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Automatic Maximum-Speed Controller
Patent for improvements is construction and adaptation of a gear pump.
Date:
February 26, 1918
Creator:
Weston, William S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Bale-Forming Presses.
Patent for an attachment for bale-forming presses consisting of needles, wire storage spools, and a "yieldable mechanism" allowing the wire to pass (line 17) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 26, 1918
Creator:
Freeman, Lawrence K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Anticreeper for Railway Rails.
Patent for an anti-creeper with improved strength and serviceability "in the location and construction of the tie abutting portion" (lines 28-29).
Date:
February 26, 1918
Creator:
Weston, William S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Vehicle-Headlights.
Patent for attachment for vehicle headlights. The invention has a deflecting hood for the head light that deflects the light downward, below the line of sight, particularly for oncoming vehicles
Date:
March 26, 1918
Creator:
Burns, Bessie A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Twisting Device.
Patent for a twisting machine that can tie and secure cords around bales while reducing the likelihood of slipping inside the tying machine, including illustrations.
Date:
February 26, 1918
Creator:
Dudley, Andrew Tilmon
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Twister.
Patent for a twister used in "twisting together the ends of the baling wires employed in forming bales of hay" (lines 10-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 26, 1918
Creator:
Dudley, Andrew T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horizontal-Drilling Machine
Patent for a horizontally boring drill for use in trench warfare, including illustrations.
Date:
November 26, 1918
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Boring Drill.
Patent for rotary boring drills with fish-tail bits to improve uniformity, steadiness, and clearance.
Date:
February 26, 1918
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale Forming Press.
Patent for a bale forming press to form bales of hay and automatically secure "baling wires around the bale as formed" (lines 13-14). It automatically stops the feeder when "the bale is being tied" (lines 19-20) and winds and automatically unwinds and winds the wire.
Date:
February 26, 1918
Creator:
Dudley, Andrew T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Swivel
Patent for a hydraulic swivel to be used with rotary well drilling machines which will carry water to the drill head through a supply line and maintain that supply line in a given position during drilling operation.
Date:
January 26, 1915
Creator:
Decker, Harry R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Putty-Trowel
Patent for a putty trowel which will lay a line of putty and trowel it into place to secure glass in a window sash.
Date:
January 26, 1915
Creator:
Morris, James G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drive-Wheel for Traction-Engines
Patent for a drive wheel for traction engines which has retractable wheel lugs. The wheel lugs used for traction on dirt roads can be "pivoted so that they may be withdrawn when not needed," such as when traveling on pavement.
Date:
January 26, 1915
Creator:
Wellensiek, Louis H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rim Breaker
Patent for Rim Breaker
Date:
September 26, 1916
Creator:
Du Bois, Homer. M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Cup.
Patent for an oil cup to be used for lubricating bearings that can be regulated with a valve to control the flow of the lubricant.
Date:
August 26, 1913
Creator:
Dawley, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mineral-Prospecting Apparatus.
Patent for an "apparatus for drilling and obtaining samples or specimens of minerals" (lines 12-13), and obtaining accurate samples of ores in situations where they would otherwise be washed away by water or broken apart. The patent includes illustrations.
Date:
August 26, 1913
Creator:
Andrews, Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Boring-Drill.
Patent for improvements to rotary boring drills that enable a drill to be assembled and disassembled without a tool and that ensure the removable cutters do not come off during operation.
Date:
June 26, 1917
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel.
Patent for light weight wheels for use in wheelbarrows and trucks, which are capable of handling large, heavy loads and lubricating its own hub bearings.
Date:
September 26, 1911
Creator:
Heibeck, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Screen
Patent for a well screen with a greater amount of screen space that allows for a better flow of water while still obstructing other objects.
Date:
April 26, 1910
Creator:
Hall, Samuel N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Extinguisher
Patent for a fire extinguisher for putting out fires in oil tanks.
Date:
July 26, 1910
Creator:
Spawn, Able F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ignition Regulator
Patent for an ignition regulator that keeps the explosions in an internal combustion engine going at a regular rate.
Date:
September 26, 1911
Creator:
Carpenter John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary for Well Turing
Patent for a rotary for well tubing. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 26, 1910
Creator:
Hall, Samuel N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe Connection
Patent for a pipe connection for metal pipes that allows sections of pipe to be easily connected together and bent into different shapes for use in trains.
Date:
March 26, 1912
Creator:
Schulz, Wilhelm
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cistern-Guard.
Patent for a device that guards the water cistern against impure water which drains from the roof of a building to which the cistern appertains.
Date:
March 26, 1912
Creator:
Johnson, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History