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Trailing Device for Tractors and the Like
Patent for a device built to connect behind tractors and other farming vehicles. Development and use are within text; includes illustrations to demonstrate the object of the patent.
Date:
November 27, 1917
Creator:
Fiegelson, Alexander
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water Craft.
Patent for a "bathing float equipped with propelling means" (lines 10-11) and a "depressible platform combined with ... a diving rudder" to allow the front part of the craft to dive underneath the water (lines 13-15).
Date:
April 27, 1915
Creator:
Caldwell, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Manufacture of Aluminum Chlorid
Patent for method of making aluminum chlorid, where a form of hydrated alumina is combined with coking coal, and then exposed to heat and chlorin/chlorin containing gas.
Date:
February 27, 1917
Creator:
McAfee, Almer M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Purifying Oils
Patent that converts low grade petroleum into higher grade petroleum. The process warms aluminum chlorid with petroleum material in a nonviolent way to make a purifying oil.
Date:
August 27, 1918
Creator:
McAfee, Almer M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Purifying Paraffin.
Patent for improvements in the process of purifying paraffin wax.
Date:
August 27, 1918
Creator:
McAfee, Almer M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Tank.
Patent for oil tank top to prevent destruction of inflammable substance in the tank by enabling the gas to escape in a simple and effective manner.
Date:
June 27, 1916
Creator:
Bradley, Benjamin Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fastening and Releasing Device for Logging-Car Chains.
Patent for a fastening and releasing device for logging car chains that is strong and easy to use.
Date:
December 27, 1910
Creator:
Proctor, Joseph W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plunger.
Patent for a plunger for use in pumps and air compressors that fits tightly into the cylinders of the machine.
Date:
February 27, 1912
Creator:
Ohmstede, August
System:
The Portal to Texas History