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Cotton-Picker for Forming Mattress-Bats.
Patent for improvements in cotton-pickers for forming mattress-bats is to prepare the cotton to be light and elastic when the cotton is compressed into mattress-bats. Illustration is included.
Date:
April 29, 1902
Creator:
Morgan, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-brake
Patent for a car-brake that improves the ability of a train to stop its forward motion.
Date:
December 29, 1900
Creator:
Wise, Harry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Auger.
Patent for a new auger designed "to provide a construction in which the parts may be adjusted to cut angular holes entirely through a body, and also to cut angular countersinks concentric with cylindrical openings, such as are made for the reception of the square heads of bolts lag screws, &c.," (lines 10-16), which includes illustrations and instructions.
Date:
April 29, 1902
Creator:
Bundy, John J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a new and useful churn to "provide a simple and inexpensive construction of dasher adapted to supply air to the bottom of a churn-receptacle" (line 7 - 9).
Date:
March 29, 1898
Creator:
Burke, Henry A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Autographic Register.
Patent for an autographic register meant "to provide improved means for guiding, printing, cutting, and filling a record-bill and discharging original and duplicate bills" (lines 9-12). The printing and feeding mechanisms operate independently, bills may be any desired length, and checks may be numbered successively and dated.
Date:
September 29, 1896
Creator:
Norcross, George A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: DM-146
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, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District may limit public access to and change a search fee for locating birth and death records which are made public by the Open Records Act (RQ-355)
Date:
July 29, 1992
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1161
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: Exemption from ad valorem taxes of Comal Plant, various properties used in connection therewith, and Kuehler Power Station Site, all owned by City of San Antonio.
Date:
March 29, 1951
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Copy-Holding Pointograph.
Patent for a mechanism used in typewriters that holds documents to be copied indicates the line to be copied and shifts the document automatically. In addition, the patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 29, 1916
Creator:
Mathews, Louis T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Monthly Reports: September 1992 [Part 1]
Compilation of monthly reports from departments in the city of San Antonio, Texas providing statistics, project updates, and other information about services and activities.
Date:
September 29, 1992
Creator:
San Antonio (Tex.)
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed-Cover Holder
Patent for bed cover holder, particularly the clamping mechanism that holds the covers to the bed and allows the clamps to grasp "covers of different thicknesses" (lines 25-26) without requiring clamp adjustment.
Date:
October 29, 1918
Creator:
Hillman, Emmie
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bearing for Baling-Presses.
Patent for a bearing for cotton presses which allows for greater force and less friction.
Date:
December 29, 1916
Creator:
Taft, John A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bending-Machine and Method of Bending.
Patent for a machine to bend metal into various shapes for the purpose of construction and reinforcement.
Date:
March 29, 1921
Creator:
Holmgreen, Julius H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for "removable-jaw wrenches which can be converted into a pipe or monkey wrench at will." (Lines 12-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 29, 1896
Creator:
Ezzell, Fletcher
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Windmills.
Patent for the improvement of windmills, including illustrations.
Date:
September 29, 1874
Creator:
Symthe, Peyton.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine For Rebending Crown Caps Or Seals For Bottles.
Patent for a new and useful machine for rebending crown caps or seals for bottles, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 29, 1899
Creator:
Gebhardt, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Latch
Patent for a latch. Illustration included.
Date:
August 29, 1905
Creator:
Praeger, Ewald
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner
Patent for invention relates to improvements in hydrocarbon-burners of that class which are employed in apparatus for destroying vegetable growths, such as cactus-plants, for heating asphaltum, for concrete and surface drying, and for other purposes where great heat is required.
Date:
February 21, 1900
Creator:
Neuendorff, John B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner
Patent for a burner that can use kerosene for fuel and avoid clogging with carbon and to provide heat better in every way (including being hotter) while being easier to clean.
Date:
September 29, 1914
Creator:
Stone, Melvin T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plastic Composition.
Patent for a plastic composition that lasts indefinitely, especially for coffins or caskets.
Date:
August 29, 1916
Creator:
Stone, Oscar Ottoe
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stamping-Machine
Patent for new stamping device for "quickly and accurately stamping railroad tickets on their faces with the date of issue, the destination and the time limit or number of the train on which the ticket is to be used" (lines 11-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 29, 1913
Creator:
Terry, James William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut Cracking Machine
Patent for an industrial pecan cracking machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 29, 1907
Creator:
Gebhardt, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Toy Torpedo Exploder
Patent for a toy torpedo exploder. Illustration included.
Date:
November 29, 1904
Creator:
Hutchinson, Searcy T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Preparing and Tempering Slurry for Portland Cement.
Patent for improvements in the process of preparing and tempering slurry for Portland cement by expedite the process of production and to produce a uniform quality of cement. Detailed instructions included. No illustration.
Date:
September 29, 1891
Creator:
Kalteyer, George H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Laminated Fabric for Tire-Casings.
Patent for a laminated fabric for tire casings that reinforces motor vehicle tires to reduce heat exposure and risk of damage. This type of laminated fabric is intended to resist wear and prevent tire blow-outs.
Date:
July 29, 1919
Creator:
Doolin, Charles B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History