Attachment for Coffee-Roasters. (open access)

Attachment for Coffee-Roasters.

Patent for an attachment to a coffee-roaster that assists in separating coffee beans from foreign matter.
Date: December 25, 1917
Creator: Liberto, Samuel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pin or Clamp (open access)

Clothes Pin or Clamp

Patent for a more durable metal clothes pin.
Date: November 25, 1919
Creator: Townley, Percy
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insulator. (open access)

Insulator.

Patent for an insulator for water pipes that conducts away electric current to be utilized elsewhere.
Date: December 25, 1917
Creator: Stone, Oscar Otto
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Body Suspension (open access)

Vehicle Body Suspension

Patent for the invention of a new and improved vehicle body suspension.
Date: January 25, 1921
Creator: Harper, William D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Packer. (open access)

Mechanical Packer.

Patent for improvements towards the mechanical packing apparatus. The invention will connect the apparatus to power-operated presses, like that of the cotton press.
Date: January 25, 1921
Creator: Cameron, Theodore R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire Construction (open access)

Tire Construction

Patent for an improvement to rubber tires. The inner tube is enclosed within a thick detachable shoe to withstand shocks and jars, and also uses side guards to protect from dirt accumulation.
Date: November 25, 1919
Creator: Luck, John J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
University of Texas Health Center at San Antonio Operating Budget: 2017 (open access)

University of Texas Health Center at San Antonio Operating Budget: 2017

Proposed budget for University of Texas Health Center at San Antonio outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation.
Date: August 25, 2016
Creator: University of Texas Health Center at San Antonio
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch Operating Mechanism for Electric Railways. (open access)

Switch Operating Mechanism for Electric Railways.

Patent for a switch-operating mechanism for electric railways that uses a movable display band to control movement through an electrically operated switch. The arrival of the railway car or street car at a point adjacent to the switch automatically throws the switch to automatically shunt the car from one line to another without a motorman or switchman's intervention.
Date: May 25, 1915
Creator: Craig, Richard M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Annual Budget: 1969 (open access)

San Antonio Annual Budget: 1969

Annual budget of the city of San Antonio for Fiscal Year 1969.
Date: July 25, 1968
Creator: San Antonio (Tex.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Annual Budget: 1975 (open access)

San Antonio Annual Budget: 1975

Budget adopted by the City Council for San Antonio, Texas describing revenue estimates, appropriations, and other financial information for the fiscal year 1974-75.
Date: July 25, 1974
Creator: San Antonio (Tex.). City Council.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Shelling Nuts. (open access)

Machine for Shelling Nuts.

Patent for a machine for shelling pecans that keeps the nut meat intact.
Date: April 25, 1911
Creator: Roach, Walter Albert Joseph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lining for Cells, Vaults, or the Like (open access)

Lining for Cells, Vaults, or the Like

Patent for Lining for Cells, Vaults, or the Like. The Linings whether employed in Jail-Cells or other Similar Buildings , and the object thereof is to provide a structure made up of parts which may be placed within a room or enclosure and securely built therein without necessity of using patch-bolts or screws.
Date: November 25, 1902
Creator: Youngblood, David F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interlocking-Bar Grating for Jails. (open access)

Interlocking-Bar Grating for Jails.

Patent for gratings used in jails. "In these structures as ordinarily made upright and horizontal bars are provided which are located at right angles to each other, these bars being necessarily secured together at their points of intersection to prevent their being spread apart" (lines 11-16).
Date: November 25, 1902
Creator: Youngblood, David Franklin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Truck. (open access)

Truck.

Patent for a new and useful truck, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 25, 1899
Creator: Hooper, Johnson M., Sr. & Daniels, James R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lantern. (open access)

Lantern.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in lanterns, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 25, 1898
Creator: Cadwallader, Aldes H. & Carolan, Eugene P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lineman's Chair (open access)

Lineman's Chair

Patent for a chair which allows a lineman to connect cables and lines more easily. Illustrations included.
Date: October 25, 1910
Creator: Davis, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tool for Truing and Dressing Commutators. (open access)

Tool for Truing and Dressing Commutators.

Patent for a tool "for truing and dressing the commutators of dynamo motors... especially designed for truing and dressing the commutators of motors employed for propelling cars" (lines 9-14).
Date: June 25, 1907
Creator: Frick, Claus Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sulky-Lister (open access)

Sulky-Lister

Patent for an improved sulky-lister for planting listed corn, cotton, and other crops.
Date: November 25, 1902
Creator: Engelmann, Gustav
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paper File and Binder. (open access)

Paper File and Binder.

Patent for a paper file and binder, which is expandable for varying amounts of pages and holds the papers firmly in the binder, but also allows easy removal.
Date: January 25, 1910
Creator: Springall, Walter A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Arrester (open access)

Spark-Arrester

Patent for a spark arrester designed to extinguish the glowing cinders of smoke stacks. Illustrations included.
Date: October 25, 1910
Creator: Goodrich, Luman L., Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sound Reproducing Machine (open access)

Sound Reproducing Machine

Patent for a sound reproducing machine. Illustrations included.
Date: October 25, 1904
Creator: Dubinski, Benjamin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hammock-Support. (open access)

Hammock-Support.

Patent for hammock support which is securely fastened and can be readily removed.
Date: November 25, 1902
Creator: Youngblood, David Franklin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Time Switch (open access)

Electric Time Switch

Patent for a electric time-switch. Illustration included.
Date: October 25, 1904
Creator: Dubinski, Benjamin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Roof-Jack (open access)

Roof-Jack

Patent for a roof jack that will hold up scaffolding.
Date: February 25, 1913
Creator: Darnall, Benjamin P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History