Attachment for Dental Instruments. (open access)

Attachment for Dental Instruments.

Patent for a dental instrument which is to attach to a dental drill handle. Protecting the patient's tongue from being cut by the drill or grinding disk while the patient's lower teeth are being operated on, including illustrations.
Date: November 19, 1918
Creator: Luzzi, August F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Screen (open access)

Well-Screen

Patent for a well-screen which is used in oil or water wells for screening out sand from the inflowing fluids
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Rodrigo, Henry, Sr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Tanning Hides and Skins (open access)

Process of Tanning Hides and Skins

Patent for rendering the process of tanning hides and skins "more expeditious and considerably cheaper &c., &c." (lines 12-13)
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Hall, Lewis T. & Tuttle, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flexible Metallic Joint (open access)

Flexible Metallic Joint

Patent for flexible metallic joint used to make improvements with railroad couplings on trains along with train pipes.
Date: December 19, 1918
Creator: Schulz, Wilhelm
System: The Portal to Texas History