Dry-Cleaning Machine. (open access)

Dry-Cleaning Machine.

Patent for a dry cleaning machine that cleans using gasoline. The invention reduces the amount of gasoline used; keeps the gasoline clean while in use; provides easy placement and access of garments in the drum while in motion; improves the construction of the drum and its rubbing action on the garments; and supplies moisture to the machine to prevent the gasoline from igniting.
Date: June 16, 1914
Creator: White, Edward Young
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gasket or Washer (open access)

Gasket or Washer

Patent for "a gasket or washer adapted to be used upon garden hose, steam pipes, air brake hose, automobile hose, fire hose" (lines 9-11).
Date: June 16, 1914
Creator: Toepperwein, Ferdinand L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metal Wheel (open access)

Metal Wheel

Patent for a wheel that would work well with automobiles and to improve how it is built and make them more workable with spokes.
Date: June 9, 1914
Creator: Simmons, Oliver George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Turnstile. (open access)

Turnstile.

Patent for a new turnstile design for use in train cars, "especially adapted for use in so called " pay-as-you-enter " cars." (lines 11-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 9, 1914
Creator: Lohrberg, Leopold W.
System: The Portal to Texas History