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Adding-Machine (open access)

Adding-Machine

Patent for adding machine that has improvements such as a controllable disk to avoid over or under rotation and simpler means of adding and removing adding disks.
Date: February 16, 1915
Creator: Sweet, William F. & Tideman, S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Compressing Apparatus. (open access)

Air-Compressing Apparatus.

Patent for a new air compressing apparatus which employs two kinds of tanks called high pressure containers and low pressure containers charged by means of an air compressing engine.
Date: March 16, 1915
Creator: Gebhardt, William Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flexible Joint (open access)

Flexible Joint

Patent for a flexible joint provides "an improved and simplified device that is simple, durable and reliable in construction and effective and efficient in operation" (lines 10-13).
Date: November 16, 1915
Creator: Mooney, Thomas H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Double Stroke Pumping Jack (open access)

Double Stroke Pumping Jack

Patent for a double-stroke pumping jack with two pistons in the same cylinder "to discharge a steady stream of water therefrom" (line 12-13). This invention allows the pipe cylinder and pistons to be easily removed for repairs or cleaning.
Date: March 16, 1915
Creator: Winterborne, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History