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Cleaning Device for Wells
Patent for a device that removes loose debris in wells
Date:
July 21, 1917
Creator:
Carden, David A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Tooth
Patent for an artificial tooth that is better able to anchor to the mouth plate.
Date:
July 5, 1918
Creator:
Dee, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crude Oil Burner
Patent for crude oil burner allowing for the utilization of "crude petroleum and other similar oils" (line 13) for fuel.
Date:
July 30, 1918
Creator:
Worley, Ernest T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Pool and Billiard Table.
Patent for a combination pool and billiard table. The table has plugs for the pockets, which can be used to convert the table from a pool to a billiard table. There is also a circular removable covering, which converts the table from a game table to an ordinary household table.
Date:
July 23, 1918
Creator:
Lee, Hoard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Signal-Actuating Mechanism for Railways
Patent for an improved signal actuating mechanisms for railways. When the train cars reach an operating mechanism, a flag will be raised where pedestrians or cars cross, and cause a signal to be repeated until the train passes.
Date:
July 20, 1920
Creator:
Bashara, Samuel Farris
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sleeve-Puller.
Patent for simple and inexpensive sleeve puller, primarily for "pulling sleeves from the rear axle housing of a motor vehicle" (lines 13-14), with illustrations.
Date:
July 12, 1921
Creator:
Wilson, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Molding Machine
Patent for a clay molding machine that has more aprons to create more uniform molds as well as different size belts for varies mold sizes.
Date:
July 18, 1922
Creator:
Pokorny, James T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a wrench with a head having a pair of rigid jaws to engage the object. One unique use of this wrench is that it can tighten any threaded joint beyond the degree of tightness that can be obtained by pulling the handle of an ordinary wrench in the usual manner.
Date:
July 19, 1921
Creator:
Duda, Oswald
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle
Patent for a vehicle that can carry heavy loads and can turn around in a small space and can turn easily on a crooked road.
Date:
July 1, 1919
Creator:
Menning, Otto H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jack.
Patent for improvements in jacks used for shipbuilding. The device described is designed to aid in the processes of fastening siding to the ribs of a ship hull by first forcing the boards that form the siding close together so that they can then be secured to the hull's ribs. The improvements this jack provides is the necessary force required to closely align the boards easily and quickly before they are nailed in place. This mechanical device is lightweight, efficient and easy to repair. It can adapt to various similar tasks such as bending iron beams.
Date:
July 22, 1919
Creator:
Singleton, James D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Grinder.
Patent for "a tool adapted to rotate valves of an internal combustion engine for grinding the same on their seats." (lines 9-11) It is adapted to connect to the cylinder "of the engine in such a manner as to permit accurate and quick operation of the valve for grinding it, and whereby the handle of the tool may be set at a convenient angle for manipulation, and may be lengthened or shortened according to requirements." (lines 15-21)
Date:
July 13, 1920
Creator:
Ralston, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Screen.
Patent for a "well screen in which a maximum screening area is obtained without weakening the frame" (lines 11-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 23, 1918
Creator:
Layne, Mahlon E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine-Gun.
Patent for a machine gun, meant to have relatively few parts, that includes a belt to carry a large amount of cartridges. The machine gun "provides a structure wherein the cartridges are positively and consecutively fed to the explosion chamber" (lines 11-14).
Date:
July 16, 1918
Creator:
McManus, Luis M. & Warner, James Harold
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tractor
Patent for a tractor "of the caterpillar type, having a caterpillar on each side, said caterpillars being independently driven either forwardly or reversely" (lines 11-14).
Date:
July 22, 1919
Creator:
Fisher, Guy B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner.
Patent for improvements in hydrocarbon burners that is inexpensive and can take refined oil or heavy crude oil and make it useable as fuel.
Date:
July 27, 1920
Creator:
St. Wrba, Joseph J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for a pump for deep wells with a "specially constructed piston capable of a powerful working stroke and which will secure at all times a full volume of liquid at each stroke of the pumping rod." (line 25) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 6, 1920
Creator:
Humason, Granville Allison
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Protecting-Casing for Electrical Conductors
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Protecting-Cases for Electrical Conductors" (lines 5-7). The object of the invention is to provide a device... for surrounding the commutator of an internal combustion motor and protecting the terminals thereof and the electrical conductors connected to said terminals" (lines 12-17).
Date:
July 16, 1918
Creator:
Rooke, Henry L., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Tire.
Patent for improvements in tires for vehicles that has a cushion that takes the shocks of travel.
Date:
July 20, 1920
Creator:
Drouet, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Tire.
Patent for improvements in pneumatic tire that gives a novel means to repairing a worn casing, a blow out, or a rim cut.
Date:
July 13, 1920
Creator:
Church, Shelby L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump Mechanism
Patent for improvements in well pumps involving protecting and lubricating parts during use.
Date:
July 16, 1918
Creator:
Layne, Mahlon E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Power-Transmitting Mechanism.
Patent for improvements in a power transmitting mechanism that is "designed for the purpose of connecting a driving or power shaft with a driven shaft, whereby the driven shaft is continuously rotated from the driving shaft." (lines 11-14)
Date:
July 13, 1920
Creator:
Smith, Robert W. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Foldable Stool
Patent for a foldable stool "primarily designed for the purpose of attachment to a sewing machine, and which may be collapsed into a compact form and swung into position underneath the top of the machine and out of the way, when not in use" (lines 12-17). It is intended to be used with a desk, table, or other similar furniture.
Date:
July 22, 1919
Creator:
Hagner, Frederick Hayes
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Expansive and Contractive Well-Drill
Patent for improvements for expansive and contractive well drill involving improvements to drill bits.
Date:
July 2, 1918
Creator:
Carter, Oscar Martin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner.
Patent for a new oil burner which is designed to burn oil for fuel has a flared nozzle and can be cheaply made and repaired.
Date:
July 25, 1922
Creator:
Decuir, Joseph O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History