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Process of Catalyzing Oil and Apparatus Therefor. (open access)

Process of Catalyzing Oil and Apparatus Therefor.

Patent for improvements to oil boiling & processing to preserve its hydrocarbon properties by converting high-boiling oils to low-boiling oils using a specific apparatus for vaporization and a catalyst reheating device, such as a chamber furnace.
Date: March 14, 1916
Creator: Alexander, Clive M. & Taber Jr., George H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Starting Meachanism for Explosive Engines (open access)

Starting Meachanism for Explosive Engines

Patent for a mechanism for starting internal combustion engines, and particularly that form of starting devices in which a torsion spring is used.
Date: June 20, 1916
Creator: Appleman, Boyd K.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump (open access)

Pump

Patent for pump that has "a valve chest which is formed of a single casting removably mounted on the pump cylinder, and carrying all the valves of the pump."
Date: October 24, 1916
Creator: Black, Lee J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Tank. (open access)

Oil-Tank.

Patent for oil tank top to prevent destruction of inflammable substance in the tank by enabling the gas to escape in a simple and effective manner.
Date: June 27, 1916
Creator: Bradley, Benjamin Franklin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Firearm (open access)

Firearm

Patent for an improved firearm. This firearm that can transform from a rifle to a shotgun using separate barrels but the same stock mechanism.
Date: April 25, 1916
Creator: Burnaman, Joseph H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boring Tool (open access)

Boring Tool

Patent for a boring tool that allows for easy interchanging of the drill.
Date: October 31, 1916
Creator: Carroll, Monroe W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Side Delivery Conveyor (open access)

Side Delivery Conveyor

Patent for a devices that transfers boxes from one point A to point B without any lifting from a person.
Date: June 23, 1913
Creator: Drake, Rollin L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fishing Device. (open access)

Fishing Device.

Patent for fishing gear belt/straps that can be worn by fisherman to support fishing pole that it "may be temporarily held in fishing position with the hands free" (lines 11-12). Includes illustration of device in use.
Date: September 12, 1916
Creator: Drinkard, Kenton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Percolator. (open access)

Percolator.

Patent for a percolator that has a storage tank where the water may be heated and stored for later use to make coffee. The device also features a cylinder, where ground coffee is placed, that can be removed for easy cleaning.
Date: June 13, 1916
Creator: Duke, Holmes
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transplanter (open access)

Transplanter

Patent for transplanters that allows fro greater ease in the removal of plants from hot beds, using an attached blade to easily cut through extended roots and provide enough accompanying soil for the plant.
Date: September 12, 1916
Creator: Frakes, Charles A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Drier (open access)

Clothes-Drier

Patent for a clothes drier that is constructed to surround a stove or heater.
Date: April 18, 1916
Creator: Gallsworthy, Benjamin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lightning-Protecting System for Oil-Tanks. (open access)

Lightning-Protecting System for Oil-Tanks.

Patent for an improved system that is used for protecting oil tanks from getting struck by lightning and can get put on existing structures to ground them. The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
Date: March 14, 1916
Creator: Gunthorpe, Charles Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brake-Controlling Mechanism for Railway-Cars (open access)

Brake-Controlling Mechanism for Railway-Cars

Patent for an "air brake controlling mechanism for use in connection with railway cars" (lines 10-12), one feature applies whereby if a wheel becomes derailed the brakes will be applied automatically. Includes illustrations.
Date: February 22, 1916
Creator: Halliburton, George M. & McBurney, Samuel L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hen-Nest (open access)

Hen-Nest

Patent for an improved hen nest. This nest prevents hens from roosting when the keeper chooses by the ability to turn the nests from horizontal to vertical.
Date: July 25, 1916
Creator: Hebert, Joseph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Still and Still-Setting (open access)

Still and Still-Setting

Patent for Still and Still-Setting.
Date: February 15, 1916
Creator: Henderson, Herbert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Planter Attachment to Plows (open access)

Planter Attachment to Plows

Patent for a planter attachment that will drop the desired seed while plowing, and can be controlled by the operator.
Date: October 31, 1916
Creator: Kern, Harry L. & Gerhold, Walter
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Viscoscometer. (open access)

Viscoscometer.

Patent for a device that accurately determines the viscosity of different liquids, particularly oils, and is able to be kept at a uniform temperature.
Date: June 13, 1916
Creator: Lorenz, Charles O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rice Harvester (open access)

Rice Harvester

Patent for an improved rice grain harvester. This harvester gather only grain, not straw or stalks, in order to prevent the grain from gathering dampness or moisture over long periods of time.
Date: July 11, 1916
Creator: Motte, James N. & Katz, Adam
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint. (open access)

Rail-Joint.

Patent for a rail joint designed to provide an improved joint employing means without the use of bolts for securely connecting adjacent rail ends together and holding them in place against longitudinal and spreading movement, including illustrations.
Date: January 4, 1916
Creator: Peppers, Jerry C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Seagull, Yearbook of Port Arthur High School, 1916 (open access)

The Seagull, Yearbook of Port Arthur High School, 1916

Yearbook for Port Arthur High School in Port Arthur, Texas includes photographs of and information about the school, student body, teachers, and organizations.
Date: 1916
Creator: Port Arthur High School
Object Type: Yearbook
System: The Portal to Texas History
Potato and Peanut Harvester (open access)

Potato and Peanut Harvester

Patent for improvements in potato and peanut harvesters. It simplifies the ways potatoes and peanuts are dug from the ground.
Date: May 30, 1916
Creator: Reeder, Addison C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lubricating Appara (open access)

Lubricating Appara

Patent for a lubricating apparatus used for internal combustion engines, whereby the lubricant or oil is forced, as by a pump, to a distributing tank containing oil under predetermined pressure, and from said tank permitted to drop by gravity or flow under pressure, as desired, to the elements of the engine to be lubricated.
Date: December 12, 1916
Creator: Shaw, Robert J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mandrel (open access)

Mandrel

Patent for Mandrel
Date: September 12, 1916
Creator: Smith, Frederick C
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Heater (open access)

Heater

Patent for a new and useful heater design "particularly for heating the water in the circulating system of internal combustion engines, such as are used in automobiles" (lines 10-12). Illustrations are included.
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Smith, Frederick C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History