Improvement for Apparatus for Cutting Glue. (open access)

Improvement for Apparatus for Cutting Glue.

Patent for a design for a battery-powered wire glue cutter/slicer including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 11, 1875
Creator: Stevens, Hennell
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Processes for Preparing and Drying Glue. (open access)

Improvement in Processes for Preparing and Drying Glue.

Patent for a process of drying glue that uses superheated steam and a drying chamber.
Date: October 11, 1875
Creator: Stevens, Hennell
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Vehicle Axle-Lubricators (open access)

Improvement in Vehicle Axle-Lubricators

Patent for improvements to the design of axle lubricators, in which the oil reservoir is in the rear as opposed to the front.
Date: October 14, 1879
Creator: Hinkle, James V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump. (open access)

Pump.

Patent for rotary pump designed to counterbalance thrust at each step by a "series of lifting-wheels mounted upon a common shaft" (lines 10-11) in order to minimize wheel thrust.
Date: October 22, 1901
Creator: Baker, Josheph W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine. (open access)

Rotary Engine.

Patent for a new and improved rotary engine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 10, 1899
Creator: James, William Francis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Core-Discharge Apparatus. (open access)

Core-Discharge Apparatus.

Patent for an Improvement in Core-Discharge Apparatus. It is meant to be used in connection with core drills in well or mine drilling. This improvement is meant to be carried to the surface by an air-lift pump.
Date: October 1, 1918
Creator: Carhichael, Robert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History