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Well-Reamer
Patent for an improved well-reamer with a more stable and supported cutters to straighten or increase the size of the hole with less damage from wear.
Date:
May 18, 1915
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Indicating Device for Vehicle
Patent for a indicating device for vehicles are for providing a device of the character described designed particularly to be attached to automobiles and other similar vehicles.
Date:
May 22, 1917
Creator:
Nicholson, Robert M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Grinder.
Patent for a valve grinder that fit together perfectly to prevent leakage and a consequent loss of power.
Date:
May 16, 1916
Creator:
Atkin, Frank R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vending-Machine.
Patent for improvements to vending machines especially ones used for vending drinks.
Date:
May 18, 1915
Creator:
Ogden, Carlton N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ventilating-Fastener.
Patent for an improved tuft fastening device that provides ventilation through cushion tufts to make cushions cooler to the touch, including illustrations.
Date:
May 8, 1917
Creator:
Davis, Don M. & Underwood, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump
Patent for an improved pump for oil or water wells after completion. It is designed to remove sand and slush and keep it out of the valve cage and seat.
Date:
May 8, 1917
Creator:
Kutschbach, August E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Protector for the Crown of Headwear
Patent for a device fitted to the crown of a hat or cap, safeguard the garment from being soiled from repeated use.
Date:
May 18, 1915
Creator:
Roberts, Jones H. & Rolnick, Gus
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire
Patent for tires for vehicle wheels carcasses built-up with metallic reinforcing inlays which are provided with internal air tubes to improve on use and less expensive to produce.
Date:
May 4, 1915
Creator:
Varnell, Clyde
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horizontal-Drilling Machine.
Patent for an easily adjustable and transportable machine that drills a horizontal hole in the ground to accompany a previous invention of the inventor, a method for the destruction of military fortifications. The machine's mechanisms are so housed to protect against exploding shells and includes illustrations.
Date:
May 8, 1917
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Smoothing-Drag.
Patent for useful improvements to smoothing-drags which are "designed for the purpose of smoothing roads".
Date:
May 29, 1917
Creator:
Parker, William H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shield for Cooking Utensils.
Patent for a shield for cooking utensils that is transferable between a multitude of cooking utensils (the ability to be attached and detached) while also protecting the arm and hand of the cook.
Date:
May 12, 1914
Creator:
Taggart, James E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Boring-Drill.
Patent for improvements to rotary boring drills.
Date:
May 15, 1915
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Perforator.
Patent for an improved perforator that attaches to a multigraph and perforates sheets of paper that pass through the multigraph so the sheets can be separated into parts, with illustrations.
Date:
May 8, 1917
Creator:
Hahl, Harold D. & Lambert, James J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Disk Drill
Patent for rotary disk drills with an illustration included. This drill is meant to be "efficient and strong and so arranged as to be inexpensive of manufacture and easily kept in serviceable condition." (lines 18-23)
Date:
May 29, 1917
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment
Patent for a cultivator attachment. "The principal object of the invention is to provide a simple harrowing attachment for the cultivator shovels, so that the soil can be pulverized immediately succeeding the lifting thereof by the cultivator shovel."
Date:
May 19, 1914
Creator:
Hafer, Albert L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gas-Burner.
Patent for gas burners that are made for water heaters to prevent "back firing" by building them so that they can be placed on the side of the heater rather than underneath it, so that liquid does not fall on the burner.
Date:
May 23, 1916
Creator:
Cochran, Harry A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ribbon Cabinet and Winding Machine.
Patent for ribbon cabinet and winding machine, in which "ribbons, such as are used on typewriters, adding machines, and cash registers and line machines may be stored in bulk on large reels from which said ribbon may be transferred to individual machine spools when desired," (lines 17-20) "and whereby the desired kind of ribbon may be wound upon the machine spools as it is used." (lines 75-76)
Date:
May 4, 1915
Creator:
Worsham, Louis W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Darby.
Patent for a darby with detachable extensions for use versatility and easier transport.
Date:
May 22, 1917
Creator:
Plank, Samuel K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-burner.
Patent for new design of an improved oil burner.
Date:
May 5, 1914
Creator:
Matthews, Cranmer L. & Matthews, Arthur B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Perspectives, Volume 3, Number 8, May 1981
Publication of the University of Houston System describing campus events, academic programs and research, student and alumni activities, and other informatin of interest to the community.
Date:
May 1981
Creator:
University of Houston
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Perspectives, Volume 6, Number 9, May 1994
Publication of the University of Houston System describing campus events, academic programs and research, student and alumni activities, and other informatin of interest to the community.
Date:
May 1984
Creator:
University of Houston System
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Perspectives, Volume 4, Number 9, May 1982
Publication of the University of Houston System describing campus events, academic programs and research, student and alumni activities, and other informatin of interest to the community.
Date:
May 1982
Creator:
University of Houston
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Perspectives, Volume 2, Number 5, May 1990
Publication of the University of Houston System describing campus events, academic programs and research, student and alumni activities, and other informatin of interest to the community.
Date:
May 1990
Creator:
University of Houston
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Perspectives, Volume 5, Number 9, May 1983
Publication of the University of Houston System describing campus events, academic programs and research, student and alumni activities, and other informatin of interest to the community.
Date:
May 1983
Creator:
University of Houston
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History