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Destroy the Common Barberry
Discusses the importance of eradicating the common barberry bush in order to prevent the spread of the disease black stem rust to wheat, oats, barley, rye, and wild grasses. Farmers are advised to dig up all common barberry bushes; however, Japanese barberry bushes are harmless and can remain, or farmers may even replace common barberry bushes with Japanese barberry bushes.
Date:
May 1919
Creator:
E. C. (Elvin Charles) Stakman, 1885-1979
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for improvements to the cotton-chopper. This invention outfits the cotton-chopper with a blade that can be moved, either mechanically or with electric power. Previously, the blade was fixed and stationary.
Date:
May 13, 1919
Creator:
Janes, Henry T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Separating Liquids in Emulsion.
Patent for improved apparatus for separating liquids in emulsion (relates to improved apparatus for separating one liquid from another) when found in emulsion and has especial reference to means for rapidly and effectually dehydrating petroleum oil emulsion.
Date:
May 27, 1919
Creator:
McKibben, Charles W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weeding Device
Patent for improving "the construction and increase the efficiency and utility" of "horse or motor drawn weeding devices." (Lines 8-11)
Date:
May 31, 1919
Creator:
Zetzman, William of Post, Texas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Rim.
Patent for new and useful improvements related to demountable rims that are collapsible. This improvement facilitates the removal of a tire in an easier and expeditious manner.
Date:
May 20, 1919
Creator:
King, Willis C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Spring Clamp
Patent for an improved adjustable spring clamp design.
Date:
May 13, 1919
Creator:
Hillin, H. C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cutting and Stepping Machine
Patent for a cutting and stepping machine meant to replace a human cutter.
Date:
May 6, 1919
Creator:
Moore, L. R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaning Machine
Patent for an improved cotton cleaning machine.
Date:
May 6, 1919
Creator:
Brune, A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Construction of the Hulls of Concrete Ships.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in Construction of the Hulls of Concrete Ships" (lines 5-6). The improvements enable concrete hulls to be made efficiently, comparatively lightweight, and durable with a new form of rib reinforcement providing strength to withstand all strains of ocean travel.
Date:
May 13, 1919
Creator:
Holmgreen, Julius H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Lock and Jack.
Patent for a combination lock and jack to prevent automobile theft. The jack locks the operating levers of an automobile to prevent them from moving, and the lock prevents its removal. The jack can also be detached and collapse for easy storage.
Date:
May 5, 1919
Creator:
Brittain, William Franklin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boiler-Skimmer
Patent for a boiler-skimmer that assist in preventing external pressures from collapsing the float values. These type of boilers are used in steam locomotives.
Date:
May 20, 1919
Creator:
Schreiber, Norbert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fountain Valve For Locomotives
Patent for improvements to the automatic fountain valves of locomotives.
Date:
May 6, 1919
Creator:
Yeamans, E. N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burner
Patent for improvements in oil super heating burners used in locomotives and other large engines that require the creation of steam to propel them. The invention describes many improvements involving the fuel ejection and atomizing processes.
Date:
May 16, 1919
Creator:
Henry, Murray
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Checking Attachment for Planters
Patent for a checking attachment for planters that is "easily adjusted to drop seed at various distances" (lines 16-17).
Date:
May 27, 1919
Creator:
Sprowl, Wiliam L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bottle Stopper.
Patent for a bottle stopper made to be an alternative to cork plugs, including illustrations.
Date:
May 7, 1919
Creator:
Patronel, John.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
COTTON CLEANER
This is a patent for a Cotton Cleaner. This new cotton cleaner is able to use air to rotate the rotors to then separate the dirty cotton from the clean cotton.
Date:
May 6, 1919
Creator:
Cabrera, Maragarito
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kiln
Patent for improvements to kilns, which include improvements for transferring heat, "burning lime and clay products"(line 11), powdered fuel feeding and preventing unheated air from flowing into the kiln.
Date:
May 13, 1919
Creator:
Bone, David R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Indicator
Patent for a numbering indicator used to mark the status of stored batteries.
Date:
May 29, 1919
Creator:
Carter, James William, Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weather-Strip.
Patent for an improved door weather strip and stop. The device atuates to be both a door stop and a weather strip.
Date:
May 28, 1919
Creator:
Campbell, Thomas M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam Engine
Patent for an improved steam engine design.
Date:
May 27, 1919
Creator:
Edwards, James L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Speed-Regulator
Patent for an inexpensive speed regulator "which can be readily reset manually"(lines 21-22).
Date:
May 6, 1919
Creator:
McNeel, William Pinkney
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Priming Device
Patent for a priming device. Intent of the priming device is to provide improvements to priming devices in internal combustion engines.
Date:
May 16, 1919
Creator:
Donada, Benito J
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process for Treating Cotton-Seed
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Processes for Treating Cotton-Seed"(lines 6-8), which expresses oil from cotton and neutralizes it with "alkali... and precipitating solid matter"(lines 26-27).
Date:
May 27, 1919
Creator:
Fee, Horatio A. & Aeveaenes, Garciea H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil Retaining Internal Gear Drive
Patent for automotive drive shaft that retains oil.
Date:
May 27, 1919
Creator:
Hereford, Adolph P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History