Automobile-Headlight-Lamp Mounting. (open access)

Automobile-Headlight-Lamp Mounting.

Patent for the improvement of automobile headlight lamp mountings. Improvement on lamp bracket described in Letters Patent Number 1,129,207, issued to the author on February 23, 1915.
Date: May 1, 1917
Creator: Kitching, David C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collar Attachment (open access)

Collar Attachment

Patent for a collar attachment to be used with fold down collars to provide a means to hold the collar closed, with illustrations.
Date: May 1, 1917
Creator: Allen, Joseph H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Demountable Rim and Felly Band (open access)

Demountable Rim and Felly Band

Patent for Demountable Rim and Felly Band
Date: May 1, 1917
Creator: Stephens, Charles D. & Bachman, Joseph A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fuel-Oil Burner (open access)

Fuel-Oil Burner

Patent for fuel oil burner for cooking stoves.
Date: May 1, 1917
Creator: Gipson, James S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method and Apparatus for Generating Motive Fluid (open access)

Method and Apparatus for Generating Motive Fluid

Patent for improvement in methods and apparatus for generating motive fluid "to provide a source of combustion" and dispose of it outside the generator to generate steam (lines 11-12).
Date: May 1, 1917
Creator: Reordan, Charles, E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mill for Grinding or Crushing Cotton-Seed or the Like. (open access)

Mill for Grinding or Crushing Cotton-Seed or the Like.

Patent for improvements to the grinding or crushing of materials in mills by eliminating the hammering action by the use of supported ball bearings. This decreases the amount of power needed to operate the mill and includes illustrations.
Date: May 1, 1917
Creator: Nolen, Robert Rufus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Core-Drill. (open access)

Rotary Core-Drill.

Patent for a rotary drill for drilling into and removing solid core samples of hard formations encountered in deep oil wells. It is designed to remove the core sample intact so the composition of the formation can be analyzed.
Date: May 1, 1917
Creator: Smith, Thomas B.
System: The Portal to Texas History