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Building Construction (open access)

Building Construction

Patent for metal beams used in building construction that have perforated plates to allow the passage of concrete through the plate when the metal piece is embedded in concrete thus strengthening the attachment of the metal and the concrete.
Date: May 14, 1907
Creator: Keyser, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cold-Iron Straightener. (open access)

Cold-Iron Straightener.

Patent for a cold iron straightener for straightening wagon axles or pipes while they are still on the vehicle, which allows for more forceful bending than previous devices and restoration of the parts to their natural position.
Date: May 14, 1907
Creator: Keith, John David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evaporating-Pan. (open access)

Evaporating-Pan.

Patent for a evaporating pan for use in making syrup from green juices that helps strain impurities out of the juice and boil it down by having a variety of compartments that the juice flows through throughout the pan.
Date: May 14, 1907
Creator: Chamblee, Wilson G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Extracting Cotton-Seed Oil. (open access)

Process of Extracting Cotton-Seed Oil.

Patent for the process of extracting cotton-seed oil from cotton-seed meal with a hydrocarbon such as kerosene and making the hydrocarbon reusable in the process by producing a cotton-seed oil soap through adding caustic soda to the mixture of cotton seed meal and hydrocarbon.
Date: May 14, 1907
Creator: Bird, Maurice
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shaft and Pulley Collar. (open access)

Shaft and Pulley Collar.

Patent for a collar for pulleys and shafts with set-screws that protects the set-screws from damage or harming people working with the systems.
Date: May 14, 1907
Creator: Beal, Ephaphras Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History