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Building Block Machine
Patent for a building block machine. This invention is used to form blocks out of plastic material into artificial stone, as well as molding concrete blocks. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 20, 1906
Creator:
Latimer, Samuel A.; Dunkin, James J.; Stacey, J. H.; Hall, A. L.; Porter, R. S.; Haynes, S. F. et al.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region F, 2016, Volume II. Appendices
Appendices of the water plan for Region F including cost estimates, water management strategies, comments and answers related to the plan, survey results, drought triggers, and related reports.
Date:
November 2015
Creator:
Freese and Nichols, Inc.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region F, 2016, Volume 1. Main Report
Water plan for Region F describing water supply locations and suppliers, the general state of the water supply in the area, forecasts for future usage numbers, management and conservation plans for both suppliers and users in each county, impacts of implementation of the water plan, and the plan making process.
Date:
November 2015
Creator:
Freese and Nichols, Inc.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Step.
Patent for a new and improved wagon-step. This design "permit[s] a driver to mount or dismount without necessitating his [or her] dropping the reins, and which when not in use can be folded up out of the way of the wheels" (lines 14-17). It consists in "the rod provided at its upper end with a handle and journaled in suitable bearings and extending diagonally along the side of the body, and the step-brackets arranged at intervals along the rod and consisting of the stems rigidly secured to the rod and the steps formed integral with the stems and extending out horizontally therefrom" (lines 64-71).
Date:
November 18, 1890
Creator:
Thompson, Robert K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ironing - Machine
Patent for a new and useful improvements in ironing machines for household use to"produce a simple, effective, and inexpensive ironing-machine especially adapted for household or family use" (line 27 - 29).
Date:
November 2, 1897
Creator:
Walter, George P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Motor.
Patent for a new and improved engine. This design "is to convert a given rotary into a vertical reciprocating motion, and to provide means whereby the stroke of the reciprocating motion may be increased or diminished, according to the use or work to which the machine may be applied; and to these ends the novelty consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the same" (lines 10-18).
Date:
November 11, 1884
Creator:
Groves, Isaac N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Eye Testing Device.
Patent for a neater and more attractive eye testing device, including illustrations.
Date:
November 30, 1915
Creator:
Jones, Aaron Leroy
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sand Cap For Vehicles Wheels
Patent for sand cap for vehicle wheels. Illustration included.
Date:
November 7, 1905
Creator:
Wright, William E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Receptacle For Attachment To Vehicles
Patent for a receptacle for attachment to vehicles. Illustration included.
Date:
November 14, 1905
Creator:
Wright, William E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Blade
Patent for a cultivator blade. Illustration included.
Date:
November 7, 1905
Creator:
Harlow, James S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History