Resource Type

Floor-Surfacing Machine. (open access)

Floor-Surfacing Machine.

Patent for a new floor-surfacing machine that is "pivotally mounted upon supporting carriers and carrying an abrading roller which may be forced into contact with the floor to be smoothed, or withdrawn from said contact by operating the machine upon its pivoted support" (lines 11-18), which includes illustrations and instructions.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: Warner, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Roller Boring-Drill (open access)

Roller Boring-Drill

Patent for a roller boring drill with a large load bearing area.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: Hughes, Howard Robard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well Screen (open access)

Well Screen

Patent for a well screen that is durable.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: Decker, Harry R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap (open access)

Animal-Trap

Patent for an animal trap with a new kind of trigger fir closing the door to the trap.
Date: December 13, 1910
Creator: Hatchell, Benjamin
System: The Portal to Texas History