Automatic Sand Trap (open access)

Automatic Sand Trap

Patent for an automatic sand trap related to automatic devices for separating suspensions into two products and is concerned with the separation of sand from water for dam building and like purposes.
Date: April 12, 1921
Creator: Allen, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carbon-Removing Tool (open access)

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-Chopper (open access)

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for a machine that can be drawn along a row of cotton to chop the adjacent plants and cultivate the ground under the machine. The device is height adjustable by the operator.
Date: April 12, 1921
Creator: Schwab, Bruno; Schneider, Richard & Hoegenauer, Haver
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dredge-Pump (open access)

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
Electrically-Controlled Puller For Oil-Well Casings. (open access)

Electrically-Controlled Puller For Oil-Well Casings.

Patent for an improved oil well casing puller that has electromagnets that will lock against the inside of the casing and be pulled out of the well. The pulley within the casing can be used accordingly and can also be locked with the casing or released from it.
Date: April 12, 1921
Creator: Dooley, William D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feed Spout Barrier (open access)

Feed Spout Barrier

Patent for "a feel spout barrier for slime thickeners, settling tanks, separating tanks and the like" (lines 8-10) with instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 12, 1921
Creator: Allen, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hanger For Car-Doors. (open access)

Hanger For Car-Doors.

Patent for a hanger for use in car doors to prevent jamming or binding during opening or closing.
Date: April 12, 1921
Creator: Jordan, Charles H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Magnetically-Operated Oil-Well Fishing-Tool. (open access)

Magnetically-Operated Oil-Well Fishing-Tool.

Patent for an electrically operated tool designed to retrieve lost oil pump plungers or casings from within oil wells.
Date: April 12, 1921
Creator: Dooley, William D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Memorandum-Calendar. (open access)

Memorandum-Calendar.

Patent for providing a memorandum calendar pad to be used for 2 consecutive years, that includes a filing wire of which the leaves of the pad can be attached to or detached from the calendar stand, and that will be inexpensive to make and easy to operate.
Date: April 12, 1921
Creator: Schramm, Henry A. & Hawkins, Jackson D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Mold for Concrete Walls (open access)

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
Vehicle-Wheel (open access)

Vehicle-Wheel

Patent for new and useful improvements to the Vehicle-Wheel. Tire may be formed into a disk wheel constructed with nuts, bolts, rivets, and screws to compensate for any regular and irregular pressure stresses a tire may be subjected to on a road. A further improvement is to provide a more resilient disk wheel to have more durability and longer use on the road.
Date: April 12, 1921
Creator: Allan, William N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Tubing Catcher (open access)

Well-Tubing Catcher

Patent for an improved well tubing catcher, which "provides an equal and positive bearing surface for the gripper slips or dogs in all their adjusted positions" (lines 16-18), including illustrations.
Date: April 12, 1921
Creator: Wilson, Robert A.
System: The Portal to Texas History