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- 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.
- 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.
- Book or Music Leaf Turner.
- Patent for a music page turner, which can be operated by a lever or foot pedal.
- Combined Indian Club and Dumb-Bell.
- Patent for a combined Indian club and dumbbell, which are easily interchanged and having varying weights.
- Condenser.
- Patent for a condenser for a hot water heater for use in homes.
- Direction-Indicator
- Patent for Direction Indicator for a motorized vehicle. This particular model is electrically operated and used to indicate to other vehicles and pedestrians, what the vehicle intends to do and aims to reduce accidents.
- Dust and Wind Guard
- Patent for a window designed to shield against dust and wind. Illustrations included.
- Electrolytic Cell
- Patent for an electrolytic cell. "This invention relates to electrolytic cells especially adapted and intended for the electrolyzing of the sulfates of the alkalies to obtain sulfuric acid and alkaline hydrates" (lines 10-13). Illustration included.
- Fastening Device for Fence-Runners.
- Patent for a fastening-device for fence-runners that is a staple and tie-wire in one. The device will not be drawn or displaced regardless of its placement in relationship to the runner.
- Folding Cot Or Bed
- Patent for a folding cot or bed. Illustration included.
- Harness
- Patent for a harness. This invention has a breeching strap, holdback straps and traces that form a breast collar for hitching horses to a cart or wagon. Illustration included.
- Hydraulic Motor
- Patent for a hydraulic motor. Illustration included.
- Implement for Replacing Inner Tubes of Pneumatic Tires.
- Patent for a device for replacing the inner tubes of pneumatic tires, designed especially for bicycle tires. The device "will take hold of the end of the inner tube without liability of cutting it, and that will grip it with a degree of tightness proportionate to the amount of force required to pull it through the outer casing" (lines 41-45). This is easier than previous methods of replacing inner tubes.
- Metallurgical Process
- Patent for a process for reducing minerals to metals, including instructions and illustrations.
- Mop.
- Patent for an attachment that can be added to a standard broom which allows the broom to function as a mop.
- Overflow Separating Device.
- Patent for an invention that allows for the separation of materials, such as fluid, between two objects, one of higher altitude than the other, with minimal disruption at the surface of the lower object.
- Paper-Guide
- Patent for a paper guide for paper and carbon paper for typewriters.
- Process and Machine for Making Bricks.
- Patent for improvements to brick making machines that will produce bricks with a textile finish.
- Process of Leaching Copper Ores
- Patent for "a method of recovering copper by the electrolysis of copper solutions of any suitable kind, obtained by the lixiviation of the ore" (lines 9-12). The improvement in this method is that almost all the sulfuric acid and other leaching agents are used up prior to the copper going to the electrolysis tanks which increases the amount of copper recovered and the reduction of accumulated biproducts.
- Projecting-Machine.
- Patent for improvements to a projector that relate to advertising. The inventor references adjustments to a previous patent, No. 1069521 from August 5, 1913. Adjustments include making the device more accurate and reliable, and to adapt it to be able to display opaque surfaces, postcards, and other printed items during any time of day. Additionally, the revoluble slide magazine has a mechanism that allows it to operate continuously without assistance from the operator.
- Protector for Detonator-Caps.
- Patent for a detonator cap that acts as a "protecting device...to seal the inner end of the cap into which the adjacent end of the fuse is projected in use." (lines 13-16)
- Refrigerator Shipping-Box.
- Patent for a "new and useful Improvement in Shipping Boxes" (lines 5-6) including instructions and illustrations.
- Sash Lock and Lift
- Patent for sash lock and lift that "relates to improvements in devices for operating window-sashes, and especially provides an improved means for operating the upper sash and locking the same securely in any desired position with respect to the lower sash, thus obviating the necessity for reaching up for the upper sash when it is desired to raise or lower the same or to lock it in open position for the purpose of ventilation" (lines 12-21) including instructions and illustrations
- Saw-Filing Device
- Patent for an improved saw filing machine. Illustration is included
- Signal
- Patent for an automobile to signal the direction the car will go. The signal tool functions as a hand on each side of the car and can withstand the weather.
- Signaling Device
- Patent for a signaling device to be used on railroads, trolley cars, or engines. Illustrations included.
- Slime Pulp Thickener.
- Patent for a "device for thickening slime or pulp, and particularly pertains to a structure similar to that disclosed in my co-pending application entitled "Slime pulp thickener," serial number 173,785, filed June 9, 1917, and of which the present application is a division" (lines 8-14). Additionally, described as a device that automatically releases thickened pulp when proper density is achieved.
- Speed-Changing Gear.
- Patent for an automatic speed changing gear for trains.
- Switch-Operating Device.
- Patent for Switch-Operating Device. Invented to be operated from lead car or end car without having to stop train.
- Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-269
- Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Term of office of directors of the El Paso County Water Control and Improvement District (Westway), and related questions (RQ-479)
- Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO90-80
- Letter opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Jim Mattox, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Questions about the validity of certain provisions in a contract between El Paso County and the El Paso Sheriff's Deputies Association.
- Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7370
- Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Is the ten dollar membership fee made by the Southwestern Dance Association of El Paso taxable under Article 7047a-19, V.A.C.S.?
- Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-292
- Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the Comptroller has the legal authority to issue a warrant to reimburse the El Paso County Water Improvement District No. 1 for funds expended in the prosecution of the case of Texas v. New Mexico in the United States Supreme Court.
- Texas Eighth Court of Appeals Annual Financial Report: 2011
- Annual financial report of the Eighth Court of Appeals documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 2011.
- Thickener and Means for Removing Settled Solids Therefrom.
- Patent for a machine which can automatically and continuously remove thickened material, which is a byproduct of wet milling ores. "The present device has been particularly designed to permit feed and discharge to be on the same level or for that matter the constant density discharge may be above or below the level of the feed stream, as may best fit the conditions of the particular installation" (lines 39-45).
- Tool-Handle
- Patent for a tool handle for saws. Illustrations included.
- Transmission-Gearing for Station-Indicators.
- Patent for a transmission device that indicates railway stations. The transmission gear can affix to any railway or street car. The transmission gearing helps to indicate (or display) accurately the names of stations or streets in conservative order.
- Tube-Mill.
- Patent for improvements in tube-mills (employed for ore and other substances) which is meant to help support and drive rotating drums or cylinders of the mills allowing for more full appearances.
- Vehicle-Signal
- Patent for vehicle signal with accompanying illustrations.
- Well Cleaning Device
- Patent for a device to clean a well to prevent pumps from being clogged.
- Windmill.
- Patent for a windmill with vanes that can compensate for varying wind speeds without being damaged by high winds.
- Window Screen or Awning Holder
- Patent for a window screen or awning holder. Illustrations included.
- Woodworking-Clamp.
- Patent for woodworking clamp that is adjustable so that it can be used with many different shapes and sizes.