Coin Operating Vending Machine (open access)

Coin Operating Vending Machine

Patent for a coin operated vending machine. Illustration included.
Date: December 6, 1904
Creator: Davis, Alvah B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane (open access)

Aeroplane

Patent for an aeroplane which has its equilibrium maintained by the operator through levers that bring the plane up or down.
Date: December 6, 1910
Creator: McManus, Augustus F. W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
CAR - SEAT CLEANER. (open access)

CAR - SEAT CLEANER.

Patent for new and improved car-seat cleaners, including illustrations.
Date: May 6, 1902
Creator: Ridd, John A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Brake (open access)

Car-Brake

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Car-Brakes" (lines 6-7) relating to a railroad brake operating mechanism, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 6, 1912
Creator: Klasing, Augustus Frederick
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling (open access)

Car-Coupling

Patent for "invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Couplers" (lines 4-5) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 6, 1892
Creator: Lee, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
BOOK-RACK (open access)

BOOK-RACK

Patent for a book rack that can be used as book-rest.
Date: July 6, 1880
Creator: Murphy, James
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-431 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-431

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: Constitutionality of House Bill 16, relating to appropriation for construction of a building at “HemisFair 1968” in the City of San Antonio.
Date: May 6, 1965
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-133 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-133

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: Whether the undivided one-half interest of Bexar County in and to the Mission San Jose may be transferred, and the authority of the Texas State Parks Board to accept such interest as a park site.
Date: April 6, 1947
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bat-Roost. (open access)

Bat-Roost.

Patent for a bat roost that provides roosting space, as well as a space for hibernation. The bat roost will have a lower space that allows the user to clean out the droppings.
Date: January 6, 1914
Creator: Campbell, Charles A. R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Pneumatic Lift and Force Pump. (open access)

Combined Pneumatic Lift and Force Pump.

Patent for a combined pneumatic lift and force pump, which is able to reach the inexhaustible supply of water found at the depths of five to forty or more feet in the arid region of Texas and Great Central Valley of Mexico. The machinery perfects the simplicity and economy of construction needed to reach and lift a great volume of water in a short time.
Date: May 6, 1913
Creator: De Hymel, Franklin Oscar
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Monthly Reports: September 1981 [Part 4] (open access)

San Antonio Monthly Reports: September 1981 [Part 4]

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: October 6, 1981
Creator: San Antonio (Tex.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Monthly Reports: February 1984 (open access)

San Antonio Monthly Reports: February 1984

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: March 6, 1984
Creator: San Antonio (Tex.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Monthly Reports: September 1981 [Part 1] (open access)

San Antonio Monthly Reports: September 1981 [Part 1]

Monthly reports documenting San Antonio municipal board activities and city permitting for September 1981.
Date: October 6, 1981
Creator: San Antonio (Tex.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Monthly Reports: September 1981 [Part 5] (open access)

San Antonio Monthly Reports: September 1981 [Part 5]

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: October 6, 1981
Creator: San Antonio (Tex.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Monthly Reports: June 1988 (open access)

San Antonio Monthly Reports: June 1988

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: July 6, 1988
Creator: San Antonio (Tex.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Monthly Reports: November 1995 (open access)

San Antonio Monthly Reports: November 1995

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: December 6, 1995
Creator: San Antonio (Tex.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Overhead Radial Conveyer System. (open access)

Overhead Radial Conveyer System.

Patent for a freight and merchandise handling system utilizing overhead conveyor belts to move items going to/from either a warehouse facility or an applicable mode of supply chain transportation.
Date: December 6, 1920
Creator: Wohn, Frederick
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stand for Rolled Goods. (open access)

Stand for Rolled Goods.

Patent for a merchant stand for improved storage and movement of various forms of rolled fabrics and other textiles.
Date: November 6, 1919
Creator: Luzenberg, Edward A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
COTTON CLEANER (open access)

COTTON CLEANER

This is a patent for a Cotton Cleaner. This new cotton cleaner is able to use air to rotate the rotors to then separate the dirty cotton from the clean cotton.
Date: May 6, 1919
Creator: Cabrera, Maragarito
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrapper. (open access)

Wrapper.

Patent for the creation of a file made of cardboard, canvas, and cords made for sending articles such as drawings, fabrics, and such through the mail.
Date: April 6, 1915
Creator: Page, Harvey L. & Burnett, Robert L., Sr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trunk. (open access)

Trunk.

Patent for new and improved trunk that according to the inventor, "can be erected and adapted for use as a wardrobe, desk, or table, or can be adjusted as a support for a mattress or other bedding".
Date: October 6, 1885
Creator: Wulff, Henry F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Grinding Machine (open access)

Valve-Grinding Machine

Patent for a simple valve grinding machine designed to be efficient and easy to use, as well as more secure (within a valve casing) than previous models.
Date: November 6, 1918
Creator: Branning, Willie F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lock (open access)

Lock

Patent for a lock. Illustration included.
Date: November 6, 1906
Creator: Katzenberger, Oscar
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam Boiler (open access)

Steam Boiler

Patent for a stem boiler. Illustration included.
Date: December 6, 1904
Creator: Stucky, Allan C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History