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Acetylene-Gas Generator.
Patent for an acetylene gas generator, which claims to improve upon this device by simplifying the "means for feeding carbid to the water," (line 14) hence making it "more efficient and durable in use and less expensive to manufacture." (lines 19-21)
Date:
April 3, 1906
Creator:
Dulaney, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Derrick
Patent for a derrick. Illustration included.
Date:
April 3, 1906
Creator:
McClain, Thomas & McDaniel, Robert S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Road-Working Machine.
Patent for a road working machine, which claims to simplify and improve the type of this machine that is designed to "operate upon banks at the sides of the road for the purpose of trimming such banks and moving the surplus dirt in the direction of the center of the road." (lines 11-14)
Date:
April 3, 1906
Creator:
McBride, William J. & Alford, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shear-Sharpener.
Patent for an improved shear sharpener which has a "new and novel construction by which shears are quickly and properly sharpened, ... whereby a shear is held at the proper bevel while being moved over an oilstone or the like" (lines 12-16), including illustrations.
Date:
April 3, 1906
Creator:
Jeffrey, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Fence Tool.
Patent for a new wire fence tool for "applying binding members at the crossings of the strand and stay wires, and has for its object to simplify and improve the construction and increase the efficiency of devices of this character" (lines 10-14), including illustrations.
Date:
April 3, 1906
Creator:
Harris, Edwin
System:
The Portal to Texas History