Jack (open access)

Jack

Patent for a new Jack's that can use in motor cars and other vehicles, It is folded into a compact condition, for storage, within the tool chest of the machine, including illustrations.
Date: January 11, 1916
Creator: Abernathy, George J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seal-Padlock (open access)

Seal-Padlock

Patent for a seal padlock, designed to "render it absolutely impossible to gain access to the interior of the lock" (lines 12-14). Illustrations included.
Date: June 11, 1907
Creator: Abrams, Frederic
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Education Vouchers: The Constitutional Standards (open access)

Education Vouchers: The Constitutional Standards

This report sketches the constitutional standards that apply to public aid to sectarian schools and especially to programs of indirect assistance such as education vouchers.
Date: June 11, 1998
Creator: Ackerman, David M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stalk - Cutter. (open access)

Stalk - Cutter.

Patent for a new and useful improvements in stalk-cutters to "provide a simple, light, and durable machine by means of which three rows of stalks may be cut in one passage of the machine across the field" (line 13-16).
Date: January 11, 1898
Creator: Acre, William Floyd & Wafford, William Penn
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Kitchen Utensil. (open access)

Kitchen Utensil.

Patent for a kitchen utensil that can be used for washing dishes, scraping cooking vessels, and cleaning ornamental glass and silver.
Date: June 11, 1895
Creator: Adair, Annie E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
European Trade Retaliation: The FSC-ETI Case (open access)

European Trade Retaliation: The FSC-ETI Case

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Date: February 11, 2005
Creator: Aheam, Raymond J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
International Trade and Finance: Key Policy Issues for the 112th Congress (open access)

International Trade and Finance: Key Policy Issues for the 112th Congress

The 112th Congress, in both its legislative and oversight capacities, faces numerous international trade and finance issues. In addition to the broader congressional oversight of the economic and political context of the current U.S. participation in the global economy, this report highlights major international trade and finance issues Congress may address this year and next.
Date: January 11, 2011
Creator: Ahearn, Raymond J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improvement for Axle-Boxes for Vehicles (open access)

Improvement for Axle-Boxes for Vehicles

Patent for an improvement in axle-boxes for vehicles which incorporates an adjustable tube that may take up the wear on its ends.
Date: June 11, 1872
Creator: Ahrenbeck, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Whiffletree-Fastenings. (open access)

Improvement in Whiffletree-Fastenings.

Patent for the improvement of whiffletree fastenings, relating to the means by which single-trees are attached to a double-tree. It includes a description and illustration.
Date: June 11, 1872
Creator: Ahrenbeck, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP): In Brief (open access)

Proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP): In Brief

This report provides a brief overview of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP), and discusses the congressional interest, market access, regulatory issues, and trade-related rules.
Date: June 11, 2014
Creator: Akhtar, Shayerah Ilias & Jones, Vivian C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Design for a Knife (open access)

Design for a Knife

Patent for a design for a knife that has a curved terminal that forms a shield.
Date: May 11, 1897
Creator: Albert, Alfred K.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Telephone-Transmitter. (open access)

Telephone-Transmitter.

Patent for a granulated-electrode phone transmitter that is designed to be simple and "constructed so that the granulated-electrode cannot become displaced from the cell" (lines 10-12).
Date: May 11, 1897
Creator: Alexander, Horace C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel. (open access)

Vehicle-Wheel.

Patent for improving a tire by providing new form of tread-holding device and using a resilient metal band encircling the tire.
Date: March 11, 1919
Creator: Allan, William N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Setting-Basin Separating Device (open access)

Setting-Basin Separating Device

Patent for Settling Basin-Separating Devices. This device improves the issue of unwanted discharge shown in prior devices
Date: May 11, 1990
Creator: Allen, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Thickener (Sewage Type). (open access)

Thickener (Sewage Type).

Patent for sewage thickener that relies on sewage solids to sink to the bottom of the sewer and fall into the thickener, in which the thickener will press the solid sewage into a pulp. The pulp will be pressed at a predetermined density, and then the pressed pulp will float to the top of the sewage to be removed. The separation of liquid and solid sewage was predicted to prevent overflow.
Date: March 11, 1920
Creator: Allen, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bridle Bit. (open access)

Bridle Bit.

Patent for a new and improved bridle bit. This design "consist[s] of curb-plates provided with the mouth-bar and having the upper ends provided with slots and the lower ends formed with longitudinal slots, and the cheek-plates loosely fitted to the outer ends of the mouth-bar and having their opposite ends formed with openings for the attachment of the head-stall and reins" (lines 72-79).
Date: March 11, 1890
Creator: Allen, John Hudson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buckle (open access)

Buckle

Patent for a buckle. Illustration included.
Date: May 11, 1909
Creator: Allen, Orcenith F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Colter-Clamp (open access)

Adjustable Colter-Clamp

Patent for a colter clamp that may be fastened to a plow beam. Illustrations included.
Date: June 11, 1907
Creator: Allin, Joseph H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Interactions Of Strange Particles (open access)

The Interactions Of Strange Particles

This report is a corrected copy of the authors "rapporteur talk" at the 1959 Kiev Conference on High Energy Physics. It contains data on the rapporteur system and on interactions of strange particles with protons and neutrons, using data from bubble chambers, counters, and emulsions.
Date: August 11, 1960
Creator: Alvarez, Luis W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clasp (open access)

Clasp

Patent for a new and improved clasp. This design "compris[es] a base and a reversely bent or inclined retaining or clamping arm formed of a single continuous wire with an eye at one end thereof and a bend or enlargement at the other end thereof, the frame or base being substantially rectangular, and the upward bent arm extending through the eye at one end of the base and having the bend or enlargement at the other end arranged near or against the end bar at the opposite end of the frame" (lines 66-76).
Date: November 11, 1890
Creator: Anderson, Henry C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elevating-Truck. (open access)

Elevating-Truck.

Patent for new improvements for a portable elevating truck, used for handling and storing heavy material to stack on each other. (referred to as "decking") using an endless chain on an incline.
Date: November 11, 1919
Creator: Anderson, John L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve and Refined Product Reserves: Authorization and Drawdown Policy (open access)

The Strategic Petroleum Reserve and Refined Product Reserves: Authorization and Drawdown Policy

This report discusses the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) in the Energy Policy and Consevation Act, which was authorized to help prevent a repetition of the economic dislocation caused by the 1973-1974 Arab oil embargo. The Government Accountability Office recently observed that the proportion of crude oil grades in the SPR has been growing less compatible with the heavier grades of crude oil that U.S. refineries have been upgrading to handle. This finding has raised questions about the SPR's effectiveness during a long-term oil disruption involving heavy oil.
Date: March 11, 2011
Creator: Andrews, Anthony & Pirog, Robert
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Crate for Shipping Bananas. (open access)

Crate for Shipping Bananas.

Patent for a crate for shipping bananas that does not hurt the fruit during shipping. The crate separates the bunches so the bananas do not get crushed, and the crate is ventilated to prevent decay.
Date: August 11, 1896
Creator: Andrews, Otis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Angelina & Neches River Authority Annual Financial Report: 2017 (open access)

Angelina & Neches River Authority Annual Financial Report: 2017

Annual financial report of the Angelina & Neches River Authority documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 2017.
Date: November 11, 2017
Creator: Angelina & Neches River Authority (Tex.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History