Coupling for Wagon Tires. (open access)

Coupling for Wagon Tires.

Patent for a new and improved tire tightener. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the wheel-fellies, one of which has a longitudinal socket, of the overlapping sections secured to the contiguous ends of the tire, and having projecting lugs, an adjusting-bolt carried by one of the lugs and bearing against the other lug, and a protecting-plate having a threaded opening for the passage of the bolt and interposed between the end of the felly in which [a] socket is formed, and the lug adjacent thereto" (lines 80-90).
Date: June 15, 1886
Creator: Simon, Henry Joseph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1180, Chapter 1317 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1180, Chapter 1317

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the powers and duties of the DeWitt Medical District.
Date: June 15, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1386 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1386

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, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Maximum compensation of DeWitt County officers and their deputies.
Date: January 15, 1952
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vechicle-Top Support. (open access)

Vechicle-Top Support.

Patent for "supports for the bows of folding vehicle-tops, and has for its object to provide an improved device of this character for application to one end of the shifting rail of the top, so as to receive the bows and cushion them against injury in folding and when the vehicle is passing over a rough roadway." (Lines 8-15) Illustration included.
Date: May 15, 1900
Creator: Buchanan, Sanford McElroy
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pad for Horse-Collars (open access)

Pad for Horse-Collars

Patent for a pad for a horse collar that connects to one side of the branch and then the other to maintain hold around the animal's neck when pulled back. Includes instructions and illustration.
Date: February 15, 1916
Creator: Flemming, Julius R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Firing-Valve to Control the Feed of Oil in Firing Oil-Burning Locomotives. (open access)

Firing-Valve to Control the Feed of Oil in Firing Oil-Burning Locomotives.

Patent for valve changes that "provide a valve operating means whereby the valve may be very finely adjusted and prevented from being casually turned" (lines 16-18).
Date: May 15, 1917
Creator: Gilman, Benoist P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Securing Device (open access)

Securing Device

Patent for pins or bolts having a head at one end and a pivoted locking bar at the opposite end adapted to be moved angularly in relation to the pin or bolt to prevent removal.
Date: August 15, 1916
Creator: Urban, William A. F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History