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Automatic Time-Controlled Operating Mechanism.
Patent for improvements in automatic time-controlled operating mechanisms by using a combination of a spring-actuated rotary disk, a clock mechanism, and co-acting cams to automatically operating at predetermined times, electric switches and other devices, such as locking and unlocking doors of warehouses. Illustration is included.
Date:
January 18, 1910
Creator:
Chappel, James M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coffee Urn
Patent for a coffee urn. Illustration included.
Date:
July 18, 1905
Creator:
Robertson, Cullen Andrew
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Hook for Artificial Arms
Patent for an automatic hook for artificial arms that allows a pen or pencil to be held.
Date:
June 18, 1912
Creator:
Corley, Quentin D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burglar-Alarm
Patent for "a portable burglar-alarm, which may be secured in position adjacent to a window or door, so that upon the opening of the same the alarm will be tripped and the cartridge detonated" (lines 9-13).
Date:
December 18, 1888
Creator:
Mikich, Janko L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buckle.
Patent for a buckle "wherein a closed frame or box is employed that is formed with a smooth exterior surface to avoid contact with and injury to the animals on which it is used, and prevent the reins from contacting therewith, and dispensing with the use of a guard thereover; and at the same time producing a secure fastening that is applied to straps without the necessity of the employment of stitches or other modes of fastening" (lines 9-18).
Date:
April 18, 1893
Creator:
Monday, Robert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bank-Punch
Patent for "a punch for the use of banks, counting-houses, &c., which will cut figures and characters out of the material of la check or other paper, and which will cut in the said paper before and after the figures representing the value of the check a star or other character to prevent the raising of the check by the addition of other figures" (lines 21-28).
Date:
March 18, 1890
Creator:
Lane, Alvin V.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cloth Cutting Apparatus.
Patent for a new and improved cloth-cutting machine. This design "relates to cloth-cutting apparatus, and particularly to that class wherein the fabric or other material to be cut is operated upon by revolving cutters; and it has for its object to provide devices of this character which may be enabled to cut the goods by a continuous forward movement of the said cutters" (lines 9-15).
Date:
August 18, 1885
Creator:
Monday, Robert Owens
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Sewing Machines.
Patent for a new and improved attachment for sewing machines. This design "is to prevent the presser-foot from catching in the fibers of the material as the same is being sewed" (lines 13-15). It is "composed of a sheet-metal plate bent upon itself to form a loop and having an integral arm extending from the upper edge of the loop out of the plane thereof and having its free end concaved" (lines 93-97).
Date:
November 18, 1890
Creator:
Tynes, Minor E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Automatic Vending and Money-Changing Machine.
Patent for an improved combined automatic vending and money changing machine. It has "a locking mechanism constructed to lock said article and change-delivery mechanisms when a coin inserted by a purchaser is of less value than the article desired by him, and [a] mechanism for unlocking both of said delivery mechanisms while the purchaser's said coin remains in the machine and adjusting bot of said delivery-mechanisms to thereafter deliver an article corresponding to the value of said coin" (line 1-10).
Date:
June 18, 1895
Creator:
Sturgis, Herbert Marshall
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3531, Chapter 1171
Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the Dallas County district and county courts administration and court services.
Date:
June 18, 2005
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-283
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: Can the employees of the Dallas City-County Department of Public Welfare be brought into the County's Retirement System?
Date:
October 18, 1957
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Opener and Cleaner.
Patent for cleaning and renovating cotton and other fibrous materials that are found in the lint that falls from the gin in the regular ginning process.
Date:
April 18, 1916
Creator:
Garner, James C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cleaner
Patent for a machine to efficiently remove any "dirt, trash and motes from the cotton fiber" (lines 12-13).
Date:
April 18, 1916
Creator:
Garner, James C. & Garner, James C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanism for Rotating a Locomotive-Headlight.
Patent for a "manually operated mechanism that will enable a locomotive engineer to rock the headlight about a pivotal access without leaving his cab" (lines 12-15), including illustrations.
Date:
August 18, 1914
Creator:
Teter, William E. & Gray, Charles B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaning and Renovating Plant.
Patent for getting knowledge on how to collect the cotton and make it usable.
Date:
April 18, 1916
Creator:
James C. Garner, of Dallas, Texas & Charles S. Reynolds, of Houston, Texas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Refining Crude Cotton-Seed Oil.
Patent for "refining crude cotton seed oil designed to increase the yield of refined oil of the required color, odor and flavor." (lines 11-13)
Date:
March 18, 1913
Creator:
Jesse C. Chisholm; J. Chisholm; Chisholm, Jesse
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weighing Attachment for Ice-Tongs.
Patent for a device designed so that "the weight of the ice may be determined while the ice is engaged by the tongs" (lines 12-14). The weighing device can be safely attached to the tongs, and the patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 18, 1914
Creator:
Henderson, Douglas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Security Lock Device.
Patent for a new and useful form of automobile lock adaptable for use in connection with the steering column and steering wheel of the car or automobile to be locked.
Date:
December 18, 1917
Creator:
Mushaway, Alden
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4300, Chapter 17
Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation and operations of a health care provider participation program by the Dallas County Hospital District.
Date:
May 18, 2017
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1461, Chapter 899
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the appointment and terms of the board of hospital managers of the Dallas County Hospital District.
Date:
June 18, 2015
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1929, Chapter 865
Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the payment in certain counties of expenses associated with the transportation of senior citizens and their caregivers for civic, community, educational, and recreational activities.
Date:
June 18, 2015
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a churning receptacle for improvement in ease of operation, efficiency, and sanitation.
Date:
May 18, 1920
Creator:
Thompson, Robert A. & Morris, Lute P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Covering for Meats.
Patent for an aromatic asphaltum and paraffin wrap to preserve, protect from air and moisture, and transport meat that will not become brittle under cold temperatures.
Date:
October 18, 1921
Creator:
Pletcher, Lyle J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in stilts.
Patent for an improved stilt involving a stilt-rod and a tube that can be slid. Includes illustrations.
Date:
September 18, 1875
Creator:
Beaumont, Franklin, Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History