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Adjustable Trace Connector (open access)

Adjustable Trace Connector

Patent for an adjustable trace connector. Illustration included.
Date: January 5, 1909
Creator: Erwin, Agustin Reese; Burks, William D. & Burks, Joseph B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press. (open access)

Baling Press.

Patent for a bailing press used in the milling and processing of cotton.
Date: January 10, 1882
Creator: Ensinger, Louis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for "baling-presses of that class wherein motion is communicated to the plunger from a sweep operated by horse or similar power, and the object in view is to improve the construction of the baling-chamber and attachments, and, furthermore, to provide a simple and efficient construction of plunger-operating mechanism" (lines 8-15)
Date: January 5, 1897
Creator: Pearce, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Disk Harrows. (open access)

Attachment for Disk Harrows.

Patent for improvements in disk harrows, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 10, 1889
Creator: Moffitt, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Enhancing Quality Factors in Cotton (open access)

Method of Enhancing Quality Factors in Cotton

Patent relating to a method of enhancing quality factors in cotton.
Date: June 9, 2006
Creator: Hake, Kater Davis; Chapman, Kent D.; Kerby, Thomas Arthur & Speed, Thomas Rainey
System: The UNT Digital Library
Porositization Process of Carbon or Carbonaceous Materials (open access)

Porositization Process of Carbon or Carbonaceous Materials

Patent relating to porositized carbon processed from carbon or carbonaceous materials.
Date: March 14, 2014
Creator: Shi, Sheldon Q. & Xia, Changlei
System: The UNT Digital Library
Process and Apparatus for Energy Storage and Release (open access)

Process and Apparatus for Energy Storage and Release

Patent regarding a process and apparatus for energy storage and release.
Date: May 14, 2004
Creator: Imholt, Timothy; Allara, David L., 1937-; Gnade, Bruce & Roberts, James A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fluorinated Metal-Organic Frameworks for Gas Storage (open access)

Fluorinated Metal-Organic Frameworks for Gas Storage

Patent relating to fluorinated metal-organic frameworks for gas storage.
Date: September 12, 2008
Creator: Omary, Mohammad A. & Yang, Chi
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fluorinated Metal-Organic Frameworks for Gas Storage (open access)

Fluorinated Metal-Organic Frameworks for Gas Storage

Patent relating to fluorinated metal-organic frameworks for gas storage.
Date: September 12, 2008
Creator: Omary, Mohammad A. & Yang, Chi
System: The UNT Digital Library
Plant Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolases (open access)

Plant Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolases

Patent relating to plant fatty acid amide hydrolases (FAAH) coding sequences.
Date: January 8, 2008
Creator: Chapman, Kent D.; Shrestha, Rhidaya; Blancaflor, Elison B. & Dixon, R. A.
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: March 10, 2009
Creator: Bilyeu, Bryan; Brostow, Witold, 1934- & Menard, Kevin P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Drill Bit (open access)

Drill Bit

Patent for drill bit, adapted for use in boring (or drilling) of oil wells with bit shank and enlarged head of angularly mounted rotary cutters (for outward cutting of well walls).
Date: January 3, 1922
Creator: Thomas, Martin E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trap. (open access)

Trap.

Patent for a star shaped fish or animal trap, which has spring triggered entry points that allow animals in but not out.
Date: January 19, 1909
Creator: Hendrix, Julius M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for Preserving Meat, &c. (open access)

Improvement in Apparatus for Preserving Meat, &c.

Patent for "an improved apparatus for use in fumigating substances used as food; and also for impregnating water with sulphurous-acid gas, for the purpose of preserving such substances by the antiseptic quality of sulphur" (lines 9-14). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 15, 1878
Creator: Ames, Theodore George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Thill Or Tongue Support (open access)

Thill Or Tongue Support

Patent for a thill or tongue support. This invention is designed for use with horse buggies. Illustration included.
Date: January 1, 1907
Creator: Roark, Lafayette L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Square. (open access)

Square.

Patent for a a carpenters square, which has tables printed on it for calculating the length and angle that rafter boards should be cut to.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: McCormick, Terrill William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Brazing (open access)

Process of Brazing

Patent for a process of brazing. Illustration included.
Date: January 15, 1907
Creator: Hornsby, Charley C. & Bell, Robert F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Wagon-Box Step (open access)

Folding Wagon-Box Step

Patent for a new and useful folding wagon-box steps. This design is to "provide a novel, simple, and safe device of the character indicated which is adapted for compact and convenient folding into a close package when not in use" (line 11-14).
Date: January 25, 1898
Creator: Brown, Marvel C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display Rack (open access)

Display Rack

Patent for a display rack. Illustrations included.
Date: January 31, 1911
Creator: Hendrix, Julius M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Disk Journal. (open access)

Cultivator-Disk Journal.

Patent for a cultivator disk journal, which is more efficient than previous models.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Doyle, Edward Silas
System: The Portal to Texas History