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Underscoring Attachment for Type-Writers.
Patent for an improvement on an underscoring attachment for type writers that allows the user to use the functions of underscoring, correcting, and cancelling characters as they type, allowing some functions to occur simultaneously, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 17, 1917
Creator:
Aiton, Fred
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Auction-Rate Securities
This report discusses auction-rate securities (ARSs), which most are long-term bonds, although some ARS are structured as preferred shares and so have no maturities.
Date:
July 17, 2012
Creator:
Austin, D. Andrew
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Washboard
Patent for an improved washboard, that will be "simple, inexpensive, and efficient" while allowing water to fully drain from it after washing is finished, including illustrations.
Date:
July 17, 1900
Creator:
Bailey, Robert E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Energy Policy: 113th Congress Issues
This report discusses the energy policy in the United States that focuses on three major goals: assuring a secure supply of energy, Keeping energy costs low, and protecting the environment.
Date:
July 17, 2013
Creator:
Behrens, Carl E.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Wood Pavement.
Patent for a new and improved wood pavement. This design "is to furnish an improved pavement which shall be strong, durable, and cheap, not being liable to decay nor become uneven, with perfectly water-tight concrete joints laid on a perfectly solid and compact foundation of gravel, which can be easily cut through and readily reunited should it become necessary to cut through it to lay sewer or gas pipes or water-mains, or make connections with same" (lines 10-19).
Date:
July 17, 1883
Creator:
Bell, Bushrod W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting Frame.
Patent for a new and improved quilting frame. This design "consists of an improved arrangement of apparatus for suspending the quilting-frame from overhead rods, on which it is made to traverse for passing the quilt along the sewing-machine to be quilted, the essential object being to contrive a simple means of shifting the frame with relation to the machine and for placing it diagonally and for turning it around from side to side, so that when the quilt is very heavy one half can be quilted, and then the quilt turned and the other half quilted on the other side" (lines 7-18).
Date:
July 17, 1883
Creator:
Bledsoe, Robert B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Federal Prison Industries: UNICOR
None
Date:
July 17, 2003
Creator:
Bryant, JoAnne
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Presidential Appointments, the Senate's Confirmation Process, and Proposals for Change, 112th Congress
The responsibility for populating top positions in the executive and judicial branches of government is shared, with the President having the power of appointment and the Senate having the power of advice and consent. This report provides a brief background on advice and consent issues, an overview of the appointment process in both the executive and legislative branches, and a brief discussion of recent concerns about the system. Next, the report explores the events in the 112th Congress leading up to the introduction and Senate action on S. 679 and S.Res. 116, and concludes with an analysis of the two measures.
Date:
July 17, 2011
Creator:
Carey, Maeve P. & Palmer, Betsy
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Speed-Controlling Mechanism for Motor-Vehicles.
Patent for a device that automatically closes the throttle to slow the speed of a motor vehicle when necessary. The device is designed to respond to vehicle load, road surface, and a predetermined speed limit.
Date:
July 17, 1917
Creator:
Carpenter, John C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Air-Brake Coupling.
Patent for "a new and useful improvements in automatic air-brake couplers to enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, the invention also relates to improvements in automatic air-brake couplings in cars". (lines 5-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 17, 1900
Creator:
Cary, Lewis C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Farm Bill Budget and Costs: 2002 vs. 2007
None
Date:
July 17, 2007
Creator:
Chite, Ralph M.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Lawn-Rocker.
Patent for a lawn rocker improvement that provides swing and is durable and inexpensive.
Date:
July 17, 1906
Creator:
Coffy, Ida May
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Cutter.
Patent for a new and improved stalk cutter. This design consists in "a stalk and weed cutter, the combination, with the oblique side knives, of the transverse slotted bars, springs, and the guide and pressure bars having vertical arms passing through the slots of the transverse bars, and connected to said springs . . . [and] the runner-frame, having oblique wings and front and side knives, the standards and bar, cross-bars, cross-springs, and adjustable pressure and guide bars" (lines 80-92).
