Slime-Pulp Thickener. (open access)

Slime-Pulp Thickener.

Patent for a machine used in the wet milling process. It allows proportionate distribution of liquids to aide during the thickening process.
Date: April 17, 1923
Creator: Allen, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Battalion, Volume 29, Number 30, April 1921 (open access)

The Battalion, Volume 29, Number 30, April 1921

Monthly literary journal of A. & M. College of Texas containing original short stories, essays, poetry, and other creative works written by students.
Date: April 29, 1921
Creator: Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. Austin Society.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America: 1926 (open access)

Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America: 1926

Annual report submitted by the Boy Scouts of America to Congress describing highlights from 1926, activities, ideals, finance, organizational leadership, and other information about scouting programs.
Date: April 1, 1927
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America: 1928 (open access)

Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America: 1928

Annual report submitted by the Boy Scouts of America to Congress describing highlights from 1928, activities, finance, foreign relations, organizational leadership, and other information about scouting programs.
Date: April 16, 1929
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America: 1922 (open access)

Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America: 1922

Annual report submitted by the Boy Scouts of America to Congress describing highlights from 1922, activities, finance, organizational leadership, and other information about scouting programs.
Date: April 1, 1923
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bottle-Holder. (open access)

Bottle-Holder.

Patent for an ink bottle holder that allows for sturdy tilting and prevents ink from spilling.
Date: April 27, 1920
Creator: Smith, Edwin Ruthven
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Gas-Release Packer. (open access)

Automatic Gas-Release Packer.

Patent for automatic gas release packer that uses constant pressure regulated by spring-controlled valves for better control when lifting oil out of wells.
Date: April 11, 1922
Creator: Cummings, William J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Adding and Listing Machine. (open access)

Combined Adding and Listing Machine.

Patent for new improvements on combined adding and listing machines simplifying and economizing construction and facilitating, "rapidity of operation" (lines14-15). Improvements include: "causing the keys to act directly as stops for the adding wheel section; to provide novel accumulator mechanism...[with] a novel actuator; to provide a novel construction or sector-control bar; to provide a novel key-bar for operating...; to provide novel means for restoring the accumulator to normal; to provide stop mechanism to permit the carryovers of the accumulator...;to provide novel means for restoring the sectors to normal; to provide improved means for holding the accumulator in operative or inoperative position...; to provide novel means for connecting the accumulator sectors with the type sectors; 5o provide novel means for connecting the accumulator sectors with the type sectors; to provide novel means for actuating the hammer and paper feed mechanism; to provide improved general-error key mechanism; to provide an improved construction and operation of key-bar and sector-control bar; to permit of the operation of elimination" (lines 15-46).
Date: April 20, 1920
Creator: McCaleb, Walter F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bottle-Filling Device. (open access)

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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Lifter (open access)

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
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of and Apparatus for Progressive Electrostatic Separation of Comminuted Material (open access)

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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well Bucket (open access)

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.
Object Type: Patent
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
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aircraft (open access)

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.
Object Type: Patent
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.
Object Type: Patent
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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Priming-Cup (open access)

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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Grinding Implement (open access)

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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Coating Machine. (open access)

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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Building Construction. (open access)

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.
Object Type: Patent
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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Means For Protecting Vaults. (open access)

Means For Protecting Vaults.

Patent for protecting bank vaults by using metal shells (that are adapted to receive frangible gas containers containing asphyxiating or other disabling gas) as inner linings inside and next to the brick wall of the vault. The metal shells containing the gas containers will break upon contact when a person or persons are trying to breach the outer (brick wall) to gain access to the bank vault.
Date: April 5, 1921
Creator: Bumpass, Leonard E.
Object Type: Patent
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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Luggage-carrier (open access)

Adjustable Luggage-carrier

Patent for a luggage carrier that attaches to vehicles to carry packages of various sizes. Includes illustrations.
Date: April 5, 1921
Creator: Green, John R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History