Chain Release for Logging Cars. (open access)

Chain Release for Logging Cars.

Patent for new and useful improvements for a chain release for logging cars, including illustrations.
Date: May 22, 1917
Creator: Dodd, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Slack-Take-Up and Cooling Device. (open access)

Automatic Slack-Take-Up and Cooling Device.

Patent for new and useful improvements to Automatic Slack-Take-Up and Cooling Devices for the manufacturing of flexible roofing and other similar flexible materials, including illustrations.
Date: May 22, 1917
Creator: Smith, Frederick C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Rim. (open access)

Collapsible Rim.

Patent for new and useful improvements related to demountable rims that are collapsible. This improvement facilitates the removal of a tire in an easier and expeditious manner.
Date: May 20, 1919
Creator: King, Willis C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam Feed (open access)

Steam Feed

Patent for a steam feed. This invention is designed "for sawmill carriages characterized by a steam cylinder, and a piston operating in the cylinder and having its rod connected to the sawmill carriage" (line 9-12). Illustration included.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Black, Lee Jackson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Filling-Machine. (open access)

Filling-Machine.

Patent for an improved filling machine that automatically transfers predetermined quantities of liquids from one container to multiple other containers such as oils into cans.
Date: May 22, 1917
Creator: Smith, Frederick C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Straightening-Machine (open access)

Straightening-Machine

Patent for an improved straightening machine to "straighten pipes, rails, and allied structures in an expeditious manner."
Date: May 12, 1914
Creator: Boykin, Burwell, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Making Aluminum Chlorid. (open access)

Process of Making Aluminum Chlorid.

Patent for the process of making aluminum chlorid (chloride) wherein solid materials are preheated to alleviate heating supply issues during the process.
Date: May 28, 1918
Creator: King, George H. & Roberts, Gerald I.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety Oil-Tank (open access)

Safety Oil-Tank

Patent for improvements to safety oil tanks to prevent explosions, including illustrations.
Date: May 6, 1913
Creator: Smith, James H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Potato and Peanut Harvester (open access)

Potato and Peanut Harvester

Patent for improvements in potato and peanut harvesters. It simplifies the ways potatoes and peanuts are dug from the ground.
Date: May 30, 1916
Creator: Reeder, Addison C.
System: The Portal to Texas History