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Convertible Mixing and Cleaning Machine
Patent for convertible mixing and cleaning machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 5, 1904
Creator:
Stacey, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for "baling-presses of that class wherein motion is communicated to the plunger from a sweep operated by horse or similar power, and the object in view is to improve the construction of the baling-chamber and attachments, and, furthermore, to provide a simple and efficient construction of plunger-operating mechanism" (lines 8-15)
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Pearce, William J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buckle.
Patent for a buckle meant for use with harnesses and "wherein the ordinary movable and hinged tongue is dispensed with, and a rigid stud or pointed projection is used in reversed positions at opposite ends of connecting loops" (lines 9-13).
Date:
December 5, 1893
Creator:
Odom, Plesant W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Boring Artesian Wells.
Patent for a new and improved artesian-well borer. This design "has for its object to furnish a combination tool which will wear or cut the harder grades or rock frequently met with in boring wells of this class, and also to furnish a tool which will be harder than the common steel too or auger, thereby dispensing with the necessity of taking out and sharpening" (lines 13-20). It consists in "[a] fluted hemispherical mass of corundum for boring Artesian wells, said mass being provided with cutting-edges which extend from the apex to the base, [and] a metallic core embedded within the mass" (lines 16-20).
Date:
April 5, 1892
Creator:
Brown, Frank O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-86
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 or not the monies collected by the Chief Probation Officer of Dallas County, Texas, for child support in divorce cases under orders of the District Court should be deposited with the County Treasurer upon receipt of the same.
Date:
April 5, 1957
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-254
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: Location of Juvenile Court in and for Dallas County, Texas, created by House Bill No. 940, Acts 55th Legislature, Regular Session, Chapter 511, at page 1490.
Date:
September 5, 1957
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6503
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, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the Comptroller of Public Accounts is authorized to issue a warrant in payment of the claim of the Austin Construction Company, Dallas, Texas, under the facts stated, and related matters.
Date:
May 5, 1945
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Archaeological Survey Along Portions of the Proposed Grand Prairie Thirty-Inch Water Pipeline Route, Dallas and Tarrant Counties, Texas
An archaeological survey report of the proposed Grand Prairie water pipeline route in Dallas and Tarrant Counties, Texas, performed to determine whether any historic resources were located on the proposed construction sites.
Date:
March 5, 2007
Creator:
Todd, Jesse
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Antileak Composition.
Patent for improvements in antileak composition in order to prevent leaks in liquid holding containers like radiators, boilers, etc.
Date:
July 5, 1921
Creator:
Shrum, Will N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Shade Roller
Patent for spring acting window shade rollers. The spring acting mechanism allows for the raising up or down of the shade to any desired position without unnecessary wear.
Date:
August 5, 1913
Creator:
Schindler, Emil F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Line-Type-Casting Machine
Patent for a line type casting machine that focuses on improvements to the pot charging device and uses a type of float mechanism (as opposed to a thermostat) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 5, 1918
Creator:
Wilmans, Lloyd I.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lattice.
Patent for a simple, strong, and economic lattice that is meant for use in jail cells. It allows air and light into the cell, and they are formed with "alternately opposite depressions and elevations for the reception of the bars running at right angles thereto" (lines 12-24). It should have alternating bars of steel and iron.
Date:
February 5, 1895
Creator:
Hull, William S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lathe-Chuck
Patent for a lathe chuck to be used with cotton gins. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 5, 1908
Creator:
Jipperson, John Marsen
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Automatic Advertising Devices
Patent for an automatic advertising device that can show various signs or display cards and provides "an endless belt of transparent material which is differently colored" (lines 12-15) so that the sign may be "artistically changed" (lines 17-18). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 5, 1912
Creator:
Murphey, William A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vapor-Burner
Patent for a vapor burner and generator. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 5, 1909
Creator:
Jordan, James T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators.
Patent for a new and useful improvement in cultivators.
Date:
February 5, 1878
Creator:
Graves, Jefferson M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transmission Gear Shifting Device.
Patent for a new transmission gear shifting device will "provide means for shifting the transmission parts of an automobile or other motor driven vehicle, without employing the usual hand levers and appliances, and to do so by means of electrically controlled operating mechanisms in combination with certain component parts." (Lines 12-18) including illustrations.
Date:
January 5, 1915
Creator:
De Witt, G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow Attachment
Patent for Plow Attachment
Date:
December 5, 1916
Creator:
Smith, Fletcher
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switching Device
Patent for switching devices. This invention is for electrically operated switch tongue throwing mechanisms and is for use in switching cars from one track to another. illustrations included.
Date:
February 5, 1907
Creator:
Makley, John N.; Manett, Edward F. & Dannelly, Frank M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Removing Surface Finish
Patent for the process of removing paint, enamel, varnish, and lacquer from the surfaces of coated materials.
Date:
October 5, 1920
Creator:
Cleveland, David P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grave-Marker.
Patent for a new and useful Grave-Marker. The body of the improved grave marker or cradle is elongated or somewhat elliptical in contour, and its central portion is open, in order that the grave marker or cradle may surround a grave.
Date:
May 5, 1914
Creator:
Kimball, Herbert E
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Separator.
Patent for improved grain separators or threshing machines "whereby vibrating straw-racks will be entirely dispensed with and the machine so simplified as to obviate the heavy jars and jerks of most grain-separators or threshing machines, while at the same time providing a construction of machine that will effectually separate the grain from the straw and will also keep the feeding end of the machine entirely free from dust, which is often a serious drawback to the operation of most machines of this character." (Lines 11-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 5, 1897
Creator:
McCue, John Marshall
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hinge Seat Cutter
Patent for as hinge seat cutter. This device is designed to cut apertures so that mounted windows and door will be flush. Illustration included.
Date:
November 5, 1912
Creator:
Franklin, William E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hame And Trace Connector.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in Hames, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 5, 1899
Creator:
Dodson, Roy
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History