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Aparatus for Cleaning Lechuguilla, Henequen, and Analogous Fibrous Plants.
Patent for an improved apparatus for scraping lechugilla, henequen, and analogous fibrous plants. This apparatus scrapes the stalks of the plants mechanically and separates the pulp from the fiber of the plant so that the fiber will be cleaned and ready for use.
Date:
September 3, 1918
Creator:
Aguilar, Alfonso
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Separating Device.
Patent for an automatic separating device. This device operates with a link that connects the float level at the top of the tank with a valve handle at the bottom of the tank to control discharge from the tank.
Date:
January 22, 1918
Creator:
Allen, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Classifier and Separator.
Patent for classifiers and separators used in mining to separate solids and liquids in the tank. It allows for easy removal and replacement of parts as they wear.
Date:
March 19, 1918
Creator:
Allen, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Overflow Control for Separating Tanks.
Patent for improved overflow control for separating tanks, accounting for, "slime thickness, settling tanks, separating tanks, and the like," ensuring, "uniform overflow." (lines 8-10; 27), with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 4, 1919
Creator:
Allen, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Slime Pulp Thickener.
Patent for a "device for thickening slime or pulp, and particularly pertains to a structure similar to that disclosed in my co-pending application entitled "Slime pulp thickener," serial number 173,785, filed June 9, 1917, and of which the present application is a division" (lines 8-14). Additionally, described as a device that automatically releases thickened pulp when proper density is achieved.
Date:
October 5, 1918
Creator:
Allen, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Slime-Separator.
Patent for a slime-separator "to provide means for automatically regulating the separate water flow, and discharging the solid proportionally with the settling of the solids in the receptacle" (lines 44-47). The patent includes illustrations and instructions.
Date:
November 24, 1914
Creator:
Allen, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Slime Separator and Classifier.
Patent for settler, separator, and classifier of different solid and liquid particles, includes illustrations.
Date:
July 20, 1915
Creator:
Allen, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Slime Separator and Classifier
Patent for a pulp separator and classifying apparatus. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 15, 1910
Creator:
Allen, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Upward-Current Separating Process and Device.
Patent for upward-current separation processes and devices to allow for working with changes in conditions and proportions with ease.
Date:
July 3, 1917
Creator:
Allen, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collar Attachment
Patent for a collar attachment to be used with fold down collars to provide a means to hold the collar closed, with illustrations.
Date:
May 1, 1917
Creator:
Allen, Joseph H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Necktie
Patent for a pre-made necktie. This is a pre-made four in hand necktie that is designed to be adjustable to various neck sizes and made to not tear a shirt collar.
Date:
April 27, 1915
Creator:
Allen, Joseph H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pumping-Engine.
Patent for a pumping engine that pumps air, water, oil, or other agents. It was designed to be used for air pumps on locomotives, inflating tires on automobiles, pumping water in steam operated machines, and other uses.
Date:
June 5, 1917
Creator:
Allison, Jesse H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Low-Water Alarm For Boilers
Patent for "improvements in low water alarms for steam boilers and more particularly to those which are operated by the heat from the steam in the boiler, after the water therein has fallen below a predetermined danger point" (lines 15-20).
Date:
January 5, 1915
Creator:
Anderson, Williamson D. & Shearer, Edward J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Triple Valve
Patent for a triple valve for air brakes on trains that gives the engineer more control over the brakes.
Date:
August 13, 1912
Creator:
Anderson, Williamson D. & Shearer, Edward J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dust and Wind Guard
Patent for a window designed to shield against dust and wind. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 25, 1910
Creator:
Anson, Warren J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sleeping-Car
Patent for a railroad sleeping car with an improved mechanism for folding the seats into beds.
Date:
February 7, 1911
Creator:
Anson, Warren J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of and Means for Inflating and Introducing Sealing Liquid Into Pneumatic Tires.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Methods of an Means for Inflating and Introducing Sealing Liquid Into Pneumatic Tires," (lines 5-8) including illustrations.
Date:
June 17, 1919
Creator:
Anthony, Daniel L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means For Injecting Sealing Liquid Into Tires.
Patent for a means for injecting sealing liquid into tires. This is an "improved mechanism for introducing a sealing liquid into a pneumatic tire" (lines 31-32). Illustration included.
Date:
November 25, 1919
Creator:
Anthony, Daniel Luther
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Tie and Rail-Fastener
Patent for a metallic tie and rail fastener that does not require the use of bolts.
Date:
July 2, 1912
Creator:
Arellano, Francisco
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Molding Silos and the Like.
Patent for an apparatus of simple structure that allows for the easy adjustment and manipulation of parts. It is "used for molding silos and similar structures from concrete cement material" (lines 10-12).
Date:
July 16, 1918
Creator:
Atkins, Thomas B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Braking Actuating Mechanism for Automobiles
Patent for an improvement to braking actuating mechanism for automobiles to allow for safer braking with the lever right of the driver's seat, in particular adaptable to Ford emergency brakes.
Date:
November 30, 1917
Creator:
Baker, Howard A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Type Writing Machine
Patent for type-writing machine used to center heading on a document in typewriting machines. With the success of the invention, the carriage-spacing key is depressed once for each letter in the word being centered.
Date:
August 1, 1916
Creator:
Barker, Benjamin F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Stop and Adviser for Locomotives.
Patent for an automatic stop and advisor for locomotives.
Date:
November 9, 1918
Creator:
Battaglino, Joseph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aerial Projectile and Launching Mechanism Therefor
This document is a patent for the invention of the Aerial Projectile and Launching Mechanism Therefor. According to its inventor Frank M. Bell, the object of this mechanism is to fire aerial projectiles or torpedoes more accurately at their intended target. This mechanism can be called an anti-observation balloon/zeppelin weapon and it would see some usage by the Allied air forces during this conflict.
Date:
October 10, 1916
Creator:
Bell, Frank M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History