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Apparatus for Utilizing Hot Slag for Heating Purposes (open access)

Apparatus for Utilizing Hot Slag for Heating Purposes

Patent for an apparatus which holds molten slag in the exterior chambers of the receptacle such that the interior chambers can receive water to be heated, producing steam and hot air.
Date: September 11, 1900
Creator: Wells, James L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Lock for Mines and Tunnels (open access)

Air-Lock for Mines and Tunnels

Patent for an air lock to remove water, polluted air, and heat from mines and tunnels and force in fresh air. Illustrations included.
Date: September 8, 1908
Creator: Durack, Partick H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-142 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-142

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether under the current appropriations bill the Liquor Control Board is authorized to construct two collection booths in the City of El Paso, one at the Ysleta Port of Entry, the other at the Cordova Port of Entry.
Date: September 13, 1963
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane (open access)

Aeroplane

Patent for an airplane with improved steering capabilities and adjustments for atmospheric conditions.
Date: September 29, 1914
Creator: Canion, William G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aparatus for Cleaning Lechuguilla, Henequen, and Analogous Fibrous Plants. (open access)

Aparatus for Cleaning Lechuguilla, Henequen, and Analogous Fibrous Plants.

Patent for an improved apparatus for scraping lechugilla, henequen, and analogous fibrous plants. This apparatus scrapes the stalks of the plants mechanically and separates the pulp from the fiber of the plant so that the fiber will be cleaned and ready for use.
Date: September 3, 1918
Creator: Aguilar, Alfonso
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Upper Rio Grande, September 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Upper Rio Grande, September 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Upper Rio Grande area of Texas.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Eighth Court of Appeals Annual Financial Report: 2017 (open access)

Texas Eighth Court of Appeals Annual Financial Report: 2017

Annual financial report of the Texas Eighth Court of Appeals documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 2017.
Date: September 25, 2017
Creator: Texas. Court of Appeals (8th)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Eighth Court of Appeals Annual Financial Report: 2016 (open access)

Texas Eighth Court of Appeals Annual Financial Report: 2016

Annual financial report of the Texas Eighth Court of Appeals documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 2016.
Date: September 27, 2016
Creator: Texas. Court of Appeals (8th)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weed-Cutter (open access)

Weed-Cutter

Patent for "a simple, light and inexpensive tool which an be handled easily by women working in gardens and fields, particularly for cutting sand burs and cockle burs" (lines 9-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 10, 1918
Creator: Klaffert, Katie
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill Tower (open access)

Windmill Tower

Patent for a windmill tower. Illustrations included.
Date: September 10, 1907
Creator: Eubank, Josephus H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lifting-Jack. (open access)

Lifting-Jack.

Patent for a simple, strong, and inexpensive lifting-jack used in railroads, mills, and similar things that is "capable of manipulation by a single operator and adapted to elevate loads to various heights according to the size of the structure and support the same at the desired elevation" (lines 12-16).
Date: September 11, 1894
Creator: Foix, Louis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Internal-Combustion Engine. (open access)

Internal-Combustion Engine.

Patent for an internal combustion engine for multi-cylinder engines, which has automatically opening valves powered by the exhaust gas.
Date: September 17, 1907
Creator: Thomas, Percy Frank
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Producing Gas. (open access)

Process of Producing Gas.

Patent for a continuous process of producing a gas rich in carbon monoxide, in which the gas-forming combustible material enters the gas-generating chamber from one end while producer gas exits the other end. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 15, 1914
Creator: Hirt, Jules H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Purse. (open access)

Purse.

Patent for a small purse attached to the hand via a strap, including illustration of purse in use on hand.
Date: September 26, 1916
Creator: Urmston, William B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe Joint Reinforcing Attachment (open access)

Pipe Joint Reinforcing Attachment

Patent for Pipe Joint Reinforcing Attachment
Date: September 12, 1916
Creator: Frilick, Joseph O
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metal Cross Tie And Rail Fastener (open access)

Metal Cross Tie And Rail Fastener

Patent for metal cross ties and rail fasteners. Illustrations included.
Date: September 27, 1904
Creator: Sawyer, Ben S. & Bull, Clarence C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Producing Gas (open access)

Process of Producing Gas

Patent for a carbon monoxide gas producer. Illustrations included.
Date: September 24, 1912
Creator: Hirt, Jules H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch-Stand (open access)

Switch-Stand

Patent for switch stands. The improvement is to provide a mechanism in connection with stands of the character specified for moving the points of a switch to deflect trains from the main track on to the switch, wherein locking mechanism is provided for locking the switch points in safety or main line position and connected to the operating mechanism for moving the points in such manner that when operating arm for the switch is moved into the inoperative position after returning the points to the normal position, the locking mechanism will be operated to lock the points against movement.
Date: September 21, 1915
Creator: Philips, Smith F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pocket Index (open access)

Pocket Index

Patent for Pocket Index
Date: September 26, 1916
Creator: Urmston, William B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paper-Clip (open access)

Paper-Clip

Patent for an improved paper-clip "which is extremely simple in construction, permitting ease of manipulation and the manufacture thereof at a greatly reduced cost" (lines 12-14).
Date: September 2, 1919
Creator: Lea, Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fluid-Operated Signal (open access)

Fluid-Operated Signal

Patent for a fluid operated signal with illustrations. The device would allow communication between a train engineer and a caboose conductor through a device that utilizes the fluid-pressure brake system of the freight train.
Date: September 30, 1902
Creator: Bell, Chester L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fiber Extracting Machine (open access)

Fiber Extracting Machine

Patent for "new and improved Fiber-Extracting Machine." (6-7). These improvements are specific to equipment used to separate fibers from vegetable and plant matter. The primary function of this equipment is to extract fiber from the agave plant.
Date: September 6, 1921
Creator: Lambert, William O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Orchard-Heater. (open access)

Orchard-Heater.

Patent for
Date: September 2, 1913
Creator: Cole, Robert F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Automatic and Straight-Air Brake (open access)

Combined Automatic and Straight-Air Brake

Patent for Combined Automatic and Straight-Air Brake
Date: September 26, 1916
Creator: Pomeroy, William. E
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History