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Cleaning Device for Wells.
Patent for a device for cleaning wells. Particularly for washing out of the well screen after it has been set in the bore.
Date:
June 19, 1917
Creator:
Carden, David A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ceiling-Plate.
Patent for improvements to ceiling plates that allow a ceiling plate through which a pipe passes to remain securely attached to the ceiling (or other surface) even while the pipe expands or contracts.
Date:
June 19, 1917
Creator:
Donnelly, John R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picking Needle
Patent for a cotton picking needle that relates to machines for picking cotton. More particularly to a novel form of picking needle especially designed for use in connection with a picking machine of that type shown for example.
Date:
June 19, 1917
Creator:
Johnson, Billie
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin
Patent for clothes pin with illustration attached. This pin was created to allow ease shifting of clothes hanging from the clothe line. Additionally the clothes pin does not pinch the clothes it holds in place.
Date:
June 12, 1917
Creator:
McKinney, Arthur C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Gin.
Patent for improvements in cotton gins, including "an attachment for a gin feeder to separate cotton from the burs during the gin operation...especially adapted for use upon cotton containing an excess amount of bolls" (lines 13-16). The improvements include an air suction device to remove cotton from the burs before it enters the gin.
Date:
June 5, 1917
Creator:
Huntsman, Edward L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane.
Patent for improved propulsion for airplanes involving propellors in the front and rear of the plane. This aids in regulating air currents to stabilize flight, landing and speed. The patent includes illustrations.
Date:
June 12, 1917
Creator:
Campbell, John R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press
Patent for bailing press including improvements in the compressor, feeder, and plunger-actuating mechanisms.
Date:
June 5, 1917
Creator:
North, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap
Patent for improvements in animal traps, in particular mouse and rat traps. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 19, 1917
Creator:
Stockburger, Charles. W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Feed for Motors.
Patent for air-feed invention that aims to supply moist air to automobile engines. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 19, 1917
Creator:
Reid, Samuel E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Directions for Sampling Coal for Shipment or Delivery
Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines with instructions for coal sampling for shipment. As stated in the introduction, "this paper deals with the sampling of coal after it has been mined" (p. 5). This paper includes illustrations.
Date:
June 1917
Creator:
Pope, George S.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Measurement and Specification of the Physical Factors Which Determine the Saturation of Certain Tints of Yellow
Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Standards over studies conducted on the specifications of color. The specifications of the color yellow are discussed. This paper includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date:
June 30, 1917
Creator:
Priest, Irwin G. & Peters, Chauncey G.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Valve
Patent for an automatic valve for use upon hydraulic or suction dredges to prevent sore material such as clay, sand and mud from preventing the efficient use of the dredge sure to the closing of heavy material in the mouth of the dredge. The valve is intended to supply water to flush out the mouth of the dredge.
Date:
June 12, 1917
Creator:
Miller, Henry L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel Tire
Patent for vehicle wheel tire made of spring steel which includes a mechanism to adjust "tensioning means that will be regulated in accordance with the load" (lines 23-27).
Date:
June 26, 1917
Creator:
McGehee, Tom S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pumping-Engine.
Patent for a pumping engine that pumps air, water, oil, or other agents. It was designed to be used for air pumps on locomotives, inflating tires on automobiles, pumping water in steam operated machines, and other uses.
Date:
June 5, 1917
Creator:
Allison, Jesse H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tool
Patent for tool has combined multiple tools. The compact, is simple and easy to operate and it is convenient.
Date:
June 26, 1917
Creator:
Milliorn, William L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tie-Up Stand for Mail.
Patent for the tying of mail into bundles. The invention is adjustable and allows for mail of various widths.
Date:
June 5, 1917
Creator:
Zerwer, John A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tortilla-Making Machine.
Patent for a machine for making tortillas "easily, conveniently and rapidly" (lines 13-14), including illustrations.
Date:
June 12, 1917
Creator:
Gutiérrez, Refugio
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Harrow Structure
Patent for improvement in harrow structure allowing for them to be attached to an ordinary cultivator in lien of cultivating shovels.
Date:
June 26, 1917
Creator:
McIntyre, John P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Ginning, Cleaning, and Bleaching Cotton.
Patent for improvements to the processes of ginning, cleaning, and bleaching cotton, and "particularly to stripping the lint cotton from the seed and for treating cotton with an air treatment after it leaves the saws" (lines 10-13), including illustrations.
Date:
June 19, 1917
Creator:
Hodo, Wesley A. J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tongue Supporting Attachment for Cultivators and Planters
Patent for the Tongue Supporting Attachment for Cultivators and Planters. This invention, according to Paul J. Block, is to provide an improved support for the tongues of a cultivator and relieve the draft animal of its weight. Illustrations are included.
Date:
June 14, 1917
Creator:
Block, Paul J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring Wheel for Vehicles.
Patent for spring-wheel that will supply resiliency for shock absorption, preventing shocks and jarring to the body of the vehicle.
Date:
June 12, 1917
Creator:
Crowe, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hand Manure-Scraper.
Patent for a handheld scraper with a handle added at a 45-degree angle and rivets to secure the shank.
Date:
June 12, 1917
Creator:
Heller, Louis & Neese, Elo
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press
Patent for hay press has better aims to provide a novel and improved press for baling hay and other similar material.
Date:
June 26, 1917
Creator:
Hilton, Ben F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gearing for Hoisting Apparatus
Patent for gearing that hoists items in construction. This one is designed more specifically with the drilling of wells in mind, but it can be used in other activities as well. The apparatus can run at varying speeds, all controlled by a single person who does not have to leave the controls to adjust said speed.
Date:
June 5, 1917
Creator:
Black, Lee Jackson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History