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Thickener (Sewage Type).
Patent for sewage thickener that relies on sewage solids to sink to the bottom of the sewer and fall into the thickener, in which the thickener will press the solid sewage into a pulp. The pulp will be pressed at a predetermined density, and then the pressed pulp will float to the top of the sewage to be removed. The separation of liquid and solid sewage was predicted to prevent overflow.
Date:
March 11, 1920
Creator:
Allen, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Disk Harrow or Terracer
Patent for a disk harrow or terracer that is more efficient in operation for turning soil with an improved structure and functionality.
Date:
October 11, 1921
Creator:
Barnes, Jonathan G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Broom.
Patent for a broom designed to allow the straw to be easily changed as often as needed and to hold the straw firmly in place even when considerable pressure is used, including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
April 11, 1922
Creator:
Boyett, Oren K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Engine Fan Belt Guard.
Patent for Engine Fan Belt Guards. This device helps the fan shift from slipping off mother vehicle engines.
Date:
May 11, 1920
Creator:
Brackett, Edward B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Cover-Pad for Mattresses.
Patent for an improvement in sanitary pad covers for mattresses that is washable and contains pocket flaps underneath that can hold a sheet of waterproof material to protect the mattress beneath.
Date:
May 11, 1920
Creator:
Callahan, John William & Callahan, Maud B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Gas-Release Packer.
Patent for automatic gas release packer that uses constant pressure regulated by spring-controlled valves for better control when lifting oil out of wells.
Date:
April 11, 1922
Creator:
Cummings, William J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Windlass.
Patent for improved Automobile Windlasses. It is a combination of horizontally disposed tubular sections on the right and left hand, an improvement in the windlass attaching mechanism.
Date:
October 11, 1921
Creator:
Davis, Marion A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Producing Tire-Patch Material.
Patent for an improved tire patch material combination and production process, which results in less water absorption and better adhesion to the tire.
Date:
May 11, 1920
Creator:
Duffy, Clarence O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stovepipe-Cap.
Patent for a stove pipe cap that attaches to the top of a chimney and prevents "birds from building their nests in the smoke stack or pipe, which causes chimney fires" (lines 21-23) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 11, 1920
Creator:
Fojtik, Peter
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Manufacture of Aluminum Chloride.
Patent for the manufacture of Aluminum Chloride that can be carried out at lower temperatures with aluminum ore or compound, such as bauxite, sulfur and chlorine, and involves no cooking.
Date:
July 11, 1922
Creator:
Hall, Frank W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Building-Slab
Patent for new invention that would improve in the construction of upright walls.
Date:
February 11, 1920
Creator:
Hanszen, Oscar A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Raising Liquids from Deep Wells.
Patent for improvements for raising liquids from deep wells. "It has a particular application to the raising of fused sulfur from the well in the liquid state" (lines 14-16).
Date:
May 11, 1920
Creator:
Hebert, Joseph A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Leaf-Turner.
Patent for a new and improved leaf turner which allows the piano player to turn the pages of their sheet music without taking their hands off the keyboard. This leaf turner is "noiseless and efficient in operation and...will respond instantly to the actuating impulse" (lines 21-23). It is not expensive to make, and securely holds music and releases it without effort.
Date:
January 11, 1921
Creator:
Holcom, Jarret C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roasting-Pan.
Patent for a self basting roasting pan. The pan includes an impaling tube upon which the roast is impaled and includes tubing to allow juices of the meat being cooked to be transferred upwardly and flow down over the meat.
Date:
May 11, 1920
Creator:
Holloway, Sarah Ann
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gas Producer.
Patent for improvements to gas producers of the type in which combustible gases are evolved from coal, lignite, etc., during the incomplete combustion thereof.
Date:
April 11, 1922
Creator:
Johnston, Horace G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Monkey-Wrench.
Patent for a monkey wrench that "can be adjusted for different sizes of nuts by the same hand which is using the wrench...and which may also be used as a pipe wrench" (lines 16-21).
Date:
January 11, 1921
Creator:
Kirkpatrick, Otey R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerator
Patent for a refrigerator made of wood with an inner shell of reinforced concrete and vacuum chamber or metal jacket. "The inner concrete shell is divided into four separate chambers, the former containing ice and the other three being adapted to contain food." (lines 61-64)
Date:
April 11, 1922
Creator:
Knutson, William K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for treating soil for agricultural purposes. This invention destroys the ridges used for planting and growing cotton and also cultivating the soil in the vicinity of the ridges.
Date:
May 11, 1920
Creator:
Kriel, John J. & Kriel, Otto J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Photoprinter.
Patent for a photograph printer that includes a mask mechanism to create prints of different sizes. Construction is such that the person using the printer can work the printer accurately and quickly complete work.
Date:
April 11, 1922
Creator:
Lockhart, William E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Edge Heel And Shank Setter.
Patent for device setting heels and shanks for shoe manufacturing. It is an edged electric device with a rotary wheel.
Date:
January 11, 1921
Creator:
Lutes, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Separator for Storage-Battery Plants
Patent for a device that allows liquid in a storage battery to flow from one plate to another.
Date:
May 11, 1920
Creator:
Luthy, Joseph O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fuel-Oil Burner
Patent for Fuel-Oil Burners, focusing on the advancements in construction and efficiency in comparison to its predecessors.
Date:
October 11, 1921
Creator:
Mead, William J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Glass.
Patent for a glass for shrimp, oysters, etc., with separate compartment for ice, protecting the ice and preventing spilling while still allowing the ice to cool the contents of the glass above it.
Date:
October 11, 1921
Creator:
Mitrovich, Adolph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gripping Device.
Patent for equipment for use in the drilling of wells to help with the placement of casing, pipes, etc. by holding it in place
Date:
July 11, 1922
Creator:
Moody, Joseph F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History