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Approved Electric Lamps for Miners
From introduction: "The Bureau of Mines calls attention to the dangers of open-flame lamps in any coal mine."
Date:
July 1917
Creator:
Clark, H. H. & Ilsley, L. C.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Approved Electric Lamps for Miners
Report describing the development of a number of types of lamps for miners that meet the requirements of the Bureau of Mines. Discusses the features and qualities of these lamps in detail.
Date:
July 1917
Creator:
Clark, H. H. & Ilsley, L. C.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Gypsum Products: Their Preparation and Uses
Technical report issued by the Bureau of Mines over the different uses of gypsum. The sources and uses of gypsum are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, photographs, and illustrations.
Date:
July 1917
Creator:
Stone, Ralph W.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Gas Meter Attachment.
Patent for a gas meter attachment that will allow the meter to still function properly when somehow placed in a position other than upright. Valves that would not be functional due to changes in gravitational forces resulting from the meter being in a position other than upright are remedied using this attachment by new register and valve design.
Date:
July 2, 1917
Creator:
Morris, Henry C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Journal-Lubricator
Patent for journal-lubricator. To provide continuous lubrication for a railway car axle.
Date:
July 3, 1917
Creator:
Urbieta, Jose Maria
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Latch Mechanism for Spittoon-Covers.
Patent for an improved latch mechanism for sliding covers on spittoons.
Date:
July 4, 1917
Creator:
Lovece, Nicola
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Auxiliary Roll Former for Linter Condensers.
Patent for Auxiliary Roll Former for Linter Condensers.
Date:
July 5, 1917
Creator:
Prater, C.E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Arc-Lamp.
Patent for an arc lamp that features a spring operated clutch mechanism for the upper electrode.
Date:
July 10, 1917
Creator:
Williams, Theron H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Barrel-Stand.
Patent for a barrel-stand "designed to support a barrel or other like dispensing receptacle" (line 10) to be tilted for pouring and can be held in a tilted or other fixed position.
Date:
July 10, 1917
Creator:
Maier, Felix
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Decorticating Fibrous Leaves of Plants.
Patent for a machine that decorticates fibrous material from leaves and plants designed to be of low manufacturing cost and light enough to be carried on pack animals.
Date:
July 10, 1917
Creator:
Askew, Joel Edward
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Exhaust-Steam-Actuating Damper-Regulator.
Patent for exhaust-steam-actuating damper-regulator, including instructions and illustrations. This invention improves oil burning equipment for locomotives by "operating the dampers of the air inlet box to automatically close the dampers when the locomotive is standing and to open the dampers when the locomotive is running." (lines 12-16).
Date:
July 10, 1917
Creator:
Gilman, Benoist P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History