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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Reconnaissance For Oil Near Quanah, Hardeman County Texas (open access)

A Reconnaissance For Oil Near Quanah, Hardeman County Texas

This report documents the examination for oil in the vicinity of Quanah, Hardeman County Texas during the fall of 1914.
Date: October 9, 1915
Creator: Wegemann, Carroll H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
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.
Object Type: Patent
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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History