65 Matching Results

Explore Results

Route-Indicator.

Description: Patent for an improved route indicator for automobiles "which not only visually indicates the characteristics and risks of the road" but in addition provides an "auditory signal to call attention to approaching hazards or dangers" (lines 36-41). Illustrations included.
Date: November 13, 1917
Creator: Cranmer, Howard
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Glass Manufacture dated November 5, 1918

Description: Patent for apparatus to improve the overall quality and efficiency of glass production. This includes both window and sheet glass. It assists in developing sheet glass through blowing, drawing, and ladling.
Date: November 5, 1918
Creator: Thomas J. McCoy
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wrench for Rotary Well-Drills.

Description: Patent for a wrench designed to assist in working with rotary well drills. The wrench is adapted for unscrewing the coupling that attaches a drill point to a pipe section, as well as for detaching the pipe sections from one another. The advantage of the wrench is in allowing convenient detachment of the parts of a well drill quickly and efficiently.
Date: October 21, 1913
Creator: Lebus, George Franklin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Well Drilling Apparatus.

Description: Patent for an improved well-drilling apparatus. Improvements made to bull wheel shaft and the sand reel and casing line shaft so they may be operated independently of each other while utilizing the same source of power.
Date: January 14, 1919
Creator: Thorniley, Clarence W. & Thorniley, Charles, D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Well-Drill Wrench

Description: Patent for a wrench for drill pipes used in drilling wells. Illustrations included.
Date: February 18, 1913
Creator: Osborne, William Rush & Lebus, George Franklin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Well Stuffing-Box.

Description: Patent for improvements on well stuffing boxes, particularly in packing the vertically reciprocating pump rod and keeping it packed over time, so that the stuffing box doesn't need to be dismantled for manual adjustments.
Date: November 16, 1915
Creator: Church, George W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lavatory.

Description: Patent "relates to improvement in wash basins, tubs, sinks, trays, and the like and especially with reference to the provision of improved means for flushing the waste pipe or duct thereof and for preventing overflow in the case the supply of faucet or faucets should be left running..."
Date: April 6, 1915
Creator: Kavanagh, Joseph A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Internal Pipe-Gripper

Description: Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Internal Pipe-Grippers" (lines 6-7) such as "an improved tool for removing pipes or casings from drilled wells (lines 14-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 5, 1913
Creator: McConnell, Scott R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vehicle-Wheel.

Description: Patent for a type of vehicle wheel made of a unique hub, rim, and resilient spokes. The design allows for the hub and spokes to rotate independently of the rim, reducing the need for compensating gearing. This is done by having the spokes frictionally engaged with the rim rather than a rigid, static design.
Date: December 26, 1911
Creator: Bartle, John N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vacuum-Regulator for Oil-Pumps.

Description: Patent for vacuum regulator for oil pump. This device is simply constructed and easy to operate. It is an automatic cut-off in the vacuum of the pipe line to the pump.
Date: March 12, 1918
Creator: Hobb, James W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Under-Drilling Bit.

Description: Patent for improvements in the design of under drilling bits in order to "reduce labor, time and expense of drilling" and "to permit the drilling of a more perfect hole" (lines 25-27), including illustrations and a description of the design.
Date: July 15, 1913
Creator: English, Harry White
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Underreamer.

Description: Patent for an underreamer with improved construction and increased operating efficiency; including illustrations.
Date: December 9, 1913
Creator: Wagner, Warren
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Measure for Oil-Wells.

Description: Patent for a device measuring the depth of oil and other wells by computing the distance preferably by the sand line or other line as it is let down from the earth's surface to the bottom of the well.
Date: May 21, 1918
Creator: Richardson, Robert B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pump

Description: This patent is for pumps. This patent allows for the pump barrel to be readily disengaged from its normal positive engagement with the well tube for removal from said tube for repairs or any other reason.
Date: March 19, 1918
Creator: Perry, Sherman V.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Steam-Generator.

Description: Patent for a new version of a steam generator that uses internal combustion of "all kinds of liquid fuel and gas" (line 25), and has an "automatically regulated in accordance with the steam pressure" supply of steam in the combustion and mixing chambers.
Date: December 19, 1916
Creator: Sands, George. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Support for Telegraph Line-Wires and the Like.

Description: Patent for "supports for telegraph and telephone line wires, electric light line wires, and the like, and the object is to provide simple and highly efficient brackets for holding such wires securely in place ... so that the wires will not drop to the ground" (lines 10-18), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 21, 1918
Creator: Wilson, James F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Back to Top of Screen