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Overflow Separating Device.
Patent for an invention that allows for the separation of materials, such as fluid, between two objects, one of higher altitude than the other, with minimal disruption at the surface of the lower object.
Date:
October 5, 1920
Creator:
Allen, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Thickener and Means for Removing Settled Solids Therefrom.
Patent for a machine which can automatically and continuously remove thickened material, which is a byproduct of wet milling ores. "The present device has been particularly designed to permit feed and discharge to be on the same level or for that matter the constant density discharge may be above or below the level of the feed stream, as may best fit the conditions of the particular installation" (lines 39-45).
Date:
October 5, 1920
Creator:
Allen, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Filing Device
Patent for an improved saw filing machine. Illustration is included
Date:
October 5, 1920
Creator:
Barger, Bernard J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Surface-Treating Device.
Patent for a surface cleaning device that provides a continuously moving surface treating member which is bodily adjustable in a suitable support.
Date:
October 19, 1920
Creator:
Clark, Alex A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Surface-Treating Machine
Patent for a machine that treats surfaces. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 19, 1920
Creator:
Clarke, Alex A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Surface-Treating Machine.
Patent for a surface treating machine that improves support, where the surface treating member is "driven by intermediate means from a motor displaced from the member, together with means of effecting adjustments of the surface treating member with relation to the work" (lines 13-15), with illustrations.
Date:
October 19, 1920
Creator:
Clarke, Alex A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Removing Surface Finish
Patent for the process of removing paint, enamel, varnish, and lacquer from the surfaces of coated materials.
Date:
October 5, 1920
Creator:
Cleveland, David P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Thread-Box.
Patent for Thread-Box designed for a neat appearance, storage, and access to sewing materials.
Date:
October 5, 1920
Creator:
Crumbaugh, Hallie V. D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for a cotton-chopper with two moveable, adjustable cutting apparatuses, which is operated using the foot. One of the cutters moves along the path of travel of the device and the other is stationary, as to prevent the chopper from pulling the cotton plant from the ground while cutting. Patent includes illustrations.
Date:
October 5, 1920
Creator:
Dawson, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Boring Apparatus
Patent for "new and useful improvements in well boring apparatus. The object of the invention is to provide an apparatus of the character described embodying a rotary table and a novel means for connecting the same to the string of pipe, which extends down into the well and which is rotated by said table and in turn rotates the boring tool carried by the lower end of said spring of pipe" (lines 9-18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 19, 1920
Creator:
Decker, Harry R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Lister-Cultivators
Patent for improvements in attachments to lister-cultivators. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 12, 1920
Creator:
Degge, Marvin E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for a cotton-chopper which is steered using the feet, and where the chopping apparatus is adjustable and can be raised or lowered. The chopping apparatus also rotates, and the operator can adjust the speed of rotation. Patent includes illustrations.
Date:
October 26, 1920
Creator:
Engler, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check-Book
Patent for a foldable check book. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 5, 1920
Creator:
Exline, Marcus P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Blocking Machine
Patent for an inexpensive attachment to a cotton cultivator/checking machine to improve the intake capacity of the cultivator itself. The blocking machine would be used to replace the manual labor task of chopping cotton before insertion into the cultivator for processing.
Date:
October 19, 1920
Creator:
Ford, Barnie S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Irrigating Apparatus.
Patent for new and useful improvements in irrigation apparatuses. The design includes "a system of surface irrigation comprising a main supply tank, a series of reservoirs, pipes connecting said tank and reservoirs" (lines 95-98). It is intended to allow for irrigating large and small plats of land simply and efficiently.
Date:
October 12, 1920
Creator:
French, Horatio Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draft Attatchment For Tractors.
Patent for Draft Attachment For Tractors for the improvement of farming tractors. This invention includes adding machinery to allow interchangeable farming tools for a wide variety of uses.
Date:
October 26, 1920
Creator:
Gaida, Wale
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Battery-Terminal-Fastening Device
Patent for improvements to battery terminal fastening devices. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 12, 1920
Creator:
Hawkins, Alda F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Expressing Cage and Press.
Patent for improvements to Oil Expressing Cages and Presses "for the extraction of oil from cotton seed cake or the like" (lines 11-12) that allows for multiple oil cakes and press plates which can be "readily inserted in or removed from the press as occasion requires" (lines 22-23).
Date:
October 26, 1920
Creator:
Henry, Nelson B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paper Clip.
Patent for new and useful improvements in a paper clip. This invention relates to a paper clip a has for its principal object the production of a simple and efficient device for holding numbers sheets of paper together.
Date:
October 21, 1920
Creator:
Holt, Frank P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Swivel for Rotary Drills
Patent for a swivel for rotary drills used for wells of oil, water, and gas. This swivel ensures no substances, such as sand, get into the parts of the drill that move.
Date:
October 5, 1920
Creator:
Humason, Granville A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rear Sight For Firearms
Patent for rear sight firearm. To help aid in the night with rear vision and align for better direction when used during the night.
Date:
October 26, 1920
Creator:
Kaempfer Effie May Wagner
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Front Sight for Firearms.
Patent for a luminous rear sight for firearms of all types. Including Illustration.
Date:
October 26, 1920
Creator:
Kaempfer, Effie May Wagner
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for new and useful improved invention of wrenches include both pipe wrenches and general-purpose wrenches particularly.
Date:
October 26, 1920
Creator:
Kirkpatrick, Otey R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Pump.
Patent for a new and improved air pump capable of releasing air from the cylindrical casing in one motion. The updated design will also eliminate any lubricating oil from leaking into a tire.
Date:
October 19, 1920
Creator:
Lawley, Ira
System:
The Portal to Texas History