Texas Attorney General Opinion: M-564 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: M-564

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, Crawford Martin, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether misdemeanor driver's license cases arising under Article 6687b, V. C. S., and arising within the geographical limits of Wichita Falls, Texas, must be tried in the Municipal Courts of Wichita Falls, Texas.
Date: January 26, 1970
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve. (open access)

Valve.

Patent for a safety valve that closes a conduit when a change in pressure occurs that shuts off the supply of fluid (or gas) until the valve is manually reset.
Date: May 26, 1914
Creator: Ruffner, Earl S., of Wichita Falls, Texas.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Two-Cycle Internal-Combustion Engine and Method of Operating Engines of this Type. (open access)

Two-Cycle Internal-Combustion Engine and Method of Operating Engines of this Type.

Patent for a two-cycle type of internal combustion engine to make the engine more effective. This invention can be used on motor vehicles, motor boats, flying machines and the like.
Date: May 26, 1914
Creator: McKiearnan, Charles A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel. (open access)

Vehicle-Wheel.

Patent for a type of vehicle wheel made of a unique hub, rim, and resilient spokes. The design allows for the hub and spokes to rotate independently of the rim, reducing the need for compensating gearing. This is done by having the spokes frictionally engaged with the rim rather than a rigid, static design.
Date: December 26, 1911
Creator: Bartle, John N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Making Lubricants. (open access)

Process of Making Lubricants.

Patent for "an improved process for making a lubricant especially adapted for parts of moving machinery which will be efficient to keep said parts and their bearings cool and which may also be used to cool heated journals and bearings" (lines 11-16).
Date: March 26, 1901
Creator: Hudnall, Millard Stewart
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gripping Tool (open access)

Gripping Tool

Patent for improvements to gripping tools for tubing and other round objects with illustrations.
Date: September 26, 1919
Creator: Drake, Charles W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History