Lightning-Protecting System for Oil-Tanks. (open access)

Lightning-Protecting System for Oil-Tanks.

Patent for an improved system that is used for protecting oil tanks from getting struck by lightning and can get put on existing structures to ground them. The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
Date: March 14, 1916
Creator: Gunthorpe, Charles Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tree and Brush Cutter. (open access)

Tree and Brush Cutter.

Patent for a motorized tree and brush cutter that is portable.
Date: February 14, 1911
Creator: Andrews, Robert Lyle
System: The Portal to Texas History
Expanding Device For Can Bumping Presses (open access)

Expanding Device For Can Bumping Presses

Patent for expanding device for can bumping presses including the illustrations.
Date: December 14, 1915
Creator: Drake, Rollin L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Catalyzing Oil and Apparatus Therefor. (open access)

Process of Catalyzing Oil and Apparatus Therefor.

Patent for improvements to oil boiling & processing to preserve its hydrocarbon properties by converting high-boiling oils to low-boiling oils using a specific apparatus for vaporization and a catalyst reheating device, such as a chamber furnace.
Date: March 14, 1916
Creator: Alexander, Clive M. & Taber Jr., George H.
System: The Portal to Texas History