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Improvement in Wheel-Cultivators.
Patent for "a new and useful machine for Plowing"
Date:
October 10, 1876
Creator:
Hodges, Ludia H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling
Patent for "an automatic car-coupling which may be uncoupled from the sides of the cars, and which will allow of a car on which it is provided being coupled to a car provided with the ordinary link-and-pin coupling" (lines 7-12).
Date:
October 30, 1888
Creator:
Eddleman, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard.
Patent for a cattle guard that prevents cattle from blocking railroad tracks. It consists of sharp edged cross ties that sit on the bottom of a shallow pit, guard rails that cover the cross ties, bolts that hold the rails together, and end planks forming v-shaped serrations.
Date:
October 10, 1893
Creator:
Lynch, Michael L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Box-Fastener.
Patent for an improved box-fastener for cases and boxes that hold bottled liquids. The invention allows for the cover to be easily removed, and hangs on the side of the box when not being used. The cover can be used on an ordinary box without altering the box.
Date:
October 9, 1894
Creator:
Beck, Edwin A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press
Patent for improvements in the construction of steam cotton presses using a change in the frame and use of hydraulic-pressure pumps to operate the press. The pumps are driven by steam
Date:
October 15, 1889
Creator:
Turnpaugh, James William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coffee-Roaster.
Patent for a coffee roaster, including illustrations. The purpose of the coffee maker "is to provide an improved apparatus by which green coffee may be evenly, quickly, and economically parched or roasted to the desired degree without burning" (lines 8-12).
Date:
October 31, 1882
Creator:
Dunn, William Washington
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for an improved, simple, and inexpensive wire-stretcher that enables "one person to stretch fence wires conveniently for the purpose of mending them, or for stapling or otherwise securing them to fence posts in constructing fences" (lines 13-17).
Date:
October 30, 1894
Creator:
Crisp, James E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Measuring Vessel.
Patent for a new and improved measuring vessel. This design consists in "a measuring-vessel provided with a funnel projecting from right angles at the top of it, and a hinged lid wholly covering the opening to the funnel and to the vessel" (lines 54-58).
Date:
October 11, 1887
Creator:
Reeves, Virgil A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Medicine Dial.
Patent for a new and improved medicine-dial. This design "consists in the combination of an upright or standard, which is suitably bent, with a revolving dial, which is placed thereon and which can be turned so as to indicate the time when the next dose of medicine is to be taken. The object of [the] invention is to produce a medicine-dial which can be stuck into the cork of the bottle of medicine or cover of any kind and set so as to indicate when the next dose is to be administered" (lines 13-23).
Date:
October 30, 1888
Creator:
Wesson, Miley B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Medical Compound.
Patent for an improvement in medicinal preparations by combining Mexican sarsaparilla, broom-sage, alcohol and sugar to treat yellow fever, chills and fever, diphtheria, and other diseases; exact amount of the ingredients and instructions on how to mix them are detailed in the patent. No illustration.
Date:
October 6, 1891
Creator:
White, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trolley-Catcher.
Patent for a simple and efficient trolley pole that can be "dropped to a position of safety when the trolley wheel leaves the wire, whereby the pole is prevented from coming in contact with the supports of the trolley wire, the feeders, &c." (lines 10-14). The pole is easily re-engaged.
Date:
October 30, 1894
Creator:
Cobb, Woodson D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hitching Device.
Patent for a simple and inexpensive hitching device that can be easily applied to the driver, can connect a weight to the draft animal's bit, and can be easily adjusted.
Date:
October 3, 1893
Creator:
Crowley, Joseph L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Envelope.
Patent for an improved, simple, and durable envelope that can hold many letters, documents, and similar materials. "The invention consists of two overlapping end flaps connected with each other by a band and forming, with the front, an expansible pocket for the accommodation of the documents, a top flap and a bottom flap adapted to be folded one above the other, and both over the end flaps, and a band for holding the top and bottom flaps closed" (lines 12-19).
Date:
October 10, 1893
Creator:
Scougale, Malcolm
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Fastener.
Patent for improvement in sash-fasteners by using a ratchet-lock combined with a ratchet-bar. It “can be readily adapted to any ordinary sash and window-frame and it will securely support the sash at any desired elevation and prevent either the upward or downward movement until the lock is released.” (Lines 10-14) Illustration is included.
Date:
October 13, 1891
Creator:
James, Will S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rocking Chair.
Patent for a new and improved rocking chair. This design "relates to an improvement in rocking chairs; and it consists in a detachable rocker and a clamp for securing the rocker to the legs of an ordinary chair for the purpose of converting the latter into a rocking chair" (lines 9-13).
Date:
October 13, 1885
Creator:
Brown, Frederick H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Motor for Fans
Patent for "a device for operating a fan or other object to which it is desirable to give a continuous reciprocating motion" (lines 12-15).
Date:
October 2, 1888
Creator:
Houston, George Webster
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Looping Tool.
Patent for improvements in wires tightening tool by using a frame in the shape of a lyre and a hollow screw-shaft mounted on the frame. A twister-rod arranged within the shaft which having a hook at one end and a polygonal head at the other. A hand-lever is adapted to operate the shaft and rod in order to twist a wire. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 6, 1891
Creator:
Flatau, Louis S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for an Advertising-Banner.
Design patent for an advertising banner that has a decorative border around the edge and bangles suspended from the lower edge.
Date:
October 28, 1890
Creator:
Higby, Luther L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Band-Tying Machines.
Patent for a device that automatically ties bands of cotton bales by mechanical means.
Date:
October 14, 1879
Creator:
Matthews, James H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cut-Out for Electric Circuits.
Patent for a new and improved cut-out for circuits. This design consists in "[a] cut-out for an incandescent lamp embodying, essentially, a magnet or solenoid in derivation from the filament, spring-contacts completing the circuit from the filament to the line on one side, and an armature-lever electrically connected with said magnet adapted to disrupt the circuit between said contacts and maintain the continuity of the circuit through itself" (lines 93-101).
Date:
October 30, 1888
Creator:
McDill, Henry C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for improvements in car-couplings in which it can be adapted “to the draw-heads of car-couplings that is already in used and that there need not be two similar couplings of this character in order to permit the device to operate successfully.” (Lines 74-78) Illustration is included.
Date:
October 13, 1891
Creator:
Yates, Junius E. M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1320
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: Present maximum compensation of county officials in Tarrant County.
Date:
October 17, 1951
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1170
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: Whether the Tarrant County Hospital District is authorized to add the functions and duties of the Senior Public Health Nurse under the facts stated.
Date:
October 19, 1961
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle Guard
Patent for a cattle guard. Illustration included.
Date:
October 11, 1904
Creator:
Scott, William R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History