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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
Lantern-Top
Patent for a lantern top that provides sufficient ventilation for the lamp or lantern. The arrangement of the lantern top provides sufficient communication between the interior of the lantern and the surrounding atmosphere to insure steady burning.
Date:
October 5, 1920
Creator:
Moore, Thomas Lindsay
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
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
Pump-Operating Mechanism.
Patent for Pump-Operating Mechanism designed with an operating lever for automatic engagement and be readily manipulated.
Date:
October 5, 1920
Creator:
Orla L. Huffman
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
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
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
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
Tractor.
Patent for new and improved tractors on farms that are capable of pulling plows, cultivators, seed planters and other similar types of devices.
Date:
October 5, 1920
Creator:
Lindner, Hans
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Pump
Patent for an air pump designed to have a strong cylinder and be able to equal quantities of air upon both the upward and downward motion of the piston.
Date:
October 28, 1919
Creator:
Keating, P. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Treating Petroleum.
Patent for an apparatus that is used to treat petroleum and other heavy hydrocarbons in order to produce gasoline and other liquid fuels.
Date:
October 28, 1919
Creator:
Andrews, Benjamin & Averill, Willard C., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard
Patent for an improved cattle guard with two parts that is adapted to specifically fit either inside the railroad tracks or alongside them.
Date:
October 28, 1919
Creator:
Fisher, Thomas M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Change-Speed Mechanism for Tractor-Truck Motor-Vehicles
Patent for a machine that can be used either as a truck for traveling over highways or as a tractor for farm work.
Date:
October 28, 1919
Creator:
Miller, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a cultivator attachment that adjusts the beams to various distances apart.
Date:
October 28, 1919
Creator:
Kubenka, Otto E. & Janszen, August W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dehydrating Apparatus.
Patent for an improved food dehydrating apparatus, in which the air pressure in bins of items being dehydrated can be regulated individually, including illustrations.
Date:
October 28, 1919
Creator:
Taylor, Clarence R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Finger-Guard for Children.
Patent for a finger guard to keep children from sucking on their fingers. The device is also easy to construct and inexpensive to manufacture.
Date:
October 28, 1919
Creator:
Cade, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Converting Apparatus.
Patent for an apparatus that can be built at moderate cost, which will enable a high rate of commercially efficient work to reduce "the specific gravity of various grades of hyrdo-carbon oils, especially those of a semi-refined character" (lines 22 - 24).
Date:
October 28, 1919
Creator:
Adams, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steering-Gear.
Patent for a new and improved steering-gear. A simplistic and inexpensive design that will prevent the transfer of shocks to the steering wheel when traveling in a straight line.
Date:
October 28, 1919
Creator:
Scheble, Eugene Stiles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tie-Spacer.
Patent for improvement on tie-spacers when loaded on trucks for the process of creosoting ties. Allowing for treating fluid to flow between all sides of each tie when loaded, including illustrations.
Date:
October 28, 1919
Creator:
Sommerlatte, Joseph A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Separating or Concentrating Ores.
Patent for an improvement to hydraulic separators used in frothing classification to increase the recovery of larger mineral particles.
Date:
October 21, 1919
Creator:
Cole, David
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Break-Out Pin.
Patent for a modified break-out pin on an oil derrick which makes it easier to release a wrench for unscrewing pipes when done, but still holds the wrench in place while in use.
Date:
October 21, 1919
Creator:
Headrick, James O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Center Rail for Key-Actions.
Patent for an easily adjustable, simple, and durable center rail for key actions in pianos which does not require chiseling holes.
Date:
October 21, 1919
Creator:
Swallow, Oscar L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Delinter
Patent for a durable and inexpensive machine that remove cotton seed from lint.
Date:
October 21, 1919
Creator:
Young, Edwin H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History