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- Symposium on Institutional Racism and the Community
- Report from a symposium in Dallas, Texas on the topic of institutional racism and the community.
- I-35 Statewide Corridor Plan: A Path to 2040
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- Automobile Bed-Rack.
- Patent for a bed rack (bed roll) located at the rear of a car so that once the car cushions have been placed to form a mattress, the bed roll can be unwound to stretch and cover the cushions providing bedding and covering.
- Churn.
- Patent for improvements in churns, "specifically a churn disclosed in Patent No. 1268766, L. M. Payne, R. A. Thompson and L. P. Morris, June 4, 1918."
- Automobile-Signal
- Patent for a device to indicate the intention to make a turn in an automobile, with improvements made for nighttime usage, including illustrations.
- AIR REGULATING ATTACHMENT
- Patent for an Air Regulating Attachment. This new invention for an air regulating attachment builds upon previous advancements to create an inexpensive air regulating attachment system, which will in turn be used to regulate engine carburetors (Oscar Kiessing).
- AUTOMOBILE-TOOL.
- Patent for an automobile tool for the Ford make of automobiles that "will hold the springs away from the bands and allow the bands to be removed and replaced or adjusted, when necessary" (lines 29-32) including instructions and illustrations.
- Airship.
- Patent for improved airship design involving the containment of gas in an envelop and the passage of gas through multiple compartments with the purpose of facilitating, "steering or repairing of the machine." (line 17) including illustrations.
- Automobile-Rack.
- Patent for improved automobile racks that are elevated to accomplish the following tasks: removing paint from the automobile, and make the automobile more accessible during construction.
- Check and the Like.
- Patent for a bank check that lists the names and information of multiple banks so that the check can be drawn or charged in multiple banks (universal check).
- Buttoning and Gripping Device for Artificial Arms
- Patent for a gripping device that attaches to an artificial arm. The two main elements consist of a support structure with a jaw, and another element with a movable jaw. A buttoning device is mounted to the structure and functions independently of the two jaws.
- Composition of Matter for Treating Concrete Flooring
- Patent for improvements to treating concrete flooring. The process described for mixing animal, mineral, and vegetable waxes to produce a treatment which renders already poured concrete floors (or other cement or stone) dustless and waxy to prevent disintegration of the floor's components.
- Boll-Weevil-Destroying Machine.
- Patent for "a machine for destroying boll weevil and other pests which frequent and infect agricultural products" (lines 14-16) using "suction nozzles correlated with a common suction system adaptable to sweep a plurality of rows at a time" (lines 27-30) including illustrations.
- Air-Regulating Attachment.
- Patent for a new attachment in a carburetor that regulates air through suction and has a valve to release pressure from an engine, including illustrations.
- 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).
- Amusement Apparatus.
- Patent for improvements to the Amusement Apparatus that can be more easily constructed and supports swimmers by the use of horizontal and vertical bars on each side of the device with the horizontal bars rotate independently. Includes illustration.
- Catch.
- Patent for an improved catch (latch) to hold open gates that will "prevent a rebound of the gate" (lines 20) and is "simpler, less expensive, and otherwise more convenient" (lines 29-30) to manufacture and use.
- Automobile Security Lock Device.
- Patent for a new and useful form of automobile lock adaptable for use in connection with the steering column and steering wheel of the car or automobile to be locked.
- Boiler-Stand.
- Patent for an improved boiler stand by creating space for air flow between the burner and the boiler to increase combustion.
- Auto Steering-Lock
- Patent for a lock designed to attach to the spokes of a steering wheel with the intention of guarding it from "unauthorized persons" (line 20), including illustrations.
- Combined Desk and Map-Cabinet.
- Patent for a convertible writing desk that doubles as a cabinet for storing and displaying maps. Intended to allow multiple scrolled maps to be stored inside and easily displayed and retracted in classroom settings.
- Card-File Cabinet.
