Fiber-Cleaning Machine (open access)

Fiber-Cleaning Machine

Patent for a machine intended to remove the pulp from the fiber of tropical plants. Illustrations included.
Date: May 19, 1908
Creator: Vaughan, Henry Latrobe
System: The Portal to Texas History
Emergency Brake Setting Apparatus For Elevators. (open access)

Emergency Brake Setting Apparatus For Elevators.

Patent for an emergency brake setting apparatus for elevators. This invention is an improved emergency brake, especially for the type of elevators used in mines.
Date: May 19, 1914
Creator: Canion, William G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Making Alcohol (open access)

Process of Making Alcohol

Patent for improvements in processes for making alcohol. The process relates to making alcohol from sotol and other species of cacti. This involves subjecting the cacti with water and steam in a digester. The resulting fermented liquid can be distilled.
Date: May 19, 1914
Creator: Thatcher, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History