:
July 7, 1921
Creator:
Glisson, Amos A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Theft-Preventing Device
Patent for an automobile theft preventing device which prevents the operation of the automobile by an unauthorized person and prevents the theft of thereof and can be controlled by the owner/authorized person permitting the operation of the automobile.
Date:
June 7, 1921
Creator:
Welliver, Percy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil-Exterminating Device.
Patent for a machine that catches insects and their eggs by using beaters and a catch pan as the machine is drawn over crops. The parts are adjustable to adapt to the size of crop rows and crops.
Date:
June 7, 1921
Creator:
Cape, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Broom.
Patent for a broom that has replaceable straw sections.
Date:
June 7, 1921
Creator:
Blasingame, Frank P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Foldable Hacksaw.
Patent for a foldable hacksaw, including illustrations. The foldable hacksaw is "of rigid construction, at the same time being foldable...so that it may be readily carried in the pocket" (lines 13-16).
Date:
June 7, 1921
Creator:
Barner, Lawrence Dunston
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lift for Gin-Breasts.
Patent for safely positioning the gin breast by including a operating lever to raise, swing, or lower the breast.
Date:
June 7, 1921
Creator:
Pool, Charles R. P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Engaging Slip for Rotaries
Patent for improving pipe engaging rotaries, with illustrations.
Date:
June 7, 1921
Creator:
Livergood, Gerald R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Electric Saw.
Patent for improvement of portable electric saws that can be used "as readily and accurately as a hand saw in performing many different grades of work much more rapidly and with less physical exertion" (lines 17-20), including illustrations.
Date:
June 7, 1921
Creator:
Lange, David C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for a pump plunger for oil or water that is durable and will not require replacement.
Date:
June 7, 1921
Creator:
Humason, Granville A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rolling Windshield.
Patent for an automobile attachment which protects the said automobile from adverse weather conditions. The apparatus is unique in its simple construction, practicality, and ability to "be rolled into a small compass" when not in use (lines 20-21).
Date:
June 7, 1921
Creator:
Gerhard, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sorghum Cutter.
Patent for a machine to cut sorghum and similar standing crops
Date:
December 16, 1919
Creator:
Drgac, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Treatment of Crude Petroleum for Purification.
Patent for the purification of crude petroleum by separating impurities such as sand and clay using a heat treatment.
Date:
June 7, 1921
Creator:
Bostick, Joseph Wallace & Homer, Charles H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trousers.
Patent for altering trousers to fit all sizes. The ready made trousers are provided with extra material and openings that allow the materials to be adjusted.
Date:
June 7, 1921
Creator:
Reyes, Benjamin Cardenas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve for Pumps.
Patent of a valve used on deep well pumps; that my contain sand, shale or sediment
Date:
June 10, 1920
Creator:
Shevlin, Miles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Screen Cleaner.
Patent for cleaning well screens and preventing oil well pipes from clogging to improve production.
Date:
June 7, 1921
Creator:
Bashara, Samuel F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Tire Mold
Patent for a tire mold that improves the viability of a tire mold due to the adjustable levers used during the tire curing process.
Date:
December 7, 1920
Creator:
Hibbs, Cassell D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Sealing The Walls of Oil-Wells
Patent for a method of sealing oil wells to avoid applying casing to the wells to prevent leakage, seepage, or cave-ins.
Date:
December 7, 1920
Creator:
Nolan, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ties and Fasteners for Railway-Rails
Patent for improved ties and fastenings for securing and binding together railway rails.
Date:
December 7, 1920
Creator:
Caudle, Robert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Heating Attachment for Internal-Combustion Motors.
Patent for a water heating attachment for internal combustion motors that will allow the cooling fluid in said motors to remain heated even when the motor is at rest, especially during freezing temperatures, including illustration.
Date:
December 7, 1920
Creator:
Clayton, Oscar B. & Oberwetter, George T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Block or Follower for Baling-Presses.
Patent for blocks or followers for baling presses that has an improved press block to facilitate the handling of the bagging that the bale is wrapped in so the bale can be held tightly.
Date:
September 7, 1920
Creator:
Becker, Irvine N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History