Drilling Apparatus (open access)

Drilling Apparatus

Patent for a drilling apparatus able to simultaneously bore into objects and rearm itself.
Date: April 29, 1919
Creator: Layne, Mahlon E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method and Means of Separating Water From Heavy Oil Emulsions (open access)

Method and Means of Separating Water From Heavy Oil Emulsions

Patent for a system of separating water from heavy oil emulsions, which will increase oil profits by 20-30%.
Date: April 8, 1919
Creator: McKibben, C. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Separating Associated Liquids. (open access)

Method of Separating Associated Liquids.

Patent for an invention that "relates to the art of separating associated liquids" (lines 9-10).
Date: April 8, 1919
Creator: McKibben, Charles W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Power-Transmitting Mechanism (open access)

Power-Transmitting Mechanism

Patent for improvements in a power transmitting mechanism.
Date: April 29, 1919
Creator: Smith, Robert W. J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sample-Taking Device. (open access)

Sample-Taking Device.

Patent for a device that helps with sample collection at oil drilling sites. The tool is cylindrical and can be placed in the ground to help with sample collection. This patent includes examples of how the tool can be used and tool specifications.
Date: April 15, 1919
Creator: Church, Walter Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Shoe (open access)

Tire-Shoe

Patent for a tire-shoe that would help reinforce damaged vehicle tires.
Date: April 1, 1919
Creator: Motl, Henry E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tool Joint (open access)

Tool Joint

Patent for a tool joint design.
Date: April 15, 1919
Creator: Fletcher, H. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History