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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 (Wichita Falls, Tex.)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Well Drilling Apparatus.
Patent for an improved well-drilling apparatus. Improvements made to bull wheel shaft and the sand reel and casing line shaft so they may be operated independently of each other while utilizing the same source of power.
Date:
January 14, 1919
Creator:
Thorniley, Clarence W. & Thorniley, Charles, D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vacuum-Regulator for Oil-Pumps.
Patent for vacuum regulator for oil pump. This device is simply constructed and easy to operate. It is an automatic cut-off in the vacuum of the pipe line to the pump.
Date:
March 12, 1918
Creator:
Hobb, James W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark Plug.
Patent for a spark plug with the capacity to afford an intense spark, prevent leakage of current, and to preclude fouling of the plug in carbon.
Date:
October 24, 1922
Creator:
Bronson, Fred L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Locomotive-Valve-Seating Machine.
Patent for improvements to valve-seating machines that allows for them to be constructed simply.
Date:
July 19, 1921
Creator:
Mooney, James J. & Bennet, Richard E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Measure for Oil-Wells.
Patent for a device measuring the depth of oil and other wells by computing the distance preferably by the sand line or other line as it is let down from the earth's surface to the bottom of the well.
Date:
May 21, 1918
Creator:
Richardson, Robert B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump
This patent is for pumps. This patent allows for the pump barrel to be readily disengaged from its normal positive engagement with the well tube for removal from said tube for repairs or any other reason.
Date:
March 19, 1918
Creator:
Perry, Sherman V.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Threading Apparatus For Pipes.
Patent for improvements of the threading apparatus for pipes through a simple attachment to automobiles wheels. Illustrated figures with descriptions are presented to easily show the ways in which the device attaches and is used.
Date:
December 28, 1920
Creator:
Adkins, Otto O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Toy Aeroplane.
Patent for a new and improved toy airplane to be propelled by the feet and steered by the child seated inside, including illustrations. It "is relatively simple and inexpensive to produce, while also being able to withstand considerable rough handling" (lines 26-28).
Date:
March 15, 1921
Creator:
Paul, Leon R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump
Patent for improvements to pumps in working barrels, packing, and packing chambers, the purpose of which is to eliminate easily worn parts and improve the efficiency of these pumps, including illustrations.
Date:
November 28, 1922
Creator:
Kerr, Michael A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History