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Method to Remove Uranium/Vanadium Contamination from Groundwater (open access)

Method to Remove Uranium/Vanadium Contamination from Groundwater

A process for removing uranium/vanadium-based contaminants from groundwater using a primary in-ground treatment media and a pretreatment media that chemically adjusts the groundwater contaminant to provide for optimum treatment by the primary treatment media.
Date: July 27, 2004
Creator: Metzler, Donald R. & Stanley, Morrison
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comfort and the Like. (open access)

Comfort and the Like.

Patent for a loosely woven material that covers household furnishings so it can be easily cleaned and then reattached.
Date: July 27, 1920
Creator: McNatt, Lucie R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper Attachment for Cultivators. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper Attachment for Cultivators.

Patent for improvements in cotton chopping attachments for cultivators that is relatively inexpensive that is highly useful in chopping and plowing cotton plan.
Date: July 27, 1920
Creator: Martin, William A. & Roebuck, Mathew P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crate. (open access)

Crate.

Patent for an improvement in crates that contains fruit in perfect condition without any bruising or mashing and can be stacked on top of each other.
Date: July 27, 1920
Creator: Woodruff, William Douglas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner. (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Burner.

Patent for improvements in hydrocarbon burners that is inexpensive and can take refined oil or heavy crude oil and make it useable as fuel.
Date: July 27, 1920
Creator: St. Wrba, Joseph J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Igniting Device. (open access)

Igniting Device.

Patent for improvements in electrical ignitors that can be put over a gas burner and operated by the pressure of the gas flowing from the burner, which can ignite the gas.
Date: July 27, 1920
Creator: Shuford, Carl H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paper-Cutting Machine. (open access)

Paper-Cutting Machine.

Patent for an improved paper cutting machine that can achieve more precise cuts for labels, paper boxes, and cartons, and also has a clamping mechanism to hold the paper in place.
Date: July 27, 1920
Creator: Downie, James H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary-Drill Head. (open access)

Rotary-Drill Head.

Patent for a drill apparatus that improves the head gears and driving mechanisms that makes for an efficient driving of the apparatus and allows for free vertical movement.
Date: July 27, 1920
Creator: Johnston, Horace G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Speed-Recorder. (open access)

Speed-Recorder.

Patent for recording instruments to use in connection with automobiles to record the speed of conveyance during the period of travel.
Date: July 27, 1920
Creator: Bowdish, Harry A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve Control for Radiator Drain-Cocks. (open access)

Valve Control for Radiator Drain-Cocks.

Patent for "controlling devices for operating the valves of radiator drain cocks and for cleaning the drain cock pipe, and the object is to provide a convenient device by which the drain cock valve can be easily and quickly closed or opened and by which the drain pipe can be cleaned and kept cleaned." (lines 10-16)
Date: July 27, 1920
Creator: Brandt, Herman
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well Cable-Pump (open access)

Well Cable-Pump

Patent for an improved pump that can be used in connection with deep wells and provides improved construction that alleviates the necessity of having a long line of extra pipe and the troubling pump rod.
Date: July 27, 1920
Creator: Fender, Joe N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wood Rod Elevator (open access)

Wood Rod Elevator

Patent for an improvement to rod lifters that prevents the rotation of the rods as well as locking jaws into their gripper positions. The locking and gripping is made more efficient and can release rods quickly.
Date: July 27, 1920
Creator: Davis, George F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Hoe (open access)

Adjustable Hoe

Patent for improvement in "the construction of hoes and to provide a simple, practical, and inexpensive hoe, of strong and durable construction." (lines 11-13) including illustrations.
Date: July 27, 1915
Creator: Armstrong, John Joshua, Sr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Candy-Drying Machine. (open access)

Candy-Drying Machine.

Patent for a machine to dry and pack chocolate more uniformly without need for attendants, including illustrations.
Date: July 27, 1915
Creator: Greer, Jesse W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rope Guide and Protector. (open access)

Rope Guide and Protector.

Patent for improvements to rope guides and protectors for "unloading grain from cars, to prevent the rope from wearing during its passage around the door jamb of the [train] car, and also to prevent friction during such passage of the rope" (lines 14-18).
Date: July 27, 1915
Creator: Early, Allen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch-Point Lock (open access)

Switch-Point Lock

Patent for switch-point lock "provides novel locking means for securing the movable member of a railway switch, thereby preventing accidents which are occasioned by the movable members of railway switches being loose" (lines 9-13).
Date: July 27, 1915
Creator: Lambert, Joseph T. & Cronin, Charles P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Track-Cleaner. (open access)

Track-Cleaner.

Patent for a track cleaner "particularly adapted for use in saw mills, planing mills and the like, where it is necessary to keep tracks clear of shavings, saw dust and the like" (lines 15-18), includes illustrations.
Date: July 27, 1915
Creator: Lynch, Charley W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blind-Slat Adjustor (open access)

Blind-Slat Adjustor

Patent for a blind slat adjuster which can hold the blinds in a variety of different positions.
Date: July 27, 1909
Creator: Hermann, Ernst W. F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bucket-Jack (open access)

Bucket-Jack

Patent for a bucket jack for holding paint buckets while painting on roofs or the sides of buildings which holds the bucket horizontal.
Date: July 27, 1909
Creator: Phinny, Christpher W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Canopy-Suspending Attachment for Bedsteads. (open access)

Canopy-Suspending Attachment for Bedsteads.

Patent for a canopy-suspending attachment for bedsteads, which is adjustable to different size beds and folds up when not in use.
Date: July 27, 1909
Creator: Skinner, Miles T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft Appliance for Agricultural Implements. (open access)

Draft Appliance for Agricultural Implements.

Patent for a pivoted draft tongue for farm implements that allows the tongue to move from side to side and be controlled by the driver.
Date: July 27, 1909
Creator: Hartman, Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fountain Drafting-Pen. (open access)

Fountain Drafting-Pen.

Patent for a fountain drafting pen, which has a rubber handle that when flexed sends out the pen tip with ink, and and when flexed again takes the point back into the ink reservoir in the handle.
Date: July 27, 1909
Creator: Smith, Edward Ruthven
System: The Portal to Texas History
Header. (open access)

Header.

Patent for a header for removing the heads of grain, which adjusts to different height grains.
Date: July 27, 1909
Creator: Gregory, George L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Means for Grinding Triple Valves. (open access)

Means for Grinding Triple Valves.

Patent for a device for grinding triple valves to proper sizes and shapes for them to be inserted into things.
Date: July 27, 1909
Creator: Innis, Ezra E.
System: The Portal to Texas History