Slime-Pulp Thickener. (open access)

Slime-Pulp Thickener.

Patent for a machine used in the wet milling process. It allows proportionate distribution of liquids to aide during the thickening process.
Date: April 17, 1923
Creator: Allen, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Filtering Material. (open access)

Filtering Material.

Patent for "improved filtering stuff composition" (lines 8-9), containing vegetable ashes and an insoluble binding agent for the purpose of purifying liquids.
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Müller, Enrique
System: The Portal to Texas History
Treatment of Ores. (open access)

Treatment of Ores.

Patent for the treatment of ores which has a improvised process of chloridizing ores, concentrates, and other metallurgical products.
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Hirt, Jules Hector
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feed Spout Barrier (open access)

Feed Spout Barrier

Patent for "a feel spout barrier for slime thickeners, settling tanks, separating tanks and the like" (lines 8-10) with instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 12, 1921
Creator: Allen, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Separator and Evaporator. (open access)

Automatic Separator and Evaporator.

Patent for an improved automatic separator and evaporator which controls the intake with an included air-lift or jet-ejector, including illustrations.
Date: April 5, 1921
Creator: Allen, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cylinder-Grinding Attachment For Lathes (open access)

Cylinder-Grinding Attachment For Lathes

Patent for an improved attachment for the lathe to grind cylinders of different sizes
Date: April 6, 1920
Creator: Snell, William T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Burner

Patent for an improved hydrocarbon burner, including illustrations.
Date: April 6, 1920
Creator: Critchett, James C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Engine. (open access)

Engine.

Patent for a rotary engine with a coupled rotary shaft and piston. This engine uses a lubricant for keeping parts of the engine cool, including illustrations.
Date: April 29, 1919
Creator: Sheridan, Leslie M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine (open access)

Rotary Engine

Patent for a rotary engine to be used as "a pump for liquids, as an air compressor, as a vacuum pump and for other purposes"(lines 10-12) including instructions for assembly and illustrations.
Date: April 29, 1919
Creator: Sheridan, Leslie M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Alarm. (open access)

Automobile-Alarm.

Patent for a device to prevent the theft of automobiles capable of producing audio and visual signals as warnings of unauthorized access.
Date: April 22, 1919
Creator: Smith, Thomas H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lacing-Eyelet. (open access)

Lacing-Eyelet.

Patent for the improved construction and efficiency of a Lacing-Eyelet. The device is used for supporting lacing in fashion wear, including shoes and corsets. Improvements include providing quicker implementation of the device without risk of damaging the garment it is used on. Additional improvements include the device having uniform and interchangeable parts which can be manufactured in quantities so as to be easily replaced if necessary. Accompanied with illustrations.
Date: April 8, 1919
Creator: Langford, Joseph O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ore-Separating Apparatus. (open access)

Ore-Separating Apparatus.

Patent for an apparatus that separates pulverized ore into its constituents while in a dry condition. Eliminating the previous need to use water when separating constituents.
Date: April 8, 1919
Creator: McElwain, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Punture-Healing Composition. (open access)

Punture-Healing Composition.

Patent for "improvements in puncture healing compounds". A beeswax, paraffin, rosin, and linseed oil mixture will be injected into the innertube or other air compartment of a "pneumatic tire" and will repair any punctures without deteriorating the material of the inner tube.
Date: April 1, 1919
Creator: Weaber, Marie R. & Clemens, Hermann
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Welding (open access)

Method of Welding

Patent for an improved method of welding broken frames in portions of machinery that are difficult to access, with illustrations and instructions.
Date: April 23, 1918
Creator: Brown, Charles Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pie-Carrier Cabinet (open access)

Pie-Carrier Cabinet

Patent for an improved pie carrier cabinet. This cabinet is designed to be strong, light, and produced cheaply. It provides increased accessibility and convivence when it comes to viewing or removing pies from it.
Date: April 23, 1918
Creator: Blalock, Clovis Coffey
System: The Portal to Texas History
Toy Projectile (open access)

Toy Projectile

Patent for toy arrows and similar projectiles "which may be safely shot or projected by children without danger of the arrow injuring any object or hurting the child" (lines 12-15). Additionally it can be used to kill flies without smashing them.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Pewther, Judson C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gangway. (open access)

Gangway.

Patent for a ramp for use by the Army in loading farm animals and wagons on train cars and other transports. This gangway is designed in sections to be adaptable for different needs and to be collapsible for storage and easy transportation.
Date: April 24, 1917
Creator: Titsworth, Richard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dehydrator. (open access)

Dehydrator.

Patent for a continuous dehydrator that has specific use for gold and silver ores, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 17, 1917
Creator: Biesel, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Air Device for Gas Engines. (open access)

Automatic Air Device for Gas Engines.

Patent for a removable automatic air device for delivering air to gas engines in proportion to the speed of the engine.
Date: April 3, 1917
Creator: Rivers, Charles A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process and Apparatus for Separation of Ores by Flotation. (open access)

Process and Apparatus for Separation of Ores by Flotation.

Patent for a improved process and apparatus use commercially to separate ores using flotation. By "introducing a novel step in the flotation process which results in the complete breaking down of the froth and at the same time keeping the volume of water used within the smallest practical limits thus preventing the washing away of valuable concentrates by an unnecessarily large volume of water" (lines 54-60).
Date: April 18, 1916
Creator: Thompson, W. Albert & Cole, David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Shade and Curtain-Pole Bracket. (open access)

Combined Shade and Curtain-Pole Bracket.

Patent for combined shade and curtain pole brackets to "be attached to the upper sash of the window" (lines 14), removable, and adjustable, with illustrations.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: Levingston, Thomas C. & Van Epps, Nettie M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Threshold. (open access)

Threshold.

Patent for an improvement for thresholds to consist of a single metal plate with an arched central portion and laterally-projected flanges that is cheaper and easier to make. The threshold will create a tight joint with the bottom of a door to prevent water and dust from entering through the bottom of the door.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: Krause, Ernest
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Journal Lubricating Machine. (open access)

Car Journal Lubricating Machine.

Patent for employed who related to car journal lubricating machine and oiling all classes of railroad cars and streetcars. Also, its benefits to improve the construction and increase the efficiency of machines of this character.
Date: April 4, 1916
Creator: Fleischer, Lewis Bernard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Preventing Overflow of Tanks. (open access)

Device for Preventing Overflow of Tanks.

Patent for preventing the "repeated discharge of the contents of a flush tank" (lines 10-11) and enhance overall utility that require a flush tank. Information and illustration provided.
Date: April 4, 1916
Creator: Logan, Paul H.
System: The Portal to Texas History