Brick-Kiln. (open access)

Brick-Kiln.

Patent for an improvement for continuous and semi-continuous kilns, to decrease resulting moisture "without materially lessening their fuel economy" (page 1, lines 50-51), including illustrations.
Date: July 13, 1915
Creator: Montrief, James V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mote-Board for Cotton-Gins (open access)

Mote-Board for Cotton-Gins

Patent for mote boards for cotton gins that throw off bolls, leaf, trash, dust, along with other foreign material
Date: July 1, 1919
Creator: Wooldridge, James L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe System for Discharging Waste Water from Refrigerator-Cars. (open access)

Pipe System for Discharging Waste Water from Refrigerator-Cars.

Patent for a pressurized pipe system designed to discharge waste water from melted ice used to reduce car temperature including illustrations.
Date: July 28, 1914
Creator: Applewhite, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History