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Liquid Dispensing Machinemm
Patent for a machine can dispense potable liquids to several customers at the same time.
Date:
October 19, 1920
Creator:
Ogden, Clayton N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Surface-Treating Device.
Patent for a surface cleaning device that provides a continuously moving surface treating member which is bodily adjustable in a suitable support.
Date:
October 19, 1920
Creator:
Clark, Alex A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Surface-Treating Machine
Patent for a machine that treats surfaces. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 19, 1920
Creator:
Clarke, Alex A.
System:
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Surface-Treating Machine.
Patent for a surface treating machine that improves support, where the surface treating member is "driven by intermediate means from a motor displaced from the member, together with means of effecting adjustments of the surface treating member with relation to the work" (lines 13-15), with illustrations.
Date:
October 19, 1920
Creator:
Clarke, Alex A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Train Signaling And Stopping Device.
Patent for Train Signaling And Stopping Device improvements intended to be of low cost, simple, durable, and run on electricity.
Date:
October 19, 1920
Creator:
McGregor, Charles Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Boring Apparatus
Patent for "new and useful improvements in well boring apparatus. The object of the invention is to provide an apparatus of the character described embodying a rotary table and a novel means for connecting the same to the string of pipe, which extends down into the well and which is rotated by said table and in turn rotates the boring tool carried by the lower end of said spring of pipe" (lines 9-18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 19, 1920
Creator:
Decker, Harry R.
System:
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Tire
Patent for an improvement to the tire. Designed to increase tire endurance.
Date:
December 19, 1919
Creator:
Brown, Archie E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sample Taking Device.
Patent for a device that takes samples of the strata or formation through which a well is being drilled without mixing the soil with water within the reservoir.
Date:
September 19, 1919
Creator:
Rembert, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve Structure for Oil-Wells.
Patent for Valve Oil-Wells. This improved Valve Oil Well will increase efficiency and durability of device.
Date:
September 19, 1919
Creator:
McEvoy, John Philip
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boring-tool.
Patent for a device "designed particularly for boring out cylinders of internal combustion engines" (lines 12–13), includes illustrations.
Date:
August 19, 1919
Creator:
Dedman, Henry W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Deep-Well Pump.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Deep-Well Pumps," (lines 5-6), including illustrations. An improvement on the inventor's previous patent (1013579), with the intention of preventing and removing sand accumulation while pumping oil.
Date:
August 19, 1919
Creator:
Andrews, Benjamin
System:
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Derrick.
Patent for improvements to derricks, specifically those used on the decks of ships and other vessels, to prevent the structure from becoming entangled with fall ropes or cables during operation.
Date:
August 19, 1919
Creator:
Scanlan, Thomas J.
System:
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Mechanical Device for Concentrating Vision.
Patent for an optical device proposed to replace lenses and goggles. Instead of lenses, this device has circular shutters (much like a camera) that forces direct vision and eliminates peripheral vision for concentration and focus.
Date:
August 19, 1919
Creator:
Compere, Dolphus E.
System:
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Scoop.
Patent for a ridable shovel with wheels that allows the user to control digging and dumping of scooped loads by footrest operation.
Date:
August 19, 1919
Creator:
Mitcham, James L.
System:
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Vehicle-Indicator
Patent for a vehicle-indicator that is designed for use on vehicles such as automobiles, to indicate the movement of the vehicle. Other objects of this include that it alerts those around of the intended movement of the vehicle being driven.
Date:
August 19, 1919
Creator:
McManus, Lewis R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Separating and Grading Machine
Patent for a separating and grading machine that separates foreign matter from produce such as peanuts, and also the produce are cleaned and at the same time graded for the market.
Date:
February 19, 1919
Creator:
Sparks, James N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flexible Metallic Joint
Patent for flexible metallic joint used to make improvements with railroad couplings on trains along with train pipes.
Date:
December 19, 1918
Creator:
Schulz, Wilhelm
System:
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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
Automatic Train Signal
Patent for new automatic train signal. It was invented to improve train signaling systems for automatic trains.
Date:
November 19, 1918
Creator:
Bulla, Melburn Bernie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Breaker and Cotton-Cleaner.
Patent for improvements to the boll breaker and cotton cleaner by changing the construction and arrangement of parts. The patent uses air pressure to move the bolly cotton through the boll breaker and cotton cleaner chambers.
Date:
November 19, 1918
Creator:
Gillespie, Solomon E.
System:
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Explosive-Engine.
Patent for "an improved engine of the internal combustion type, in which the explosion occurs between two oppositely moving pistons arranged in a cylinder and connected with independent crank shafts." (lines 13-17). The engine also includes a new type of valve gear with mechanically triggered valves and an apparatus for the forced water cooling of the engine.
Date:
November 19, 1918
Creator:
Cooper, Willis W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means of Escaping from Aeroplanes
Patent for providing emergency egress to pilots by way of quick release restraint straps, a parachute, and a trap door, including illustrations.
Date:
November 19, 1918
Creator:
Carver, Ben D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switch.
Patent for a multiple point switch that may be connected to a standard light socket.
Date:
November 19, 1918
Creator:
Kilmer, Edward J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tie Tamping Device.
Patent for a tie tamping device to be used in building and repairing railroads.
Date:
November 19, 1918
Creator:
Johnson, Robert
System:
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