Baling Press (open access)

Baling Press

Patent for a baling press. Illustration included.
Date: May 15, 1906
Creator: Struve, Clemens A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Replacer. (open access)

Car-Replacer.

Patent for a car-replacer that is meant to "provide a strong and compact skid of comparatively light weight to form the body portion of the car-replacer and which shall be especially adapted to raise the car-wheels above the track, deflect toward them toward the rails until the tread of the wheels is suspended over the ball of the rails from an inclined surface terminating in a rounded end, over which the wheels move until they meet the track" (lines 12-21). The car-replacer does not have any liability of the skid tilting endwise or sidewise.
Date: October 15, 1895
Creator: Ragan, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bridle (open access)

Bridle

Patent for a bridle that will improve how the horse is guided and also prevent horse from running away. The device also will help prevent the horse from displacing the bridle.
Date: February 15, 1916
Creator: Hentschel, Andrew J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2803, Chapter 869 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2803, Chapter 869

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain local laws concerning water and wastewater special districts, including conforming amendments.
Date: June 15, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Exterminator. (open access)

Insect-Exterminator.

Patent for a red ant exterminator that works by "withdrawing the air from an ant-nest and substituting therefor a fluid or gas which may be ignited and thereby destroy the lives of the insects." (Lines 18-22) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 15, 1897
Creator: Schindler, Joseph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Measuring Device (open access)

Measuring Device

Patent for a measuring device specifically created for drawing circles with chalk, with the ability to increase and decrease the size of the circles being drawn without interference including illustrations and instructions.
Date: June 15, 1915
Creator: Giese, Willy
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw Gummer and Sharpener. (open access)

Saw Gummer and Sharpener.

Patent for a multiple saw gummer and sharpener.
Date: February 15, 1887
Creator: Eidelbach, Andrew C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History