Well Cleaning Device (open access)

Well Cleaning Device

Patent for a device to clean a well to prevent pumps from being clogged.
Date: October 7, 1913
Creator: Kilburn, John Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Projecting-Machine. (open access)

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.
Date: October 7, 1919
Creator: Bernard, Oscar C.
System: The Portal to Texas History