Apparatus for Extracting Oil (open access)

Apparatus for Extracting Oil

Patent for a device for extracting cotton seed oil which ensures even cooking of the seeds by constant stirring.
Date: January 14, 1908
Creator: Lauerman, Vandy Joseph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-4331 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-4331

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether Palo Pinto County may alone or jointly with the City of Mineral Wells acquire land allocated in Parker County for the use of the Mineral Wells airport.
Date: January 22, 1942
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vending-Machine (open access)

Vending-Machine

Patent for a coin and check operated vending machine. Illustrations included.
Date: January 28, 1913
Creator: Vandagriff, James V.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lamp-Burner (open access)

Lamp-Burner

Patent for the provision of spring pressed clamps pivotally mounted on a burner and adapted to engage opposite sides of the base of a lamp chimney and thereby securely hold the lamp chimney in place on the burner and yet permit the ready removal of the chimney.
Date: January 4, 1916
Creator: Patterson, Simon H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pistol- Holster (open access)

Pistol- Holster

Patent for a pistol holder. The holder will secure the pistol in the position that it should be in, at all times.
Date: January 4, 1916
Creator: Parrish, Byron B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cut-Off Lock (open access)

Cut-Off Lock

Patent for gasoline cutoff for motor vehicles. Allows for vehicle to be still in use or running when left unattended, but will prevent it from being stolen.
Date: January 9, 1917
Creator: Reid, William O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Roller Bearing (open access)

Roller Bearing

Patent for Roller Bearing
Date: January 2, 1917
Creator: Galbraith, David G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Thinning Plow (open access)

Cotton Thinning Plow

Patent for cotton thinning plow. Illustration included.
Date: January 1, 1907
Creator: Edgin, William Alaxander
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History