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Improvement in Carriage-Axles.
Patent for improvements to carriage axles which include the addition of a sleeve, bearing, and linch-pin device.
Date:
June 13, 1871
Creator:
Wagner, Ernest Friedrich
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Journal Boxes.
Patent for axel shaft oil lubrication system that acts as a reservoir and saves the oil lubrication materials to be used repeatedly without waste.
Date:
April 3, 1873
Creator:
Morris, Joseph R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Treasure Box.
Patent for a new and improved lock-box. This design "is provided with means for giving an alarm when an attempt is made to enter the same; and it also has a device for clamping it to the berth or other part of the apartment in which the traveler lodges, so that when the alarm sounds he [or she] is awakened, and thus notified at an attempt at robbery. The device is especially adapted to be clamped to the inner-face of a bed-rail, adjacent to the mattress thereof, so that it cannot be reached without awakening the traveler" (lines 21-31).
Date:
July 13, 1886
Creator:
Hayes, Elbert Newton & Sauer, Venant August
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switch-Operating Mechanism.
Patent for a switch-operating mechanism than "may be changed quickly and positively from a moving car" (lines 15-16).
Date:
February 13, 1894
Creator:
Lott, Charles C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for an invention for train cars which "relates to car couplings, and especially to that class of the same which effect an automatic coupling by means of a gravity-hook," (lines 12-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 13, 1884
Creator:
Washburn, Andrew Lynch & Journeay, Abram L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JM-247
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, Jim Mattox, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether responsibility for the Harris County Child Support Division may be transferred from the Juvenile Board to the Domestic Relations Office
Date:
December 13, 1984
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-39
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, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether Harris County may participate in the design and construction of a toll bridge from Galveston Island to Point Bolivar.
Date:
March 13, 2003
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap
Patent for an animal trap with a new kind of trigger fir closing the door to the trap.
Date:
December 13, 1910
Creator:
Hatchell, Benjamin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Canopy-Frame.
Patent for a canopy frame for any kind of drapery, including mosquito nets. The design is purported to be inexpensive and strong, using a thin metal support for the crossbeams.
Date:
July 13, 1901
Creator:
Johnston, Washington T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Car-Coupling.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in automatic car couplings, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 13, 1898
Creator:
Pettes, Moses M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pin
Patent for a clothes pin. Illustration included.
Date:
November 13, 1906
Creator:
Ingersoll, Charles J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Funnel.
Patent for a funnel which automatically seals when liquid in a receptacle reaches a certain level. The spout of the funnel also contains a stopper which can be lifted to permit liquid to pass into the receptacle at the desired time.
Date:
June 13, 1911
Creator:
Evans, Jesse M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picker.
Patent for an improved cotton picker and cleaner that is cylindrical in design, with a drum that contains rows of spikes or teeth and which rotates by a connecting shaft that can be connected to a motor. Includes illustrations.
Date:
August 13, 1912
Creator:
Ball, William D. & Bradburn, Justin G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for a wrench which is more balanced in the hand than other wrenches.
Date:
October 13, 1908
Creator:
Layne, Mahlon E. & Hall, Samuel N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel-Tire
Patent for a wheel tightener. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 13, 1907
Creator:
James, Adoniram Judson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner
Patent for a hydrocarbon burner with an improved fuel passageway.
Date:
February 13, 1912
Creator:
Clarke, Marcus S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine
Patent for washing machine. This invention consists of two compartments: one for suds and rinsing water; the other to provide a washing drum. Illustration included.
Date:
November 13, 1906
Creator:
Leavens, Robert E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fireproof Nailing Brick
Patent for a fireproof nailing brick. This invention replaces wooden plugs used for the purposes of enabling interior woodwork by using a fireproof brick or block of a porous nature.
Date:
October 13, 1903
Creator:
Taylor, James T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mosquito-Net-Frame Attachment for Bedsteads.
Patent for a mosquito net frame attachment designed to hold mosquito netting material over and around the bed frame, with illustrations.
Date:
February 13, 1906
Creator:
McCardell, William K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drafting Appliance
Patent for the invention of improvements of drafting appliances.
Date:
December 13, 1911
Creator:
Blair, Oliver C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine
Patent for a rotary engine. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 13, 1909
Creator:
Nichols, Franklin P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rice-Huller
Patent for a rice huller designed to remove the coatings and hulls from rice grains. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 13, 1909
Creator:
Hayes, Daniel J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cylinder for Cotton-Gins
Patent for a cylinder for cotton gins that can have one disk removed for repair without taking apart the whole cylinder.
Date:
August 13, 1912
Creator:
Fuller, James T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Casing-Shoe.
Patent for new and useful Improvements in Casing-Shoes whose object is to "clamp around the tread of a tire casing for the purpose of reinforcing weak places in the casing, for repairing 'blow-outs' and for the purpose of preventing the 'skidding' of the vehicle" (lines 13-17), including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
November 13, 1917
Creator:
Tuttle, Frank & Hall, Lewis T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History