Crude Oil Refining Process (open access)

Crude Oil Refining Process

Patent for the refinement of crude oil, producing refined oil in an economic manor.
Date: November 11, 1919
Creator: Evens, Jewett G. P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile -Tire. (open access)

Automobile -Tire.

Patent for a wire-wrapped casing for car tires.
Date: November 29, 1919
Creator: MIchero, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Radiator (open access)

Automobile-Radiator

Patent for automobile radiator with protective members for the water-containing chambers.
Date: November 30, 1920
Creator: Herold, Harry H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fertilizer and Method of Producing the Same. (open access)

Fertilizer and Method of Producing the Same.

Patent for a new and improved condensed fertilizer formula that can be easily transported and is stable enough to be stored without appreciable deterioration, resulting in cost savings.
Date: November 22, 1921
Creator: Poynor, Camp, L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Holder for Car and Locomotive Replacing Frogs (open access)

Holder for Car and Locomotive Replacing Frogs

Patent for improving railway car frog replacement and holding. The improvements include greater strength and durability and low cost manufacture.
Date: November 1, 1921
Creator: Keith, Darwin E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Package-Binder and Hooks Therefor and Record-Check (open access)

Package-Binder and Hooks Therefor and Record-Check

Patent for a simple, effective, and relatively economical way to secure items when shipped or handled. The patent includes strap binders, hooks and straps therefor, and a record check.
Date: November 8, 1921
Creator: Glisson, Amos A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Level-Indicator. (open access)

Level-Indicator.

Patent for a new and improved level indicator, intended for use with airplanes and other flying machines to indicate the angle of ascent or descent, as well as when the machine is on a level keel. The level indicator is designed to have a water-tight casing and weatherproof joints and has brackets to secure it to the airplane.
Date: November 5, 1918
Creator: Westbrook, Homer S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive Wheel Hub and Plate (open access)

Locomotive Wheel Hub and Plate

Patent for improvements to locomotive wheel hubs and plates with the purpose of "inhibiting adjustment of the plate beyond the safety point" (lines 20-21), including illustrations.
Date: November 7, 1922
Creator: Lambert, Floyd D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump (open access)

Pump

Patent for improvements to pumps in working barrels, packing, and packing chambers, the purpose of which is to eliminate easily worn parts and improve the efficiency of these pumps, including illustrations.
Date: November 28, 1922
Creator: Kerr, Michael A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Post Structure (open access)

Post Structure

Patent for improved base plate for wooden posts to protect the posts from damage and extend its usability.
Date: November 30, 1920
Creator: Dietz, Paul A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Matrix Molding Device. (open access)

Matrix Molding Device.

Patent for improvements on matrix molding devices, "to provide simple devices or improvements in matrices of standard size and adaptation for use in linotype and other line casting machines for preparing the operating edges of printers' slugs for holding cross-rules" (lines 10-15), including illustrations.
Date: November 4, 1918
Creator: Markwell, Andrew E. & Evans, S. C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pumping-Head. (open access)

Pumping-Head.

Patent for a pumping head involving two piston rods that are rigid and, if broken, can be replaced without harming the rest of the machine. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 17, 1914
Creator: Boicourt, John L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Circuit-Closing Device for Doors. (open access)

Circuit-Closing Device for Doors.

Patent for a device mounted within a door jamb that closes or breaks a circuit when the door is opened or closed, respectively. The electrical connection can be used to turn on lights when the door is opened and off when closed.
Date: November 4, 1913
Creator: Fitch, William Hubert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cord-Adjuster for Electric Lights. (open access)

Cord-Adjuster for Electric Lights.

Patent for extending and retracting wires that are used to connect a light bulb to power and an illustration.
Date: November 25, 1913
Creator: Pritchett, Ponder L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piston Packing (open access)

Piston Packing

Patent for extansible rings for piston packing.
Date: November 21, 1916
Creator: Miles, Charles H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cleaning Cotton (open access)

Apparatus for Cleaning Cotton

Patent for machine that cleans harvested cotton.
Date: November 7, 1916
Creator: Dickerson, Eustice E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gas Generator. (open access)

Gas Generator.

Patent for a gas generator. The object is intended to efficiently regulate gas in cars.
Date: November 24, 1914
Creator: Walton, James C. & Wisherd, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaner (open access)

Cotton Cleaner

Patent for Cotton Cleaner
Date: November 7, 1916
Creator: Dickerson, Eustice E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display Advertising Machine (open access)

Display Advertising Machine

Patent for rotating machine which will display papers or advertisements for cetain intervals of time before rotating and changing.
Date: November 21, 1916
Creator: Barnett, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Friction Transmission-Gearing for Motor-Vehicles. (open access)

Friction Transmission-Gearing for Motor-Vehicles.

Patent for an invention relates to a power transmitting gearing for motor vehicles, and more particularly to friction transmission gearing for verifying the speed and for reversing purpose.
Date: November 10, 1914
Creator: Lewis, Thomas E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Animal-Prod (open access)

Electric Animal-Prod

Patent for an electric animal prod as a "simple and efficient instrument which may be used for prodding animals without injuring the flesh or hide of the animal" (lines 12-14), including illustrations.
Date: November 2, 1915
Creator: Floyd, William Boyd
System: The Portal to Texas History
Silo Construction (open access)

Silo Construction

Patent for Improvements in Silo Construction which include verticalstaves, grooves, and sealing strips. Illustrations included.
Date: November 13, 1917
Creator: Dietz, Paul A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Holder. (open access)

Sash-Holder.

Patent for a builders' hardware used to hold a sash in a closed to the adjacent stile so that the sash cannot be opened from the outside.
Date: November 13, 1917
Creator: Boynton, Amos W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picking Spindle (open access)

Cotton-Picking Spindle

Patent for a cotton-picking spindle that does not damage the cotton fibers.
Date: November 6, 1917
Creator: Lightfoot, Exta
System: The Portal to Texas History