Resource Type

Crude-Oil Burner (open access)

Crude-Oil Burner

Patent for a portable crude oil burner that attaches to stoves.
Date: September 20, 1910
Creator: Lubbock, William L. & Hamblen, Samuel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Making Soap. (open access)

Apparatus for Making Soap.

Patent for a new and improved soap-making machine. This design "consist[s] of grease and soda tanks, the latter tank having a diaphragm . . . a register-tank, pipes leading from said grease and soda tanks to said register-tank, a pivoted converter, a rotary shaft in said converter and blades, a shaft journaled in uprights attached to said converter and provided with a crank and a bevel wheel, the latter gearing with a bevel-wheel on said rotary shaft in the converter, and removable furnaces for said grease tank and converter" (lines 21-32).
Date: September 20, 1887
Creator: Grant, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Form for Building Concrete Structures (open access)

Form for Building Concrete Structures

Patent for a form for building concrete structures. Illustrations included.
Date: September 20, 1910
Creator: Duller, David M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Floor Surfacer, Cleaner, and Polisher (open access)

Floor Surfacer, Cleaner, and Polisher

Patent for a mechanism designed for surfacing, cleaning, and polishing wooden flooring. Illustrations included.
Date: September 20, 1910
Creator: Warner, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History