Stove (open access)

Stove

Patent for a more efficient and cost effective heating apparatus. The stove is designed for coal and similar fuel sources.
Date: December 14, 1915
Creator: Hanna, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Separator (open access)

Cotton-Separator

Patent for an apparatus for cleaning seed cotton and separating the dust and dirt therefrom prior to the ginning operation. The apparatus will have a perforated metal disk or wheel where cotton will readily slide off, instead of getting clogged. The separator wheel will have a smooth plane surface that will cause no injury to the cotton and the entire surface is freely exposed and unobstructed.
Date: September 7, 1915
Creator: Hughes, James Y.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cooling and Disinfecting Device. (open access)

Cooling and Disinfecting Device.

Patent for improvements in fluid cooling and disinfecting devices. The primary object of improvements is "to provide a simple, inexpensive and efficient device of this character which will be well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed."
Date: February 23, 1915
Creator: Womack, Samuel W.
System: The Portal to Texas History