Areawide Waste Treatment Management Plan Quarterly Report: January - March 1977 (open access)

Areawide Waste Treatment Management Plan Quarterly Report: January - March 1977

Quarterly report of the Areawide Waste Treatment Management Plan in/near San Antonio, Texas describing the program's activities, contract status, finances, relationships with other agencies, and additional information for the third quarter of 1977.
Date: April 1977
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel (open access)

Vehicle-Wheel

Patent for new and useful improvements to the Vehicle-Wheel. Tire may be formed into a disk wheel constructed with nuts, bolts, rivets, and screws to compensate for any regular and irregular pressure stresses a tire may be subjected to on a road. A further improvement is to provide a more resilient disk wheel to have more durability and longer use on the road.
Date: April 12, 1921
Creator: Allan, William N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Railway-Tie. (open access)

Metallic Railway-Tie.

Patent for a metallic railway tie, which can expand and hold the track in place.
Date: April 5, 1910
Creator: Allsbrooks, William Jefferson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Parcel-Carrier for Bicycles. (open access)

Parcel-Carrier for Bicycles.

Patent for improvements in parcel carriers for bicycles in which the parcel carriers can attach/detach easily and is adaptable to different types of bicycle handlebars; includes illustration.
Date: April 6, 1915
Creator: Apple, William M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Submarine Telescope. (open access)

Submarine Telescope.

Patent for submarine telescope using a pair of longitudinal tubes, mounted lens, rigid rods, electric light bulb, and chains for securing to the boat. Intended as useful improvements to submarine telescopes with the objection to assist in locating submerged objects. Accompanied with illustrations.
Date: April 22, 1919
Creator: Armstrong, William S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scale (open access)

Scale

Patent for a scale that is used for weighing hay prior to feeding it into a baling press. Illustration included.
Date: April 27, 1909
Creator: Aue, Herman
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Tire (open access)

Vehicle-Tire

Patent for a vehicle tire with improved springs.
Date: April 23, 1912
Creator: Banks, Theodore H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Burner

Patent for a hydrocarbon burner.
Date: April 21, 1903
Creator: Bateman, Talbot O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hip Form and Stocking Supporter (open access)

Hip Form and Stocking Supporter

Patent for hip-forms and stocking supporters. This "invention pertains to hip-forms and stocking supporters for ladies wear; and it consists in combined hip-form and stocking-supporter the novelty, utility, and practical advantages" (line 8-12). Illustration included.
Date: April 5, 1904
Creator: Beeler, Gertrude
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bexar Metropolitan Criminal Justice Plan, 1978 (open access)

Bexar Metropolitan Criminal Justice Plan, 1978

Annual plan of the Bexar Metropolitan Criminal Justice Council for fiscal year 1978 outlining crime statistics from the past year, previous activities, and plans for the upcoming year
Date: April 1977
Creator: Bexar Metropolitan Criminal Justice Council
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Clamping and Nailing Boards. (open access)

Machine for Clamping and Nailing Boards.

Patent for a "machine whereby boards for floors, ceiling or sheathing may be forced into place and into contact with previously nailed boards without damage and held clamped into position until nails can be driven into the boards and into the joints" (lines 29-34), with illustrations.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: Binger, Nickolaus
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Wheel. (open access)

Resilient Wheel.

Patent for a wheel made of metal that is secured to the rim without slipping or creeping, including illustrations
Date: April 30, 1918
Creator: Bonelli, Liborio C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric-Current Controller. (open access)

Electric-Current Controller.

Patent for a new and improved electric current controller for "use in connection with incandescent electric lamps" (line 10 - 11).
Date: April 18, 1899
Creator: Breeding, James Bouldin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Curtain Stretcher (open access)

Curtain Stretcher

Patent for curtain stretcher or frames
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Buckreis, Valentine
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Auger. (open access)

Auger.

Patent for a new auger designed "to provide a construction in which the parts may be adjusted to cut angular holes entirely through a body, and also to cut angular countersinks concentric with cylindrical openings, such as are made for the reception of the square heads of bolts lag screws, &c.," (lines 10-16), which includes illustrations and instructions.
Date: April 29, 1902
Creator: Bundy, John J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Stalk-Pullers. (open access)

Improvement in Stalk-Pullers.

Patent for an "improved machine designed especially for pulling cotton-stalks, but which may be used with advantage for pulling other stalks, weeds, &c., and which shall be so constructed as to clear itself of the stalks as they are pulled" (para. 4).
Date: April 11, 1876
Creator: Butler, George W. & O'Connell, Timothy P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clock. (open access)

Clock.

Patent for an improved alarm clock with two different alarms that sound at desired time set and when the clock is unwound, including illustrations.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: Buttigieg, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hose-Washer. (open access)

Hose-Washer.

Patent for improvement in efficiency of hose washers. Patent helps to prevent accidental detachment of a hose via the use of a "resilient wire" designed to strengthen the connection. Citation: Calvert, Walter Riley. Hose-Washer., patent, April 27, 1915; [Washington D.C.]. University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.
Date: April 27, 1915
Creator: Calvert, Walter Riley
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Box for Washing Material for Concrete. (open access)

Box for Washing Material for Concrete.

Patent for "a new and useful improvement in boxes for washing aggregate or rough material for making concrete" (lines 5-7), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 20, 1886
Creator: Carrico, Thomas W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mold and Angle-Piece Used in Constructing Concrete Walls (open access)

Mold and Angle-Piece Used in Constructing Concrete Walls

Patent for tools to create uniform concrete pieces and angles, with description of use and improvements and illustrations.
Date: April 13, 1886
Creator: Carrico, Thomas W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fan-Deflector. (open access)

Fan-Deflector.

Patent for a fan deflector to deflect air to various portions of the room.
Date: April 14, 1908
Creator: Carroll, Houston Monroe
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paper-Folding Machine. (open access)

Paper-Folding Machine.

Patent for a paper-folding machine that is intended to fold letters and insert them into envelopes.
Date: April 21, 1914
Creator: Causey, Charles W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Time-Recorder. (open access)

Time-Recorder.

Patent for a new and improved time-recorder "for use in factories, stores, offices, and other like places for recording the arrival an departure of the employees" (line 8 - 11).
Date: April 12, 1898
Creator: Cook, Frederick W., Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blacking-Brush (open access)

Blacking-Brush

Patent for a new and useful improvement in blacking brushes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 18, 1899
Creator: De Witt, Joseph R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History