The Ultra-Violet and Visible Transmission of Various Colored Glasses (open access)

The Ultra-Violet and Visible Transmission of Various Colored Glasses

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Standards over studies conducted on transmissions of ultra-violet energy through different colored glasses. As stated in the introduction, "in the present paper are given the transmissions for the visible and ultra-violet of a large number of glasses, mostly colored, which are not used primarily for eye protection, but which are useful for various other purposes" (p. 3). This paper includes illustrations, and photographs.
Date: March 19, 1920
Creator: Gibson, K. S.; Tyndall, E. P. T. & McNicholas, H. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aeroplane-Kite. (open access)

Aeroplane-Kite.

Patent for a new aeroplane-kite which can be "readily dismantled and folded for shipping and easily assembled and placed in position for flying without the use of numerous fastenings and detachable parts, thereby making for simplicity and practicability" (lines 12-17). Also includes wind tunnels and a fuselage frame which is so easily assembled that a child can do it.
Date: October 19, 1920
Creator: McLaughlin, James T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Pump. (open access)

Air-Pump.

Patent for a new and improved air pump capable of releasing air from the cylindrical casing in one motion. The updated design will also eliminate any lubricating oil from leaking into a tire.
Date: October 19, 1920
Creator: Lawley, Ira
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Fender (open access)

Automobile-Fender

Patent for improvements in automobile-fenders. A simple and efficient cushioning fender for breaking.
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Dodson, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grapple for Oil-Wells and the Like. (open access)

Grapple for Oil-Wells and the Like.

Patent for an improved grapple device that can help recover rigging parts from oil wells, including illustrations.
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Reed, Clarence E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Carrier. (open access)

Ice-Carrier.

Patent for an adjustable ice carrier which can be attached to and removed from the running board of an automobile, including illustrations.
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Cronin, John J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil Catcher. (open access)

Boll-Weevil Catcher.

Patent for agricultural devices and more particularly to a device to be attached to a cultivator for catching boll weevil or the like, during the cultivation of cotton.
Date: October 19, 1920
Creator: Stanalan, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Box Bull and Calf Wheel Gudgeon. (open access)

Box Bull and Calf Wheel Gudgeon.

Patent for protection and strengthening of box bull and calf wheel gudgeons. The purpose is to prevent various troubles with well drilling (oil, etc.).
Date: July 19, 1921
Creator: Taylor, James Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner. (open access)

Oil Burner.

Patent for oil burner improvements, including economic and easily handle to control the pressure to control the oil and steam within the burner head.
Date: February 9, 1920
Creator: Obenshain, Kyle Derias
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Concrete Building Mold. (open access)

Concrete Building Mold.

Patent for Concrete Building Mold that is composed to be able to be detachable and reversible.
Date: June 14, 1920
Creator: Rossiter, Jay A
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Filtering Material. (open access)

Filtering Material.

Patent for "improved filtering stuff composition" (lines 8-9), containing vegetable ashes and an insoluble binding agent for the purpose of purifying liquids.
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Müller, Enrique
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reagent for Liquid-Battery Cells. (open access)

Reagent for Liquid-Battery Cells.

Patent for a method of producing a "cheap and efficient substitute for copper sulfate for use in battery cells" (lines 14-16).
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Humphrey, David L. & Pittman, Carl L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reamer. (open access)

Reamer.

Patent for rotary reamers for progressively enlarging holes in pilot drills, particularly roller disk type reamers used in oil, water, or mining applications.
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Humason, Granville A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Distilling Hydrocarbons (open access)

Process of Distilling Hydrocarbons

Patent for distilling hydrocarbons from crude petroleum oil.
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Averill, Willard C., Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collar Fastener and Supporter (open access)

Collar Fastener and Supporter

Patent for an object that provides the collar support and is hidden.
Date: July 19, 1921
Creator: Hudson, George J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drier. (open access)

Drier.

Patent for a drier, specifically to dry saturated grounded food items. This device is best used for flour from corn to dry before processing it to a powder form, but can also be used for other types of cereal.
Date: July 19, 1921
Creator: Garza, Pablo Gonzalez
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric-Current Relay (open access)

Electric-Current Relay

Patent for Electric-Current Relay to allow capability of use with either a direct or alternating current. This is adapted for economical use in constant temperature apparatus. Further, this technology avoids the possibility of "sticking of relay movable contacts".
Date: July 19, 1921
Creator: Lorenz, Charles O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench. (open access)

Wrench.

Patent for a wrench with a head having a pair of rigid jaws to engage the object. One unique use of this wrench is that it can tighten any threaded joint beyond the degree of tightness that can be obtained by pulling the handle of an ordinary wrench in the usual manner.
Date: July 19, 1921
Creator: Duda, Oswald
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Liquid Coating Composition (open access)

Liquid Coating Composition

Patent for improved non-flammable paint and multi-purpose byproduct of paint production process.
Date: October 19, 1920
Creator: McKay, Arthur N. & Willis, William L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wall Construction (open access)

Wall Construction

Patent for a relatively simple constructed wall that is built using concrete slabs. It is constructed in a manner that requires less material thus resulting in a wall that is hollow all the while providing sufficient strength to hold weight and pressure. Includes illustrations.
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Needham, Edward F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Liquid Dispensing Machinemm (open access)

Liquid Dispensing Machinemm

Patent for a machine can dispense potable liquids to several customers at the same time.
Date: October 19, 1920
Creator: Ogden, Clayton N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Boring Apparatus (open access)

Well-Boring Apparatus

Patent for "new and useful improvements in well boring apparatus. The object of the invention is to provide an apparatus of the character described embodying a rotary table and a novel means for connecting the same to the string of pipe, which extends down into the well and which is rotated by said table and in turn rotates the boring tool carried by the lower end of said spring of pipe" (lines 9-18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 19, 1920
Creator: Decker, Harry R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Blocking Machine (open access)

Cotton Blocking Machine

Patent for an inexpensive attachment to a cotton cultivator/checking machine to improve the intake capacity of the cultivator itself. The blocking machine would be used to replace the manual labor task of chopping cotton before insertion into the cultivator for processing.
Date: October 19, 1920
Creator: Ford, Barnie S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Train Signaling And Stopping Device. (open access)

Train Signaling And Stopping Device.

Patent for Train Signaling And Stopping Device improvements intended to be of low cost, simple, durable, and run on electricity.
Date: October 19, 1920
Creator: McGregor, Charles Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History