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Pipe-Tongs
Patent for an improvement on the existing design of pipe tongs, the improvement will allow for one individual to hold the tongs, adjust the size around the pipes, and screw or unscrew the pipe alone. Previous designs required two or three individuals.
Date:
March 9, 1920
Creator:
Hill, Richard Dennie
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press.
Patent for the improvement of hay presses used for forming tightly-compressed hay bales. Improvements include the provision of, "a hand or power operated hay press which may be operated to cause a great pressure to be exerted on the hay or other material being pressed, with a minimum exertion on power means" (lines 12-16). The invention of simple and durable construction with minimal parts reducing need for repair.
Date:
November 9, 1920
Creator:
Powell, Walter E. & Powell, Rosa E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Recovering Tools from Wells.
Patent for a device to lift and recover tools, such as drill-bits, that have been dropped or lost in wells. The device features two prongs that may be engaged to grip or secure in a "biting hold" (line 50) various objects, illustrations included.
Date:
September 9, 1919
Creator:
Scott, Augustus B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bevel-Square
Patent for improvements in bevel squares used by carpenters, mechanics, and other similar work to represent the work of multiple bevels at once "to minimize and facilitate operations in fitting the parts of an objective structure together..." (Lines 19-21).
Date:
December 9, 1919
Creator:
Seay, Mathew E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-959
Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority to pay a court reporter from another district traveling expenses to Wichita County to perform duties of court reporter there.
Date:
December 9, 1949
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-662
Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: The authority of the Commissioners' Court of Wichita County, Texas to reimburse the Sheriff for certain expenses.
Date:
July 9, 1959
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum of Meeting: Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, June 9, 2005]
Memorandum of meeting with Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R)-Texas regarding Dyess AFB and other Texas bases.
Date:
June 9, 2005
Creator:
United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Underreamer.
Patent for an underreamer with improved construction and increased operating efficiency; including illustrations.
Date:
December 9, 1913
Creator:
Wagner, Warren
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History