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Rotary Drilling Apparatus

Description: Patent for well drilling apparatus (commonly known as rotaries) with eliminated screws and nuts, and reduced minimum number of parts, and which provides a quickly and easily operable gripping device.
Date: June 22, 1915
Creator: Black, Lee J.

Gearing for Hoisting Apparatus

Description: 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

Oil-Tank.

Description: Patent for oil tank top to prevent destruction of inflammable substance in the tank by enabling the gas to escape in a simple and effective manner.
Date: June 27, 1916
Creator: Bradley, Benjamin Franklin

Percolator.

Description: Patent for a percolator that has a storage tank where the water may be heated and stored for later use to make coffee. The device also features a cylinder, where ground coffee is placed, that can be removed for easy cleaning.
Date: June 13, 1916
Creator: Duke, Holmes

Screw.

Description: Patent for a new and improved screw. This design consists in "[a] screw, the body and shank of which are of corresponding diameter throughout their length, the shank terminating in a rounded end, and the shank and body being provided with a longitudinal straight channel extending throughout their lengths, one of the terminal shoulders of the channel being removed" (lines 4-10).
Date: June 10, 1890
Creator: Ericson, John

Safety-Lamp.

Description: Patent for a safety lamp that prevents the explosion of combustible gases by adding a perforated dome and air chamber. The expansion spaces cut off the air supply and extinguish the lamp.
Date: June 5, 1917
Creator: Kincade, Elmer C.

Boring-Bit.

Description: Patent for a boring drill. The invention creates a new means "for connecting the constituent members of the head so as to provide novel means for assembling the head with a driving element" (lines 19-22).
Date: June 10, 1913
Creator: Larnce, John B.; Townsend, S. L. & Keith, Aubrey R.

Viscoscometer.

Description: Patent for a device that accurately determines the viscosity of different liquids, particularly oils, and is able to be kept at a uniform temperature.
Date: June 13, 1916
Creator: Lorenz, Charles O.
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