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Pipe Tongs
Patent for Pipe Tongs
Date:
September 5, 1916
Creator:
Hill, Richard Dennie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stopper.
Patent for improvement in stoppers by “combining a stopper and funnel adapted to be used for pouring liquids from one vessel to another without wasting, provision being made for pouring the liquid into a large vessel or into a small vessel, and when the stopper is not in use it may be closed for the purpose of preventing leakage and evaporation.” (Lines 12-19) Illustration is included.
Date:
January 1, 1901
Creator:
Hyer, William D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark Plug.
Patent for a spark plug with the capacity to afford an intense spark, prevent leakage of current, and to preclude fouling of the plug in carbon.
Date:
October 24, 1922
Creator:
Bronson, Fred L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Making Lubricants.
Patent for "an improved process for making a lubricant especially adapted for parts of moving machinery which will be efficient to keep said parts and their bearings cool and which may also be used to cool heated journals and bearings" (lines 11-16).
Date:
March 26, 1901
Creator:
Hudnall, Millard Stewart
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a plow, by John W. Hudson. This plow has a beam that can be adjusted to carry different sizes of plows. Beam is designed to help equalize resistance between the two sides of the beam.
Date:
July 3, 1906
Creator:
Hudson, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Locomotive-Valve-Seating Machine.
Patent for improvements to valve-seating machines that allows for them to be constructed simply.
Date:
July 19, 1921
Creator:
Mooney, James J. & Bennet, Richard E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Measure for Oil-Wells.
Patent for a device measuring the depth of oil and other wells by computing the distance preferably by the sand line or other line as it is let down from the earth's surface to the bottom of the well.
Date:
May 21, 1918
Creator:
Richardson, Robert B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump
This patent is for pumps. This patent allows for the pump barrel to be readily disengaged from its normal positive engagement with the well tube for removal from said tube for repairs or any other reason.
Date:
March 19, 1918
Creator:
Perry, Sherman V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Threading Apparatus For Pipes.
Patent for improvements of the threading apparatus for pipes through a simple attachment to automobiles wheels. Illustrated figures with descriptions are presented to easily show the ways in which the device attaches and is used.
Date:
December 28, 1920
Creator:
Adkins, Otto O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Generator.
Patent for a new version of a steam generator that uses internal combustion of "all kinds of liquid fuel and gas" (line 25), and has an "automatically regulated in accordance with the steam pressure" supply of steam in the combustion and mixing chambers.
Date:
December 19, 1916
Creator:
Sands, George. H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dry Closet
Patent for a dry closet.
Date:
November 28, 1916
Creator:
Pyle, Eben W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner
Patent for simple, efficient oil burner.
Date:
February 20, 1917
Creator:
Latshaw, Benjamin J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Toy Aeroplane.
Patent for a new and improved toy airplane to be propelled by the feet and steered by the child seated inside, including illustrations. It "is relatively simple and inexpensive to produce, while also being able to withstand considerable rough handling" (lines 26-28).
Date:
March 15, 1921
Creator:
Paul, Leon R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump
Patent for improvements to pumps in working barrels, packing, and packing chambers, the purpose of which is to eliminate easily worn parts and improve the efficiency of these pumps, including illustrations.
Date:
November 28, 1922
Creator:
Kerr, Michael A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Support for Telegraph Line-Wires and the Like.
Patent for "supports for telegraph and telephone line wires, electric light line wires, and the like, and the object is to provide simple and highly efficient brackets for holding such wires securely in place ... so that the wires will not drop to the ground" (lines 10-18), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 21, 1918
Creator:
Wilson, James F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor Starter
Patent for a new motor starter design.
Date:
January 7, 1919
Creator:
Maha, Irwin J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stock Car.
Patent for a new and improved animal stalls in stock cars. This design "has for its object to provide these stalls in such a manner that they can be readily and cheaply applied to and removed from the cars; and it also has for its further object to provide for rendering the stall-partitions laterally yielding or elastic, and yet under such a degree of tension as to withstand or resist the movements of the animals" (lines 11-18).
Date:
April 17, 1883
Creator:
Lewis, Henry A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stove.
Patent for a heating stove that will ensure the combustion of artificial or natural gas, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 15, 1914
Creator:
Ziegler, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sprinkler
Patent for lawn sprinkler that is simple, convenient and inexpensive device that can be easily and quickly attached to a garden hose and which the device has simple means for placing the same into operative or inoperative position.
Date:
September 7, 1915
Creator:
Houston, Hugh Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Holder.
Patent for improved book holder for holding down the leaves of an open book which can be adjusted to fit various widths.
Date:
July 2, 1918
Creator:
Duckett, J. L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press.
Patent for the improvement of hay presses used for forming tightly-compressed hay bales. Improvements include the provision of, "a hand or power operated hay press which may be operated to cause a great pressure to be exerted on the hay or other material being pressed, with a minimum exertion on power means" (lines 12-16). The invention of simple and durable construction with minimal parts reducing need for repair.
Date:
November 9, 1920
Creator:
Powell, Walter E. & Powell, Rosa E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drill-Collar.
Patent for a new design for collars to be used on water-flushed rotary drills, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 16, 1915
Creator:
Myers, George S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Farm wagon Scale
Patent for a farm wagon scale. Illustration included.
Date:
June 13, 1911
Creator:
Graves, Henry Lewis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elevator-Wrench
Patent for an improvement in elevator wrenches. The device is meant to be used with rotary drilling machines for "supporting the drilling the drill pipe and for holding it from rotation during the releasing of the several joins of the pipe when it is necessary to withdraw the drill from the well hole."
Date:
October 13, 1914
Creator:
Lebus, George Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History