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Valve-Operating Mechanism
Patent for Valve Operating Mechanism that includes "new and useful improvements" (lines 5-6), and "has for its primary object to provide a simple and efficient means for operating a valve at a distance" (lines 10-12).
Date:
September 10, 1918
Creator:
Baurens, Jean Marie, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Purifying Paraffin.
Patent for improvements in the process of purifying paraffin wax.
Date:
August 27, 1918
Creator:
McAfee, Almer M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Purifying Oils
Patent that converts low grade petroleum into higher grade petroleum. The process warms aluminum chlorid with petroleum material in a nonviolent way to make a purifying oil.
Date:
August 27, 1918
Creator:
McAfee, Almer M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail Joint
Patent for improved rail joints to lock rail sections together against accidental displacement with illustrations.
Date:
August 15, 1918
Creator:
Stewart, Amon Leslie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Burners
Patent for improvements for burners. It is related explicitly to hydrocarbon burners. Its purpose is to keep the oil and steam separate as they leave the burner by keeping them in two separate streams.
Date:
June 19, 1918
Creator:
Trahan, Clair A
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Making Aluminum Chlorid.
Patent for the process of making aluminum chlorid (chloride) wherein solid materials are preheated to alleviate heating supply issues during the process.
Date:
May 28, 1918
Creator:
King, George H. & Roberts, Gerald I.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Processes of Distillation and Apparatus Therefor
Patent for improvements in processes of distillation and apparatus therefor in petroleum refineries.
Date:
April 30, 1918
Creator:
Prichard, George L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stump-Puller.
Patent for an improved design for a stump-puller, using a hoisting derrick and lever to attach to the stump and pull it from the ground.
Date:
April 23, 1918
Creator:
Weese, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Apparatus for Heating Stills, Boilers, and the Like.
Patent for "Improvements in Electrical Apparatus for Heating Stills, Boilers, and the like" (lines 6-8) that uses electricity and includes "a heating element which is not affected by repeated changes in temperature, which is adapted to present a heating surface of large area, which may be raised to a high temperature with a low current, and which is many times more economical in use than metal coils possessing less heat radiating powers" (lines 21-28) including illustrations.
Date:
April 9, 1918
Creator:
Lorenz, Charles O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fuel-Changing Valve.
Patent for Automatic Fuel Changing Valve. The purpose of the invention is to provide a mechanism that switches to another gas supply when the one which is feeding the system runs low.
Date:
March 26, 1918
Creator:
Connelly, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trailing Device for Tractors and the Like
Patent for a device built to connect behind tractors and other farming vehicles. Development and use are within text; includes illustrations to demonstrate the object of the patent.
Date:
November 27, 1917
Creator:
Fiegelson, Alexander
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Distilling Oil
Patent for a new and improved process of distilling oil by inventor James E. Biggins.
Date:
October 23, 1917
Creator:
Biggins, James E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Head-Lamp-Controlling Means.
Patent for an invention relating to the control of "headlamps" or headlights of motor vehicle. Objectives, structure, and illustrations of the invention are included.
Date:
August 7, 1917
Creator:
Whitlow, Alamander
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Still for Distillation of Petroleum
Patent for improvements in still design for distillation of petroleum or its products, providing relief for any suddenly formed vapors and preventing the oil from boiling over.
Date:
July 24, 1917
Creator:
Gallsworthy, Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hoisting Drum.
Patent for an invention that "relates to improvements in hoisting drums" (line 15-16). Structure, objective, and illustrations of hoisting drums are included.
Date:
July 3, 1917
Creator:
Howard, Henry Fischer
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Making Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Patent for an invention that relates to processes of making aromatic hydrocarbons, and comprises a method of producing lower boiling aromatic hydrocarbons.
Date:
June 26, 1917
Creator:
Alexander, Clive M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gearing for Hoisting Apparatus
Patent for gearing that hoists items in construction. This one is designed more specifically with the drilling of wells in mind, but it can be used in other activities as well. The apparatus can run at varying speeds, all controlled by a single person who does not have to leave the controls to adjust said speed.
Date:
June 5, 1917
Creator:
Black, Lee Jackson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Lamp.
Patent for a safety lamp that prevents the explosion of combustible gases by adding a perforated dome and air chamber. The expansion spaces cut off the air supply and extinguish the lamp.
Date:
June 5, 1917
Creator:
Kincade, Elmer C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Slack-Take-Up and Cooling Device.
Patent for new and useful improvements to Automatic Slack-Take-Up and Cooling Devices for the manufacturing of flexible roofing and other similar flexible materials, including illustrations.
Date:
May 22, 1917
Creator:
Smith, Frederick C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chain Release for Logging Cars.
Patent for new and useful improvements for a chain release for logging cars, including illustrations.
Date:
May 22, 1917
Creator:
Dodd, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Filling-Machine.
Patent for an improved filling machine that automatically transfers predetermined quantities of liquids from one container to multiple other containers such as oils into cans.
Date:
May 22, 1917
Creator:
Smith, Frederick C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Concrete Step Mold
Patent for concrete that when used multiple times will produce a flight of stairs.
Date:
March 20, 1917
Creator:
Baldwin, Thomas H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Manufacture of Aluminum Chlorid
Patent for method of making aluminum chlorid, where a form of hydrated alumina is combined with coking coal, and then exposed to heat and chlorin/chlorin containing gas.
Date:
February 27, 1917
Creator:
McAfee, Almer M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricating Appara
Patent for a lubricating apparatus used for internal combustion engines, whereby the lubricant or oil is forced, as by a pump, to a distributing tank containing oil under predetermined pressure, and from said tank permitted to drop by gravity or flow under pressure, as desired, to the elements of the engine to be lubricated.
Date:
December 12, 1916
Creator:
Shaw, Robert J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History