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Well Drilling Bit. (open access)

Well Drilling Bit.

Patent for new and improved well-drilling bit. Illustration included.
Date: March 7, 1916
Creator: Marney, Robert A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Load Lifting Device (open access)

Load Lifting Device

Patent for improved load-lifting devices.
Date: December 26, 1916
Creator: Trigg, Van H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Telephone-Mouthpiece. (open access)

Sanitary Telephone-Mouthpiece.

Patent for new and necessary improvements in sanitary telephone mouthpieces, such as improving overall construction of the telephone mouthpiece so that the mouthpiece is more sanitary, compact, and practical. Illustration and instruction included.
Date: March 28, 1916
Creator: Jenkins, Ed Monroe
System: The Portal to Texas History
Silo. (open access)

Silo.

Patent for an improvement of a silo that includes a sliding door, including illustrations.
Date: May 30, 1916
Creator: Barker, Judge F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quilting Attachment For Sewing Machines (open access)

Quilting Attachment For Sewing Machines

Patent for quilting attachment for sewing machines that "provide an attachment of simple construction, and readily secured to or removed from the table of a sewing machine" (lines 15-17). Illustrations are included.
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Zeigler, Washington M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press (open access)

Cotton-Press

Patent for improvements in cotton press boxes such as used in the connection with cotton baling mechanisms. These prevent injury to the operator but are in such a location that the operator much go around, over, and under them in order to get to the compressed material and tie it.
Date: August 15, 1916
Creator: Hanus, Joseph J.; Hanus, Tom Joe & Putz, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Tramper (open access)

Cotton-Tramper

Patent for a cotton-tramper with less than five horsepower and an eccentrically mounted drum for more efficient cotton tramping.
Date: April 4, 1916
Creator: Whitt, Joseph E.
System: The Portal to Texas History