Winding-Tool For Bale-Fastenings. (open access)

Winding-Tool For Bale-Fastenings.

Patent for a new and useful winding tool for bale fastenings.
Date: August 8, 1899
Creator: Campbell, Douglas M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vending Machine (open access)

Vending Machine

Patent for improvements in vending machines.
Date: August 8, 1911
Creator: Linck, George E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton and Hay-Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton and Hay-Presses.

Patent for improving the cotton and hay press.
Date: August 8, 1871
Creator: McGowen, Alexander
System: The Portal to Texas History
Extension Car-Step. (open access)

Extension Car-Step.

Patent for a new and useful extension car step for "use on street cars and railway coaches". (line 13 - 15).
Date: August 8, 1899
Creator: Wrede, Albin C. & Saunders, David R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method for Converting Higher-Boiling Petroleum Hydrocarbons into Lower-Boiling Petroleum Hydrocarbons (open access)

Method for Converting Higher-Boiling Petroleum Hydrocarbons into Lower-Boiling Petroleum Hydrocarbons

Patent for converting higher-boiling hydrocarbons into naphtha or gasolene with a suitable agent to a temperature not substantially above the end-boiling-point of naphtha.
Date: August 8, 1916
Creator: Gray, George William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method for Converting Higher-Boiling Petroleum Hydrocarbons into Lower-Boiling Petroleum Hydrocarbons (open access)

Method for Converting Higher-Boiling Petroleum Hydrocarbons into Lower-Boiling Petroleum Hydrocarbons

Patent for novel processes of converting higher-boiling petroleum hydrocarbons of complex molecules into lower-boiling petroleum hydrocarbons of simpler molecules. This converts higher-boiling hydrocarbons into naphtha or gasoline.
Date: August 8, 1916
Creator: Gray, George William
System: The Portal to Texas History