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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
Fiber-Separating Machine.
Patent for a new and improved fiber separating machine "in which the entire cleaning or separating of the fibers from the plant stock can be done in one operation" (lines 10-13).
Date:
May 5, 1914
Creator:
Parks, Michael Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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