Date:
July 17, 1883
Creator:
Cook, Emmanuel Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Child Tax Credit: Current Law and Legislative History
This report provides an overview of the child tax credit under current law, as well as a legislative history of this tax benefit, which helps explain its purpose and current structure.
Date:
July 17, 2014
Creator:
Crandall-Hollick, Margot L.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cultivator Attachment.
Patent for " agricultural implements, more especially harrows or cultivators ; and it has for its objects a device which can be conveniently attached to the standards or footpieces of any cultivator and which may hold or carry different numbers of small plows or harrow-teeth for the cultivation of any crops or at any place where a small harrow is needed;" (lines 7-15) including illustrations.
Date:
July 17, 1900
Creator:
Crosby, Henry T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Cost of Social Security Cash Benefits-The 1974 Report of the Trustees of the Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance Trust Funds.
This report shows that the cash-benefit programs in the United States were underfinanced at the time of writing.
Date:
July 17, 1974
Creator:
Crowley, Francis J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Improvement in Gang-Plows.
Patent for improvements to the gang-plow consisting of "an adjustable frame, within which two or more ordinary plows can be arranged to form the gang, said frame being constructed so as to enable one set of plows to run deep, while the other set can be made to run shallow." (Lines 15-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 17, 1877
Creator:
Crump, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Cutter.
Patent for a new and improved stalk cutter. This design consists "[i]n a stalk-cutter, the combination of the frame, having the central longitudinal parallel bars, slotted laterally and having the space between them, the sliding block, pivoted slotted knives, pivoted arms, and recessed side sills, and the pivoted lever and rack" (lines 77-83).
Date:
July 17, 1883
Creator:
Duncan, Garnett & Evens, John Richard
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Depreciating Dollar: Economic Effects and Policy Response
This report addresses the concern about the health of the U.S. economy regarding the depreciation of the dollar and examines the likely reasons for the dollar's fall, the effects the depreciating currency could have on the economy, and possible policy responses that could be considered to attempt to alter the dollar's path if needed.
Date:
July 17, 2008
Creator:
Elwell, Craig K.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Community Reinvestment Act: Regulation and Legislation
This report begins with a brief outline of the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 (CRA) statute and the regulations. It also assesses the costs and the benefits of the 1977 act. The report then turns to regulatory agencies’ recent CRA compliance rules. The two last sections of the report briefly summarize the provisions of the Community Reinvestment Modernization Act of 2007 and conclude with some implications.
Date:
July 17, 2008
Creator:
Eubanks, Walter W.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Unified Command Plan and Combatant Commands: Background and Issues for Congress
This report provides information on the history, mission, and operational considerations for each of the Unified Command Plan (UCP) and associated Combatant Commands (COCOMs) organizations as well as a brief discussion of current issues associated with the UCP and these commands.
Date:
July 17, 2012
Creator:
Feickert, Andrew
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cyber Intrusion into U.S. Office of Personnel Management: In Brief
This report provides an overview of the current understanding of the recent U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) breaches, which may have compromised personal information of former and current federal employees. It also discusses issues and questions raised about the source of the breaches, possible uses of the information exfiltrated, potential national security ramifications, and implications for the cybersecurity of federal information systems.
Date:
July 17, 2015
Creator:
Finklea, Kristin; Christensen, Michelle D.; Fischer, Eric A.; Lawrence, Susan V. & Theohary, Catherine A.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Improvement in Riding-Plows.
Patent for "an improved riding or sulky plow which shall be so constructed that the plow may be readily lowered into, raised from, and adjusted to run at any desired depth in the ground, and which may be adjusted to take or leave land, and to hold the carriage level when both wheels are running upon unplowed land, and when one wheel is running in a furrow." (Lines 14-22) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 17, 1877
Creator:
Florance, James L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail Box Signal
Patent for a mail box signal. Illustration included.
Date:
July 17, 1906
Creator:
Forwood, Reginald
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History