Resource Type

Controlling Mechanism for Exhaust-Gases of Internal-Combustion Engines. (open access)

Controlling Mechanism for Exhaust-Gases of Internal-Combustion Engines.

Patent for an improved controlling mechanism for accelerating the warming up of engines, especially automotive and marine engines. It can maintain a good working temperature while running at slow speeds so that the engine may operate economically in cold weather.
Date: January 29, 1920
Creator: Guthrie, William S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carbureter (open access)

Carbureter

Patent for the carbureter for controlling the quality of the combustible mixture for internal combustion engines, such as automobiles requiring a wide range of variation in the proportion of fuel and air to efficiently and economically supply the demand.
Date: January 13, 1920
Creator: Guthrie, William S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Chopper. (open access)

Stalk-Chopper.

Patent for improvements to the stalk-chopping machine that will strip the ears from the corn while also chopping the corn stalk into bits to fertilize the field.
Date: January 27, 1920
Creator: Bartz, Adolph J.
System: The Portal to Texas History