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Concentration of Ores.
Patent for improvements to recovering ore using flotation methods.
Date:
December 17, 1918
Creator:
Wiser, Oba
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Concrete Composition
Patent for a formulation of waterproof concrete that utilizes lava rocks.
Date:
December 17, 1918
Creator:
Charles E. Barglebaugh
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collar.
Patent for a collar that can be fastened without the need of a button. It is meant to be attached to any shirt and constructed so that it can stay without a button through a tab system.
Date:
December 17, 1918
Creator:
Narmore, Missouri A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Centrifugal Pump
Patent for centrifugal pump design meant to improve upon past models in which pieces of the pump wear out over time.
Date:
December 17, 1918
Creator:
Duda, Oswald
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Stalk-Cutting Machines.
Patent for improved, cheap, and simple stalk-cutting technology with shielded protection, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 17, 1918
Creator:
McCray, Henry L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Bag Catcher.
Patent for an improvement to devices that receive mail bags from moving locomotion.
Date:
December 17, 1918
Creator:
Ryan, Augustus M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tractor Attachment
Patent for a tractor attachment. The purpose of this attachment is to lift up the back wheels of the driving vehicle and improving the power of the vehicle.
Date:
December 17, 1918
Creator:
Thomas, Samuel Shelby
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Sapping or Destroying Trenches or Other Defensive Works.
Patent for a method of sapping or destroying trenches or other defensive works to use in military operations.
Date:
September 17, 1918
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Meat-Scale.
Patent for a meat scale "designed for weighing large pieces of meat while the scale is also adjustable subsequent to determining the total weight of the meat" (lines 16-19) including illustrations.
Date:
December 17, 1918
Creator:
Stringer, Joe John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sulfur-Mining
Patent for improvement on sulfur mining by which "sulfur is fused by a heated fluid forced down into the well to the vicinity of the sulfur deposit and when so fused the sulfur is forced to the surface of the ground through a return pipe" (lines 14-18).
Date:
December 17, 1918
Creator:
Carmichael, Robert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Universal Vise and Carpenter's Tool.
Patent for a universal vise and carpenters tool designed for the use of clamping and holding a door or window frame open.
Date:
December 17, 1918
Creator:
Minnis, Henry M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire.
Patent for an improved tire designed with "necessary resiliency without requiring inflation" (lines 14-15). The internal core is designed in such a way that if will not collapse when punctured.
Date:
December 17, 1918
Creator:
Huffman, Orla L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sulphur-Mining Apparatus.
Patent for a thermal solvent based sulfur mining apparatus that is placed in a sulfur mining well. Utilizing thermodynamics, the apparatus has a new way to introduce air or steam into the various parts of the apparatus. It is designed with "simplicity and durability of construction" (lines 49-50).
Date:
December 17, 1918
Creator:
Carmichael, Robert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Record-Book.
Patent for a record book using primary and secondary indexing tabs for improving classification of documents.
Date:
December 17, 1918
Creator:
Sumners, Gustavus D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Power Transmitting Attachment for Windmills.
Patent for a power-transmitting attachment for windmills "whereby the power of the wind-mill used for operating a pump may also be used for operating other machinery" (lines 12-14), including illustrations.
Date:
August 17, 1918
Creator:
Records, Paul A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Agricultural Implement.
Patent for a planter attachment that is readily controllable by the operator so as to allow rows or spots in the ground to be replanted. This is accomplished by controlling the flow of seeds from a seed box to a spout and by controlling the distance of the spout from the ground.
Date:
December 17, 1918
Creator:
Nettles, James P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Signal Apparatus for Motor-Vehicles
Patent for automobile signaling apparatus. The apparatus is designed to signal the operator's direction to other drivers.
Date:
September 17, 1918
Creator:
Riggs, Fletcher S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Packing for Pistons.
Patent for metallic packing for pistons, which is composed of three concentric rings and is designed for internal combustion engines. The middle ring is designed to act as a channel for oil or other lubricants.
Date:
December 17, 1918
Creator:
Williams, Nolan S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History