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Compound for Destroying Boll-Weevil.
Patent for a compound for destroying Boll Weevils, consisting of Sulfur, Pine Tar, Asafetida, Pulverized Bluestone, Beaumont Oil, Extract of Tobacco, and a thick adhesive oil.
Date:
March 21, 1911
Creator:
Armentrout, Richard B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Trough Valve.
Patent for Automatic Trough Valve that includes improvements to automatic float-controlled type vales for the watering of animals.
Date:
November 6, 1917
Creator:
Striegler, Fritz
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Antifriction Hollow-Tube Sucker-Rod for Deep Wells
Patent for a "simple and inexpensive means for coupling the tubular sections of the sucker rod together and guiding said rod with little or no friction into the well casing or tube" (lines13-17). This object is to be used in "pumping water, oil, and other liquids from deep wells"(lines 11-12).
Date:
October 15, 1918
Creator:
Black, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Windmill-Gearing
Patent for "gearing for transmitting motion to the pump rod" (lines 9-10) of a windmill. Includes description and illustration.
Date:
December 26, 1911
Creator:
Roberts, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve
Patent for a tank valve. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 12, 1912
Creator:
Roberts, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pecan-Cracker.
Patent for a nut cracker designed especially with pecans in mind. It crushes the pecan shell without damaging the kernel inside.
Date:
May 29, 1917
Creator:
Black, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dirigible Automobile-Headlight.
Patent for a simple, sturdy mounting for automobile headlights that connects them to the steering gear. It enables the headlights to turn in the same direction as the front wheels of the vehicle, thus continually lighting the direction of travel, even when turning.
Date:
September 18, 1917
Creator:
Taylor, Martin L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History