Automobile Projectile. (open access)

Automobile Projectile.

Patent for self-propelled vehicle with means for reducing a barrier such as a wire entanglement.
Date: July 3, 1917
Creator: Elrod, Henry E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap. (open access)

Animal-Trap.

Patent for Improvements in Animal Traps. This trap is a "self and everset trap" (lines 11-12) with the primary purpose of creating a trap that is "efficient of operation, economical of construction, and sanitary" (lines 14-15).
Date: July 3, 1917
Creator: Burgett, William Matthews
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Destroying Weevils. (open access)

Apparatus for Destroying Weevils.

Patent for an apparatus for destroying weevils and moths, infesting corn, peas, hay, sweet potatoes, beans, and the like, when stored. The apparatus consists of a container with an improved means of distributing heat to the contents in which the weevils and moths are found.
Date: July 3, 1917
Creator: Kasmeier, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Door (open access)

Car-Door

Patent for car-door. An attempt to have a door mounted such that when it is moved, it elevates in such a way as to prevent a binding of it.
Date: July 3, 1917
Creator: Smith, Harry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cleaning Deep Wells. (open access)

Apparatus for Cleaning Deep Wells.

Patent for a device that assists in cleaning deep wells that have caked material in the pumping apparatus by using hot steam.
Date: July 3, 1917
Creator: Deats, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal-Lubricator (open access)

Journal-Lubricator

Patent for journal-lubricator. To provide continuous lubrication for a railway car axle.
Date: July 3, 1917
Creator: Urbieta, Jose Maria
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lifting Clamp for Well Casings (open access)

Lifting Clamp for Well Casings

Patent for a lifting clamp for well casings. It is designed to make the lifting of well casings easier and safer for those attaching the clamp to the lifting mechanism.
Date: July 3, 1917
Creator: Kibele, Eugene
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trap. (open access)

Trap.

Patent for impalement mouse trap that is intended to be manufactured and sold at a low cost.
Date: July 3, 1917
Creator: Speed, Jefferson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Upward-Current Separating Process and Device. (open access)

Upward-Current Separating Process and Device.

Patent for upward-current separation processes and devices to allow for working with changes in conditions and proportions with ease.
Date: July 3, 1917
Creator: Allen, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hoisting Drum. (open access)

Hoisting Drum.

Patent for an invention that "relates to improvements in hoisting drums" (line 15-16). Structure, objective, and illustrations of hoisting drums are included.
Date: July 3, 1917
Creator: Howard, Henry Fischer
System: The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Wheel. (open access)

Resilient Wheel.

Patent for a wheel that contains heavy wire spokes, consisting of two sections that are arranged to have their adjacent ends spaced and connected by coil springs to insure resiliency.
Date: July 3, 1917
Creator: Fuller, Robert Nelson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine (open access)

Rotary Engine

Patent for Rotary Engine with an illustration attached. Created to "[embody] a novel construction and assemblage of the component elements, and [embody] novel means for reversing the engine." (lines 10-15)
Date: July 3, 1917
Creator: Martin, Jerry M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Freight Gang-Plank. (open access)

Freight Gang-Plank.

Patent for freight gang-planks embodying hinged sections which may be adjusted at any angle with relation to each other so that the upper section may be disposed on a horizontal plane for the purpose of allowing a loaded truck to come to rest and remain immovable until manual or mechanical power is applied to move it.
Date: July 3, 1917
Creator: Simpson, Louis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Front-Wheel Drive (open access)

Front-Wheel Drive

Patent for an invention that relates to front wheel driving mechanism. This invention is to provide simple and reliable driving mechanism between the engine and each of the front wheels of a motor vehicle.
Date: July 3, 1917
Creator: Smith, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History