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Attachment For Plows
Patent for an attachment for plows. This invention "relates to new and useful improvements in attachments for plows, and my object is to provide means whereby the pitch of the moldboard or shovel may be regulated as desired" (lines 12-16). Illustration included.
Date:
November 13, 1906
Creator:
Wilke, Ernest
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie
"Patent for a bale-tie that would be 'simple of construction, durable of use, and comparatively inexpensive of production, easily operated, and which when fastened around a bale cannot possible become detached therefrom' (lines 13-17). including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 1, 1900
Creator:
Pfeffer, Albert J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Cut-Out for Windmills
Patent for a windmill part which stops the windmill from running when the water tank is full.
Date:
July 16, 1907
Creator:
Roesler, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bat-Making Machine.
Patent for a cotton bat making machine which allows the cotton lint to be positioned better on the press and the outer bag material covering the cotton lint to be attached together quickly. Illustration is included.
Date:
August 3, 1909
Creator:
Haynes, Daniel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cutter.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in cutters.
Date:
June 14, 1898
Creator:
Macke, Louis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Card-Cutting Attachment for Printing Presses.Speight,
Patent for a device that can be attached to a printing press, for the express purpose of being able to cut multiple copies of cards from a single sheet of card stock with metal dies.
Date:
December 10, 1901
Creator:
Speight, Winchester Franklin,
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie
Patent for improvements in bale-ties by using a “combination with a band; of jaws pivoted to one end of the band and adapted to engage a hook carried by the other end of the band, and a guard-plate fixed to one of said jaws and adapted also to engage the hook and prevent it from accidentally becoming disengaged from the jaws.” (Lines 78-84) Illustration is included.
Date:
May 1, 1900
Creator:
Pfeffer, Albert John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie
Patent for a bale-tie that is of "simple construction, durable in use, and comparatively inexpensive of production" (lines 13-15), including illustration and instructions
Date:
May 1, 1900
Creator:
Pfeffer, A. J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle Guard.
Patent for improvements and new features to cattle guards on railways, including illustrations.
Date:
September 16, 1902
Creator:
Miller, Martin L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Updating the Hydrogeologic Framework for the Northern Portion of the Gulf Coast Aquifer
This report documents the development of the structure, lithology, and depositional framework for the Gulf Coast Aquifer system from the Brazos River north to the Sabine River and into Louisiana. (p. xiii).
Date:
June 2012
Creator:
Young, Steven C.; Ewing, Tom; Hamlin, Scott; Baker, Ernie & Lupton, Daniel
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press.
Patent for a new and improved baling press. This design "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the rounded meeting ends of the main levers and the equalizing-link connecting the same; the rounded meeting ends of the toggle-levers concentrically arranged with reference to the sill-bearings; the perforated connecting-pin for the upper ends of each pair of toggle-levers, and the securing-bolts thereof passed through the heads of the toggle-levers; the end openings in the lower portion of the baling-box and the vertically-reciprocating doors in connection therewith" (lines 19-30).
Date:
August 8, 1882
Creator:
Stopple, John J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved car-coupling. This design calls for two u-shaped metal pieces, one narrower than the other, each with eyes at their ends. A metal rod, which doubles as a handle, threads the eyes, connecting the pieces and allowing for the two loops to butterfly; one car can be bound to each of the loops with a metal pin.
Date:
August 22, 1882
Creator:
Stopple, John J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle Alarm
Patent for a "simple and cheap as well as ornamental bicycle-whistle...of novel and peculiar construction, adapted for attachment to the bicycle and made to sound at pleasure" (lines 14-18). Illustrations and instructions are included.
Date:
July 13, 1897
Creator:
Crump, William E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carpenter's Hatchet.
Patent for a new and improved carpenter's hatchet. This design, "by curving or convexing the back of the hatchet downward from the eye to the rear end of the blade [it] greatly facilitates the ease and efficiency with which the hatchet can be used in driving nails in angles and corners—an improvement which will be at once appreciated by all carpenters—while by forming the back of the blade with the opposite recesses, leaving the thin wall between them, the hatchet can be used as a screw-driver, and the carpenter can thus dispense with the use of a separate screw-driver" (lines 67-79).
Date:
March 27, 1888
Creator:
Stopple, John Julius
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin.
Patent for a cotton-gin that "has for its object to provide means for operating upon or permitting lint cotton, wool and other fibrous material to be ginned from a roll by means of saws as is commonly done in working seed cotton without injury to the mechanism" (lines 12-17).
Date:
August 7, 1894
Creator:
Haynes, Daniel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin.
Patent for a simple, metallic, and inexpensive clothes pin that can be used with a rope or wire line. It can be attached easily but will not blow off. It does not rust or tear the clothes.
Date:
March 28, 1893
Creator:
Crump, William E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Condenser for Baling-Press
Patent for "a device capable of being applied to any horizontal baling-press for the purpose of compressing the charge of hay or other material before it enters the baling-chamber" (lines 10-14).
Date:
November 12, 1889
Creator:
Bailey, James W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Double-Mold-Board Plow
Patent for "a plow of simple and durable construction,capable of easy manipulation, and wherein the point may be expeditiously removed or replaced when necessary. A further object of the invention is to provide a means whereby the plow-beam maybe raised or lowered at will" (lines 10-16).
Date:
December 24, 1889
Creator:
Weber, Robert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press
Patent for improvements in "the class of baling-presses in which the follower is forced upward in the press-box by a lever pivoted or fulcrumed upon the ends of toggle-arms, and having a rope or chain for drawing it into an upright position," (lines 26-31) with illustrations.
Date:
May 24, 1887
Creator:
Stopple, John Julius
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Press.
Patent for a new and improved cotton press. This design "consists in the combination of a shaft which is journaled upon the top of the press-frame, and provided with a driving-pulley, a clutch which is feathered upon the shaft, and which is operated by a lever which projects in the line of travel of the beater, a drum provided with a ratchet, a spring-pawl, and the brake by which the descent of the beater is controlled" (lines 13-21).
Date:
September 9, 1884
Creator:
Voigt, Robert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coffee Roaster.
Patent for a new and improved coffee roaster. This design utilizes handles "so arranged as to enable the operator to shake it and move it upside down and about with great facility. The perforated or wire-cloth bottom and top allow the heat from the stove or fire to pass unobstructed to the coffee, so that a strong and uniform heat is applied. The wire-cloth bottom also acts as a sieve . . . and it does not scratch or burn the grains" (lines 49-58). The design eliminates the need for a stirring utensil.
Date:
January 9, 1883
Creator:
Stopple, John J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 381, Chapter 1195
Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the service area of the Blinn College District.
Date:
June 18, 2005
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO93-008
Letter opinion 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 there would be any illegality involved in a married couple’s concurrent service in office as county commissioner and county auditor in Austin County (ID# 17955)
Date:
January 2, 1993
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-257
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: Length of time ballots must remain in the ballot boxes following special road tax and county fund reallocation elections in Austin County.
Date:
June 17, 1947
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History