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Device for Detecting Actinides, Method for Detecting Actinides (open access)

Device for Detecting Actinides, Method for Detecting Actinides

A heavy metal detector is provided comprising a first molecule and a second molecule, whereby the first and second molecules interact in a predetermined manner; a first region on the first molecule adapted to interact with an actinide; and a second region on the second molecule adapted to interact with the actinide, whereby the interactions of the actinide with the regions effect the predetermined manner of interaction between the molecules.
Date: October 29, 1998
Creator: Stevens, Fred J. & Wilkins-Stevens, Priscilla
System: The UNT Digital Library
Air-Brake for Automobiles (open access)

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
Bed-Cover Holder (open access)

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
Brace Attachment For Seats (open access)

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
Elastic Tire. (open access)

Elastic Tire.

Patent for improvements on elastic tires, so that they are solid and secured on rims of wheels laterally and circumferentially, with fastening rings that hold the tires steady with circular movement; includes illustrations.
Date: October 29, 1918
Creator: Avery, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of and Apparatus for Earth-Boring (open access)

Method of and Apparatus for Earth-Boring

Patent for earth-boring apparatus.
Date: October 29, 1918
Creator: Hughes, Howard R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Model Display Stand. (open access)

Model Display Stand.

Patent for new improvements in model display stands for articles of clothing in which the display is made interchangeable and has a fabric background.
Date: October 29, 1918
Creator: Tyler, Claude B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pocket Hair Brush. (open access)

Pocket Hair Brush.

Patent for useful improvements on the pocket hairbrush in which the bristles are movably mounted in a supporting frame in order to make the brush more compact.
Date: October 29, 1918
Creator: Walbach, James de B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Roof Structure. (open access)

Roof Structure.

Patent for an improved roof structure that has "movable panels in the roof and side walls... to permit of manual adjustment to regulate the temperature, light, and moisture" (lines 10-14). This patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 29, 1918
Creator: Simon, Jacob P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Track Gage (open access)

Track Gage

Patent for a track laying appliance which gages the distance between the rails of a track so that the rails may be disposed at the proper gages at all times. (Lines 10-13)
Date: October 29, 1918
Creator: McGuire, Johnie A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Treating Granular Materials (open access)

Apparatus for Treating Granular Materials

Patent for an apparatus for treating granular materials. Illustrations included.
Date: October 29, 1912
Creator: Lanaux, Alfred A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Harvester (open access)

Cotton Harvester

Patent for a cotton harvester. This invention is designed to spare cotton pickers the physical demands from stooping and back pains. The design allows pickers to sit on running boards along small trucks drawn behind the wagon. Illustration included.
Date: October 29, 1912
Creator: Marshel, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Stalk Puller (open access)

Cotton Stalk Puller

Patent for a cotton stalk puller. This invention is a "wheeled farm implement that may be drawn by horse power along a row of cotton stalks and will pull the stalks out of the ground as it passes over them" (line 11-14). Illustrations included.
Date: October 29, 1912
Creator: Marshel, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment (open access)

Cultivator Attachment

Patent for a cultivator attachment. This invention is an implement lies in supporting the plow feet from the cultivator beams in such a manner in order to adjust the placing of the plow shanks. Illustrations included.
Date: October 29, 1912
Creator: Crouch, William V.; Crouch, McElvy S. & Martin, H. G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft Device for Wheeled Gang Plows (open access)

Draft Device for Wheeled Gang Plows

Patent for a draft device for wheeled gang plows. This invention is and improvement to equalize draft devices for motor drawn gang plows to avoid pulling the plow out of the straight line of draft. Illustration included.
Date: October 29, 1912
Creator: Weiler, Nicholas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect and Animal Exterminator (open access)

Insect and Animal Exterminator

Patent for an insect and animal exterminator. Illustrations included.
Date: October 29, 1912
Creator: Hobbs, James Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock (open access)

Nut-Lock

Patent for a nut lock. Illustrations included.
Date: October 29, 1912
Creator: Patterson, Benjamin Gilbert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tongue (open access)

Tongue

Patent for a tongue. "This invention has relation to tongues, especially adapted to be applied to agricultural machines, as for instance wheel mounted plow frames, and has for its object the provision of a tongue structure with means for connecting the same to the frame of the machine so that frame may be swung under the tongue laterally while the frame is being over the ground." (line 8-16). illustration included.
Date: October 29, 1912
Creator: Brown, Bartley
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tool-Handle (open access)

Tool-Handle

Patent for a tool handle for saws. Illustrations included.
Date: October 29, 1912
Creator: McDermid, Archie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Traction-Engine (open access)

Traction-Engine

Patent for a traction engine. Illustrations included.
Date: October 29, 1912
Creator: Cox, Bradford
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trolley Wheel (open access)

Trolley Wheel

Patent for a trolley wheel. The invention allows for the spreading of wear over contact blocks within the hub of the wheel. Illustration included
Date: October 29, 1912
Creator: Smith, Charley E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench (open access)

Wrench

Patent for a wrench. The invention consists of a locking device to prevent the jaw from sliding. Illustration included.
Date: October 29, 1912
Creator: Fernandez, Pedro
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Car-Step. (open access)

Folding Car-Step.

Patent for folding steps attached to a railway car or trolley, which are easily operated by the conductor and when folded block the exit of the car to prevent passengers leaving or entering without the steps.
Date: October 29, 1907
Creator: Felkner, William G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grading-Machine. (open access)

Grading-Machine.

Patent for a grading machine for use in building dikes and levees, which can run over obstacles without harming the machine's work.
Date: October 29, 1907
Creator: Barnett, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History