- Patent for a lockable card file cabinet or casing that allows for viewing through a transparent top with use of a rod for moving cards back and forth. The transparent top allows customer information to be stored and used, but not edited without a key.
- Brake-Band Clencher
- Patent for improvements in brake-band clenchers. It is intended to "provide an improved Ford brake band clencher adapted for holding the brake bands in place while the transmission case is being replaced" (lines 14-18).
- Adjustable Crib or Bed.
- Patent for improvements in Adjustable Cribs or Beds for children to sit beside the bed of the mother or guardian of the child. Made to be "easily and quickly attachable to or connected with any make of" (lines 17-19) the adult's bed "so that the mattresses of the bed and crib will be perfectly even or flush, without space...between them" (lines 20-22). Includes illustrations.
- Clasp or Fastener for Garments.
- Patent for a clasp or fastener for garments, designed to replace hooks and buttons as fasteners of womens' garments, including illustrations.
- 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).
- Concrete Composition
- Patent for a formulation of waterproof concrete that utilizes lava rocks.
- Hydrostatic Control for Pumps
- Patent for improvements in the hydrostatic control located in the pump. It is used as an automatic pressure governor.
- 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).
- Electric Water Heater
- Patent for improvements to electric water heaters adapted for heating small bodies of water. The interior walls of the cylinders in the heating unit are perforated so that water can freely circulate through and between them.
- 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.
- Mechanism for Removing Useful Fiber from Seeds
- Patent for an adaptation to machines that will "remove fibers from their attachments, such as gins, cotton seed linters, wool-burring machines, and the like" (lines 10-12).
- Building-Slab
- Patent for new invention that would improve in the construction of upright walls.
- 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.
- Building Construction.
- Patent for new and improved building constructions which will help the economy, steadiness, benefit, and rapidity of erection.
- 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.
- 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.
- Cotton-Cultivator.
- Patent for an improved cultivator used for tillage when the plows are not in the ground. The cultivator can also lighten the heaviness felt by the operator while the plow is being used.
- Refrigerator-Door.
- Patent for individual doors for compartments within a refrigerator, to protect items from being exposed to warm air when the refrigerator door is ajar. This patent also provides for the ability to apply doors as attachments to refrigerators without pre-installed compartment doors.
- Adjustable Book-Cover
- Patent for a book cover that can be adjusted to fit any book size.
- Lawn Swing
- Patent for an improved version of a Lawn Swing that is easily constructed and weather resistant, including illustrations.
- Check-Book
- Patent for a foldable check book. Illustration is included.
- Butter-Cutter
- Patent for improved butter cutting machine to be used in professional kitchens.
- Aeroplane-Kite.
- Patent for a new aeroplane-kite which can be "readily dismantled and folded for shipping and easily assembled and placed in position for flying without the use of numerous fastenings and detachable parts, thereby making for simplicity and practicability" (lines 12-17). Also includes wind tunnels and a fuselage frame which is so easily assembled that a child can do it.
- Blow-Out Boot
- Patent for a blow-out boot which would prevent the usual particulate from being able to enter the inner tire after a blow-out.
- Collar Fastener or Clasp
- Patent for a collar fastener "which will hold the flaps of a collar properly spaced from each other and insure a secure gripping of the flaps to avoid untidy appearance of the collar" (lines 14-17). Includes illustrations.
- Cotton-Cleaner
- Patent for a cotton-cleaner with beveled beaters attached to a central shaft. The shape of the beaters and rotation push the cotton outwards and downwards, thus preventing the cotton from clogging or collecting around the central shaft. Patent includes illustrations.
- Clutch and Transmission Device
- Patent for new and useful improvements in the development of clutch and transmission devices.
- Antileak Composition.
- Patent for improvements in antileak composition in order to prevent leaks in liquid holding containers like radiators, boilers, etc.
- Combined Roost and Nest
- Patent for a combined roost and nest for farm animals. The purpose of this new design is to improve the sanitation of current roosts and nests.