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Aeroplane (open access)

Aeroplane

Patent for an improvement to aeroplanes which includes movable horizontal and vertical planes (or curtains).
Date: February 25, 1911
Creator: Blewett, Baxter W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bolting Reel. (open access)

Bolting Reel.

Patent for a new and improved bolting-reel. This design "relate[s] to bolting-reels for flour-mills; and the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, having for their object to obtain lightness, strength, compactness, and cheapness of manufacture, as more particularly set forth hereinafter" (lines 8-13).
Date: March 27, 1883
Creator: Phillips, Edwin Samuel & Kealy, Stephen Alexander
System: The Portal to Texas History
Monodisperse Thermo-Responsive Microgels of Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Analogue-Based Biopolymers, their Manufacture, and their Applications (open access)

Monodisperse Thermo-Responsive Microgels of Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Analogue-Based Biopolymers, their Manufacture, and their Applications

Patent relating to monodisperse thermo-responsive microgels of poly(ethylene glycol) analogue-based biopolymers, their manufacture, and their applications.
Date: July 14, 2009
Creator: Hu, Zhibing; Cai, Tong; Chi, Chenglin & Marquez, Manuel
System: The UNT Digital Library
Metal Hydroxide Derivatives Containing Chemically Bound Organophosphorus or Polyphosphate Species as Flame Retardants (open access)

Metal Hydroxide Derivatives Containing Chemically Bound Organophosphorus or Polyphosphate Species as Flame Retardants

Patent relating to metal hydroxide derivatives containing chemically bound organophosphorus or polyphosphate species as flame retardants.
Date: November 15, 2002
Creator: Braterman, Paul S.; D'Souza, Nandika & Dharia, Amit
System: The UNT Digital Library
Synthesis, Uses and Compositions of Crystal Hydrogels (open access)

Synthesis, Uses and Compositions of Crystal Hydrogels

Patent relating to the synthesis, uses and compositions of crystal hydrogels.
Date: November 15, 2002
Creator: Hu, Zhibing; Lu, Xihua; Gao, Jun; Cai, Tong; Huang, Gang & Zhou, Bo
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tunable Polymer-Based Sonic Structures (open access)

Tunable Polymer-Based Sonic Structures

Patent relating to methods and devices for controlling the propagation of sound and particularly to tunable polymer-based sonic structures.
Date: November 14, 2013
Creator: Walker, Ezekiel; Neogi, Arup & Cai, Tong
System: The UNT Digital Library
Escherichia Coli CSRB Gene and RNA Encoded Thereby (open access)

Escherichia Coli CSRB Gene and RNA Encoded Thereby

Patent regarding the synthesis, uses and compositions of crystal hydrogels.
Date: November 15, 2002
Creator: Hu, Zhibing; Lu, Xihua; Gao, Jun; Cai, Tong; Huang, Gang & Zhou, Bo
System: The UNT Digital Library
Composition of Epoxy Resin, Aliphatic Amine Curing Agent and Halogenated Amine (open access)

Composition of Epoxy Resin, Aliphatic Amine Curing Agent and Halogenated Amine

Patent relating to the composition of epoxy resin, aliphatic amine curing agent and halogenated amine.
Date: April 12, 2005
Creator: Bilyeu, Bryan; Brostow, Witold, 1934- & Menard, Kevin P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
MtNIP Regulated Plants with Significantly Increased Size and Biomass (open access)

MtNIP Regulated Plants with Significantly Increased Size and Biomass

Patent relating to creating transgenic plants.
Date: November 2, 2012
Creator: Dickstein, Rebecca; Salehin, Mohammad & Bagchi, Rammyani
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mail Bag Fastening. (open access)

Mail Bag Fastening.

Patent for a new and improved fastening for mail bags. This design "consists of a chain fixed to one side of the bag so as to swing on the lower edge, and having hooks, or, it may be, curved or straight studs, which are made to pass through eyes of the two sides of the bag and around or through another chain on the other side of the bag, making a very simple fastening that is equally secure as the staple fastening now in use and much more readily manufactured" (lines 7-16).
Date: March 18, 1884
Creator: Scott, Roy B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spinning Top (open access)

Spinning Top

Patent for a spinning top. Illustration included.
Date: March 13, 1906
Creator: Whitefield, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine. (open access)

Washing-Machine.

Patent for a new and useful washing machine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 6, 1900
Creator: Biggs, Daniel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feeder for Cotton Presses. (open access)

Feeder for Cotton Presses.

Patent for a new and improved feeder for cotton presses. This design is "constructed with a receiving-box and a feed-box separated by a sliding plate attached to a follower secured to the piston-rod of a steam-cylinder, to adapt the said feeder to be interposed between a cotton-gin and a baling-press. The inlet and outlet valves of the steam-cylinder are connected by two pairs of connecting-rods with two levers, so that the movements of the piston can be readily controlled" (lines 19-28).
Date: March 10, 1885
Creator: Selz, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway Stock-Guard. (open access)

Railway Stock-Guard.

Patent for railroad stock guard "which when stopped upon will rise up from the center in front of the stock, scare them off, and prevent them from passing over it." (Lines 15-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 23, 1897
Creator: Wiggs, Zeph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Roller Baling Press. (open access)

Roller Baling Press.

Patent for improvements to a roller baling-press.
Date: March 27, 1900
Creator: Bates, Edmond Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Side Rail for Suspension-Bridges. (open access)

Side Rail for Suspension-Bridges.

Patent for a side rail for suspension bridges that is meant "to provide an improved side railing constituting a truss, which will be light, durable, and of structural simplicity" (lines 20-23).
Date: March 21, 1893
Creator: Runyon, Edwin Elijah
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail Fastener (open access)

Rail Fastener

Patent for rail fasteners. This invention is meant to eliminate the use of railroad spikes in railroad construction.
Date: March 19, 1918
Creator: Gee, Alexander H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shaft-Tug (open access)

Shaft-Tug

Patent for a support that provides "simple and effective means whereby a shaft may be readily inserted in or removed from the top portion of the tug or support instead of by threading the shaft through the latter." (lines 9-13)
Date: March 17, 1903
Creator: Wiggs, Zeph & Henderson, James E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Brake for Elevators (open access)

Safety-Brake for Elevators

Patent for lateral pawls to brake the elevator in the event of a cable brake.
Date: March 10, 1911
Creator: Mounts, Edison J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft Evener (open access)

Draft Evener

Patent for invention that "relates to four-horse draft equalizers, and is well adapted for use on plows-- gang-plows, sulky-plows, and grain-plows-- and may be used also on wagons and other vehicles drawn by horse-power" (lines 8-12). Illustrations are included
Date: March 15, 1902
Creator: Sleight, Milton W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fruit-Jar and Bottle Cleaner. (open access)

Fruit-Jar and Bottle Cleaner.

Patent for a cleaning device that navigates narrow openings of containers, such as bottles and jars, and opens to clean the interior walls of the receptacle.
Date: March 4, 1919
Creator: Hunter, Walter L.
System: The Portal to Texas History