Resource Type

Rotary Boring-Drill. (open access)

Rotary Boring-Drill.

Patent for improvements in rotary boring drills. The invention provides a fluted drill collar for a drill bit designed to "break up the rock and other material tending to wedge in around the upper part of the head" (lines 19-21). The drill collar forms "a connection between the main rotary drill shaft and the drill bit" (lines 13-15).
Date: January 28, 1919
Creator: Hughes, Howard R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scraper. (open access)

Scraper.

Patent for a scraper with interchangeable blades, which can be used "for glue joints, and... scraping molded surfaces" (lines 25-26) that includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 28, 1919
Creator: Hartmann, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Controlling Electric Current. (open access)

Device for Controlling Electric Current.

Patent for an improved device for controlling electric current. The device can control electric current from a generator specifically for the use in automobiles not to exceed a certain limit in high speed situations.
Date: January 28, 1919
Creator: Duke, Earle H. & Brown, James D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dental Occluding Frame (open access)

Dental Occluding Frame

Patent for Dental Occluding Frame
Date: January 28, 1914
Creator: Hall, Rupert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch-Hook (open access)

Switch-Hook

Patent for a switch lock which prevents "splitting" (line 13). Illustrations included.
Date: January 28, 1908
Creator: Tullock, John Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History