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Midwestern State University Operating Budget: 2024
Proposed budget for Midwestern State University outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation.
Date:
August 10, 2023
Creator:
Midwestern State University
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Midwestern State University Annual Financial Report: 2019
Annual financial report of Midwestern State University documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 2019.
Date:
Autumn 2019
Creator:
Midwestern State University (Wichita Falls, Tex.)
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Glass Manufacture dated November 5, 1918
Patent for apparatus to improve the overall quality and efficiency of glass production. This includes both window and sheet glass. It assists in developing sheet glass through blowing, drawing, and ladling.
Date:
November 5, 1918
Creator:
Thomas J. McCoy
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Signal.
Patent for turn signal improvements with an aim to improve visibility of signal and ease of replacement with the goal of communicating vehicular movement and reducing accidents.
Date:
November 15, 1921
Creator:
Squier, William Ernest
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Calk Attachment For Horseshoes
Patent for new and useful improvements in calk attachments for horseshoes. The objective is to provide detachable means applicable to the conventional types of shoe without any modifications.
Date:
March 29, 1921
Creator:
Douglas, John Davies
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bevel-Square
Patent for improvements in bevel squares used by carpenters, mechanics, and other similar work to represent the work of multiple bevels at once "to minimize and facilitate operations in fitting the parts of an objective structure together..." (Lines 19-21).
Date:
December 9, 1919
Creator:
Seay, Mathew E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Card Holder
Patent for card holders meant to help better display business cards and other forms of advertisement on surfaces such as windows.
Date:
March 4, 1919
Creator:
Hill, L. W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carbureter
Patent for a carburetor. This carburetor is designed to be used with crude oil, and to be easily constructed and operated.
Date:
September 6, 1921
Creator:
Walker, Sanders
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Binding Attachment for Baling-Presses.
Patent for bale binding devices that takes wire from spools and binds each bale and then twists the ends of the bale so they hold their shape.
Date:
August 3, 1920
Creator:
Leavitt, William H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boring and Threading Tool.
Patent for an inexpensive, efficient boring and threading tool that "will enable a smooth and even surface to be produced with a minimum of skill on the part of the operator" (lines 18-21).
Date:
June 21, 1921
Creator:
Wells, Daniel Doolittle
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Casing-Pulling Apparatus.
Patent for an apparatus to more easily and more economically remove well-casings from the ground when an oil well is no longer in use.
Date:
November 29, 1921
Creator:
Wilson, John Hart
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve Structure
Patent for valve improvements in controlling the flow of fluids under high pressure.
Date:
August 30, 1921
Creator:
Anderson, Jalmer
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baby Net Frame.
Patent for a frame that can support a baby net and can be collapsed for easy storage. The frame also features components that prevent collapse and provide stability when in use.
Date:
June 6, 1922
Creator:
Akers, Blessie E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flour-Milling Machinery.
Patent for flour milling machinery with reduced costs of equipment and operation, less required space, and improved quality and quantity of flour.
Date:
May 10, 1921
Creator:
Smith, George T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe Tongs.
Patent for pipe tongs for drilling wells using rotary systems. The tongs are designed to be securely held against the drill stem using a lever, making them simple and economical to manufacture.
Date:
June 28, 1921
Creator:
Hill, Richard D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drill Wrench.
Patent for a well drill wrench that improves upon William Ellinger's patent 1,327,379, issued January 6, 1920. This improvement eliminates friction between the rotatable and stationary parts of the wrench and ensures that the rotatable part is fully supported during its entire rotation, "as when screwing or unscrewing the drill bit" (lines 109-110).
Date:
November 15, 1921
Creator:
Ellinger, William H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Plunger
Patent for a pump-plunger, concentrating on advancements in the design, particularly catering to deep well operations and environments with challenging conditions, such as oil and water wells where fluids are mixed with sand, sediment, or debris.
Date:
October 18, 1921
Creator:
Miller, Frank J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Motor.
Patent for a more powerful and efficient water motor which is durable and comparatively affordable to manufacture.
Date:
August 16, 1921
Creator:
Brady, Enoch J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pumping-Jack.
Patent for a pumping jack that has a walking beam of a jack for equalizing the dead weight of the pump, which reduces useless weight on the pumping engine.
Date:
July 12, 1921
Creator:
Scott, Henry T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerator
Patent for a refrigerator made of wood with an inner shell of reinforced concrete and vacuum chamber or metal jacket. "The inner concrete shell is divided into four separate chambers, the former containing ice and the other three being adapted to contain food." (lines 61-64)
Date:
April 11, 1922
Creator:
Knutson, William K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drill Wrench.
Patent for a well drill wrench that is easily adjustable for different sized drill chucks. Its designs makes rotating the wrench smoother and less likely to slip off of drill chucks.
Date:
November 8, 1921
Creator:
Ellinger, William H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Friction Transmission Mechanism.
Patent for improvements toward friction transmission mechanisms. It would eliminate the use of some gears.
Date:
March 28, 1921
Creator:
McDermott, Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Counter.
Patent for improvements to store counters that can be easily constructed in whatever form fits the user.
Date:
July 18, 1922
Creator:
Jones, Laurence E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid-Measuring Device
Patent for a device that determines the amount of liquid (particularly gasoline and oil) that flows from its glass container with the end of facilitating the exchange of goods, including illustrations.
Date:
May 25, 1920
Creator:
Meredith, John Dewitt
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History