74 Matching Results

Search Results

Advanced search parameters have been applied.
in place name: "United States - Texas - Harris County - Houston"  
Results: 1 - 24 next

Apparatus for Treating Hydrocarbons.

Description: Patent for an improved apparatus for treating hydrocarbons. This apparatus is for treating comparatively heavy petroleum and other hydrocarbon oils and their distillates and derivatives, in order to produce from such heavy oils a large yield of gasoline or other light, easily volatile liquids. This apparatus will be a safe and efficient way to produce large yield of gasoline and light hydrocarbon liquids from heavy oils and will be free from trouble arising from the accumulation of carbon.
Date: August 5, 1919
Creator: Andrews, Benjamin & Averill, Willard C., Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Valve Remover.

Description: Patent for "an improvement in combination tools...adapted for use with internal combustion engines...mechanism is provided for assisting in valve removing." [lines 8-14]
Date: December 2, 1919
Creator: Ingram, George W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vehicle

Description: Patent for a vehicle that can carry heavy loads and can turn around in a small space and can turn easily on a crooked road.
Date: July 1, 1919
Creator: Menning, Otto H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Truck.

Description: Patent for a truck or hand cart useful for loading and unloading at depots. This hand cart has has a hand actuated lift for lifting objects to the height of the loading vehicle.
Date: November 17, 1919
Creator: Thomas, Theodore G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Jack.

Description: Patent for improvements in jacks used for shipbuilding. The device described is designed to aid in the processes of fastening siding to the ribs of a ship hull by first forcing the boards that form the siding close together so that they can then be secured to the hull's ribs. The improvements this jack provides is the necessary force required to closely align the boards easily and quickly before they are nailed in place. This mechanical device is lightweight, efficient and easy to repair. It ca… more
Date: July 22, 1919
Creator: Singleton, James D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vehicle-Indicator

Description: Patent for a vehicle-indicator that is designed for use on vehicles such as automobiles, to indicate the movement of the vehicle. Other objects of this include that it alerts those around of the intended movement of the vehicle being driven.
Date: August 19, 1919
Creator: McManus, Lewis R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Load-Indicator.

Description: Patent for a Load-Indicator for tools being used in drilling a well. The indicator gives an accurate measure of the weight upon the drill, allowing operators to adjust the weight accordingly.
Date: November 25, 1919
Creator: Fletcher, Harold W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tunneling-Machine.

Description: Patent for a tunneling machine that has the ability to easily change course and utilizes a conical shaped shell to receive loose earth and convey it towards the mouth of the tunnel. The invention also has a rotating head connected to the carrying vehicle meaning that the machine is supported and driven forward against the tunnel as it is cut away.
Date: December 30, 1919
Creator: Dana, Frank L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Well-Screen.

Description: Patent for a well-screen formed of perforated pipes for oil production to filter sand and detritus, including illustrations.
Date: June 3, 1919
Creator: Mack, James O.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire-Tightener.

Description: Patent for improvements in wire-tighteners with an illustration. Specifically, the patented improvement is for a "device" that can "be used for the purpose of tightening strands of wire of a wire fence" (lines 11-14).
Date: June 24, 1919
Creator: Wilson, James G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tractor

Description: Patent for a tractor "of the caterpillar type, having a caterpillar on each side, said caterpillars being independently driven either forwardly or reversely" (lines 11-14).
Date: July 22, 1919
Creator: Fisher, Guy B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Steam-Generating Plant

Description: Patent for improvements in steam-generating plants. The most notable change is that the boiler proper is separate from the furnace proper but still contains the water, steam, and fire tubes.
Date: March 6, 1919
Creator: Connelley, Edward
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mail Delivery Apparatus

Description: Patent for improvements to mail delivery through sorting and distribution to different destinations with illustrations.
Date: December 16, 1919
Creator: Cobb, Albert C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pump.

Description: Patent for a new and improved design for pumps as they are used in deep wells. New design meant to prevent sand from entering machine between the working barrel and plunger.
Date: February 1, 1919
Creator: Carmichael, Robert E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pump

Description: Patent for a new form of pump developed by Granville A. Humason. This pump is an improvement of prior models, intended to be "adaptable for many different uses, but which will be simple and durable in structure" (lines 14-18).
Date: December 30, 1919
Creator: Humason, Granville A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Back to Top of Screen