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Apparatus for Cooking Cotton-Seed Meal.
Patent for an apparatus for cooking cotton-seed meal meant to get the maximum amount of oil for the meal used and puts moisture into dry meal and evaporates excess moisture in meal. Meal is continuously supplied through the machine and water-bath. The steam does not burn or harm the meal.
Date:
August 27, 1895
Creator:
Dabney, Benjamin & Yopp, William I.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2549, Chapter 225
Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to validation of certain acts taken by the Westchase District.
Date:
May 27, 2005
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1537, Chapter 238
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the administration, powers, duties, and operation of the Harris-Galveston Subsidence District and the Fort Bend Subsidence District.
Date:
May 27, 2005
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 929, Chapter 234
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the service area of the Houston Community College System District.
Date:
May 27, 2005
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-458A
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, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether or not an interest owned by the Federal Land Bank of Houston, in production of oil, is subject to the production tax provided for the Article 7057a, V.C.S. and the regulation pipe line tax provided for by Article 6032, V.C.S.
Date:
June 27, 1958
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Container.
Patent for new improved containers adapted for the shipment of eggs, including illustrations.
Date:
February 27, 1917
Creator:
Hall, Cyrus M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner.
Patent for improved design and function in oil burners, specifically on fuel nozzle and needle valve, allowing for greater control of gas that flows through to create combustion.
Date:
January 27, 1914
Creator:
Butler, Louis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Separating Liquids in Emulsion.
Patent for improved apparatus for separating liquids in emulsion (relates to improved apparatus for separating one liquid from another) when found in emulsion and has especial reference to means for rapidly and effectually dehydrating petroleum oil emulsion.
Date:
May 27, 1919
Creator:
McKibben, Charles W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1488, Chapter 239
Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to financing of recreational facilities by the Charterwood Municipal Utility District of Harris County; providing authority to issue bonds.
Date:
May 27, 2019
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for tools used for construction, plumbing, machinery, home renovations, and many more.
Date:
February 27, 1923
Creator:
Edwards, Charles R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Screen
Patent for a well screen that is durable.
Date:
December 27, 1910
Creator:
Decker, Harry R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Strainer.
Patent for a well straining plug that fits inside of a pipe.
Date:
August 27, 1907
Creator:
McEvoy, Joseph H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Strainer
Patent for a well strainer with a plurality of little strainers over each intake pipe in a well.
Date:
July 27, 1909
Creator:
Brown, Arthur Melville & Hunter, Frank
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Screen.
Patent for improvements in the construction of well-screens in order to increase efficiency and prevent clogs using a "cheap and durable construction" (lines 11-12) that includes illustrations and a description.
Date:
May 27, 1913
Creator:
Layne, Mahlon, E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Internal Combustion Engine.
Patent for improvements to the class of explosive engine for a motor vehicle and internal gas combustion engine, including illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1917
Creator:
Murray, Harry A.; Dorman, William T. & Pollard, Claude
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Line support
Patent for an adjustable support for clothes lines.
Date:
March 27, 1917
Creator:
Lott, Truman R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Spacing Attachment for Baling-Presses
Patent for a hay baling press attachment, which automatically spaces the wires and prevents them from becoming tangled between bales.
Date:
August 27, 1918
Creator:
Grant, William A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-Machine
Patent for an ironing machine that has an adjustable ironing board.
Date:
June 27, 1911
Creator:
Green, James J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Vapor-Burners.
Patent for, "an improved construction and arrangement of vapor-burner, by which the same is readily lighted, adjusted to a larger or smaller flame, or extinguished" (lines 13-17). Illustration included.
Date:
February 27, 1877
Creator:
Sawyer, Frederick A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Spark-Conductors for Railroad-Trains.
Patent for improvement in spark-conductors for railroad trains by using a “horizontal flue in sections and use “other devices to engage and disengage the sections, where by to arrest and extinguish sparks and conduct the smoke, ashes, and cinders to the rear.” (Lines 16-20) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 27, 1869
Creator:
Wright, Reuben
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trap.
Patent for a small animal trap that prevents injury to the animal. When the animals step on the pedal inside the enclosure, a door is automatically dropped. The animal is trapped inside the enclosure.
Date:
June 27, 1922
Creator:
Dinkins, Earl T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Track-Laying Machine
Patent for Tracking Laying machine.The combination of train of cars, sectional tramway, and extending along the sides of the car gives means for disconnecting the connection. The fore-mentioned applications improves tack laying machines.
Date:
May 27, 1913
Creator:
Simpson, Charles, M. & Smith, Howard F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Forming Concrete Foundations and the Like.
Patent for forming concrete foundations and piers by placing metal tubes into the ground and enveloping them with gravel.
Date:
May 27, 1913
Creator:
Layne, Mahlon E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Journal-Box
Patent for "improvements in journal boxes, the object of my improvement being to provide simple and effective means for applying the lubricant, retaining it always within reach of the wearing surfaces, and conveying it over all of the surface which is subject to frictional content" (lines 8-14).
Date:
December 27, 1892
Creator:
Sneddon, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History