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Automatic Ore And Slime Separator
Patent for a automatic ore and slime separator. This invention is designed to separate the sand and other solid particles from water. Illustration included.
Date:
March 15, 1904
Creator:
Allen, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coffee Urn
Patent for a coffee urn. This invention is designed to percolate liquid repeatedly through the grounds to increase the strength of the coffee. Illustration included.
Date:
March 2, 1909
Creator:
Nenninger, Oscar A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Ore and Pulp Sampler
Patent for a automatic ore and pulp sampler. This invention represents a settling tank to accumulate particles. Illustration included.
Date:
March 15, 1904
Creator:
Allen, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Silt And Sand Separator.
Patent for an automatic silt and sand separator that settles and discharges sand, slimes and any foreign matters.
Date:
March 15, 1904
Creator:
Allen, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carrier for Game
Patent for new and improved carrier for game. "The purpose of the invention is to provide a very light, simple, durable, economic, and effective device for carrying game adapted to be worn across the shoulder and which is held in place simply by the weight of the load". (lines 8-13). Includes description, instructions, and illustrations.
Date:
March 7, 1906
Creator:
Paul, James Mount
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brake-Operating Mechanism
Patent for a brake operating mechanism for street cars that is easy to operate and behind a guard rail or cover.
Date:
March 14, 1911
Creator:
Irwin, Walter W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Brake.
Patent for a new and improved car-brake. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the transverse beam of the truck, of the levers pivoted to the under side of the same, the brake-shoes, the pitmen connecting the brake-shoes with the levers, the straps secured to the beam, the retaining-rods having their ends pivoted to the pitmen and the straps, and devices for operating the levers" (lines 94-101).
Date:
March 19, 1889
Creator:
Mayer, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check-Punch.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and compact check-punch that can be operated by one hand and doesn't take much power to operate. The machine consists of two movable members, "one of which carries all of the male and the other all of the female dies, said members being so related that when moved relatively to each other in one direction all the male dies move as a single member...and enter the female dies, and when moved in the opposite direction all of said male dies are withdrawn" (lines 12-20).
Date:
March 17, 1896
Creator:
Woodworth, Charles H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Condensing Flue-Dust.
Patent for an apparatus for "condensing and saving the flue-dust passing with the waste gases through the chimney of lead-smelting furnaces." (Lines 9-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 3, 1889
Creator:
Hizon, Hiram W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: M-35
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: What tax may the County and City of El Paso each levy on each coin-operated billiard table in its area, and related question.
Date:
March 9, 1967
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1274
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 State Commission for the Blind is permitted to provide eye surgery to a child living in El Paso who is an alien.
Date:
March 9, 1962
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Joint Resolution 28
Joint resolution introduced by the Texas Senate and House of Representatives relating to proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the provision of parks and recreational facilities by conservation and reclamation districts in El Paso County.
Date:
2011-03/2011-05
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fly-Trap.
Patent for an improved fly-trap that effectively ensnares flies while providing an efficient method of fly disposal and easier access to the trap for cleaning, including illustrations.
Date:
March 9, 1915
Creator:
Crawford, James
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Extracting Wax from Plants
Patent for "an apparatus for extracting wax from the candelilla plant and other species of plants of the class Myrica." (lines 9-12)
Date:
March 14, 1911
Creator:
Frank Thatcher, of El Paso, Texas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Top.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in Automobile-Tops." (lines 5-6) and is related to "tops of automobiles having two or more seats." (lines 9-10) includes illustrations.
Date:
March 2, 1920
Creator:
Stewart, Henry W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for an improved bailing press "especially designed for forming hay, straw, cotton, &c., &c.... into compressed, compact bales" (lines 10-13) that requires less effort and power for stronger compression results.
Date:
March 12, 1910
Creator:
North, Clarence L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Classifier and Separator.
Patent for classifiers and separators used in mining to separate solids and liquids in the tank. It allows for easy removal and replacement of parts as they wear.
Date:
March 19, 1918
Creator:
Allen, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Contact-Shoe for Automatic Train-Stops.
Patent for a new contact shoe, used in rail transport, attached to the train car to conduct automatic stops despite possible hazards through the use of magents and electricity, including illustrations .
Date:
March 30, 1920
Creator:
Bulla, Melbern Bernie
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Condition Survey: Biggs Army Airfield, Fort Bliss, Texas
"The purpose of this report is to present the results of an inspection performed at Biggs Army Airfield (BAAF), Fort Bliss, Texas, during January 1972. The inspection was limited to visual observations, and no tests were conducted on any of the pavement facilities. A layout of the airfield is shown in plate 1" (p. 1).
Date:
March 1973
Creator:
Vedros, Philip J. & Jackson, Ralph D.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 832, Chapter 19
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to voter eligibility and registration in El Paso County Water Improvement District No. 1.
Date:
2011-03/2011-04
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cleaning Device
Patent for a cleaning tool that attaches to the windshields of automobile windows to clean snow, rain, and dust. It is operated from the interior of the car and can be easily attached and removed. Includes illustrations.
Date:
March 29, 1921
Creator:
Rivers, Charles A. & Stuart, Francis B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Building Construction
Patent for building construction that is new and a useful improvement to sleeping porch construction.
Date:
March 14, 1922
Creator:
Trost, Henry Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evaluation of Ground-Water Resources in El Paso County, Texas
Report documenting evaluation of ground-water resources: "[t]his study in El Paso County was conducted to address problems of overdraft and quality deterioration with respect to the Hueco bolson, Mesilla bolson, and the Rio Grande alluvium aquifers" (p. v),
Date:
March 1990
Creator:
Ashworth, John B.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Clamp or Grip
Patent for a wire clamp or grip. Illustration included.
Date:
March 10, 1908
Creator:
Eubank, Josephus H. & Merchant, W. B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History