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Aeroplane-Kite. (open access)

Aeroplane-Kite.

Patent for a new aeroplane-kite which can be "readily dismantled and folded for shipping and easily assembled and placed in position for flying without the use of numerous fastenings and detachable parts, thereby making for simplicity and practicability" (lines 12-17). Also includes wind tunnels and a fuselage frame which is so easily assembled that a child can do it.
Date: October 19, 1920
Creator: McLaughlin, James T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Breaker and Cotton-Cleaner. (open access)

Boll-Breaker and Cotton-Cleaner.

Patent for improvements to the boll breaker and cotton cleaner by changing the construction and arrangement of parts. The patent uses air pressure to move the bolly cotton through the boll breaker and cotton cleaner chambers.
Date: November 19, 1918
Creator: Gillespie, Solomon E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Treating Cotton-Stalks (open access)

Process of Treating Cotton-Stalks

Patent for a low cost method of treating cotton-stalks to be used for similar purposes to hemp and other similar fibers.
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Jones, Levander D.; Deacon, Herbert D. & Marvin, Zebina E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Device for Concentrating Vision. (open access)

Mechanical Device for Concentrating Vision.

Patent for an optical device proposed to replace lenses and goggles. Instead of lenses, this device has circular shutters (much like a camera) that forces direct vision and eliminates peripheral vision for concentration and focus.
Date: August 19, 1919
Creator: Compere, Dolphus E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Surface-Treating Machine (open access)

Surface-Treating Machine

Patent for a machine that treats surfaces. Illustration is included.
Date: October 19, 1920
Creator: Clarke, Alex A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Surface-Treating Machine. (open access)

Surface-Treating Machine.

Patent for a surface treating machine that improves support, where the surface treating member is "driven by intermediate means from a motor displaced from the member, together with means of effecting adjustments of the surface treating member with relation to the work" (lines 13-15), with illustrations.
Date: October 19, 1920
Creator: Clarke, Alex A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Surface-Treating Device. (open access)

Surface-Treating Device.

Patent for a surface cleaning device that provides a continuously moving surface treating member which is bodily adjustable in a suitable support.
Date: October 19, 1920
Creator: Clark, Alex A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Separating and Grading Machine (open access)

Separating and Grading Machine

Patent for a separating and grading machine that separates foreign matter from produce such as peanuts, and also the produce are cleaned and at the same time graded for the market.
Date: February 19, 1919
Creator: Sparks, James N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collar Fastener and Supporter (open access)

Collar Fastener and Supporter

Patent for an object that provides the collar support and is hidden.
Date: July 19, 1921
Creator: Hudson, George J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Carrier. (open access)

Ice-Carrier.

Patent for an adjustable ice carrier which can be attached to and removed from the running board of an automobile, including illustrations.
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Cronin, John J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
University of North Texas System Annual Financial Report: 2018 (open access)

University of North Texas System Annual Financial Report: 2018

Annual financial report of Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the University of North Texas System documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 2018.
Date: November 19, 2018
Creator: University of North Texas System
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process for Reduction of Unsaturated Fatty Acids and Their Esters (open access)

Process for Reduction of Unsaturated Fatty Acids and Their Esters

Patent for saturated fatty acid reduction using hydrogen, a palladium group catalyzer, and a fat solvent.
Date: May 19, 1914
Creator: Maryott, Carlton H
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of and Means for Producing Moving Pictures (open access)

Process of and Means for Producing Moving Pictures

Patent for the fixture in whichs cells or images could be placed to make the showinf of a film easier, with supplemental drawings that give suggestion for storage and any additional usages.
Date: September 19, 1916
Creator: Sudmann, Charles L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sheet-Metal Tank (open access)

Sheet-Metal Tank

Patent for a sheet metal tank supported by outside beams made of metal studs or sheets. The design also provides means by which the tank can be sheathed and secured by concrete.
Date: October 19, 1915
Creator: Harry, Owen K.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collar (open access)

Collar

Patent for a horse collar.
Date: December 19, 1916
Creator: Padgitt, Jesse D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pen and Pencil Holder. (open access)

Pen and Pencil Holder.

Patent for "new and useful improvements in pen and pencil holders" (line 7-8).
Date: January 19, 1915
Creator: Seabaugh, Emma
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin. (open access)

Cotton-Gin.

Patent for a cotton gin with novel saws that are constructed in sections and placed in a way to reach more cotton entering the device, including illustrations.
Date: January 19, 1915
Creator: Stephens, Louis K.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Envelop, Shipping-Tag, and Index-Card (open access)

Combined Envelop, Shipping-Tag, and Index-Card

An identifying tag to be placed on containers meant to be returned to the sender after delivery of goods.
Date: October 19, 1915
Creator: Simpson, Ray R. & Wilmoth, Joseph S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Producing Moving Pictures From Plastic Materials (open access)

Process of Producing Moving Pictures From Plastic Materials

Patent for process of producing moving pictures from plastic materials
Date: September 19, 1916
Creator: Sudmann, Charles L. & Hopkins, Willie D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Cotton-Hull Extractor. (open access)

Seed-Cotton-Hull Extractor.

Patent is for machine to remove the hull from seeded cotton. Machine uses air or suction drafts to hold cotton for extraction and remove waste.
Date: August 19, 1913
Creator: Stephens, Louis K.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Archaeological Testing Within the Grapevine Springs Park, Coppell, Texas (open access)

Archaeological Testing Within the Grapevine Springs Park, Coppell, Texas

Report on archaeological testing results conducted in Grapevine Springs Park located within the City of Coppell in Dallas County, Texas.
Date: January 19, 2009
Creator: Todd, Jesse
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane. (open access)

Aeroplane.

Patent for an aeroplane with a propeller, which is "pivotally mounted and adjustable into different positions relative to the planes in order to produce either a rising movement or thereof or a driving movement in a horizontal or other plane" (lines 26-30).
Date: September 19, 1911
Creator: Andrae, Ernest H.; Andrae, E. H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Fuel (open access)

Artificial Fuel

Patent for artificial fuel made from coal.
Date: July 19, 1904
Creator: Thomas, Adelaide M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Fence (open access)

Wire Fence

Patent for wire fence. Illustration included.
Date: April 19, 1904
Creator: Hughes, Wallace B. & Samuels, Joe
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History