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Combined Shade and Current Bracket Support and Shade-Guide.
Patent for a combined shade and curtain bracket support and shade guide, which makes shades roll up straight rather than catching on edges and tearing.
Date:
March 8, 1910
Creator:
Hoxworth, Edwin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Saw Buck and Drag Saw.
Patent for a new and improved saw-buck and drag-saw. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the saw-buck having cross-piece, the swinging arm pivoted to and laterally movable on said cross-piece, the upper-end of said arm being provided with a slot, the saw, the saw-carriers . . . having spindles, the forward-carrier being provided with a tenon, and the saw-frame pivotally mounted on the spindles of the saw-carriers" (lines 74-82).
Date:
March 22, 1887
Creator:
Nitsche, John Emil & Kowalewsky, August
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-399
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 McLennan County is entitled to collect from the State of Texas under Article 486a, V.C.C.P., the mileage and per diem of certain out-of-state witnesses for the travel and days spend in attendance under the state facts in Cause No. 15499, State v. Davis.
Date:
March 10, 1965
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JM-4
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, Jim Mattox, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether water board of city of Robinson is required to comply with article 6252-17, V. T. C. S.
Date:
March 9, 1983
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evaporative Cooler.
Patent for an evaporative cooler/refrigerator that is cooled by the evaporation of water with ventilating tubes to maintain the air condition in shelves. Water is adapted to move through a "cloth, flowing downwardly therethrough and being evaporated therefrom to thereby effectually cool the articles disposed within the refrigerator" (lines 28-31). This patent includes illustrations
Date:
March 10, 1914
Creator:
Henderson, Thomas A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Geology of Blacklands Experimental Watershed, Near Waco,Texas
Report on the geological aspects of the Blacklands Experimental Watershed near Waco, Texas.
Date:
March 1952
Creator:
Blank, H. Richard (Horace Richard), 1929-; Stoltenberg Norval L. & Emmerich, Harry H.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trunk-Strap.
Patent for an "efficient and inexpensive" (lines 13-14) trunk strap, including instructions and illustration. The strap is comprised of adjustable sections, the free ends of which hook into angular plates on the bottom of the trunk.
Date:
March 28, 1916
Creator:
Hall, James T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wave-Motor.
Patent for a new and useful wave motor, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1900
Creator:
Walker, James C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wave-Motor.
Patent for a wave motor that gathers and stores power from the full force of the waves in their rise and fall. The motor operates a drive shaft.
Date:
March 6, 1894
Creator:
Walker, James C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve Gear For Pneumatic Cotton-Feeders.
Patent for a new and improved valve gear for pneumatic cotton feeders, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1900
Creator:
Williams, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tractor
Patent for an improved tractor where the "propelling force is delivered through traction blocks...(lines 11-12)."
Date:
March 22, 1921
Creator:
Aerl, Van Vivian
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water Distilling Apparatus
Patent for a water distilling apparatus. This invention is designed for condensing steam into distilled water. Additionally, the design is meant to separate empyreumatic gases from the water vapor during the distillation process. Illustration included.
Date:
March 5, 1907
Creator:
Lazenby, Robert S. & Lazenby, Henry C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Touch Regulating Attachment For Pianos
Patent for a touch regulating attachment for pianos. This invention regulates the touch of the instrument to effect the tension or stiffness of the keys. Illustration included.
Date:
March 29, 1904
Creator:
Harriss, Langdon & Kendall, William H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trolley-Pole.
Patent for a trolley pole, which attaches easily to the wire and can be placed on it by the operator without him leaving his station on the trolley.
Date:
March 16, 1909
Creator:
Barr, George T., Sr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Package-Tie.
Patent for a tie that fastens the ends of a string together for the purpose of securely wrapping packages, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Forsgard, Edward F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil Can.
Patent for a new and improved oil can. This design "consists in the combination, with an oil-can, of a wire passing loosely through the nozzle and into a tube secured on the bottom of the can within the said can. The outer end of the wire is curved, and part of the wire is finely grooved or roughened" (lines 13-18).
Date:
March 27, 1883
Creator:
Campbell, James A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gun-Stock.
Patent for an improved wooden stock for firearms which combines maximum lightness and strength, may be produced at reduced cost, and is adapted for convenient and advantageous manipulation for defensive purposes.
Date:
March 27, 1906
Creator:
Cole, William F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gun-Barrel.
Patent for improvement in small firearms. The gun combines a cylindrical breech and with an elliptical bore in order to increase the projectile’s impact and stabilize its trajectory. The invention uses an ordinary ball cartridge, improving upon an earlier patent by the inventor. Detailed explanation and illustrations included.
Date:
March 4, 1902
Creator:
Cole, William F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Type-Writer Attachment
Patent for a type-writer attachment.
Date:
March 31, 1903
Creator:
King, William V.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
End Cap, Tie, and Seal for Cylindrical Cotton-Bales.
Patent for an end cap, tie, and seal for cylindrical cotton-bales. The cap has a flat end with cylindrical edges and a draw wire in its hem. It extends nearly to the ends of the bale, and the edges go over the ends of the bale.
Date:
March 12, 1895
Creator:
Campbell, Louis Wilbur
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire Clay Heater.
Patent for a new and improved fire-clay heater. This design "consists in an improved fire-log burner for oil or other fluid or gaseous inflammable substances, said burner being in form of a tube or hollow cylinder, and made of 'fire-clay,' and provided with numerous jet or burner passages in its periphery, and filled with comminuted asbestus or other analogous absorbent or capillary fluid-conducting fire-proof material . . . The object of [the] invention is to provide a practically-operating and fire-proof fire-log for heating steam-boilers, stoves, grates, fire-places, and for other analogous uses" (lines 17-30).
Date:
March 5, 1889
Creator:
White, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in seed planters, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 6, 1900
Creator:
Ingram, Charles W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rivet Setting and Displacing Tool
Patent for a tool for "setting new rivets and displacing defective rivets from buggy bow-sockets" (line 9-10), and it is aimed to be easy to use with efficiency and reliability. The tool is constructed to be "simple, strong, durable and inexpensive construction" (line 16-18).
Date:
March 2, 1915
Creator:
Thrasher, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switch Mechanism
Patent for a switch mechanism, which is a improvement for the switch throwing mechanisms used for street railway systems. "The switch is set by means of tripping devices by the car and under control of the motorman."
Date:
March 2, 1915
Creator:
Yoakum, Hugh D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History