Automatic Ore and Pulp Sampler (open access)

Automatic Ore and Pulp Sampler

Patent for a automatic ore and pulp sampler. This invention represents a settling tank to accumulate particles. Illustration included.
Date: March 15, 1904
Creator: Allen, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Ore And Slime Separator (open access)

Automatic Ore And Slime Separator

Patent for a automatic ore and slime separator. This invention is designed to separate the sand and other solid particles from water. Illustration included.
Date: March 15, 1904
Creator: Allen, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Silt And Sand Separator. (open access)

Automatic Silt And Sand Separator.

Patent for an automatic silt and sand separator that settles and discharges sand, slimes and any foreign matters.
Date: March 15, 1904
Creator: Allen, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Classifier and Separator. (open access)

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
Hydraulic Classifier. (open access)

Hydraulic Classifier.

Patent for hydraulic classifier for the treatment of ore. The invention subjects settling solid particles to a secondary classification and prevent the contamination of the settling solids before they are discharged.
Date: March 21, 1922
Creator: Allen, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Overflow Control for Separating Tanks. (open access)

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
Thickener (Sewage Type). (open access)

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
Evaluation of Ground-Water Resources in El Paso County, Texas (open access)

Evaluation of Ground-Water Resources in El Paso County, Texas

Report documenting evaluation of ground-water resources: "[t]his study in El Paso County was conducted to address problems of overdraft and quality deterioration with respect to the Hueco bolson, Mesilla bolson, and the Rio Grande alluvium aquifers" (p. v),
Date: March 1990
Creator: Ashworth, John B.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flying-Machine (open access)

Flying-Machine

Patent for improvements with the construction of flying machines to make them adaptable and more safe, including illustrations.
Date: March 25, 1913
Creator: Bell, Frank M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Fastening Device (open access)

Rail-Fastening Device

Patent for a rail fastening device that can be used on various materials and does not require the use of bolts or screws.
Date: March 7, 1911
Creator: Bergen, James V.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Contact-Shoe for Automatic Train-Stops. (open access)

Contact-Shoe for Automatic Train-Stops.

Patent for a new contact shoe, used in rail transport, attached to the train car to conduct automatic stops despite possible hazards through the use of magents and electricity, including illustrations .
Date: March 30, 1920
Creator: Bulla, Melbern Bernie
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lemon-Squeezer. (open access)

Lemon-Squeezer.

Patent for a new lemon squeezer design for "table purposes" (line 15) and "to provide a sanitary lemon squeezer" (lines 19-20) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 14, 1911
Creator: Carroll, Frank
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fly-Trap. (open access)

Fly-Trap.

Patent for an improved fly-trap that effectively ensnares flies while providing an efficient method of fly disposal and easier access to the trap for cleaning, including illustrations.
Date: March 9, 1915
Creator: Crawford, James
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper (open access)

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper that can be used for cultivation.
Date: March 21, 1911
Creator: Crow, Jesse J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Music-Leaf Turner. (open access)

Music-Leaf Turner.

Patent for "...an improvement in music-leaf turners...by which the leaves may be readily turned from side to side as desired..." (lines 9-12) including illustrations.
Date: March 4, 1902
Creator: Dascomb, Charles Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Frame for Jaw Crushers (open access)

Frame for Jaw Crushers

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in frames for Jaw-Crushers (lines 8-9) including illustrations.
Date: March 25, 1919
Creator: Easton, William B. & Cole, David
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Clamp or Grip (open access)

Wire Clamp or Grip

Patent for a wire clamp or grip. Illustration included.
Date: March 10, 1908
Creator: Eubank, Josephus H. & Merchant, W. B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Extracting Wax from Plants (open access)

Apparatus for Extracting Wax from Plants

Patent for "an apparatus for extracting wax from the candelilla plant and other species of plants of the class Myrica." (lines 9-12)
Date: March 14, 1911
Creator: Frank Thatcher, of El Paso, Texas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display-Stand. (open access)

Display-Stand.

Patent for a display stand for dresses in stores that allows them to drape in a natural manner. The display stand is made up of a rod that can be moved up and down through a opening in the store counter, which allows for easy use and storage of the stand.
Date: March 26, 1907
Creator: Glenn, William Holt
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Direction-Indicator. (open access)

Direction-Indicator.

Patent for a new useful improved direction-indication that will allow an operator of an automobile to indicate to traffic in front and rear the direction in which the operator will make it's turn. The indicator will also indicate when a stop is contemplated.
Date: March 16, 1920
Creator: Gmelin, Ernst W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sprinkling Device (open access)

Sprinkling Device

Patent for a lawn sprinkling device composed of multiple pipes that are configured into one self-sufficient structure. The discharge nozzle is angular and can be adjusted to point in different lawn areas.
Date: March 29, 1921
Creator: Gomez, Blas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tubular Plate-Casting Box (open access)

Tubular Plate-Casting Box

Patent for a device that improves the methods of tubular plate casting.
Date: March 14, 1916
Creator: Harm, John William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tag-Fastener (open access)

Tag-Fastener

Patent for a device that attaches a tag to an item with rope or cord wrapping.
Date: March 14, 1916
Creator: Hine, Frank B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Condensing Flue-Dust. (open access)

Apparatus for Condensing Flue-Dust.

Patent for an apparatus for "condensing and saving the flue-dust passing with the waste gases through the chimney of lead-smelting furnaces." (Lines 9-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 3, 1889
Creator: Hizon, Hiram W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History