Combined Shade and Curtain-Pole Bracket. (open access)

Combined Shade and Curtain-Pole Bracket.

Patent for combined shade and curtain pole brackets to "be attached to the upper sash of the window" (lines 14), removable, and adjustable, with illustrations.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: Levingston, Thomas C. & Van Epps, Nettie M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Journal Lubricating Machine. (open access)

Car Journal Lubricating Machine.

Patent for employed who related to car journal lubricating machine and oiling all classes of railroad cars and streetcars. Also, its benefits to improve the construction and increase the efficiency of machines of this character.
Date: April 4, 1916
Creator: Fleischer, Lewis Bernard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Threshold. (open access)

Threshold.

Patent for an improvement for thresholds to consist of a single metal plate with an arched central portion and laterally-projected flanges that is cheaper and easier to make. The threshold will create a tight joint with the bottom of a door to prevent water and dust from entering through the bottom of the door.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: Krause, Ernest
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process and Apparatus for Separation of Ores by Flotation. (open access)

Process and Apparatus for Separation of Ores by Flotation.

Patent for a improved process and apparatus use commercially to separate ores using flotation. By "introducing a novel step in the flotation process which results in the complete breaking down of the froth and at the same time keeping the volume of water used within the smallest practical limits thus preventing the washing away of valuable concentrates by an unnecessarily large volume of water" (lines 54-60).
Date: April 18, 1916
Creator: Thompson, W. Albert & Cole, David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Preventing Overflow of Tanks. (open access)

Device for Preventing Overflow of Tanks.

Patent for preventing the "repeated discharge of the contents of a flush tank" (lines 10-11) and enhance overall utility that require a flush tank. Information and illustration provided.
Date: April 4, 1916
Creator: Logan, Paul H.
System: The Portal to Texas History