Improvement in Sheet-Metal Vessels (open access)

Improvement in Sheet-Metal Vessels

Patent for a cylindrical vessel made of sheet-metal rather than tin. Including a inward double hanging ledge and two layers of metal soldiered together.
Date: October 14, 1879
Creator: Morris, Robert C. & McLane, Hiram H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Angle-Plates for Doors. (open access)

Improvement in Angle-Plates for Doors.

Patent for a strengthening bracket for improving angle-plates for door hinges, such that the door will be supported from sagging at the hinge.
Date: October 14, 1879
Creator: Morris, Robert C. & McLane, Hiram H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Binder Enhanced Refuse Derived Fuel (open access)

Binder Enhanced Refuse Derived Fuel

Patent relating to refuse derived fuels and more particularly to binder enhanced refuse derived fuel pellets and utilization of such pellets in solid-fuel fired furnaces.
Date: April 12, 1995
Creator: Daugherty, Kenneth E.; Venables, Barney J. & Ohlsson, Oscar O.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Paper Separator (open access)

Paper Separator

Patent for a paper separator.
Date: October 24, 1905
Creator: Brintnall, Harry W. & Venney, Felix A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft Device for Wheeled Gang Plows (open access)

Draft Device for Wheeled Gang Plows

Patent for a draft device for wheeled gang plows. This invention is and improvement to equalize draft devices for motor drawn gang plows to avoid pulling the plow out of the straight line of draft. Illustration included.
Date: October 29, 1912
Creator: Weiler, Nicholas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boiler-Skimmer. (open access)

Boiler-Skimmer.

Patent for a boiler-skimmer that improves the hinge joint so that water or scum will have free access there and in all positions of the skimmer.
Date: October 14, 1919
Creator: Phillips, Eugene N. & Dick, Harvey H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Covering for Meats. (open access)

Covering for Meats.

Patent for an aromatic asphaltum and paraffin wrap to preserve, protect from air and moisture, and transport meat that will not become brittle under cold temperatures.
Date: October 18, 1921
Creator: Pletcher, Lyle J.
System: The Portal to Texas History