Combination Tool. (open access)

Combination Tool.

Patent for a new and improved multi-tool. This design "consists of a tool having a staple-holder, a driver, a chisel, a vise attachment, and a detachable driver adapted to be used with the vise to splice the ends of the wire in building wire fences, in which the tool is used for driving staples, cutting the wire, and splicing the wire, the several devices forming a combination-tool disposed for convenient use upon a stock or holder" (lines 9-17).
Date: March 3, 1885
Creator: Archer, Roger Williams
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stock-Loader. (open access)

Stock-Loader.

Patent for a stock-loader that loads cattle onto locomotive cars and does not use a gangway. It is a "movable floor or platform which, by means of suitable mechanism, is moved toward the car, thus carrying the stock thereinto whether they face in the direction of movement or not, and without effort upon their part" (lines 15-20).
Date: March 6, 1894
Creator: Rotzien, Christopher & Arnold, Philip
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-233 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-233

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: Whether the Commissioners Court of Bee County, Texas is required to appoint a board of managers for a county hospital in Bee County, constructed under the authority of Article 4478, V.C.S., under the stated facts and related questions.
Date: March 31, 1964
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tree and Shrub Protector. (open access)

Tree and Shrub Protector.

Patent for a tree and shrub protector particularly for house plants to protect them from cold weather, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: March 26, 1912
Creator: Carstens, Julius J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Root-Cutting Attachment for Plowing-Machines. (open access)

Root-Cutting Attachment for Plowing-Machines.

Patent for a root-cutting attachment for plowing machines, which is composed of concave disk saws attached to the plow.
Date: March 16, 1909
Creator: Rountree, Joseph Gustave
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Root-Cutting Machine. (open access)

Root-Cutting Machine.

Patent for a root cutting machine, which has saw guards.
Date: March 16, 1909
Creator: Rountree, Joseph Gustave
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe Clamp (open access)

Pipe Clamp

Patent for a pipe clamp. Illustration included.
Date: March 12, 1907
Creator: Krueger, Louis; Kinkler, Emil J. & Carmichael, Oscar H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Filler for a Cotton-Gin Press-Block. (open access)

Filler for a Cotton-Gin Press-Block.

Patent for a Cotton-Gin Press-Block improvement in fillers that provide bale space when bagging using a pressed block to prevent bagging press-block interference.
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Hall, Joseph Sidney
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Raised Sill for Express and Baggage Trucks. (open access)

Raised Sill for Express and Baggage Trucks.

Patent for a raised sill for express and baggage trucks which adds width to the body of the truck and raises the sides of the truck, increasing safety, strength, and efficiency. Patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Engle, George Madison
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Attachment. (open access)

Plow-Attachment.

Patent for a turning plow attachment which prepares the soil to receive seed, whereby reducing labor.
Date: March 6, 1920
Creator: Miller, James Archie
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History