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Copy-Holder.
Patent for a copy holder with a firmer clamp and a better support for the line indicating bar than previous versions.
Date:
September 29, 1908
Creator:
Flynn, Melvina L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Couch
Patent for a couch. This design is meant to be mouse proof. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 29, 1903
Creator:
Hardtmann, Julius R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Brace for Doors or Gates and Cover for Same
Patent for an adjustable brace for doors or gates. It is designed to prevent sagging.
Date:
September 29, 1903
Creator:
Shields, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Hoe and Edge-Trimmer.
Patent for a tool that combines a how and edge-trimmer in one. The tool "may be conveniently used for trimming the edges of lawns, walks, and flower-beds and which may also be used as a weeding scuffle-hoe and as a sod-cutter" (lines 11-14) including illustrations
Date:
August 29, 1905
Creator:
Hough, James C. & Oldham, J. B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chafing-Iron
Patent for a chafing iron for passenger cars designed to prevent injury to passengers who place their hands in between the irons. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 29, 1908
Creator:
Labadie, Victor
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Auto-Organ
Patent for an organ that can be operated by vehicles or windmills. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 29, 1910
Creator:
England, James Ross
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-278
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, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Audit of City and County of Dallas Levee Improvement District.
Date:
June 29, 1964
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carbon-gripper and margin-indicator for writing-machines
A device for improved handling, securing, and carrying paper while type-writing; suitable for a wide variety of type-writer models.
Date:
February 29, 1916
Creator:
Evans, Charles I., Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Anti-Rail-Creeper Tie-Plate
Patent for an improvement in Anti-Rail-Creeper Tie-Plates. This device was designed to prevent rails from wearing into the ties, "creeping longitudinally or moving laterally; also to prevent a rail from canting outwardly."
Date:
September 29, 1914
Creator:
McCombs, Oliver A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
City of Balch Springs Hickory Creek Flood Protection Planning Study Final Report
Report on the results of a study for creating a flood protection plan for Hickory Creek in the City of Balch Springs, Texas.
Date:
July 29, 2011
Creator:
Halff Associates
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cycle-Car
Patent for a cycle car that can be steered and propelled by hands only and can be used with ordinary bicycles.
Date:
November 29, 1921
Creator:
{Payne, Luther M.}; {Miller, Lee A.} & {Douglas, John J.}
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Internal Combustion Engine.
Patent for a simplified internal combustion engine that is lighter and more efficient than previous models. It also features detachable and removable parts that will decrease time and cost of repairs, includes illustrations.
Date:
July 29, 1919
Creator:
Higbee, Charlie D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Body
Patent for new and useful improvements in vehicle bodies - a vehicle for carrying groceries, vegetables, and other necessities, as a traveling store.
Date:
March 29, 1921
Creator:
Wieman, Herman A,
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Irrigation-Pipe
Patent for an irrigation pipe designed to prevent clogging. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 29, 1910
Creator:
Wiggins, John L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Targets for Shooting-Galleries
Patent for a shooting gallery target that releases balls when hit in the center.
Date:
May 29, 1877
Creator:
Hoshall, David W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wash Boiler.
Patent for a new and improved wash-boiler. This design "consists in, first, the combination of the boiler and revolving drum placed therein, with the steam-generator secured to the bottom of the boiler, and a steam motor or engine for revolving the drum; second, the combination of the boiler, a revolving-drum placed therein, and the steam-generator with a tank for clear water, and a suitable chamber and valves for connecting the tank and generator together" (lines 13-22).
Date:
September 29, 1885
Creator:
Wilson, Homer T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of and Apparatus for Sizing or Classifying Comminuted Material.
Patent for a machine composed of independently operated and adjustable mounted sized units for sorting and transporting grain sized materials.
Date:
August 29, 1916
Creator:
Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Model Display Stand.
Patent for new improvements in model display stands for articles of clothing in which the display is made interchangeable and has a fabric background.
Date:
October 29, 1918
Creator:
Tyler, Claude B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Measuring and Dispensing Device.
Patent for improvements to measuring and dispensing devices for powdered malted milk and other powdered substances.
Date:
December 29, 1919
Creator:
Shaw, Wilber S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Toothbrush
Patent that provides a toothbrush the ability to penetrate the interstices between the teeth and remove the debris by the vertical movement of the bristles, and being able to do so without discomfort. The brush is sanitary and convenient for being carried in a pocket in the clothing or in a traveling bag as well.
Date:
September 29, 1919
Creator:
Martz, George R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Time-Signal for Telephones
Patent for standard time-signaling instruments and consists of "an instrument for and a manner of signaling standard time through an entire system or systems of telephones."(lines 10-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 29, 1882
Creator:
Oram, John M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephone Call Box.
Patent for reduction of movements in an improved telephone call box with illustrations.
Date:
January 29, 1884
Creator:
Oram, John M.; Sutton, Henry M. & Garrett, Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grapple
Patent for a grapple. This invention is designed to engage a building block so as to prevent injury from accidental disengagement. Illustration included.
Date:
January 29, 1907
Creator:
Smith, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Extinguishing Apparatus
Patent for "a more simple, efficient, and convenient arrangement than has hitherto been known" for fire extinguishers (lines 16-17).
Date:
July 29, 1890
Creator:
Stamps, William Oscar
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History