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Acetlyene Generator
Patent for an imporived acetlyene generator, "wherein the carbid container or receptacle will be elevated clear above the surface of the water contained in the generator when said receptacle is not discharging into the water."
Date:
October 31, 1916
Creator:
Michael, Mack W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Driving Box
Patent for an adjustable driving-box intended for journal boxes in locomotive engines, trucks, etc.
Date:
October 4, 1915
Creator:
Copp, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Shelf Bracket
Patent for a new shelf bracket "which is angularly adjustable, and has for its object the provision of a novel shelf bracket which is adapted to be secured upon a ladder, table, post, or other place, and which may be angularly adjusted so as to form means for supporting articles in a horizontal position." (Lines 14-19) including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
October 27, 1914
Creator:
Selstad, Ingvald E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeration and Subirrigation for Promoting Vegetation
Patent for large terminal that can be implanted into the ground, which can supply air and moisture into the surrounding soil to stimulate growth of vegetation.
Date:
October 10, 1916
Creator:
Rife, Archibald H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aerial Projectile and Launching Mechanism Therefor
This document is a patent for the invention of the Aerial Projectile and Launching Mechanism Therefor. According to its inventor Frank M. Bell, the object of this mechanism is to fire aerial projectiles or torpedoes more accurately at their intended target. This mechanism can be called an anti-observation balloon/zeppelin weapon and it would see some usage by the Allied air forces during this conflict.
Date:
October 10, 1916
Creator:
Bell, Frank M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane
Patent for aeroplane with an improved carrying capacity.
Date:
October 31, 1916
Creator:
Millican, Joel W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake for Automobiles
Patent for air-brakes in automobiles. It is a system that replaces fluid braking systems with an air-based braking system.
Date:
October 29, 1918
Creator:
Daniel, Wiley Eugene
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Craft Propeller
Patent for an air craft propeller that reduces air resistance.
Date:
October 8, 1912
Creator:
Koiw, Julius
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Pump
Patent for an air pump designed to have a strong cylinder and be able to equal quantities of air upon both the upward and downward motion of the piston.
Date:
October 28, 1919
Creator:
Keating, P. W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Suction and Force Pump
Patent for improvement in suction and force pumps, a pneumatic lift-and-force pump for raising water from wells.
Date:
October 7, 1913
Creator:
De Hymel, Franklin O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Poke
Patent for an animal poke which is attached through a nose ring and pulls on the animal if it tries to crawl under or over a fence.
Date:
October 4, 1910
Creator:
Kelley, Howard T.; Matthews, George N. & Davis, George F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Annual Report of the Office of Experiment Stations, June 30, 1909
Volume provides a summary of the progress of each agricultural experiment station. Also includes statistics, discussions of foreign investigations, and selected studies.
Date:
October 10, 1910
Creator:
United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Antifriction Hollow-Tube Sucker-Rod for Deep Wells
Patent for a "simple and inexpensive means for coupling the tubular sections of the sucker rod together and guiding said rod with little or no friction into the well casing or tube" (lines13-17). This object is to be used in "pumping water, oil, and other liquids from deep wells"(lines 11-12).
Date:
October 15, 1918
Creator:
Black, William L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Demonstrating and Testing Piston Packing Rings
Patent for an apparatus that allows for a more accurate and efficient way to test piston packing rings by measuring ease of movement.
Date:
October 2, 1917
Creator:
Holland, Kirk D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Feeding Fuel to Furnaces
Patent for device that aids in the separation of bolls and burrs in cotton ginning, and makes use of undesired material as a fuel for power.
Date:
October 24, 1916
Creator:
Williams, Edward
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Generating Acetylene Gas
Patent for an apparatus for generating Acetylene Gas which feeds water directly into the carbide from a main reservoir.
Date:
October 18, 1910
Creator:
Hodges, Samuel F. & Lee, William H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Hoisting Liquids from Wells.
Patent for an “apparatus for raising liquid from wells by means of a compressed fluid, such as air or other vapors or gas“ (lines 9-12). The apparatus leaves liquid from the well under normal pressure during hoisting or pumping, and allows for varying amounts of liquid to be extracted.
Date:
October 28, 1913
Creator:
McCall, Duncan D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Making Lard Substitute
Patent for an apparatus to produce a lard substitute from cotton seed oil. "An important object of this invention is to provide apparatus of the above mentioned character, which is simple in construction, cheap to manufacture, and continuous in operation."
Date:
October 6, 1914
Creator:
Chisholm, Jesse C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Separating or Concentrating Ores.
Patent for an improvement to hydraulic separators used in frothing classification to increase the recovery of larger mineral particles.
Date:
October 21, 1919
Creator:
Cole, David
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Transmitting Sound-Waves
Patent for transmitting sound waves by magnetic induction and to "furnish an apparatus by which these different vibrations can be heard at the receiving end" (lines 20-22). Includes descriptions and illustrations.
Date:
October 17, 1911
Creator:
Harvey, Fred Brown
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Treating Granular Materials
Patent for an apparatus for treating granular materials. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 29, 1912
Creator:
Lanaux, Alfred A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Treating Petroleum.
Patent for an apparatus that is used to treat petroleum and other heavy hydrocarbons in order to produce gasoline and other liquid fuels.
Date:
October 28, 1919
Creator:
Andrews, Benjamin & Averill, Willard C., Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Approximate Quantitative Microscopy of Pulverized Ores, Including the Use of the Camera Lucida
Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over microscopy of pulverized ores. As stated in the introduction, "this paper, which deals with the study of pulverized ores and the use of the camera lucida in such work, discusses an investigation undertaken at the Seattle and the Golden mining experiment stations of the Bureau of Mines" (p. 3). This paper includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date:
October 1919
Creator:
Coghill, Will H. & Bonardi, J. P.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Armor For Pneumatic Tires.
Patent for armor for pneumatic tires to prevent puncturing of the inner inflatable tube. To also provide anti-skidding lugs which connect to the flexible armor embodied in the tire casing.
Date:
October 16, 1917
Creator:
Chilton, William G. & Hobgood, John H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History