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85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3964, Chapter 711
Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 289 in Dallas County as the Harold C. Simmons Memorial Highway.
Date:
June 12, 2017
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene Gas Generator.
Patent for a new and improved acetylene gas generating machine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 12, 1899
Creator:
Miller, Frank A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap.
Patent for an animal trap "having a vestibule which will be operated by the weight go the animal entering the same to close the entrance-door and open an exit-door into a receiving compartment or cage" (line 13-18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 12, 1905
Creator:
Kirk, Robert L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Elevating, Distributing, and Feeding Seed-Cotton to Gins
Patent for improvements to cotton gins so that seed cotton can be fed to two gins at the same time, while using the same power as would normally be necessary for one gin.
Date:
April 12, 1892
Creator:
Murray, Stephen D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
APPARATUS FOR HANDLING AND CLEANING SEED COTTON
Patent for an improvement to the method of cleaning seeded cotton.
Date:
November 12, 1889
Creator:
ELAM, WILLIAM E.; THOMAS, ROBERT S.; CRAWFORD, DWIGHT H. & HARDWICK, SAUNIE W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Supplying, Heating, and Burning Crude Oil and Air
Patent for an apparatus for supplying, heating, and burning crude oil and air for use in heating stoves.
Date:
October 12, 1909
Creator:
Weaver, Henry Ellis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Leg.
Patent for an artificial leg that has an improved ankle joint and a socket for the stump. It is also more comfortable than other artificial legs.
Date:
February 12, 1895
Creator:
Chapman, Edward
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Carbureters
This patent is for improvements in attachments for carbureters for automobiles. The purpose of this invention is to provide a means whereby only hot air or vapor is sucked into the carbureter,
Date:
March 12, 1918
Creator:
Milligan, Albert L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Track Sweeping and Oiling Attachment for Street-Cars.
Patent for improvements in automatic track sweeping and oiling attachments to street cars by having a transverse shaft carries a hub which has a series of brushes. When “the street car moves forward, the brushes on the transverse shaft are revolved, which sweep the rails and keep them clean.” (Lines 90-93) Illustration is included.
Date:
May 12, 1891
Creator:
Nesmith, Robert Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Weighing-Scale
Patent for improvements in automatic weightlifting scales. The modifications aim to facilitate the weighting of materials in bulk.
Date:
December 12, 1911
Creator:
Carter, Edward D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie Machine.
Patent to for a machine to make and count bale-ties, "...to manufacture at small cost machines which will be compact, not taking up much space, and which will e simple in construction and durable" (lines 10-13). It includes an extensive explanation and illustrations.
Date:
August 17, 1896
Creator:
Harry, Owen K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press
Patent for a baling press. Illustrations included
Date:
February 12, 1907
Creator:
Stopple, John J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bread-Cutter
Patent for a bread cutter which can cut multiple loaves of bread in succession and cuts of the crust of the bread.
Date:
November 12, 1907
Creator:
Hassell, Frank J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brush-Cylinder for Cotton-Gins.
Patent for brush cylinders for cotton gins which when clamped have no need to be further secured or fastened.
Date:
December 12, 1911
Creator:
Murray, Stephen D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Building Construction
Patent for a reinforced building construction material.
Date:
December 12, 1911
Creator:
Harry, Owen K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cable Reeling and Pulling Truck
Patent for the cable reeling and pulling truck. This invention was made to ease the process of cable reeling and pulling by trucks and for improvements to the safety of this process. Illustrations are provided.
Date:
February 12, 1918
Creator:
Alberts, James
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Axle Bearing.
Patent for a new and improved car-axle bearing. This design is "compris[ed of] the separable upper and lower sections having the longitudinal grooves on their respective upper and lower sides, the straps fitting in the said groove, and the bolts engaging the said straps and clamping the sections of the box together . . . in combination with the axle having its end fitting within the box, the collar shrunk onto the end of the axle within the box, said collar having the annular flanges, and the block pressing on the collar within the flanges" (lines 73-93).
Date:
July 12, 1887
Creator:
Hawkins, Andrew Jackson & Wilkins, John Walker
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Corner Brace and Hinge for Screens
Patent for combined corner brace and hinge for screens. Illustration included.
Date:
June 12, 1911
Creator:
Kirk, Robert L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition of Matter for Treating Concrete Flooring
Patent for improvements to treating concrete flooring. The process described for mixing animal, mineral, and vegetable waxes to produce a treatment which renders already poured concrete floors (or other cement or stone) dustless and waxy to prevent disintegration of the floor's components.
Date:
May 12, 1917
Creator:
Annan, Alfred H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Container for Quick Tire Patches.
Patent for quick-tire patches for repairing blowouts. Abrasive surface provides a more convenient way to clean tire patches than the usual sandpaper.
Date:
February 12, 1918
Creator:
Duffy, C.O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a cotton chopper, which attaches to a cultivator.
Date:
April 12, 1910
Creator:
Caldwell, Mack
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a simple and inexpensive cotton chopper that is "adapted for simultaneously forming rows and cross-chopping the same, thus bringing plants, such as cotton, &c., to a stand, all in one operation, and thereby avoiding the necessity, as occurs in some cases of plowing or cultivating two ways in a field for the purpose of forming rows and then the stands or for any hand hoeing, as is also commonly done" (lines 12-19).
Date:
September 12, 1893
Creator:
Schofield, James Drommond
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaning and Feeding Mechanism
Patent for a mechanism designed to cleanse cotton of dust or other foreign particles or objects before being fed. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 12, 1908
Creator:
Lumpkin, Robert B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Gin
Patent for a cotton gin. This is an improvement over previous gins. The invention uses air blasting methods and dispenses with brush drums. Illustration included.
Date:
May 12, 1908
Creator:
Lumpkin, Robert B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History