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Draft Attachment for Motor-Vehicles. (open access)

Draft Attachment for Motor-Vehicles.

Patent for a draft attachment by which a motor vehicle may "pull itself free when its traction wheels have become embedded in a soft or muddy road" (lines 14-16).
Date: May 17, 1921
Creator: Worsham, Louis W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dental Handpiece. (open access)

Dental Handpiece.

Patent for an improvement on a dental handpiece that is made of fewer parts and is cheaper to make. It makes insertion and removal of the drill easier, and keeps the drill in place more securely.
Date: August 17, 1920
Creator: Graves, Robert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compound Air-Compressor. (open access)

Compound Air-Compressor.

Patent for an improved Compound Air-Compressor by having four cylinders, in pairings of a high pressure and a low pressure cylinders. The air from the low pressure cylinder will be fed to the high pressure cylinder. The pistons will work in succession rather than simultaneously.
Date: February 17, 1920
Creator: Jones, Oceola
System: The Portal to Texas History
Truck. (open access)

Truck.

Patent for a truck or hand cart useful for loading and unloading at depots. This hand cart has has a hand actuated lift for lifting objects to the height of the loading vehicle.
Date: November 17, 1919
Creator: Thomas, Theodore G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Centrifugal Pump (open access)

Centrifugal Pump

Patent for centrifugal pump design meant to improve upon past models in which pieces of the pump wear out over time.
Date: December 17, 1918
Creator: Duda, Oswald
System: The Portal to Texas History
Record-Book. (open access)

Record-Book.

Patent for a record book using primary and secondary indexing tabs for improving classification of documents.
Date: December 17, 1918
Creator: Sumners, Gustavus D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sulphur-Mining Apparatus. (open access)

Sulphur-Mining Apparatus.

Patent for a thermal solvent based sulfur mining apparatus that is placed in a sulfur mining well. Utilizing thermodynamics, the apparatus has a new way to introduce air or steam into the various parts of the apparatus. It is designed with "simplicity and durability of construction" (lines 49-50).
Date: December 17, 1918
Creator: Carmichael, Robert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Sapping or Destroying Trenches or Other Defensive Works. (open access)

Method of Sapping or Destroying Trenches or Other Defensive Works.

Patent for a method of sapping or destroying trenches or other defensive works to use in military operations.
Date: September 17, 1918
Creator: Hughes, Howard R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Speed-Controlling Mechanism for Motor-Vehicles. (open access)

Speed-Controlling Mechanism for Motor-Vehicles.

Patent for a device that automatically closes the throttle to slow the speed of a motor vehicle when necessary. The device is designed to respond to vehicle load, road surface, and a predetermined speed limit.
Date: July 17, 1917
Creator: Carpenter, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Float-Valve. (open access)

Float-Valve.

Patent for a float valve not using slots and links, including illustrations.
Date: August 17, 1915
Creator: Garrott, John Collier
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carbon Holder for Electric Arc Lamps (open access)

Carbon Holder for Electric Arc Lamps

Patent for improvements made to the carbon holder for electric arc lamps to improve efficiency in replacing the lamps. To improve upon the current design, the patent illustrates and describes a new level clutch system to allow movement, as opposed to the gravity-based design previously implemented.
Date: March 17, 1914
Creator: Lacy, Benjamin Burton & Elrod, Henry E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drapery Support and Form (open access)

Drapery Support and Form

Patent for a new kind of drapery system that keeps the drapes pleated neatly and allows drapes to open and close easily with metal fasteners.
Date: February 17, 1914
Creator: Jantzen, Marius
System: The Portal to Texas History
Truck (open access)

Truck

Patent for a traction truck that minimizes jarring of the truck bed.
Date: October 17, 1911
Creator: Haight, Washington Z.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Strainer for Oil and Water Wells (open access)

Strainer for Oil and Water Wells

Patent for a strainer for oil and water wells. Illustrations included.
Date: May 17, 1910
Creator: Decker, Harry R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well Mechanism (open access)

Well Mechanism

Patent for a mechanism for drawing water from wells. Illustrations included.
Date: May 17, 1910
Creator: Layne, Mahlon E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Railroad-Switch (open access)

Automatic Railroad-Switch

Patent for an automatic railroad switch which throws the switch automatically back to the main line after a train has entered a siding.
Date: August 17, 1909
Creator: Toullerton, George Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flexible Metallic Hose (open access)

Flexible Metallic Hose

Patent for a flexible metallic hose. Illustration included.
Date: August 17, 1909
Creator: Schulz, Wilhelm
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Strainer. (open access)

Well-Strainer.

Patent for a well strainer, which has wire screen that is wound around the form without the use of soldering.
Date: September 17, 1907
Creator: Basye, Edwin J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench (open access)

Wrench

Patent for a wrench. Illustration included.
Date: April 17, 1906
Creator: Hall, Samuel N. & Lawlor, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cable Grip (open access)

Cable Grip

Patent for a cable grip. Illustration included.
Date: October 17, 1905
Creator: Neff, Asa J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window Sash. (open access)

Window Sash.

Patent for an improvement on window sashes allowing for easily removable window panes. Includes illustrations.
Date: March 17, 1903
Creator: Beazley, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bedstead Lock or Joint (open access)

Bedstead Lock or Joint

Patent for a bedstead lock or joint. Illustration included.
Date: August 17, 1901
Creator: Martin, Mack D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Polisher or Brush. (open access)

Polisher or Brush.

Patent for a new and useful improvements in polishing brushes.
Date: May 17, 1898
Creator: Dumble, William K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Box-Fastener (open access)

Box-Fastener

Patent for a box fastener that works to fasten the lid automatically when the lid is placed on the box.
Date: January 17, 1893
Creator: Fisher, Charles N.
System: The Portal to Texas History