Banana-Case (open access)

Banana-Case

Patent for a banana case to "provide a case or crate in which bananas may be readily packed and transported without injury to the fruit."
Date: November 13, 1888
Creator: Aiken, Robert H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Eastside: 1970 -- Neighborhood Analysis (open access)

Eastside: 1970 -- Neighborhood Analysis

This report contains the results of a social and economic diagnostic study of the Eastside of San Antonio conducted by the 1970 Work Program of the Alamo Area Council of Governments.
Date: November 1970
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Driving Mechanism for Automobiles and the like (open access)

Driving Mechanism for Automobiles and the like

Patent for new and improved lubricating steering pump for automobiles and the like. Allows for better lubrication circulation to drive shafts.
Date: November 9, 1915
Creator: Allan, William N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picking Apparatus. (open access)

Cotton Picking Apparatus.

Patent for cotton-picking apparatus. This apparatus supports complete removal of the cotton from plant without foreign objects or harm to plant.
Date: November 8, 1921
Creator: Alvin, Alleyne D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Treating Ores. (open access)

Process of Treating Ores.

Patent for "an improved method of reducing gold and silver ores and recovering their metals." (Lines 10-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 17, 1896
Creator: Barbour, Thomas P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mail Bag Catching and Delivering Device (open access)

Mail Bag Catching and Delivering Device

Patent for a device that will quickly exchange mail bags between a moving train and a station.
Date: November 28, 1916
Creator: Becker, Martin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Newspaper Readers (open access)

San Antonio Newspaper Readers

November 1975 update of the Continuing Market Study for newspaper clients, providing updated measurements of a newspaper's audience characteristics, market, coverage and readership, conducted by Belden Associates.
Date: November 1975
Creator: Belden Associates
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve Mechanism for Gas Engines (open access)

Valve Mechanism for Gas Engines

Patent for improvements in the valve mechanisms of gas engines, with the object being to "provide an air cooling chamber for maintaining the exhaust valve in a cooled condition under all conditions of operations (lines 9-14).
Date: November 12, 1914
Creator: Blumberg, Humble G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Grinding Machine (open access)

Valve-Grinding Machine

Patent for a simple valve grinding machine designed to be efficient and easy to use, as well as more secure (within a valve casing) than previous models.
Date: November 6, 1918
Creator: Branning, Willie F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compilation of Hydrologic Data for the Edwards Aquifer, San Antonio, Texas: 1991, with 1934-91 Summary (open access)

Compilation of Hydrologic Data for the Edwards Aquifer, San Antonio, Texas: 1991, with 1934-91 Summary

Compilation of hydrologic data for the Edwards Aquifer in 1991 with a summary of data from 1934-91. Includes information on groundwater recharge and discharge, water levels, water quality, maps of the San Antonio and Edwards Aquifer area, and data.
Date: November 1992
Creator: Brown, D. S.; Petri, B. L. & Nalley, G. M.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Filter. (open access)

Filter.

Patent for Improvements in Filters specifically used to remove "impurities from gasoline and oil, to fit the gasolene or oil for reuse" (lines 11-13).
Date: November 12, 1918
Creator: Caen, George, Sr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Sand and Gravel Washer (open access)

Combined Sand and Gravel Washer

Patent for "a combined gravel and sand washing box which shall effectually serve as a means for practically removing all sand and dirt from gravel and stones and all mud and fine dirt from sand" (lines 30-34).
Date: November 20, 1888
Creator: Carrico, Thomas W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mold for Building Concrete Walls. (open access)

Mold for Building Concrete Walls.

Patent for a mold to be used in the construction of concrete walls, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: November 24, 1885
Creator: Carrico, Thomas W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Odorless Dry Outhouse and Apparatus for Use Therewith (open access)

Odorless Dry Outhouse and Apparatus for Use Therewith

Patent for "an outhouse which will be adapted for use in localties where water is scarce, or where it is either or both impracticable or undesirable to use water for flushing or draining" (lines 32-36).
Date: November 20, 1888
Creator: Carrico, Thomas W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Odorless Dry Outhouse and Refuse-Burner. (open access)

Odorless Dry Outhouse and Refuse-Burner.

Patent for a combined odorless dry outhouse and refuse burner for a cellar or vault in which night-soil or garbage may be reduced to ashes in the shortest possible time with low expense, including illustrations.
Date: November 10, 1891
Creator: Carrico, Thomas W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Dining-Tables. (open access)

Improvement in Dining-Tables.

Patent for an improved dining table with a rotating food service, a water reservoir and fountain, and an elevated wine bucket. Includes illustrations and instructions.
Date: November 14, 1876
Creator: Cassiano, I. Ygnacio
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Broadcaster, November/December 1985 (open access)

The Broadcaster, November/December 1985

A newsletter published for current and retired employees of City Public Service, San Antonio's natural gas and electric utility, providing updates on local events and projects.
Date: November 1985
Creator: City Public Service (San Antonio, Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Broadcaster, November/December 1987 (open access)

The Broadcaster, November/December 1987

A newsletter published for current and retired employees of City Public Service, San Antonio's natural gas and electric utility, providing updates on local events and projects.
Date: November 1987
Creator: City Public Service (San Antonio, Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Projecting Motion-Pictures. (open access)

Apparatus for Projecting Motion-Pictures.

Patent for an improvement to motion picture projectors that lowers the operating speed, thus reducing the amount of film needed for movies, and eliminates flickers in the projection. This patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 27, 1917
Creator: Craig, Richard M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ruling Machine (open access)

Ruling Machine

Patent for a ruling machine. Illustrations included.
Date: November 8, 1904
Creator: Crozier, Harry C. & Clegg, Luther B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dress Stay. (open access)

Dress Stay.

Patent for a new and improved dress-stay. This design "is to avoid the use of paste or stitches in connection with the application of the stay, as well as to provide a stay which may be readily detached and reattached in case it be desired to change the location of the seam in order to make the garment either larger or smaller. To this end the invention consists in a stay-body of steel, whalebone, or some other resilient material inclosed within a suitable casing, and wire fasteners passing through said body, through the outer side of said casing, and through the edges of the seam at either side" (lines 10-23).
Date: November 11, 1890
Creator: Dacus, Augusta
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Filter (open access)

Filter

Patent for a filter for purifying gasoline or other oil used in cleaning establishments.
Date: November 2, 1920
Creator: Daniel, William A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Sharpening Razors. (open access)

Device for Sharpening Razors.

Patent for a device for sharpening razors consisting of razor strop and hone, which does not have to be hung on a hook to use.
Date: November 30, 1909
Creator: Dunn, William Harrison
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wood Screw. (open access)

Wood Screw.

Patent for a new and improved wood screw. This design "consists of a screw-head having on the underside . . . cutting-edges alternating with flat and deep interspaces or notches, said notches completely filling the circuit of the screw-head and the notches gradually increasing in width and depth from the screw-shank to the crown of the head, thus enabling the cutters to clear themselves" (lines 12-20).
Date: November 23, 1880
Creator: Eckford, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History