Brick-Machine. (open access)

Brick-Machine.

Patent for a machine, which the inventor calls "The Concussion Brick-Machine", that makes bricks using molds, including illustrations.
Date: May 30, 1848
Creator: Wilson, Robert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Gear for Steam-Engines. (open access)

Valve-Gear for Steam-Engines.

Patent for improving the cut-off of steam-engines through a simple valve motion, including illustration.
Date: July 30, 1850
Creator: Milner, George B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard. (open access)

Cattle-Guard.

Patent for a simple and inexpensive cattle-guard that has comprising rollers which can be independently and easily replaced. The bars that hold the rollers can also be easily removed.
Date: January 30, 1894
Creator: Lefléve, Louis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stencil-Brush (open access)

Stencil-Brush

Patent for a self-inking stencil-brush
Date: December 30, 1880
Creator: Lotherington, Thomas Turner
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Exercising Device. (open access)

Exercising Device.

Patent for an "exercising device for teaching beginners the correct touch on the piano to systematically develop finger [technique]." (Lines 9-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 30, 1895
Creator: Felden, Oscar
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Heel Attachment. (open access)

Heel Attachment.

Patent for a new and improved heel attachment. This design consists in "[t]he shoe having the sole provided with the plate having the struck-up flange and U-plate, the flange and plate forming the groove, and the plate being further provided with the perforation, in combination with the heel provided at its upper end with the plate, supported slightly above the same and adapted to fit the groove and provided with a perforation aligning with the [former] perforation, and the screw inserted downwardly through the perforation and terminating in the heel" (lines 71-82).
Date: July 30, 1889
Creator: Grumbach, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1074 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1074

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: Validity of lease contract entered into by and between the County of Harris and Houston Sports Association, Inc.
Date: May 30, 1961
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: H-915 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: H-915

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, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Effect of 1975 legislation on need for Harris County Flood Control District to submit its plans to Texas Water Development Board.
Date: December 30, 1976
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compound For Destroying Boll Weevils (open access)

Compound For Destroying Boll Weevils

Patent for a compound that destroys boll weevils.
Date: August 30, 1904
Creator: Kitchen, George C. & Brockman, J. B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie. (open access)

Bale-Tie.

Patent for a bale-fastening device that "may be applied with facility to a cotton-bale or to an equivalent package." (lines 9-11) including instructions and illustrations. The tie comprises "a band, a key engaged with the band and rotatable to coil the same therearound, and a lock fitted upon the band and engaged with the key to prevent reverse rotation thereof" (lines 105-109).
Date: August 30, 1898
Creator: Campbell, Douglas M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Bread-Pans (open access)

Improvements in Bread-Pans

Patent for a bread pan with attached lid that slices bread as it bakes. Includes instructions and illustration.
Date: January 30, 1912
Creator: Jefferson, George F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jack (open access)

Jack

Patent for a Jack. This design is operated by fluid pressure for use with driving axles and wheels.
Date: June 30, 1903
Creator: Tuggle, Samuel Ritchie & Doering, Charles William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway Tie (open access)

Railway Tie

Patent for a railway tie designed to to provide a metallic tie which is light strong, and durable (line 16-17) illustration included.
Date: June 30, 1903
Creator: Beazley, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feed-Mixer. (open access)

Feed-Mixer.

Patent for a machine for mixing grains and other feed ingredients, with automatic feeding of the different ingredients into the mixing chamber.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Richmond, George E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Coop (open access)

Folding Coop

Patent for a folding coop. Illustration included.
Date: May 30, 1905
Creator: Yoakum, Robert & McKee, Patrick C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Paper Box. (open access)

Folding Paper Box.

Patent for a folding cardboard box with a lid made from one piece of cardboard.
Date: July 30, 1907
Creator: Rhodes, Albert May
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway Frog (open access)

Railway Frog

Patent for railway frog. This invention is an object to provide an improved mounting of the wing rail. Illustration included.
Date: May 30, 1905
Creator: Anderson, Sidney A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Polisher for Hat-Rims (open access)

Polisher for Hat-Rims

Patent for a machine that smooths and polishes the rims of hats. Illustrations included.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Pesses, Abraham M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ruling Machine (open access)

Ruling Machine

Patent for a new and useful improvements in ruling machines. This invention is to "provide a machine of this character by means of which engravers may cut horizontal, inclined, or circular lines into the plate, or draftsmen draw the same lines upon a sheet of drawing" (line 14-18).
Date: November 30, 1897
Creator: Owen, Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Fourteenth Court of Appeals Annual Financial Report: 2015 (open access)

Texas Fourteenth Court of Appeals Annual Financial Report: 2015

Annual financial report of the Fourteenth Court of Appeals documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 2015.
Date: September 30, 2015
Creator: Texas. Court of Appeals (14th)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Levee. (open access)

Levee.

Patent for reinforced levees with "means whereby the water will be positively prevented from seeping therethrough and weakening the levee" (lines 14-16).
Date: September 30, 1913
Creator: Beazley, John Sr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display-Board (open access)

Display-Board

Patent for electronic baseball display board. Including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 30, 1913
Creator: Detrick, Harry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hose-Clamp (open access)

Hose-Clamp

Patent for hose-clamp. A hose clamp designed to stay attached to a drill even when the pressure of the fluid running through it is high.
Date: October 30, 1917
Creator: Bennett, Clarence D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air Brush (open access)

Air Brush

Patent for new and useful air brushes that are "intended for spraying paints, or colors, where it is desired to frequently change the color employed or to spray a combination of colors at the same time" (lines 16-20). Illustrations are included.
Date: May 30, 1916
Creator: Philibert, Joseph E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History