Lubricating Device (open access)

Lubricating Device

Patent for lubricating device which is a dispenser for liquids or semi liquids to come out of.
Date: February 8, 1916
Creator: Aycock, Nathaniel. M
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator (open access)

Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator

Patent for combining both cotton choppers and cultivators. This will create a more easily operated piece of machinery.
Date: February 4, 1902
Creator: Bass, James Milton, Sr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Fire and Burglar Alarm (open access)

Electric Fire and Burglar Alarm

Patent for new and useful improvements to fire and burglar alarms. The invention includes improvements so that frequent battery changes are not necessary.
Date: February 5, 1918
Creator: Bates, Lewis E. & Hanks, Vollie V.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boring-Tool for Oil-Wells and the Like. (open access)

Boring-Tool for Oil-Wells and the Like.

Patent for new and improved boring tools. The combined wheel bit and reamer is intended to simultaneously bore and ream.
Date: February 15, 1921
Creator: Belcher, Mark
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Forcing Fluid From Wells. (open access)

Apparatus For Forcing Fluid From Wells.

Patent for a narrow device to use fluid dynamics to remove certain fluids without loss of others. The apparatus is let down the well until one end is submerged before pressurized with air to seperate fluids and bring oil up to the surface of the well.
Date: February 22, 1921
Creator: Bodungen, Charles G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel For Bicycles. (open access)

Wheel For Bicycles.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in wheels for bicycles. This design is to "provide an improved tire for this purpose which is adapted to take the place of a pneumatic tire and to operate in a similar manner" (line 13 - 17).
Date: February 8, 1898
Creator: Bowley, James Deamess
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Motor For Fluid-Meters. (open access)

Motor For Fluid-Meters.

Patent for a motor for fluid meters. This specific construction will eliminate the friction of the moveable parts.
Date: February 5, 1918
Creator: Bradley, Richard C. & Ireland, C. Frank
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oxygen-Generator (open access)

Oxygen-Generator

Patent for an oxygen generator that refills as it is emptied.
Date: February 7, 1911
Creator: Bradley, Richard Clinton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale Band Fastening (open access)

Bale Band Fastening

Patent for a bale band fastening. Illustration included.
Date: February 28, 1905
Creator: Campbell, Douglas M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump. (open access)

Pump.

Patent for a new and improved design for pumps as they are used in deep wells. New design meant to prevent sand from entering machine between the working barrel and plunger.
Date: February 1, 1919
Creator: Carmichael, Robert E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Staple-Setting Device. (open access)

Staple-Setting Device.

Patent for a staple setting device. This invention sets staples in blind slats and sticks with a special reference to assist with the setting of staples for the purposes of both construction and repair.
Date: February 21, 1922
Creator: Chamberlain, Kit Carson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drill Bit (open access)

Drill Bit

Patent for improvements in drill bits, particularly in the application used in drilling in soft formations, such as clay, gumbo, or similar material. The purpose of the invention is to provide a way to prevent the sticking of material to the drill and drill collar while the drilling operation is being performed.
Date: February 14, 1922
Creator: Childs, William L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Device. (open access)

Well-Drilling Device.

Patent for adding a drilling stem to a well-drilling device, with illustration. This invention will improve operation of devices.
Date: February 10, 1920
Creator: Church, Walter Lee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Burner

Patent for a hydrocarbon burner with an improved fuel passageway.
Date: February 13, 1912
Creator: Clarke, Marcus S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drill Bit (open access)

Drill Bit

Patent for a drill bit that can pass through the drill stem, making the process of drilling faster and easier.
Date: February 24, 1920
Creator: Clements, Frank L., Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stove. (open access)

Stove.

Patent for a stove with a combustion chamber that utilizes oil as fuel through an oil burner in said chamber, illustration included.
Date: February 5, 1918
Creator: Cook, Charles F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire - Protector (open access)

Tire - Protector

Patent for a new and useful improvements in tire-protectors. This design "has relation to armor for pneumatic tires" (line 8-9).
Date: February 8, 1898
Creator: Cross, Abraham
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mold for Plastic Bodies (open access)

Mold for Plastic Bodies

Patent for a mold for forming plastic pieces with openings for wires to run through them.
Date: February 8, 1910
Creator: Crum, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cleaning Bottoms of Ships. (open access)

Apparatus for Cleaning Bottoms of Ships.

Patent for apparatus for cleaning the bottom of ships "to provide a simple and practical apparatus for removing barnacles, seaweed, mud, and other adhesions from the sides and bottom of a ship" (line 10).
Date: February 11, 1902
Creator: Culpepper, Robert Smith
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary and Method of Securing the Pipe-Gripped Device Thereon (open access)

Rotary and Method of Securing the Pipe-Gripped Device Thereon

Patent for a rotary drill and method of securing the pipe gripping device onto it to lessen the strain on the drill parts.
Date: February 25, 1913
Creator: Decker, Harry R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Constant-Volume Valve. (open access)

Constant-Volume Valve.

Patent for an improved constant-volume valve that helps regulate the flow of liquid through a passage with an automatic valve.
Date: February 28, 1922
Creator: Dewey, Maurice J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Well Screen. (open access)

Oil Well Screen.

Patent for a new oil-well screen that prevents sand from entering an oil or water well but will allow oil and water through.
Date: February 14, 1922
Creator: Dobson, John A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sample Taking Device (open access)

Sample Taking Device

Patent for an oil sample-taking device.
Date: February 25, 1919
Creator: Dodds, Redus D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel (open access)

Vehicle-Wheel

Patent for an improvement to the general construction of the wheel in order to make it easier to assemble and disassemble. The improvement also is intended to make the wheel cheaper and easier to manufacture.
Date: February 29, 1916
Creator: Downing, Otto P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History