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Apparatus for Extracting Minerals from Ores.
Patent for an apparatus that extracts minerals, especially sulfur, from ores. The apparatus features new and useful improvements, creating an automatic extraction that separates the minerals in a pure state.
Date:
January 13, 1920
Creator:
Shires, George M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Treatment of Oil Emulsions.
Patent for improvements in apparatus for treatment of oil emulsions by providing a means that will greatly assist in the separation of water from oil emulsions and which will aid the re-absorption or retention of gas.
Date:
January 13, 1920
Creator:
McKibben, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carbureter
Patent for the carbureter for controlling the quality of the combustible mixture for internal combustion engines, such as automobiles requiring a wide range of variation in the proportion of fuel and air to efficiently and economically supply the demand.
Date:
January 13, 1920
Creator:
Guthrie, William S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Display and Vending Device.
Patent for a new improvement to display and vending devices to display products for purchase without a clerk. The device is automated so that it delivers the product directly to the consumer without the need for the consumer to move or change positions. The device cuts costs due to the dismissal of clerks.
Date:
January 13, 1920
Creator:
Ogden, Carlton N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gin
Patent for a gin that will strip fiber from the seed, "motes", and other "foreign bodies" (lines 27-28) without damaging the fiber.
Date:
January 13, 1920
Creator:
Tischer, Edward R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mirror-Holder
Patent for a mirror holder containing a bracket that allows for easy fixing to various items of furniture.
Date:
January 13, 1920
Creator:
Barnard, Elmer
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Piston.
Patent for improvements in pistons (also called follower heads) for pump cylinders that are more designed for oil wells. The principal object of this invention is to provide a means for renewing parts of the head to restore the same to its original diameter after it has become worn and loose.
Date:
January 13, 1920
Creator:
Miller, William James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Power-Driven-Implement Frame
Patent for improvements in power driven implement frames, specifically in tractors, with illustrations.
Date:
January 13, 1920
Creator:
Armstrong, Ira
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump Piston
Patent for an "Improvement in Pump-Pistons" (lines 5-6) including illustrations.
Date:
January 13, 1920
Creator:
Humason, Granville A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint
Patent for connecting fish plates at the meeting ends of rails where the rails are securely connected without the necessity of employing bolts. Another object of this improvement is to provide a combined fish plate and rail chair which can be applied to the rails.
Date:
January 13, 1920
Creator:
Jezik, Joseph J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Boring-Drill
Patent for improved rotary boring-drill with more efficiently mounted rollers.
Date:
January 13, 1920
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Work Engaging Support for Surface Treating Machines
Patent for work engaging support for surface treating machines. Intent of patent is to provide support for revolving sections of machinery in order to provide greater stabilization.
Date:
January 13, 1920
Creator:
Clark, Alex A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clevis Attachment for Plows.
Patent for an agricultural plow attachment that allows for more precision concerning the measurement of depth of the plow point against different types of terrain/soil conditions.
Date:
February 13, 1920
Creator:
Wolter, Fred W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopping Machine
Patent for a cotton "wheeled cultivator" (line 14-15) attachment which allows users to make adjustments to the cultivator blades, including illustrations.
Date:
April 13, 1920
Creator:
Sims, James G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lens-Holder.
Patent for a lens holder meant to provide a "simple, relatively inexpensive and efficient means" (line 10) of securing the lens in the headlamps of an automobile or similar lamp casing.
Date:
April 13, 1920
Creator:
Marshall, Stanley G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for a pump specifically designed for oil wells to make drilling oil more efficient, lucrative, and easier to perform.
Date:
April 13, 1920
Creator:
Carden, David A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Testing Device.
Patent for a testing device that can be used to test the condition of the pistons in an internal combustion motor. The device can also be used as an "air pump, or grease or oil gun." (lines 30-31).
Date:
April 13, 1920
Creator:
Harpst, Frederick E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Packer.
Patent for an improved well drilling device called a "packer", in which this version has a reduced likelihood of the seals between separate parts being damaged and needing replacement.
Date:
April 13, 1920
Creator:
Fletcher, Harold W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill-Gearing
Patent for improved windmill gearing, intended to reduce stain on the machinery
Date:
April 13, 1920
Creator:
Roberts, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a wrench specifically made to remove well drill bits from the drill.
Date:
April 13, 1920
Creator:
Stover, Willard L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Advertising Attachment for Scales.
Patent for improvements in advertising attachments for scales to "provide an attachment of the character specified, wherein a series of display members are provided, mounted to be moved into different positions, to bring different matter into different positions, and controlled to movement by the stepping onto the weighing platform of the one to be weighed." (lines 11-18)
Date:
July 13, 1920
Creator:
Funk, Arthur Neal
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Calendar
Patent for a calendar that has the ability to preserve pages of interest for future reference.
Date:
July 13, 1920
Creator:
Pennington, Emory G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coal-Oil Generator.
Patent for improvements in oil burners to have the "means to permit the same to be positioned within the fire box of a stove, by means of the especially constructed support." (lines 12-15)
Date:
July 13, 1920
Creator:
Epps, Henry Gaston
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knife.
Patent for a knife with multiple curved blades used to cut food.
Date:
July 13, 1920
Creator:
Oertli, Henri
System:
The Portal to Texas History