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Vehicle-Wheel Tire (open access)

Vehicle-Wheel Tire

Patent for vehicle wheel tire made of spring steel which includes a mechanism to adjust "tensioning means that will be regulated in accordance with the load" (lines 23-27).
Date: June 26, 1917
Creator: McGehee, Tom S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tool (open access)

Tool

Patent for tool has combined multiple tools. The compact, is simple and easy to operate and it is convenient.
Date: June 26, 1917
Creator: Milliorn, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Harrow Structure (open access)

Improvement in Harrow Structure

Patent for improvement in harrow structure allowing for them to be attached to an ordinary cultivator in lien of cultivating shovels.
Date: June 26, 1917
Creator: McIntyre, John P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fuel (open access)

Fuel

Edgar L. Culver's legal patent from the United States Patent Department, which details Culver's invented process of turning a community's waste into fuel. The finished product when burned, does not leave many clinkers and gives off minimal amounts of smoke and soot.
Date: June 26, 1915
Creator: Culver, Edgar L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press (open access)

Hay Press

Patent for hay press has better aims to provide a novel and improved press for baling hay and other similar material.
Date: June 26, 1917
Creator: Hilton, Ben F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate or Door Closing Device (open access)

Gate or Door Closing Device

Patent for "improvements in closing devices for doors, gates, and the like" (lines 12-13) using a spring connected to the door and frame, including illustrations.
Date: June 26, 1917
Creator: Hawley, Royal A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Boring-Drill. (open access)

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
Folding Coop (open access)

Folding Coop

Patent for a new more durable folding coop that folds up quickly and easily, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: June 26, 1917
Creator: Martin, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flushing Device (open access)

Flushing Device

Patent for flushing devices have better toilet seats and providing simple flushing system.
Date: June 26, 1917
Creator: Osborn, Claud A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Brake. (open access)

Railway-Brake.

Patent for "railway brakes, which are constructed to grip the wheels, and which, in the event of an emergency, may be set to lift the wheels off the track in order to obtain a quick stoppage of the train" (lines 9-14) including illustrations and explanations of the brakes' components.
Date: June 26, 1913
Creator: Drake, Charles W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Making Aromatic Hydrocarbons (open access)

Process of Making Aromatic Hydrocarbons

Patent for an invention that relates to processes of making aromatic hydrocarbons, and comprises a method of producing lower boiling aromatic hydrocarbons.
Date: June 26, 1917
Creator: Alexander, Clive M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paper Doll (open access)

Paper Doll

Patent for to create a more sturdy paper doll and its outfits by means of folding and using slits and adhesives to no longer require the use of tabs. Illustrations included.
Date: June 26, 1917
Creator: Ferguson, Gradele
System: The Portal to Texas History