Air-Cycle (open access)

Air-Cycle

Patent for an air cycle that allows a person to fly by pedaling. Illustrations included.
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: Price, Joseph H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-759 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-759

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 the Tarrant County Hospital District can legally operate an ambulance service and/or supervise its operation and related questions.
Date: September 9, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-568 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-568

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, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Constitutionality of H.B. No. 179, 56th Leg., requiring the Commissioners Court of Tarrant County to submit the Optional County Road Law to the vote of the qualified voters of the County.
Date: March 9, 1959
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie. (open access)

Bale-Tie.

Patent for bale ties that "have the securing members permanently connected" (lines 12-13) and do not have projecting ends that could damage cotton bales or other fibrous materials.
Date: June 9, 1914
Creator: McFarland, Frank H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertising Device (open access)

Advertising Device

Patent for an advertising device meant to sit on a desk as a ruler. This device is designed to make the images on its surface appear to be suspended in air when it is lifted. It can be manufactured cheaply and is intended to be distributed for free as both a ruler and advertisement.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Glisson, Amos Adolphus
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench. (open access)

Wrench.

Patent related to a wrench that is adjustable to fit any nut size. When secured on the nut, this wrench will firmly grip the nut until the handler loosens the wrench from the nut.
Date: April 9, 1912
Creator: Weatherly, George B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Light-Reflecting Device. (open access)

Light-Reflecting Device.

Patent for a simple and portable light reflecting device designed to be placed on top of a piano, organ, or other musical instrument. The device is designed to amplify light from a lamp or other lighting device and reflect it downward and backward onto an instrument's music board. The device also shades the eyes of a performer and allows music to be read without straining the eyes.
Date: April 9, 1907
Creator: Schelb, Peter Jay
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Protector and Antiskidding Device. (open access)

Tire-Protector and Antiskidding Device.

Patent for a tire protector and anti-skidding device, which is made up of a flexible metal cover to prevent punctures and reduce wear on the tires, as well as reduce skidding.
Date: August 9, 1910
Creator: Bell, Charles D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Music-Rest for Pianos. (open access)

Music-Rest for Pianos.

Patent for a music rest for pianos, which attaches to the piano case and can be adjusted to different heights.
Date: June 9, 1908
Creator: Norcross, Levi Watson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump Operating Apparatus (open access)

Pump Operating Apparatus

Patent for improved pump operated apparatus
Date: January 9, 1917
Creator: Schilder, John J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tank for Oil Burners (open access)

Tank for Oil Burners

Patent fora tank for oil burners. This invention is designed to supply burners with crude oil. Illustration included.
Date: May 9, 1911
Creator: Alverson, Lewis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Screen-Hanger. (open access)

Screen-Hanger.

Patent for more accessible window screen hangers. The inventors claimed that these improved screen hangers eliminated the challenge of hanging window screens on the exterior of tall buildings. These screen hangers allowed customers to hang, adjust, and clean screens from the inside of buildings.
Date: December 9, 1919
Creator: Agee, Howard L. & Agee, Sidney A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piano. (open access)

Piano.

Patent for a piano with reversible boards below the keyboard and on the side of the piano. The board below the keyboard can be reversed to hide wear and the board on the side has foot pedals and a foot-rest for children or beginners to use which can be hidden inside the piano when not in use by reversing the board.
Date: April 9, 1907
Creator: Norcross, Levi Watson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piano-Case. (open access)

Piano-Case.

Patent for a piano case, which allows the lid to be put back far enough to allow a music stand to rest easily on it on the upright position and which has a new, non-box-like design.
Date: June 9, 1908
Creator: Norcross, Levi Watson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display Advertising-Machine. (open access)

Display Advertising-Machine.

Patent for an advertising display that carries a number of large advertisement sheets that are revolved and held stationary to periodically display each advertisement in repeating succession.
Date: October 9, 1917
Creator: Barnett, John B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety Starting Device for Internal-Combustion Motors (open access)

Safety Starting Device for Internal-Combustion Motors

Patent for the improved "Safety Starting Device for Internal-Combustion Motors (line 6-8)."
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Todd, James T. A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gas Generator (open access)

Gas Generator

Patent for a gas generator that generates hydrocarbon gases. It is "to provide ample and efficient means for feeding gas making elements into the fillings or contents located in the generators and to distribute uniformly to all parts of a generator the elements fed into the generator and to provide efficient means for operating the feeding devices and to provide agitating devices working in combination with the feeding devices for agitating the fumes within the generator." (line 11-21)
Date: March 9, 1915
Creator: Tinsley, Waller P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Illusion-Boat. (open access)

Illusion-Boat.

Patent for a boat ride at amusement parks, which allows the participant to have the illusion of going on a boat ride in the arctic during a thunderstorm.
Date: July 9, 1907
Creator: Jossenberger, Victor E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nozzle. (open access)

Nozzle.

Patent for a nozzle with adjustable spray levels.
Date: March 9, 1909
Creator: Hess, Charles G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Derrick. (open access)

Derrick.

Patent for improvements to derricks for oil wells.
Date: June 9, 1920
Creator: Babek, Frank
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Davenport. (open access)

Davenport.

Patent for a davenport, which can be used as wardrobe, settee, or bed that includes a wider bed, extensions for head and foot rests, and a larger wardrobe door than previous models.
Date: July 9, 1907
Creator: Hartshorn, Guy C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatically-Operated Gate and Door (open access)

Automatically-Operated Gate and Door

Patent for improvements on automatically opened doors and gates for vehicular passing. The improvements will allow the automatic opening of gates and doors without human attention or interference.
Date: April 9, 1921
Creator: Brown, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Garment-Hanger. (open access)

Garment-Hanger.

Patent for a garment hanger "for the support of outer garments...and which will also embody a rack for shoes, the hanger being so constructed that it will occupy a minimum amount of space..." also "to support a considerable weight without any likelihood of sagging or breakage...that the greater the weight imposed thereon, the more firm will be the connection between these parts" (lines 11-15, 21-28). It also includes an illustration.
Date: August 9, 1921
Creator: Fulford, Marcus F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coin-Controlled Vending-Machine. (open access)

Coin-Controlled Vending-Machine.

Patent for a con-controlled vending-machine that sells stamps and similar products including illustrations. The machine "compels a complete cycle of operation for each coin received and cannot be rendered inoperative through the deposit of a plurality of coins in the chute or while the operation of the machine is in progress." (lines 14-17).
Date: October 9, 1917
Creator: Wolford, William O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History