Prepay Time-Controlled-Service Apparatus. (open access)

Prepay Time-Controlled-Service Apparatus.

Patent for an improvement in prepay time controlled service apparatus that uses the solenoid and armature as a stopping means for the time mechanism.
Date: May 11, 1920
Creator: Thompson, William H. & Thompson, J. D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Producing Tire-Patch Material. (open access)

Process of Producing Tire-Patch Material.

Patent for an improved tire patch material combination and production process, which results in less water absorption and better adhesion to the tire.
Date: May 11, 1920
Creator: Duffy, Clarence O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Station Indicator (open access)

Station Indicator

Patent for a station indicator. Illustration included.
Date: May 11, 1909
Creator: Tanner, Theophile
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Separating Decorticated Cotton-Seed. (open access)

Machine for Separating Decorticated Cotton-Seed.

Patent for a machine dedicated to "increase the capacity of machines for separating decorticated cotton-seed" (lines 9-10) and to "separate the meal from the husks of the decorticated cotton-seed, whereby perfectly clean meal is collected" (lines 12-15)
Date: May 11, 1897
Creator: Bell, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Apparatus for Handling Seed-Cotton. (open access)

Pneumatic Apparatus for Handling Seed-Cotton.

Patent for a machine that removes cotton from a "wagon or other vehicle" (line 11), and moving it to a storage facility. It also moves the cotton from the storage facility and into the cotton gin. The cotton is elevated during movement via suction.
Date: May 11, 1897
Creator: Murray, Stephen D.
System: The Portal to Texas History