Automatic Device for Cutting Off the Flow of Ait Through Oil-Pipes (open access)

Automatic Device for Cutting Off the Flow of Ait Through Oil-Pipes

Patent for a device which automatically terminates air flow through an oil pipe by means of a float which travels within the oil pipe.
Date: March 21, 1916
Creator: Tucker, Thomas A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fishing Tool for Wells (open access)

Fishing Tool for Wells

Patent for device that will remove broken drill heads or foreign matter from drill well.
Date: December 19, 1916
Creator: Sheldon, Ward J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe Tongs (open access)

Pipe Tongs

Patent for Pipe Tongs
Date: September 5, 1916
Creator: Hill, Richard Dennie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Table Attachment for Beds. (open access)

Table Attachment for Beds.

"Patent for beds and is particularly designed as an improvement on the attachment covered." (lines 10).
Date: February 29, 1916
Creator: Thorniley, Clarence W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Generator. (open access)

Steam-Generator.

Patent for a new version of a steam generator that uses internal combustion of "all kinds of liquid fuel and gas" (line 25), and has an "automatically regulated in accordance with the steam pressure" supply of steam in the combustion and mixing chambers.
Date: December 19, 1916
Creator: Sands, George. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dry Closet (open access)

Dry Closet

Patent for a dry closet.
Date: November 28, 1916
Creator: Pyle, Eben W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brake Shoe (open access)

Brake Shoe

Patent for a brake shoe of the M. C. B. type.
Date: November 14, 1916
Creator: Christensen, Jakob V. C. T.
System: The Portal to Texas History