Collection
Country
States
45 Matching Results
Results open in a new window/tab.
Results:
1 - 24 of
45
next
Improvements to Storage House Aerating System
Patent for improvements to storage house aeration systems for agriculture and the storage of vegetables.
Date:
February 2, 1920
Creator:
Vaughan, Robert B. & Love, Ralph M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane.
Patent for a new and useful airplane that provides the ability of the aircraft to take off from the ground at an abrupt angle. The aircraft has a supplemental propeller and jointed body to direct the machine upward in an abrupt ascent, making it especially useful in wooded areas or where obstructions prevent normal take-off.
Date:
February 3, 1920
Creator:
Cartwright, Andrew
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Anti-Agitating Device.
Patent for anti-agitating device, including two figures describing said device, with illustrations. Author describes improvements for liquid dispensers on previous anti-agitating devices by altering the cylinder duties during its performance.
Date:
February 3, 1920
Creator:
Catron, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Train-Gate.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in automatic train gates" (lines 5-7) including illustrations.
Date:
February 3, 1920
Creator:
Ivanhoe, George. C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Landing-Gear for Aircraft.
Patent for improvement in folding landing-gears for an aircraft. Once the aircraft is at the sustention in the air, the wheels and attendant parts will fold up into the aircraft.
Date:
February 3, 1920
Creator:
McCarroll, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Priming Cup for Internal Combustion Motors
Patent for "Improvements in Priming-Cups for Internal-Combustion Motors" (lines 4-5) including illustrations.
Date:
February 3, 1920
Creator:
Martinek, Stanley A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Recording Apparatus
Patent for "Improvements in Recording Apparatus" including illustrations.
Date:
February 3, 1920
Creator:
Catron, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw Filer and Gummer
Patent for adding an attachment to aid in "sharpening and gumming the teeth of circular saws particularly such saws as are used in cotton gins" (lines 13-15). The attachment works with a device for which the inventor previously received a patent. (Patent No. 1,180,270)
Date:
February 3, 1920
Creator:
McMicken, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shock Absorber
Patent for "Improvements in Shock Absorbers" (lines 6-7) including illustrations.
Date:
February 3, 1920
Creator:
Regenbrecht, Bernhard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Thread-Cutter.
Patent for "a simple and efficient thread or twine cutter which may be conveniently worn in the manner of a finger ring when in use, or may be applied or attached to the usual type of thimble for use." (lines 13-17) This invention can "be inexpensively stamped from sheet metal." (lines 21-22)
Date:
February 3, 1920
Creator:
Cade, King C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tobacco-Pipe.
Patent for a new tobacco pipe capable of trapping nicotine in a removable bowl to facilitate the cleaning process. The pipe also includes a trap for saliva that prevents any saliva from returning to the smoker's mouth regardless of pipe angle. The pipe is manufactured with minimal parts reducing need for repair.
Date:
February 3, 1920
Creator:
Gerhard, William Henry.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Unloading Device
Patent for "Improvements in Wagon-Unloading Devices" including illustrations.
Date:
February 3, 1920
Creator:
Ford, John Owen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Rig.
Patent, including illustrations, for "an improved well drilling rig or apparatus" which provides "a simple, efficient, and practical machine of this kind including revoluble means having a device operatively connected to a walking beam (from which a drilling tool is suspended), so that upon every complete revolution of the revoluble means, the drilling tool or bit will be given two direct drops, each alternating with the lifting movement of the drill bit" (page 1, lines 11-21).
Date:
February 3, 1920
Creator:
Bradford, Robert M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Surface-Treating Machine
Patent for useful improvements to surface-treating machines with a "rapidly moving surface treating member," (lines 12-13) including illustrations.
Date:
February 7, 1920
Creator:
Clarke, Alex A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Rack.
Patent for improved automobile racks that are elevated to accomplish the following tasks: removing paint from the automobile, and make the automobile more accessible during construction.
Date:
February 10, 1920
Creator:
Cleveland, David P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Swing and Couch.
Patent for a piece of swinging furniture for infants and small children which can be converted between a seat and a couch. This device is designed to be collapsed and folded for easy storage, as well as to be cheap and easy to manufacture. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 10, 1920
Creator:
McDevitt, Leslie I.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in Hydrocarbon-Burners" (lines 6-7) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 10, 1920
Creator:
Wynne, William P. & Wynne, James Harry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Extracting Liquid from Pulpous Material Machine
Patent for Extracting Liquid from Pulpous Material Machine that extracts oils and liquids from the remaining pulpous material from the process of grinding and cooking cotton. The main goal of this machine is to extract oil from cotton seed meal.
Date:
February 10, 1920
Creator:
Kinney, William L. & Cagle, Wiiliam E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tractor.
Patent for an improvement in tractors that allowed adjustment to the tread or allowed distance between traction elements.
Date:
February 10, 1920
Creator:
Franklin, Floyd P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trap.
Patent for a simple live trap suitable for use both on land and in water.
Date:
February 10, 1920
Creator:
Peavy, Josiah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Device.
Patent for adding a drilling stem to a well-drilling device, with illustration. This invention will improve operation of devices.
Date:
February 10, 1920
Creator:
Church, Walter Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window Shade
Patent for "Improvements in Window-Shades" (line 6) including illustrations.
Date:
February 10, 1920
Creator:
Johnson, Charles G.
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.
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