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Accident Brake Appliance
Patent for an accident brake appliance for trains.
Date:
November 15, 1910
Creator:
Troutt, Martin E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door Check
Patent for a door-check, which will hold the door in any position it is placed.
Date:
October 15, 1901
Creator:
Neher, John F. & Neher, Noah N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Scraper and Fender.
Patent for a combined scraper and fender for plows.
Date:
November 15, 1910
Creator:
Buttrill, David B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Center and Other Tables.
Patent for a new and improved table. This design consists "[i]n a table, stool, or other like article of furniture, the combination, with a slotted standard and rods extending across the slots, of the legs having dowel-pins entering holes in the under side of the table-top, and cam-shaped hooks connected to the legs and engaging with the slots and rods of the standard" (lines 73-79).
Date:
September 15, 1885
Creator:
Burroughs, William Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press
Patent for improvements in the construction of steam cotton presses using a change in the frame and use of hydraulic-pressure pumps to operate the press. The pumps are driven by steam
Date:
October 15, 1889
Creator:
Turnpaugh, James William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coffee Roaster.
Patent for a new and improved coffee roaster. This design calls for "a revolving cylinder; and the invention consists of a cylinder provided with a hollow trunnion, and of a semi-tubular tester introduced through said trunnion into the cylinder, which tester serves as a handle for revolving the cylinder, and can be withdrawn from time to time with samples of coffee to enable the operator to judge of the progress of the roasting process" (lines 11-19).
Date:
February 15, 1881
Creator:
Owens, Harrison
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Child's Crib.
Patent for a new and improved child's crib. This design utilizes "a rock-shaft with inward-projecting arms, from the inner ends of which the cords are suspended, [and it] avoid[s] the friction and wear of the cords incident to the carrying of these through the screw-eyes, as shown in [a previous patent], making them last much longer, beside simplifying the construction of the crib" (lines 67-74).
Date:
March 15, 1881
Creator:
Brown, Fred Harvey
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 919, Chapter 531
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the creation of the Viridian Municipal Management District; providing the authority to issue bonds and impose taxes.
Date:
June 15, 2007
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4028, Chapter 1126
Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Northern Trinity Groundwater Conservation District.
Date:
June 15, 2007
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Manufacturing Carbureted Gas
Patent for an apparatus that manufactures gas for illuminating and heat generating purposes, including instructions.
Date:
May 15, 1911
Creator:
Watkins, William J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coffin
Patent for a lightweight and sturdy coffin made of two solid pieces of baked or burned clay which can be sealed with cement and secured further with nuts and bolts.
Date:
June 15, 1915
Creator:
Arnold, Price
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1904, Chapter 1045
Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the powers and compensation of criminal law magistrates in Tarrant County.
Date:
June 15, 2017
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2456
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the powers and duties of the Karis Municipal Management District of Tarrant County; changing the territory of the district; providing a civil penalty; providing authority to issue bonds.
Date:
June 15, 2019
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Stay.
Patent for a fence stay that can be put on without any special tools. The stay also forms a clamp in itself and does not require any other tie to keep it in place.
Date:
May 15, 1906
Creator:
Horsley, Robert L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Life Boat
Patent for life boats to use for large passenger ships, cruise and other boats that can be installed at the sides of the ships for easy access during evacuation.
Date:
July 15, 1913
Creator:
Sargeant, Benjamin F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
An Archaeological Survey Within the Deer Creek Estates, Tarrant County, Texas
An archaeological survey report of a site in the the Deer Creek Estates, Tarrant County, Texas, performed to determine whether any historic resources were located on the proposed construction sites.
Date:
November 15, 2004
Creator:
Todd, Jesse
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Farm Gates.
Patent for "a gate herein I dispense with the use of hinges and other similar devices and prevent sagging; also that the operation of opening or shutting the gate, owing to its balanced and suspended condition, is attended with little or no exertion on the part of the operator..." (lines 84-90) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 15, 1875
Creator:
Snider, Tunis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Motion.
Patent for "a valve-motion having simple and positive means for varying the points at which the ports of the engine-cylinder are opened and closed to vary the lap and lead, and while accomplishing this result the invention has especial reference to a form of valve-motion designed for use in connection with that type of locomotive or other engines in which there is a comparatively short space between the drive or driving-shaft and the engine-cylinder." (Lines 11-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 15, 1897
Creator:
Shelb, Peter J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve.
Patent for an improvement in valves which "is adapted for connection with pipes or conduits for conducting water, steam, or other fluids; and the object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient appliance of this character possessing the functions of both a globe and a check valve; and it is adapted to advantageously control the flow of liquid no matter what position or its casing may occupy" (lines 7-15). It includes instructions and illustrations..
Date:
August 15, 1899
Creator:
Thummel, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Scrapers.
Patent for improved road scraper with two-wheel vehicle and scoop pulled by a chain.
Date:
July 15, 1873
Creator:
Mayfield, William Dudley
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephone-Call Recorder
Patent for a telephone call recorder that allows the number of who is calling to be recorded when the phone is not answered and tell a person already on the phone who is trying to call them.
Date:
October 15, 1912
Creator:
Warwick, Harold L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Metal Packing-Case for Food Products.
Patent for "a new and useful packing-case for food products" (lines 13-14), particularly for cured meats. It protects "against flies, souring, shrinking, &c., than the ordinary forms of packing" (lines 20-21). It is made from metal, stamped into a packing-case.
Date:
September 15, 1896
Creator:
Blanke, Louis H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Jack.
Patent for improvements to pump jacks. Simple gravity actuated devices are provided to aid the power mechanism of the pump jack, resulting in smoother, more even operation.
Date:
July 15, 1919
Creator:
Dayton, William L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Jack
Patent for an improved pump jack to increase its power when in use.
Date:
July 15, 1919
Creator:
Dayton, William L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History