Animal-Trap. (open access)

Animal-Trap.

Patent for Improvements in Animal Traps. This trap is a "self and everset trap" (lines 11-12) with the primary purpose of creating a trap that is "efficient of operation, economical of construction, and sanitary" (lines 14-15).
Date: July 3, 1917
Creator: Burgett, William Matthews
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel Tire (open access)

Vehicle-Wheel Tire

Patent for vehicle wheel tire made of spring steel which includes a mechanism to adjust "tensioning means that will be regulated in accordance with the load" (lines 23-27).
Date: June 26, 1917
Creator: McGehee, Tom S.
System: The Portal to Texas History