TELEMASP Bulletin, Volume 5, Number 7, October 1998 (open access)

TELEMASP Bulletin, Volume 5, Number 7, October 1998

Monthly bulletin issued to address topics related to law enforcement. This issue discusses "Arlington's Geographic Policing Model" including the background of the model, role modifications, and the programs effects
Date: October 1998
Creator: Lysakowski, Matthew A.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
I-35 Statewide Corridor Plan: A Path to 2040 (open access)

I-35 Statewide Corridor Plan: A Path to 2040

None
Date: October 2016
Creator: Texas. Transportation Planning and Programming Division.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Battery-Terminal-Fastening Device (open access)

Battery-Terminal-Fastening Device

Patent for improvements to battery terminal fastening devices. Illustration is included.
Date: October 12, 1920
Creator: Hawkins, Alda F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Gas Control for Gas Water-Heaters. (open access)

Automatic Gas Control for Gas Water-Heaters.

Patent for an automatic control for instantaneous water heaters to control a supply of water and simultaneously an automatic supply of gas to the heater.
Date: October 7, 1919
Creator: Hamilton, Paul H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paper Clip. (open access)

Paper Clip.

Patent for new and useful improvements in a paper clip. This invention relates to a paper clip a has for its principal object the production of a simple and efficient device for holding numbers sheets of paper together.
Date: October 21, 1920
Creator: Holt, Frank P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Cutting Tire-Casing Treads and Removing Beads (open access)

Machine for Cutting Tire-Casing Treads and Removing Beads

Patent for machines for extracting beads and for cutting treads of tire casings. It is to provide a convenient device for operating on tire casings which are to be stripped and separated into the original elements and to save much labor and avoid much expense.
Date: October 4, 1921
Creator: Hibbs, Cassell D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Buffing Inner Tubes and the Like. (open access)

Machine for Buffing Inner Tubes and the Like.

Patent for a more efficient and adjustable machine to buff inner tubes and other fabrics.
Date: October 21, 1919
Creator: Hibbs, Cassell D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench. (open access)

Wrench.

Patent for new and useful improved invention of wrenches include both pipe wrenches and general-purpose wrenches particularly.
Date: October 26, 1920
Creator: Kirkpatrick, Otey R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Cleaner. (open access)

Well-Cleaner.

This invention relates to an improved well cleaner, and has for its principal object to provide a device of this kind adapted to be positioned in a well casing to direct a volume of air into the casing for cleaning the valves and straining elements thereof. A further object of the invention is to provide an automatic means for sealing the cleaner for holding the fluid within the well casing, against back pressure, during the cleaning operation. (Lines 8-19)
Date: October 18, 1919
Creator: Sargent, Lemuel H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Center Rail for Key-Actions. (open access)

Center Rail for Key-Actions.

Patent for an easily adjustable, simple, and durable center rail for key actions in pianos which does not require chiseling holes.
Date: October 21, 1919
Creator: Swallow, Oscar L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow (open access)

Plow

Patent for a modification of a plow that improves ease of use. Additionally the plow adds wings that allow plowing of soil at different angles.
Date: October 21, 1919
Creator: Richardson, William T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gauge Cock. (open access)

Gauge Cock.

Patent for steam gauge or test cocks that provides a simple and economical gauge cock for steam boilers by which the steam can be readily tested and which is adapted to close the orifice automatically to provide a constructions which will not be disarranged in operation.
Date: October 17, 1922
Creator: Woodruff, Lovell H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Power-Jack. (open access)

Power-Jack.

Patent for improvements on the power-jack, which help bring liquids to the surface. Specifically designed "to provide a power mechanism for balancing the load or work at all points of the stroke." (lines 11-13), including illustrations.
Date: October 21, 1919
Creator: Dayton, William L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Telephonometer (open access)

Telephonometer

Patent for measuring and recording the length of time when a telephone has been in use. It is simple and inexpensive.
Date: October 15, 1918
Creator: Gray, Frank
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Harvester (open access)

Peanut-Harvester

Patent for peanut harvesting machine. It helps pull the peanut plant from the ground easily and aids in bunching them without having to use your hands.
Date: October 26, 1920
Creator: Phillips Willie Orman
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pencil-Lighting Attachment. (open access)

Pencil-Lighting Attachment.

Patent for improvement in pencil-lighting attachments. This is meant to combine an electric lamp with a pencil, pen, etc. within a mounted casing so that the surface being written on may be lighted.
Date: October 1, 1918
Creator: Bennett, Jerrell
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dispensing Apparatus (open access)

Dispensing Apparatus

Patent for an improvement in Dispensing Apparatus adapted to dispense the material and at all times excluding moisture and air from the receptacle.
Date: October 28, 1918
Creator: Llewellyn, John Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dehydrating Apparatus. (open access)

Dehydrating Apparatus.

Patent for an improved food dehydrating apparatus, in which the air pressure in bins of items being dehydrated can be regulated individually, including illustrations.
Date: October 28, 1919
Creator: Taylor, Clarence R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane (open access)

Aeroplane

Patent for aeroplane with an improved carrying capacity.
Date: October 31, 1916
Creator: Millican, Joel W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cabinets. (open access)

Attachment for Cabinets.

Patent for Attachment for Cabinets. An adjustable bracket that attaches to various pieces of cabinetry or furniture for supporting water basins for easy reach.
Date: October 28, 1913
Creator: Austin, W. E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Point and Bolt for Belts. (open access)

Combined Point and Bolt for Belts.

Patent for an invention provides means for securing bolts to elevator belts.
Date: October 27, 1914
Creator: Guffee, John A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Auxiliary Air-Feed for Carbureters. (open access)

Auxiliary Air-Feed for Carbureters.

Patent for a carbureter that improves auxiliary air feed, wherein gradually increased quantities of air are harnessed as the speed of the motor increases.
Date: October 24, 1916
Creator: Bills, Thomas M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Land-Breaking Plow (open access)

Land-Breaking Plow

Patent for a plow that also includes rotary drums. The rotary drums carried "sub-soiling and breaking plows; and the object is to provide plows which can be used to break the land to any desirable depth in any kind of soil without turning over the soil."
Date: October 13, 1914
Creator: Reed, Arthur
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jack for Pumps and Other Purposes (open access)

Jack for Pumps and Other Purposes

Patent for a jack, that can be used for a variety of purposes.
Date: October 10, 1916
Creator: Dayton, William L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History