5 Matching Results
Results open in a new window/tab.
Results:
1 - 5 of
5
Crude Oil Burner
Patent for crude oil burner allowing for the utilization of "crude petroleum and other similar oils" (line 13) for fuel.
Date:
July 30, 1918
Creator:
Worley, Ernest T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elevator Signal System
Patent for an elevator signal system that can be installed in elevators which indicates "the floor positions of all the cars as well as the car carrying the indicator" (lines 10-12), including illustrations.
Date:
July 30, 1918
Creator:
McNabb, Alvin C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Frog
Patent for railway frog which "will tend to minimize the danger of train derailment at switch crossings" (lines 12-13).
Date:
July 30, 1918
Creator:
Jackson, George Ferris
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Harvester.
Patent for a cotton harvesting machine used for gathering the cotton from the plant, stripping the bolls or pods, and cleaning the cotton in one continuous operation during the traction of the harvester over a cotton field. This cotton harvester has a rotary picking member disposed forwardly and grabbing arms disposed rearwardly of the rotary picking arms. These rotary picking members are used for receiving the cotton gathered by the said picking arms and depositing it between two vertically operable crushers for crushing the bolls or pods preparatory to their passage into the ginning apparatus.
Date:
July 30, 1918
Creator:
Berry, Louis J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Controlling the Flow of Fluid from Wells
Patent for device controlling fluid flow from wells which allows for drawing off oil where oil and water are both present in a reservoir.
Date:
July 30, 1918
Creator:
Summerrow, Edward D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History