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Review of Program and Administrative Activities of the Economic Opportunities Development Corporation
Report on the activities of the Economic Opportunities Development Corporation from 1977-1978 for Representative Henry B. Gonzalez, from the United States General Accounting Office.
Date:
December 15, 1977
Creator:
Ahart, Gregory J.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Torpedo Receptacle
Patent for a torpedo receptacle. This invention is an improvement for use with railroad lanterns. Illustration included.
Date:
December 15, 1903
Creator:
Barnett, John B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Internal Combustion Engine.
Patent for an internal combustion engine consisting of a valve and cynlinder. The engine is made to avoid dead air space commonly present in valve casings.
Date:
February 15, 1921
Creator:
Blumberg, Hamilton G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Underground Portable Drill
Patent for drilling machines for the object of drilling underground openings for laying gas, electric, water or any other conduits. A second object is sectional drill or track worm to keep drilling going without moving the machine.
Date:
July 15, 1919
Creator:
Branning, Willie F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Curtain Stretcher
Patent for curtain stretcher or frames
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Buckreis, Valentine
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Molding Concrete Walls
Patent for an apparatus for molding concrete walls which is easy to assemble and move around and can be used for different size and shape walls.
Date:
March 15, 1910
Creator:
Cross, George F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Wheel.
Patent for improvements and a cushion to steering wheels of automobiles to provide better grip and comfort, including illustrations.
Date:
May 15, 1917
Creator:
Dominguez, Salvador
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety Device for Steam-Boilers
Patent for a safety device designed to cut off steam in the even of an accident.
Date:
July 15, 1902
Creator:
Foskett, Fred
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Wheel.
Patent for an improved spring wheel "which may replace the inelastic wheels commonly used in connection with automobiles, and which are usually made of wood" (lines 10-13) including illustrations.
Date:
June 15, 1915
Creator:
Gebhardt, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steering-Wheel Lock.
Patent for an improved steering wheel lock that avoids the need for a specially constructed lock. Utilizes parts of simple, cheap and sturdy construction capable of being used in any motor vehicle design.
Date:
February 15, 1921
Creator:
Gerfers, Richard P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Seed Planter and Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved combined seed planter and cultivator. This design "is to provide combined seed-planters and cultivators constructed in such a manner that the seed-planting mechanism can be readily detached when not required for use, and also in such a manner that each plow can be adjusted independently of the others when desired" (lines 18-24).
Date:
August 15, 1882
Creator:
Gifford, George L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cartridge-Loading Machine.
Patent for a certain new and useful improvement in shell-loading machines.
Date:
March 15, 1898
Creator:
Handshy, Henry M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collector's Receipting-Recording
Patent for a device for keeping a record of the money received in commercial transactions. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 15, 1912
Creator:
Hayes, Arthur Ward & Stevens, Clarence D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Union-Garment
Patent for union garments with a strip of elastic or semi-elastic woven material at the back of the waist in order to allow the garment to stretch when worn.
Date:
February 15, 1921
Creator:
Hook, Thomas Wesley
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Cake-Rack
Patent for a display device of desert type foods.
Date:
February 15, 1916
Creator:
Jones, Seaborn W. & Postlethwaite, Alonzo W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Signaling System for Railways
Patent for an electric signaling system for railways which allows the engineer to see whether there is any danger or obstruction ahead on the track, and send and receive signals to and from a distant point. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 15, 1909
Creator:
Lacroix, Fred
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Battery Terminal
Patent for an adaptable battery terminal design.
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Luthy, J. O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plate for Secondary Batteries.
Patent filed by Joseph O. Luthy, a citizen of the Republic of Switzerland, residing in the city of San Antonio, concerning new and useful improvements in placates for secondary batteries. Figures page 1. Description of patent begins page 2.
Date:
June 15, 1915
Creator:
Luthy, Joseph O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene Gas Torch
Patent for a acetylene gas torch. Illustration included.
Date:
March 15, 1904
Creator:
Marsh, William H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Coolers for Railroad-Car Journals.
Patent relating to "an apparatus for cooling the journals and boxes of railroad-cars and other vehicles" (lines 27-29). Includes instructions and illustration.
Date:
July 15, 1879
Creator:
Morris, Robert C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment For Mowers
Patent for an improving to attachments for mowers that can be attached to shoe of the sickle bar. This attachment helps to raise the grain or growth being cut and bring it into the path of the sickle bar. It also works to ensure the cut grain will fall away from the standing grain.
Date:
February 15, 1916
Creator:
Muller, Hermann W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bottle - Stopper.
Patent for a new and useful bottle-stopper. This design is to "improve the construction of bottle-stoppers and to enable a metallic sealing-cap to be readily removed from the neck of a bottle without the use of an instrument" (line 11 - 14).
Date:
February 15, 1898
Creator:
Neuendorff, John B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Camera.
Patent for "means for accurately focusing the main or photographic lens without relying upon the scale; to provide means for determining the full extent of the view to be photographed; and to provide for seeing the image upon a ground glass up to the moment of exposure." (lines 10-16)
Date:
August 15, 1916
Creator:
Overman, Charles Joseph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tool.
Patent for a new and improved tool for "various uses, being especially adapted as a clamp, vise, brace or drill-stock, or wrench" (line 9 -10).
Date:
February 15, 1898
Creator:
Poor, Morrill Hart
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History