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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
Bottle-Filling Device.
Patent for filling bottles with "two liquids and introducing them into the bottle at the same time under pressure" (lines 17-18), specifically for "carbonated beverages" (lines 12-13).
Date:
April 6, 1920
Creator:
Dannelley, Dillon C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ant Trap
Patent for an ant trap designed as a ring-shaped trough and which allows for the drainage of rainwater through a pipe fitted with a porous plug. Both walls of the trough are capped with inward and downward curved flanges.
Date:
August 1, 1922
Creator:
Scrivner, Jefferson Davis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Lifter
Patent for an improved device that can be applied to a valve spring plate without losing grip.
Date:
April 8, 1920
Creator:
Chaney, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of and Apparatus for Progressive Electrostatic Separation of Comminuted Material
Patent for a new process and equipment that improves upon prior work to separate comminuted materials. This patent explores the new process which "provides means for moving the electro-static waves or charges across the line of normal movement of the material upon a support of between two opposing stationary electrodes by so directing and controlling the electric charges, that each bar electrode is charged in succession across the deck and at an angle to the movement of such deck, whereby the difficulties in separating certain classes of comminuted material with moving electrodes are overcome" (lines 32-42).
Date:
April 26, 1921
Creator:
Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mirror Support
Patent for improvements in mirror supports are primarily adapted by travelers. The mirror can also be supported by an electric bulb and can also be turned at varying desired angles.
Date:
March 14, 1922
Creator:
Reavis, Jesse O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Water Heater
Patent for improvements to electric water heaters adapted for heating small bodies of water. The interior walls of the cylinders in the heating unit are perforated so that water can freely circulate through and between them.
Date:
February 7, 1922
Creator:
Stephens, Richard M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drill Bit
Patent for improvements in drill bits, particularly in the application used in drilling in soft formations, such as clay, gumbo, or similar material. The purpose of the invention is to provide a way to prevent the sticking of material to the drill and drill collar while the drilling operation is being performed.
Date:
February 14, 1922
Creator:
Childs, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Bucket
Patent for Improvements in well buckets. The bucket has an inlet valve at the bottom and an air escape valve at the top that permits air to escape freely while preventing the entrance of dirt and extraneous matter to the interior of the bucket.
Date:
April 11, 1922
Creator:
Reese, Samuel L. & Reese, Samuel L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dredge-Pump
Patent for new and useful improvements to Dredge-Pumps. The pump is used to draw up sand and gravel from the bottom of a river.
Date:
April 12, 1921
Creator:
Stenberg, Anders Gustaf
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aircraft
Patent for Improvements to aircraft steering. The invention allows the pilot to adjust the center of mass.
Date:
April 5, 1921
Creator:
Johnson, Louis V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carbon-Removing Tool
Patent for a new and improved carbon removing tool, which allows for the removal of carbon from the pistons of internal combustion engines. Includes illustrations.
Date:
April 12, 1921
Creator:
Slagle, Eugene H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Harvester
Patent for a cotton harvester "with an improved arrangement of combined gathering and picking arms" (lines 12-13) to more effectively obtain the cotton bolls (i.e. balls), including illustrations.
Date:
March 29, 1921
Creator:
Stanton, John T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map Hanger
Patent for improvements in map hangers. The purpose is to provide a map exhibiting hanger to use in support for a plurality of maps, particularly maps that have information on the back.
Date:
January 31, 1922
Creator:
Chunn, Richard M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Mold for Concrete Walls
Patent for metallic molds for concrete or plastic walls. These molds have been improved in terms of their construction. Includes illustrations.
Date:
April 12, 1921
Creator:
Bolton, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Priming-Cup
Patent for an improved version of the priming cup "shown in Patent No. 1,329,464, granted February 3, 1920" (lines13-14). Includes illustrations.
Date:
April 5, 1921
Creator:
Martinek, Stanley A.
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
Valve-Grinding Implement
Patent for improvements in Valve-Grinding implements. This improvement is applicable to practically any type of engine or motor and to the different types of valves employed therein. This valve relates to the rotating of the valves of internal combustion engines and the like when the same is being ground to effect a proper seating action.
Date:
April 18, 1922
Creator:
Hood, William S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Coating Machine.
Patent for a pipe coating machine which coats the pipes used for oil and gas pipe lines with a safety material like tar.
Date:
April 26, 1921
Creator:
Taber, Rock G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Building Construction.
Patent for new and improved building constructions which will help the economy, steadiness, benefit, and rapidity of erection.
Date:
April 26, 1921
Creator:
Eldridge, Leonard L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Flat Die.
Patent for improved adjustable flat dies which provide different sizes of cutting dies to the cutting device.
Date:
May 10, 1921
Creator:
Wright, John G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Storage-Tank Liquid-Dispensing Device.
Patent for an air storage tank liquid dispending device which is convenient and economically better to pull liquid from wells, buried tanks, etc.
Date:
May 10, 1921
Creator:
Posa, Emit M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Maize-Header.
Patent for simple and efficient maize header which is easy to operate by positioning it in a way that it needs minimum effort to operate.
Date:
May 17, 1921
Creator:
Jordan, Andrew P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History