Closet-Flushing Mechanism. (open access)

Closet-Flushing Mechanism.

Patent for a water closet flushing mechanism, which prevents the water from standing in the toilet bowl where it is liable to freeze in cold weather.
Date: June 20, 1911
Creator: Parker, Thomas H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Tooth. (open access)

Saw-Tooth.

Patent for a new design for saw-teeth, with illustrations.
Date: February 20, 1906
Creator: Fleming, Christopher C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Feeding Seed-Cotton to Gins (open access)

Apparatus for Feeding Seed-Cotton to Gins

Patent for an improvement to seed feeders "to improve and simplify the feed mechanisms of such machines or apparatus and provide means whereby a number of rigidly depending chutes
Date: December 20, 1892
Creator: Murray, Stephen D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annunciator. (open access)

Annunciator.

Patent for improvement in annunciator by “providing a circuit-closing attachment for annunciators by means of which an electric lamp will be lit when the annunciator-drop falls.” (Lines 15-18) Illustration is included.
Date: October 20, 1891
Creator: Fouts, Lambert F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
COTTON AND CORN PLANTER. (open access)

COTTON AND CORN PLANTER.

Patent for a machine that assist with cotton and corn farmers with the planting of corn and cotton seed which contains instructions and illustrations on "construction and arrangement of parts" (line 18).
Date: April 20, 1880
Creator: Faucher, George E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-5250 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-5250

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, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Is there any violation of Article 4727, Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes or Article 577, Vernon's Annotated Penal Code, regarding the purchase of certain real estate from the Texas Discount Company by the City National Life Insurance Company, Dallas, Texas, under the facts stated?
Date: April 20, 1943
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-886 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-886

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: Does Senate Bill 178, Acts 56th Legislature, Regular Session, 1959, require that the Dallas County Hospital District be included in the annual independent audit along with the records and books of Dallas County and related questions.
Date: July 20, 1960
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Table and Chair (open access)

Combined Table and Chair

Patent for combined table and chair that is very durable and simple in construction. This will allow organization and support for either a chair use or table use.
Date: June 20, 1916
Creator: Macon, Alexander W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Independent School District: Human Resources and Substitute Teacher Program Review, January 2011 (open access)

Dallas Independent School District: Human Resources and Substitute Teacher Program Review, January 2011

This report reviews the management and performance of the Dallas Independent School District's (DISD) student behavior management system.
Date: January 20, 2011
Creator: MGT of America, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Operating Budget: 2016 (open access)

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Operating Budget: 2016

Proposed budget for University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation.
Date: August 20, 2015
Creator: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
University of Texas at Dallas Operating Budget: 2016 (open access)

University of Texas at Dallas Operating Budget: 2016

Proposed budget for University of Texas at Dallas outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation.
Date: August 20, 2015
Creator: University of Texas at Dallas
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Coop (open access)

Folding Coop

Patent for folding coops for the shipment of meat products, such as poultry. This invention will ensure greater efficiency in shipment of products.
Date: November 20, 1917
Creator: Randall, John G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Kitchen Cabinet (open access)

Kitchen Cabinet

Patent for a kitchen cabinet. Illustrations included.
Date: September 20, 1904
Creator: Rosser, Virgil O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vaporizer (open access)

Vaporizer

Patent for a vaporizer. This invention is for use in the medical field.
Date: October 20, 1903
Creator: Beaumont, Godfrey
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of and Apparatus for Classifying Comminuted Material. (open access)

Process of and Apparatus for Classifying Comminuted Material.

Patent for improving the process of classifying materials in order to reduce rehandling and improve efficiency in sizing materials through the use of screens.
Date: April 20, 1915
Creator: Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner. (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Burner.

Patent for an adjustable hydrocarbon burner for use in cement kilns.
Date: December 20, 1910
Creator: Dietz, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Miter and Framing Square. (open access)

Miter and Framing Square.

Patent for a new and improved miter and framing square. This design "consists in the improved arrangement and construction of graduated scales, whereby I attain superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, inexpensiveness, and general efficiency" (lines 11-15).
Date: November 20, 1883
Creator: Bolles, James H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Microtome Attachment for Microscopes (open access)

Microtome Attachment for Microscopes

Patent for a microtome attachment for microscopes which aids in cutting thin plates. Illustrations included.
Date: December 20, 1910
Creator: Poe, James G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Concentrating Comminuted Material. (open access)

Process of Concentrating Comminuted Material.

Patent for a process of concentrating comminuted material.
Date: December 20, 1910
Creator: Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Edwin G. Steele
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process Of Separating Substances Of Different Dielectric Capacities (open access)

Process Of Separating Substances Of Different Dielectric Capacities

Patent for a process of separating substances of different substances of different dielectric capacities. Illustration included.
Date: February 20, 1906
Creator: Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate (open access)

Gate

Patent for a gate. Illustration included.
Date: September 20, 1904
Creator: Penn, George Rollins
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrostatic Separator. (open access)

Electrostatic Separator.

Patent for an electrostatic separator for various particles.
Date: February 20, 1912
Creator: Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Cream Freezer (open access)

Ice-Cream Freezer

Patent for "an improvement in that class of ice-cream freezers in which the cream is taken up and frozen by contact with a revolving cylinder containing some refrigerant, and is removed therefrom by means of a suitable scraper" (lines 7-12).
Date: January 20, 1891
Creator: O'Neall, James M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Screw Propeller. (open access)

Screw Propeller.

Patent for a new and improved screw propeller. This design "connect[s] propellers on the opposite sides of a vessel with one another and with a stern propeller, so that they will act at the same time upon different parts of the vessel in urging her forward," which leads to increased speed (lines 7-11).
Date: March 20, 1883
Creator: Gartner, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History