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Broaching-Press
Patent for a device used with metal-working machines that provides more efficient finishing.
Date:
December 25, 1900
Creator:
Baker, Jason A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Canopy.
Patent for a canopy for beds and sofas to keep out insects.
Date:
February 25, 1908
Creator:
Swanwick, Harry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clutch and Transmission Mechanism
Patent for a clutch and transmission mechanism to be used for automobiles. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 25, 1910
Creator:
Carpenter, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clutch and Transmission Mechanism
Patent for a clutch and transmission mechanism for automobiles which strengthens the load bearing of the clutch and allows greater flexibility in changing the load.
Date:
January 25, 1910
Creator:
Carpenter, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Wheel.
Patent for a new and improved car wheel. This design "consists in the combination, with a railroad-car axle having wheel-bearings of equal diameter throughout their whole lengths, of wheels the peripheries of which are provided with central flanges dividing each into two treads, the said wheels adapted to be pressed on the said bearings aforesaid, and to be removed therefrom, reversed, and again pressed thereon whenever the wear of the first tread shall render the same necessary" (lines 12-21).
Date:
March 25, 1884
Creator:
Melvin, Josiah W. & Clute, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel Buffer
Patent for an improved construction for a vehicle-wheel buffer which eliminates deterioration of its components found in ordinary type buffer. This invention implements an anti-friction mounting which allows the buffer to rotate freely.
Date:
February 25, 1915
Creator:
Kettler, Martin F.; M. F. Kettler
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Wheel.
Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Resilient Wheels" (lines 5-6) including specifications and illustrations.
Date:
May 25, 1915
Creator:
Martin F. Kettler
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane.
Patent for an improved rotary airplane engine patterned after the Gnome type with extra blades attached to the engine cylinders.
Date:
March 25, 1913
Creator:
Decker, Harry R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aerial Projectile
Patent for an aerial projectile for use as an anti-infantry bomb, dropped by planes. Specifically, it is a fragmentation bomb hand dropped from planes that will not only deliver an explosive blast and the subsequent shrapnel, but deliver such a blast as to destroy itself so it cannot be reverse engineered.
Date:
September 25, 1918
Creator:
Bury, Thomas J. & Bury, Oney
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bulkhead.
Patent for bulkhead that is "adapted for use as a sea wall or quay wall" (lines 10-11).
Date:
March 25, 1919
Creator:
Sands, Edward E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gasolene-Measuring Device.
Patent for gasoline measuring device for improving service stations for patrons to see the amount of gasoline. Air pressure will transfer gasoline from tank into measuring device. Gasoline measuring device will be quickly delivered to patrons.
Date:
January 25, 1921
Creator:
McKallip, Jonathan C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Load-Indicator.
Patent for a Load-Indicator for tools being used in drilling a well. The indicator gives an accurate measure of the weight upon the drill, allowing operators to adjust the weight accordingly.
Date:
November 25, 1919
Creator:
Fletcher, Harold W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Screen Washer and Perforator.
Patent for a device that is used to wash a screen set in an oil well and perforate the pipe the screen is attached to.
Date:
March 25, 1919
Creator:
Wilkirson, Aaron L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Shooting Torpedo.
Patent for "torpedoes of the type used in "shooting" wells, the object being to provide a torpedo which will be especially useful in the removal of casings from wells" (lines 9-13), such as easier removal from dry wells. Also, modifications to the hammer are noted to ensure explosion.
Date:
June 25, 1918
Creator:
Franklin, Henry L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lumber-Calculator
Patent for a lumber calculator that has printed calculations for quickly determining the amount of board feet in a pile of lumber.
Date:
April 25, 1911
Creator:
Stalcup, James F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for making Water and Oil Screens.
Patent for a new way of making forming "a wire screening surface about a perforated pipe" (lines 67-68) with illustrations.
Date:
November 25, 1913
Creator:
Kreiter, Richard F.; Post, Ernest S.; Roco, Albert L. & Layne, Mahlon E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock.
Patent for a device for mounting for rotary cutting disks. It will be a safer way to work with well drilling operations
Date:
August 25, 1914
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tie-Plate.
Patent for imrpoved tie plates that will prevent the rails from wearing down the ties.
Date:
April 25, 1916
Creator:
Barnes, Ned E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Meat-Tree
Patent for a meat tree to hold meat in col storage or for smoking.
Date:
August 25, 1908
Creator:
Richmond, George E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Target-Throwing-Device
Patent for a target throwing device which is an enhanced tool to efficiently target objects and is most useful for marksmen, including illustrations.
Date:
January 25, 1910
Creator:
Fridell, L.A
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock
Patent for a nut lock which holds nuts on bolts without the use of a washer.
Date:
August 25, 1908
Creator:
Bailey, James J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hair-Drying Brush
Patent for a hair drying brush that has some heated teeth and some non-heated teeth for drying hair.
Date:
April 25, 1911
Creator:
Taylor, Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drilling Apparatus
Patent for a drilling apparatus for wells. This drill is designed to be applied to a rotary and used with a pipe tong to screw and unscrew pipe joints.
Date:
October 25, 1921
Creator:
Reeves, George G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sample Taking Device
Patent for an oil sample-taking device.
Date:
February 25, 1919
Creator:
Dodds, Redus D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History