Automatic Water-Supply Regulator for Windmills (open access)

Automatic Water-Supply Regulator for Windmills

Patent for automatic water supply regulator to stop flow of water at the specified level. Additionally the wind mill will start when it hits a certain water level, creating an off an on cycle.
Date: November 6, 1917
Creator: Pressler, Walter F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clamp for Spirit-Levels. (open access)

Clamp for Spirit-Levels.

Patent for clamps for spirit levels that allow a spirit level to be attached directly to a straight edge so that one person could safely use both the straight edge and the spirit level simultaneously. Additionally, the clamp production is simple so it can be produced at a low cost.
Date: April 30, 1918
Creator: Bridgman, Jesse Everet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Wheel Cultivator And Plow (open access)

Combined Wheel Cultivator And Plow

Patent for improvements to a combined wheel cultivator and plow, "whereby either mold-board plows or shovel-cultivators may be used upon a common frame" (lines 16-18). Includes illustrations.
Date: December 28, 1886
Creator: Wahrmund, Charles, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History