Animal-Trap (open access)

Animal-Trap

Patent for a small animal trap which consists of a cage suspended in the air on a spring system which drops when an animal disturbs the bait.
Date: July 20, 1909
Creator: Franks, Marion M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Rotaries. (open access)

Attachment for Rotaries.

Patent for rotary well-drilling machinery where the "ring or bushing to rotate independently of the table and the present invention is directed to means for accomplishing the rotating effect." (line 24-27)
Date: July 20, 1920
Creator: Johnston, Horace G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Cotton Press And Feeder (open access)

Automatic Cotton Press And Feeder

Patent for automatic cotton press and feeder. Illustrations included.
Date: November 20, 1906
Creator: Cumpston, Frederick Bernard; Sewell, T. W.; Page, R. J. & Young, M. G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Back-Band Buckle. (open access)

Back-Band Buckle.

Patent for an inexpensive and simple back-band buckle that doubles as a trace-carrier and locks the trace into place. It secures to the carriage and locks the trace into place with a snap-hook.
Date: February 20, 1894
Creator: Ware, William J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cantalever. (open access)

Cantalever.

Patent for a new and improved cantilever. This design consists in "the combination of the central post or column supported upon a pier or tower, the upwardly-inclined struts or beams bearing with the inner ends against the base of the post or column, the rods or cables extending from the top of the post to the ends of the struts, the rods or cables extending from the middle of the post to near the inner ends of the struts, the rods or cables extending from the ends of the struts to the middle of the post" (lines76-86).
Date: January 20, 1885
Creator: Davis, Benjamin F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gripping Device for Well-Boring Apparatus (open access)

Gripping Device for Well-Boring Apparatus

Patent for a gripping device for well-boring apparatus.
Date: January 20, 1903
Creator: Johnston, Horace G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-595 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-595

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: Whether Navarro County can spend tax money to maintain dams constructed in Navarro County by the Navarro-Hill Soil Conservation District.
Date: April 20, 1959
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History