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Spring-Wheel (open access)

Spring-Wheel

Patent for spring wheels for use on motor vehicles, such as automobiles and motorcycles. Producing a wheel that will absorb the shock or jar incident to its passage over rough or uneven roadways.
Date: March 17, 1914
Creator: Short, Jefferson D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Drill Attachment. (open access)

Grain-Drill Attachment.

Patent for combining a plow and a grain drill into one device, to reduce the number of times the soil needs to be turned per planting.
Date: August 29, 1915
Creator: McAdams, William J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Film Feeding Mechanism for Cameras (open access)

Film Feeding Mechanism for Cameras

Patent for a film feeding mechanism for cameras. Illustrations included.
Date: August 6, 1912
Creator: Caldwell, Elmer A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Rail Joint (open access)

Railroad-Rail Joint

Patent for a railroad rail-joint that does not require holes to be drilled in it.
Date: February 25, 1913
Creator: McAdams, William J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint (open access)

Rail-Joint

Patent for a joint designed to stop the ends of rails from moving.
Date: October 6, 1914
Creator: Fedrick, Samuel B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Wrench. (open access)

Pipe-Wrench.

Patent for a new invention of pipe-wrench, how it is made and how it is used.
Date: May 23, 1916
Creator: Adams, Benjamin F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gas Generator and Burner (open access)

Gas Generator and Burner

Patent for a combined gas generator and burner that can be employed with ordinary cooking and heating stoves.
Date: July 26, 1915
Creator: Autrey, Samuel E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drainage-Bottle (open access)

Drainage-Bottle

Patent for a drainage bottle that can be attached/detached from the person and is used for draining wounds.
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Wofford, William Fillmore
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Wrench. (open access)

Pipe-Wrench.

Patent for an economical pipe wrench that is easily adjustable using a pivoting, movable jaw to fit pipes of varying sizes.
Date: May 5, 1914
Creator: Adams, Benjamin F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Auto-Lock (open access)

Auto-Lock

Patent for an invention of a valve locking device by which the fuel supply pipe can be cut off and a valve which is inserted in the said pipe locked in the cut off position.
Date: July 15, 1919
Creator: Melton, William C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History