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Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a plow that can be easily and inexpensively adjusted to plow shallower or deeper.
Date: August 12, 1919
Creator: Kilpatrick, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Harvester. (open access)

Peanut-Harvester.

Patent for improvements in peanut harvester machines with illustrations. The improvement is specific to "improved organiz[ation]" (line 10) and to "simplify and improve the construction" (line 18) of the harvester.
Date: August 12, 1919
Creator: Beard, Willie Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Temperature-Regulator (open access)

Temperature-Regulator

Patent for a temperature-regulator that regulates the temperature of fluids (either in liquid, gas, or air) passing through. It is important when regulating the temperature of hydro-carbon fuels in either an internal combustion engine or a furnace.
Date: August 26, 1919
Creator: Brooks, Howard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elevating Truck. (open access)

Elevating Truck.

Patent for elevating truck equipped with a conveyor belt powered by an electric motor. The device is "easily moved about and placed in position by one or two men" (lines 29–30), but powerful enough to lift bales of cotton (or other objects) weighing up to 600 pounds, includes illustrations.
Date: August 5, 1919
Creator: Anderson, John L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Film for Cameras. (open access)

Film for Cameras.

Patent for photographic film that contains alternating sensitized and non-sensitized sections for the purpose of creating an initial exposure view as a guide to use when taking a subsequent actual photograph.
Date: August 5, 1919
Creator: Sartorius, Oton; Gándara, José F. & Colonna, Benito
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carpenter's Implement. (open access)

Carpenter's Implement.

Patent for a carpenter's implement designed to be easily carried within one's pocket, with illustrations.
Date: August 5, 1919
Creator: Smith, Evander A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Converter and Smelter. (open access)

Converter and Smelter.

Patent for an improved converter and smelter mechanism that processes crushed ore, including illustrations.
Date: August 26, 1919
Creator: Miller, Theodore
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Purifying Oil (open access)

Process of Purifying Oil

Patent for using aluminum chlorid compounds to clean crude oil. Which is apart of the petrochemical process of oil purification.
Date: August 5, 1919
Creator: Miller, Albert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scoop. (open access)

Scoop.

Patent for a ridable shovel with wheels that allows the user to control digging and dumping of scooped loads by footrest operation.
Date: August 19, 1919
Creator: Mitcham, James L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boring-tool. (open access)

Boring-tool.

Patent for a device "designed particularly for boring out cylinders of internal combustion engines" (lines 12–13), includes illustrations.
Date: August 19, 1919
Creator: Dedman, Henry W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanism for Removing Useful Fiber from Seeds (open access)

Mechanism for Removing Useful Fiber from Seeds

Patent for an adaptation to machines that will "remove fibers from their attachments, such as gins, cotton seed linters, wool-burring machines, and the like" (lines 10-12).
Date: August 9, 1919
Creator: Vardell, Arthur A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Roost and Nest (open access)

Combined Roost and Nest

Patent for a combined roost and nest for farm animals. The purpose of this new design is to improve the sanitation of current roosts and nests.
Date: August 26, 1919
Creator: Gilmore, Calvin L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Deep-Well Pump. (open access)

Deep-Well Pump.

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Deep-Well Pumps," (lines 5-6), including illustrations. An improvement on the inventor's previous patent (1013579), with the intention of preventing and removing sand accumulation while pumping oil.
Date: August 19, 1919
Creator: Andrews, Benjamin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aerial Conveyor (open access)

Aerial Conveyor

Patent for an aerial conveyor, specifically one that relates to "an aerial suspension car for aiding linemen in traveling along a suspended cable" (lines 9-11). It's primary function is to allow a wheeled car to be mounted on a cable and used to transport a person.
Date: August 26, 1919
Creator: Moore, Richard S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Treating Hydrocarbons. (open access)

Apparatus for Treating Hydrocarbons.

Patent for an improved apparatus for treating hydrocarbons. This apparatus is for treating comparatively heavy petroleum and other hydrocarbon oils and their distillates and derivatives, in order to produce from such heavy oils a large yield of gasoline or other light, easily volatile liquids. This apparatus will be a safe and efficient way to produce large yield of gasoline and light hydrocarbon liquids from heavy oils and will be free from trouble arising from the accumulation of carbon.
Date: August 5, 1919
Creator: Andrews, Benjamin & Averill, Willard C., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Motor-Vehicles (open access)

Attachment for Motor-Vehicles

Patent for an attachment for motor vehicles, specifically for Ford cars but compatible with any car, where the attachment prevents the reverse movement of the car's crank.
Date: August 12, 1919
Creator: Daniel, Ulysses S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Farm Implement (open access)

Farm Implement

Patent for an improved planter for farm equipment by the inclusion of a wheel.
Date: August 12, 1919
Creator: Rauch, Otto
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cargo-Sling. (open access)

Cargo-Sling.

Patent for a cargo sling used for loading and unloading cargo of a ship with improvements due to the flexibility of the base for different shaped objects. The construction of the cargo sling allows for adding slings together for longer lengths, including illustrations.
Date: August 26, 1919
Creator: Heffron, Isaac
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertising-Sign. (open access)

Advertising-Sign.

Patent for an advertisement sign with a translucent display band that illuminates different sections of letters, numbers, or figures, in various colors, giving the appearance of animation.
Date: August 5, 1919
Creator: Craig, Richard M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Faucet. (open access)

Faucet.

Patent for improvements to faucets, such as those for showers, bathtubs, and sinks, to provide water of a desired or specified temperature.
Date: August 12, 1919
Creator: Moran, Frank B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Pulling Device. (open access)

Pipe-Pulling Device.

Patent for a pipe pulling device designed for wells. The device will automatically grip and hold pipe at any point of elevation.
Date: August 5, 1919
Creator: Thrift, Homer C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shade-Bracket (open access)

Shade-Bracket

Patent for shade-brackets which connects window shades or blinds to a wall or ceiling
Date: August 26, 1919
Creator: Overman, Benjamin Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Derrick. (open access)

Derrick.

Patent for improvements to derricks, specifically those used on the decks of ships and other vessels, to prevent the structure from becoming entangled with fall ropes or cables during operation.
Date: August 19, 1919
Creator: Scanlan, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Indicator (open access)

Vehicle-Indicator

Patent for a vehicle-indicator that is designed for use on vehicles such as automobiles, to indicate the movement of the vehicle. Other objects of this include that it alerts those around of the intended movement of the vehicle being driven.
Date: August 19, 1919
Creator: McManus, Lewis R.
System: The Portal to Texas History