Automobile Wheel. (open access)

Automobile Wheel.

Patent for improvements and a cushion to steering wheels of automobiles to provide better grip and comfort, including illustrations.
Date: May 15, 1917
Creator: Dominguez, Salvador
System: The Portal to Texas History
Power Mechanism. (open access)

Power Mechanism.

Patent for a "simple mechanism for use in connection with a prime mover of any of the well known types using as a motive agent steam, oil, gas, electricity, etc." (lines 13-16). The mechanism is meant to increase efficiency by reducing the number of its components.
Date: May 29, 1917
Creator: Dominguez, Salvador
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Razor-Blade Sharpener. (open access)

Safety-Razor-Blade Sharpener.

Patent for a safety razor blade sharpener with an improved arrangement of the metal grinding elements and a novel blade holder that can hold various types of blades and sharpen both sides, including illustrations.
Date: May 8, 1917
Creator: Hauser, Peter D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Fender (open access)

Automobile-Fender

Patent for automobile fenders to provide a fender that can be used in conjunction with various types of motor vehicles and "prevent a person from being run over by the vehicle equipped with the fender" (lines 13-14).
Date: May 15, 1917
Creator: Uribe, Marcelino
System: The Portal to Texas History