Apparatus for the Conversion of Liquids, Fluids, and Oils. (open access)

Apparatus for the Conversion of Liquids, Fluids, and Oils.

Patent for an apparatus for the conversion of liquids, fluids, and oils. This invention is to use high heat to change the original oils and fluids into oils and fluids of better quality and value.
Date: November 4, 1919
Creator: Adams, Joseph H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Can-Opener. (open access)

Can-Opener.

Patent for new and useful improvements for can openers. The principal purpose is to provide means for opening round cans of different sizes and also square cans.
Date: November 16, 1920
Creator: Adels, Rebecca Valencia.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Tire (open access)

Pneumatic Tire

Patent for pneumatic tire (for use on motor vehicle wheels) with application to inner tubes that are employed within the outer casing of tire. Tire provides self-sealing inner tube for piercings or punctures.
Date: November 29, 1921
Creator: Allyn, Harley H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner for Heating Purposes (open access)

Oil Burner for Heating Purposes

Patent for an oil burner for heating purposes. This is an improvement for the burning of liquid and gaseous fuel burners.
Date: November 10, 1903
Creator: Anderson, George S. & Jevons, Benjamin F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
1978 Houston-Galveston and Texas Gulf Coast vertical-control surveys (open access)

1978 Houston-Galveston and Texas Gulf Coast vertical-control surveys

Comparisons between leveling surveys of different epochs are used to determine vertical displacement of permanent bench marks. Displacement of bench marks usually represents the movement of the surrounding area. In this report, the 1978 Houston-Galveston and Texas Gulf Coast releveling surveys are compared to the 1963, 1973, and 1976 releveling results. The changes in elevations of bench marks common to two or more epochs are tabulated and plotted in Appendix A. From these differences, contour maps were prepared for the 1963 to 1978 and 1973 to 1978 epochs in the 2/sup 0/ x 2/sup 0/ area of maximum subsidence. Annual subsidence rates computed for the 1973 to 1978 period are about 25% less in the maximum subsidence area than the rates computed for the 1963 to 1973 period.
Date: November 1, 1980
Creator: Balazs, E. I.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electrical Tank-Gage. (open access)

Electrical Tank-Gage.

Patent for tank gages that use an electrical indicator to show fluid levels and waste that settles at the bottom of the tank.
Date: November 8, 1921
Creator: Bartlett, Ernest C. & Allison, Joseph, E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window Mounting (open access)

Window Mounting

Patent for window mountings that allows the window to open both vertically and horizontally.
Date: November 16, 1915
Creator: Bast, Joseph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Presses.

Patent for improvement in cotton-presses that relates to a specific combination toggle arms connected to a platen with a ball-and-socket or other joint and sliding guide rods.
Date: November 9, 1875
Creator: Bearce, Larned S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Boomerang. (open access)

Design for a Boomerang.

Design patent for a boomerang.
Date: November 21, 1899
Creator: Berry, James H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bucket Excavator. (open access)

Bucket Excavator.

Patent for "new and useful Improvement in Bucket Excavators, of which the following is a specification. My invention relates to excavators of that kind in which a bucked is arranged to travel back and forth upon a runway which is lowered into the ground and which is adapted to determine the cross sectional outline of the ditch or excavation" (lines 5-13).
Date: November 30, 1915
Creator: Bettis, William I.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Liquid Dispensing Apparatus. (open access)

Liquid Dispensing Apparatus.

Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Liquid Dispensing Apparatus" (lines 5-7) describing new improvements, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 28, 1916
Creator: Bradley, Richard C.; Kinnebrew, Lee; Eastham, J. Malley & Ireland, C. Frank
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch. (open access)

Gate-Latch.

Patent for a gate-latch that latches closed with extension of the gate, but allows the gate to open by elevating said latch.
Date: November 23, 1920
Creator: Bramblett, Benjamin F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Band Fastening (open access)

Bale-Band Fastening

Patent for bale bend fastening that includes a winding-key engaging the lapped ends of a bale-band and a lock for retaining the winding key against the reverse movement after the latter has been turned to wind the connected ends of the band for the purpose of taking up the slack in the latter (Lines 8-15)
Date: November 11, 1902
Creator: Campbell, Douglas M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Sack Filling and Weighing Machine (open access)

Automatic Sack Filling and Weighing Machine

Patent for an automatic sack filling and weighing machine. Illustrations included.
Date: November 7, 1911
Creator: Carter, Edward D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mud-Guard. (open access)

Mud-Guard.

Patent for a mud guard for bicycles, which can be folded out of the way when not in use.
Date: November 23, 1909
Creator: Chisholm, Walter J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lake Houston Facilities Project Annual Budget: 2012 (open access)

Lake Houston Facilities Project Annual Budget: 2012

Proposed budget for the Coastal Water Authority Lake Houston Facilities Project outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation.
Date: November 9, 2011
Creator: Coastal Water Authority (Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trinity River Water Conveyance Project Annual Budget, 2012 (open access)

Trinity River Water Conveyance Project Annual Budget, 2012

This report discusses the Annual Budget for the Trinity River Water Conveyance Project.
Date: November 9, 2011
Creator: Coastal Water Authority (Tex.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner (open access)

Oil Burner

Patent for an oil burner. Illustration included.
Date: November 21, 1905
Creator: Cox, Emelious Aubrey
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Paper Holder and Display Device (open access)

Combination Paper Holder and Display Device

Patent for a combination paper holder and display device, that holds paper towels and toilet paper and also has a display device to view.
Date: November 24, 1914
Creator: Dalton, Thomas J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary (open access)

Rotary

Patent for a rotary with the rotary table secured onto the base. Illustrations included.
Date: November 19, 1912
Creator: Decker, Harry R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Screen (open access)

Well-Screen

Patent for a durable well screen with a wide area.
Date: November 8, 1910
Creator: Decker, Harry R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Screen (open access)

Well-Screen

Patent for a well screen which allows water to flow through easily while stopping any other items from going through into the well.
Date: November 8, 1910
Creator: Decker, Harry R. & Houk, Russell W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump (open access)

Pump

Patent for a pump. This invention is designed to improvement pumps, by addition of a dish-like deflector within the water box that forces water down into the well preventing leakage around the pump head.
Date: November 11, 1912
Creator: Dubuque, Arthur A. & Voight, Phillip H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Forming Press. (open access)

Bale-Forming Press.

Patent for a new and improved hay bale forming press that compresses hay or other similar material into a bale and secures it with wire or chords that are tied around the bale, including illustrations.
Date: November 2, 1915
Creator: Dudley, Andrew T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History