Artificial Hand-Grip. (open access)

Artificial Hand-Grip.

Patent for an improvement to artificial hand-grips that includes a pair of jaws that attaches to an artificial arm and allows wearers to perform various activities.
Date: December 31, 1918
Creator: Corley, Quentin D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stovepipe-Fastener. (open access)

Stovepipe-Fastener.

Patent for a stovepipe fastener for the purpose of securing the end of the stovepipe into a sheet metal thimble and preventing the stovepipe being pulled out of the chimney and into the room.
Date: December 31, 1918
Creator: Schuch, Anthony
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elevator-Door Sill. (open access)

Elevator-Door Sill.

Patent for an elevator sill that bridges the gap between the floor and the bottom of the elevator when the elevator doors are open.
Date: August 31, 1915
Creator: Doren, Lewis W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nutcracker. (open access)

Nutcracker.

Patent for a nutcracker "of simple and comparatively inexpensive construction, having few parts and which may be conveniently operated." (lines 9-10) including illustration.
Date: October 31, 1916
Creator: Watson, Charles J. E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cleaner. (open access)

Cotton-Cleaner.

Patent for an improved cotton cleaner including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 31, 1917
Creator: Line, George C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Steering Apparatus. (open access)

Automobile Steering Apparatus.

Patent for automobile steering apparatus, adding two rear wheels and mounting an enlarged body on the frame which will allow a considerable number of passengers to be carried and many advantages had as a public service vehicle.
Date: July 31, 1917
Creator: Rebman, Joseph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Cutting and Scoring Box-Blanks (open access)

Machine for Cutting and Scoring Box-Blanks

Patent for the mechanical cutting and scoring of box blanks with illustrations.
Date: July 31, 1917
Creator: Daven, Michael P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Cracking Mechanism. (open access)

Nut-Cracking Mechanism.

Patent for a nut-cracking mechanism that adjusts automatically to the size of nut with a variable cracking stroke.
Date: July 31, 1917
Creator: Russell, Frank K.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Open Records Letter Ruling: OR2000-0324 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Open Records Letter Ruling: OR2000-0324

Document issued by the Open Records Division at the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an informal interpretation of Texas law related to whether the Dallas, Texas Police Department must release a police report related to a pending investigation.
Date: January 31, 2000
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Open Records Letter Ruling: OR2000-0312 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Open Records Letter Ruling: OR2000-0312

Document issued by the Open Records Division at the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an informal interpretation of Texas law related to the City of Dallas received request for information pertaining to Arrest Report No. 0754659-H.
Date: January 31, 2000
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Tight Heating-Stove (open access)

Air-Tight Heating-Stove

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in air tight heating stoves, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 31, 1898
Creator: Wilson, John Wesley & Wilson, William Wharton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Penholder And Eraser (open access)

Combined Penholder And Eraser

Patent for a combined penholder and eraser. Illustration included.
Date: May 31, 1904
Creator: Tucker, Albert S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Pipes (open access)

Attachment for Pipes

Patent for an attachment for pipes. Illustration included.
Date: January 31, 1911
Creator: Charles, Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Refining Crude Cotton-Seed Oil. (open access)

Process of Refining Crude Cotton-Seed Oil.

Patent for a process for refining crude Cottonseed oil that produces more soap byproduct than other methods.
Date: October 31, 1911
Creator: Chisholm, Jesse C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compound Gas-Engine (open access)

Compound Gas-Engine

Patent for a compound gas-engine.
Date: March 31, 1903
Creator: Babled, James
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Garment. (open access)

Garment.

Patent for a device to keep a coat from sagging or becoming wrinkled as a "garment-stiffening device" [Lines 83-84].
Date: March 31, 1903
Creator: Hudson, George Jackson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Preheating Means for Vapor-Burners (open access)

Preheating Means for Vapor-Burners

Patent for "new and useful improvements in generators for vapor-burners" (line 6-7), including instructions and illustration.
Date: October 31, 1899
Creator: Wilson, William W. & Wilson, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dental Swaging Apparatus (open access)

Dental Swaging Apparatus

Patent for a dental apparatus that produces gold facings and cusps for individual teeth, as well as plate and bridge work.
Date: July 31, 1906
Creator: Crawford, Lyter H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-72 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-72

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, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether the Dallas City Council may control the use of funds confiscated pursuant to the assest forfeiture law (RQ-114)
Date: December 31, 1991
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-341 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-341

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 or not the County of Dallas Child Support Clearing Account Funds and the County of Dallas Juvenile Department, Child Support Division Holding Account Funds are secured under the bond of the County depository banks when deposited with said banks without first passing through the hands of the County Treasurer.
Date: December 31, 1957
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-67 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-67

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, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of Constable of Precinct No. 1, Dallas County, to employ more than five (5) deputies.
Date: January 31, 1947
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chemical Fire-Extingusiher. (open access)

Chemical Fire-Extingusiher.

Patent for a chemical fire-extinguisher meant to "provide an improved acid-receptacle which will obviate the objects to the ordinary acid-bottles now in use" (lines 15-18).
Date: December 31, 1896
Creator: Flatau, Louis, S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin. (open access)

Clothes-Pin.

Patent for a clothes pin made from spring metal that "automatically adapt[s] itself to lines of different thicknesses, and whereby the pin may be used to retain an exceedingly thin article in engagement with the line as effectually as an exceedingly thick article, the pin being capable of holding a bit of lace and likewise a heavy blanket or quilt" (lines 11-18). It is especially designed for use with metal clothes lines.
Date: October 31, 1893
Creator: Jones, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bustle. (open access)

Bustle.

Patent for a new and improved bustle. This design "consist[s] of a single piece of wire bent in spiral form, said bustle being larger in diameter at its center than at its ends, and eyes or loops formed in said ends, in combination with a spiral spring located within said bustle, the ends of said spring being formed with eyes or loops, and cords or tapes secured to the eyes of the bustle and spring" (lines 52-59).
Date: March 31, 1885
Creator: Davis, Charles Robert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History