Speed-Regulating Device. (open access)

Speed-Regulating Device.

Patent for speed-regulating devices that gradually increase or decrease the speed of a driven member automatically. This invention is applicable to motion picture film devices to increase or decrease the speed of the reel.
Date: May 16, 1922
Creator: McNeel, William Pinkney
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process for Treating Cotton-Seed (open access)

Process for Treating Cotton-Seed

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Processes for Treating Cotton-Seed"(lines 6-8), which expresses oil from cotton and neutralizes it with "alkali... and precipitating solid matter"(lines 26-27).
Date: May 27, 1919
Creator: Fee, Horatio A. & Aeveaenes, Garciea H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Water-Heater. (open access)

Electric Water-Heater.

Patent for a new electric water heater that forces water to travel around heated wires in tubes, including illustrations.
Date: May 7, 1918
Creator: Valdes, Salvador M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Foldable Steering Wheel. (open access)

Foldable Steering Wheel.

Patent for a foldable steering wheel with the capability of swinging downwardly to an out of the way position to enable the driver to easily occupy or leave his seat.
Date: May 16, 1922
Creator: Hanes, Dorris A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sectional Rim (open access)

Sectional Rim

Patent for a sectional rim, which provides a sectional demountable tire rim with interlocking means to easily actuate and separate so that the tire can be removed from or applied to the rim.
Date: May 31, 1921
Creator: Williams, Harry S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Separator for Storage-Battery Plants (open access)

Separator for Storage-Battery Plants

Patent for a device that allows liquid in a storage battery to flow from one plate to another.
Date: May 11, 1920
Creator: Luthy, Joseph O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine. (open access)

Washing-Machine.

Patent for a washing machine that launders articles of clothing. The machine has a plunger that causes rotary movement allowing cleaning fluid to reach all articles, including illustrations.
Date: May 31, 1921
Creator: Carroll, Houston M., Sr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Impression Cake (open access)

Impression Cake

Patent for a new type of impression cake meant for the creation of dental and other kinds of molds.
Date: May 13, 1919
Creator: Downie, James H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Condensing a Vapor in a Natural Gas (open access)

Method of Condensing a Vapor in a Natural Gas

Patent for Method of Condensing a Vapor in a Natural Gas. The purpose is to remove condensation and other wet gases from oil wells.
Date: May 27, 1918
Creator: Duffy, James T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method and Apparatus fo Baling Cotton and the Like (open access)

Method and Apparatus fo Baling Cotton and the Like

Patent for a method and machine for packaging and bailing cotton.
Date: May 14, 1918
Creator: Taft, John A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display or Advertising Device. (open access)

Display or Advertising Device.

Patent for a dimple, durable display or advertising device "which may be easily and conveniently used for displaying or exposing an advertising sign in a manner to attract attention to the same" (lines 14-17), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 14, 1918
Creator: Fox, William N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Differential Construction (open access)

Differential Construction

Patent for "a new and Improved Differential Construction" (lines 5-6). "The object of the present invention is to provide a differential particularly suitable for motor vehicles... whereby the spinning of the wheels... is effectually prevented while the relative movement thereof necessary in passing around curves is freely allowed" (lines 22-31).
Date: May 21, 1919
Creator: Reagan, Edgar U. G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windcrest, Texas [Newsletter], Volume 21, Number 5, May 2021 (open access)

Windcrest, Texas [Newsletter], Volume 21, Number 5, May 2021

Monthly newsletter of Windcrest, Texas, discussing news, events, announcements, and other information of interest to residents.
Date: May 2021
Creator: Windcrest (Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windcrest, Texas [Newsletter], Volume 22, Number 5, May 2022 (open access)

Windcrest, Texas [Newsletter], Volume 22, Number 5, May 2022

Monthly newsletter of Windcrest, Texas, discussing news, events, announcements, and other information of interest to residents.
Date: May 2022
Creator: Windcrest (Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
News Drop, May 2023 (open access)

News Drop, May 2023

Quarterly newsletter of the Edwards Aquifer Authority discussing news and activities of the organization as well as other information related to programs, projects, and topics related to water management and conservation.
Date: May 2023
Creator: Edwards Aquifer Authority (Tex.). Communications and Development Department
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windcrest, Texas [Newsletter], Volume 23, Number 5, May 2023 (open access)

Windcrest, Texas [Newsletter], Volume 23, Number 5, May 2023

Monthly newsletter of Windcrest, Texas, discussing news, events, announcements, and other information of interest to residents.
Date: May 2023
Creator: Windcrest (Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History