Fireproof and Waterproof Paint. (open access)

Fireproof and Waterproof Paint.

Patent for a fireproof and waterproof paint composed of English resin, pulverized alum, graphite, mineral red, hydrocarbon, gloss oil, and coal tar.
Date: July 26, 1910
Creator: Barnes, James John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sand-Band for Vehicles (open access)

Sand-Band for Vehicles

Patent for a sand band for vehicles that protects the axle bearing from foreign objects. Illustrations included.
Date: December 31, 1907
Creator: Bennett, Frank
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Jack. (open access)

Automobile-Jack.

Patent for an automobile jack designed to be attached to a beam embedded in a garage's concrete floor, with an added safety mechanism to prevent collapse. Including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 15, 1918
Creator: Black, James
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Post Hole Drill (open access)

Post Hole Drill

Patent for Post Hole Drill.
Date: February 17, 1917
Creator: Blue, Lee A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for a "simple form of device for stretching wire, said device being adapted for attachment to a post or other support and to the wire to be stretched" (lines 9-12).
Date: February 11, 1902
Creator: Brannon, Walter Zebulin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region G (Brazos), 2016, Volume 1. Executive Summary and Regional Water Plan (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region G (Brazos), 2016, Volume 1. Executive Summary and Regional Water Plan

Water plan for Region G (Brazos) describing water resources and suppliers for the area, usage statistics and forecasts, water needs, water supply plans for each county and city, recommended water management strategies, drought response plans, and the plan creation process.
Date: December 2015
Creator: Brazos G Water Planning Group
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region G (Brazos), 2016, Volume II. Identification, Evaluation, and Selection of Water Management Strategies (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region G (Brazos), 2016, Volume II. Identification, Evaluation, and Selection of Water Management Strategies

Volume II of the Water plan for Region G (Brazos) including water management strategies, water conservation methods, wastewater reuse, new reservoirs, expansion of use of certain water sources, and water supply recommendations and projects.
Date: December 2015
Creator: Brazos G Water Planning Group
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock (open access)

Nut Lock

Patent for a nut lock. Illustration included.
Date: June 11, 1907
Creator: Broadfoot, Jacob O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Headwear (open access)

Headwear

Patent for headwear. Illustrations included.
Date: August 23, 1904
Creator: Brown, Bettie
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washer. (open access)

Washer.

Patent for improvements in washers by providing a washer with “two pivoted members, which can be swung open to insert the washer without removing the bolt or spoke upon when the washer needed to be replaced.” (Lines 10-13, p. 1) Illustration is included.
Date: October 14, 1913
Creator: Bulter, Joseph F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Excavating Apparatus (open access)

Excavating Apparatus

Patent for an "improved excavating apparatus adopted for use in cleaning out tanks, for excavating cellars, for dredging streams, and for other similar purposes; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices hereinafter fully set forth and claimed." (line 9-14)
Date: August 22, 1902
Creator: Bump, James G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse Breaking Device (open access)

Horse Breaking Device

Patent for a horse breaking device. This invention is designed to break the horses without balking. Illustration included.
Date: March 8, 1904
Creator: Bump, James G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Self-Dumping Cage for Hoisting Coal, & c., from Mines. (open access)

Self-Dumping Cage for Hoisting Coal, & c., from Mines.

Patent for improvements in self-dumping cage for hoisting coal or other minerals by first provide a simple and easily-controlled dumping mechanism which can be set at bottom of shaft; second, to secure a positive action of the dumping mechanism and reduce the shock and strain commonly incident to the operation of self-dumping cages; third, to provide a firmer and more easily operated dog for holding car on cage-platform. (Lines 15-22) Illustration is included.
Date: June 25, 1901
Creator: Burdic, Malvern W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burner (open access)

Burner

Patent for a hydrocarbon oil burner. Illustrations included.
Date: May 3, 1910
Creator: Butler, Albert C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate (open access)

Gate

Patent for gates "suspended on rollers and mounted on a track."
Date: May 5, 1914
Creator: Butler, Joseph F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Operating Mechanism. (open access)

Gate-Operating Mechanism.

Patent for a gate-operating mechanism for quickly opening and closing a gate, including farm gates, from either side without the use of springs, including a description of the design and illustrations.
Date: July 15, 1913
Creator: Butler, Joseph F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher and Repairer. (open access)

Wire Stretcher and Repairer.

Patent for a new wire stretcher and repairer that stretches and repairs broken telephone, telegraph, or other types of wires and also takes up slack in the line when stringing wires.
Date: July 15, 1913
Creator: Butler, Joseph F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tie (open access)

Tie

Patent for a metallic casing for a railroad tie. Illustrations included.
Date: August 27, 1912
Creator: Bzsan, Stefan
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tie-Rod for the Rails of a Track (open access)

Tie-Rod for the Rails of a Track

Patent for a tying rod for railroad tracks. Illustrations included.
Date: September 12, 1911
Creator: Bzsan, Stephen
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Post (open access)

Fence-Post

Patent for "improvements in fence-posts, telegraph-poles, and the like."(lines 11-12) These improvements include wings what mount into slots at the base of the posts to anchor them firmly into the ground. Including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 30, 1903
Creator: Childress, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for a new type of baling press, including illustrations.
Date: August 25, 1903
Creator: Choat, Isom Rufus.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Balance. (open access)

Sash-Balance.

Patent for improvements in window-sash balances, in which the two sashes are connected, “so that they will not only balance but also either may be raised or lowered without affecting the other.” (Lines 17-20) Illustration is included.
Date: May 26, 1891
Creator: Christian, James F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bracket (open access)

Bracket

Patent for a shelf bracket which can support a shelf with only one bracket.
Date: April 27, 1909
Creator: Cockrum, George R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lock. (open access)

Lock.

Patent for an improvement to combination-locks for doors, safe, and bureaus, "with readily-operated means for holding the combination-disks inactive and in position to permit a locking-bolt to be freely operated by a key when so desired, which means will also permit the combination to be set so that the bolt cannot be moved by a key until the disks of the combination have been brought to proper position." (lines 11-18)
Date: November 25, 1902
Creator: Dalton, Lewis & Cross, Dick
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History