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Bearing for Driving and Other Shafts. (open access)

Bearing for Driving and Other Shafts.

Patent for a bearing or other driving shafts which can be easily removed without harming the rest of the machine. Illustration is included.
Date: March 31, 1908
Creator: Wiggs, James A., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Capping-Machine (open access)

Capping-Machine

Patent for a capping machine. The object is to provide a machine of the character specified, designed for placing friction caps or covers of cans containing canned materials and for sealing the covers or caps in place on the cans, and arranged to be capable of use with cans of varying size.
Date: August 31, 1915
Creator: Peppers, Jerry Coatts
System: The Portal to Texas History
Player Piano (open access)

Player Piano

Patent for a new form of valve for mechanical piano operated by pneumatic mechanisms in which the value is self-centering and does away with the guide pin usually employed, and an amplification of the wippen so that the striker rod is placed at the front of the pneumatic mechanism where it is accessible. The change in leverage permits the use of a smaller pneumatic.
Date: January 31, 1922
Creator: Pace, Vara L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trailer. (open access)

Trailer.

Patent for trailers for attachment to trucks that is strong and compact and will not be distorted by the turning of the trailer relative to the truck.
Date: August 31, 1920
Creator: Feigelson, Alexander
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hotel Office Dinkey (open access)

Hotel Office Dinkey

Patent for an hotel office dinkey. Illustration included.
Date: July 31, 1906
Creator: Browder, Henry Worden
System: The Portal to Texas History
Planter Attachment to Plows (open access)

Planter Attachment to Plows

Patent for a planter attachment that will drop the desired seed while plowing, and can be controlled by the operator.
Date: October 31, 1916
Creator: Kern, Harry L. & Gerhold, Walter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piston-Rod Packing. (open access)

Piston-Rod Packing.

Patent for a piston packing device to decrease the wear on pistons in oil pumps.
Date: December 31, 1907
Creator: Martin, Robert Edward Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Making Apparatus (open access)

Ice-Making Apparatus

Patent for an ice-making apparatus that both cools the brine and makes the ice.
Date: December 31, 1912
Creator: Bell, Samuel Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Templet. (open access)

Templet.

Patent for templets or steel models used in building ships. The steel can be easily shaped into parts.
Date: May 31, 1921
Creator: Nies, Gershom John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerating Machine. (open access)

Refrigerating Machine.

Patent for a refrigerating machine that works with a double jacketed brine cylinder with a self-contained expansion tank for the coolant. It is meant to provide cooling with small displacement of the cylinder, but with great circulation of the brine.
Date: December 31, 1918
Creator: Bell, Samuel R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Well-Boring Machine. (open access)

Rotary Well-Boring Machine.

Patent for a rotary well boring machine, which has flexible joints to adjust to varying conditions.
Date: March 31, 1908
Creator: Wiggs, James Alexander, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotating Steam-Feed for Saw-Mill Carriages. (open access)

Rotating Steam-Feed for Saw-Mill Carriages.

Patent for a steam feed for sawmill carriages, which reduces wear on the piston cylinder powering the sawmill carriage.
Date: August 31, 1909
Creator: Shoptaw, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boring Tool (open access)

Boring Tool

Patent for a boring tool that allows for easy interchanging of the drill.
Date: October 31, 1916
Creator: Carroll, Monroe W.
System: The Portal to Texas History