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Combination-Tool.
Patent for a combination tool that is "adapted without changing any of its parts to operate as a nut and pipe wrench, pliers, hammer, screw-driver, and nail-extractor." (Lines 12-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 12, 1897
Creator:
Armstrong, Charles J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gearing for Churns and Ice-Cream Freezers.
Patent for a new design of an ice cream churn designed "to provide means for operating the dasher or agitator of a churn or ice cream freezer, which is capable of being swung into or out of position at the will of the operator" (lines 11-15).
Date:
October 17, 1916
Creator:
Armstrong, Charles John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Gin.
Patent for improvements in cotton-gins by having two compartments, one above the other. “The upper roll-box being especially adapted to raw cotton and the lower one to half-ginned cotton as the lint and seeds are only partially separated in one roll-box and are then delivered into another, where the operation is completed.” (Lines 24-29) This operation used less time to separate the seed and lint. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 27, 1891
Creator:
Bachman, Joseph A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Handling Seed-Cotton.
Patent for an improved cotton elevator, separator, and distributor that is meant to move cotton from a wagon or storage, remove dirt, and deliver it to a gin. The "improved apparatus comprises a pneumatic cotton-conveying tube by which the cotton is lifted or carried to the distributor, a separator for removing the cotton from the air current, and a distributor comprising a trunk for receiving the cotton from the separator extending over the two gin feeders, having openings delivering into the feeders, and an endless chain conveyer moving in said trunk, causing the cotton to travel along therein and drop out therefrom through the delivery openings into the feeders" (lines 16-27).
Date:
October 31, 1893
Creator:
Bachman, Joseph A. & Clark, Frank S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Escapement for Timekeepers.
Patent for the improvement in the escapement of the watch for a "more regular and less liable to get out of order" through wear (lines 23-24), including illustration.
Date:
October 12, 1858
Creator:
Bishop, Josiah
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Identifying-Tag.
Patent for identification tags made of sheet metal, to be used with binding bands on cotton bales. Tags are economical to make, create little waste, and lay flat so they are not easily torn off.
Date:
October 4, 1921
Creator:
Blackburn, Edward Stuart
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Long-Term Performance of a Drilled Shaft Retaining Wall in an Expansive Clay
This technical report contains information on the long-term performance of a drilled shaft retaining wall in expansive clay.
Date:
October 2013
Creator:
Brown, Andrew C.; Dellinger, Gregory F.; El-Mohtar, Chadi; Zornberg, Jorge G. & Gilbert, Robert B.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Lytton Springs Oil Field
Report published in a scientific bulletin, describing the Lytton Springs oil fields.
Date:
October 15, 1925
Creator:
Bybee, H. P. & Short, R. T.
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
CAPCOG Connections, October/November 2010
Newsletter of the Capital Area Council of Governments containing articles and news about the civic institutions in the ten-county Capital Area. The articles included are "CAPCOG Launches Regional Training Center," "CAPCOG Regional Law Enforcement Academy Graduates Another Class," "CAPCOG Completes Provider Database to the Regional Transit Coordination Committee," "9-1-1 Awards Presented," "Medicare Health Coverage Options and Change 2010-2011," "Regional Interoperable Communications Plan Created," and "Second Annual Construction and Demolition Waste Management Summit Set."
Date:
October 2010
Creator:
Capital Area Council of Governments (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
CAPCOG Connections, October 2013
Monthly newsletter of the Capital Area Council of Governments discussing news, upcoming events, and other information of relevance for regional planning in the Austin, Texas area.
Date:
October 2013
Creator:
Capital Area Council of Governments (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerating Apparatus.
Patent for an economic and durable refrigerating apparatus that cools food by "reducing the temperature of the air in a partially closed chamber by the evaporation of water brought about through the medium of capillary attraction, and likewise to provide for automatically maintaining a predetermined level of water in the water chamber of the apparatus, and a thorough ventilation of the refrigerating chamber thereof" (lines 16-24).
Date:
October 23, 1894
Creator:
Carleton, Ernest William & Odell, James Madison
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a cotton chopper with a wheel supported frame.
Date:
October 10, 1911
Creator:
Carlson, Peter
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gun.
Patent for an artillery gun which can be moved in any direction due to improvements in its base.
Date:
October 14, 1919
Creator:
Collier, William Reid
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for a cotton-chopper which is steered using the feet, and where the chopping apparatus is adjustable and can be raised or lowered. The chopping apparatus also rotates, and the operator can adjust the speed of rotation. Patent includes illustrations.
Date:
October 26, 1920
Creator:
Engler, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain Heater.
Patent for a new and improved grain heater. This design consists of a "hopper provided with [a] flange and perforations, in combination with the hot-air pipe, provided with the inverted-funnel-shaped mouth having its sides perforated" (lines 59-63).
Date:
October 10, 1882
Creator:
English, Robert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter
Patent for a seed-planter designed primarily for corn, but can be used with other seeds. The primary mechanical construction consists of a wheel.
Date:
October 8, 1901
Creator:
Everhart, Martin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Cuspidor.
Patent for a sanitary cuspidor which remains closed when not in use and will "return automatically to closed position" (lines 10-11) immediately after use and includes one illustration.
Date:
October 21, 1913
Creator:
Fousek, Karl
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn
Patent for a churn with a dasher with blades that is able to rotate to force the milk or cream in an upward and downward direction. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 5, 1909
Creator:
Franklin, Edward A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine For Spraying Liquids And Powders.
Patent for a new and useful machine for spraying liquids and powers for " destroying insects and capable of spraying both liquid and powder separately or simultaneously" (line 13 - 16).
Date:
October 10, 1899
Creator:
Franklin, Edward A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Dasher
Patent for an improved churn dasher "to thoroughly agitate the cream at the center of the churn-body and also around the bottom of the walls thereof" (lines 13-15) and "also to cause tangential streams or currents at the bottom of the churn, so as to thoroughly agitate all of the cream and effectively intermingle the air therewith" (lines 18-22), including illustrations.
Date:
October 23, 1900
Creator:
Franklin, Edward R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shock-Absorber.
Patent for improvement on vehicle shock absorber, including instructions and illustration.
Date:
October 26, 1915
Creator:
Harvey, Harry F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Protector.
Patent for a flexible metallic tire protector, insuring a tire against injury from tacks, nails, glass, or similar objects which can cut or damage an unprotected tire, designed to be durable, efficient, and easy to construct.
Date:
October 3, 1916
Creator:
Howard, Joseph O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn and Cotton Planter.
Patent for a new and improved planter. This design "consists of a drum or hollow cylinder journaled to a suitable frame, said drum being designed to receive the grain or seed through a suitable door or opening. This drum or cylinder has at each end a peripheral beveled flange, and centrally around the drum a series of holes, and an adjustable strap or band, also provided with holes, so that when this strap is secured around the drum and properly adjusted the seed or grain within the drum will pass through the holes as the drum rotates" (lines 17-28).
Date:
October 9, 1888
Creator:
Jacobsen, Frederik August
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in a "hollow hub or sleeve in combination with the universal joint composed of a band fitting loosely within said sleeve, a gimbal-ring pivoted to said band, and a knuckle pivoted to said gimbal-ring, whereby motion may be transmitted from one rotary body to another when the planes of rotation are or are not parallel to each other" (lines 88-95).
Date:
October 18, 1887
Creator:
Kirk, John P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History