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Apparatus for Burning Garbage.
Patent for an apparatus for burning garbage that is made up of a roasting chamber, a grate to hold the garbage, two furnaces, a passage for the ashes, a third furnace connected to the passage, flues, a smokestack, non-combustible absorbent material around the flues and beneath the grate, and flues beneath the grate.
Date:
March 27, 1894
Creator:
Risley, Ward
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7142
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, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether Clay County is entitled to an apportionment from the State of Texas under the provisions of Subdivision (a) of Section 15, Article 3912a, V. A. C. S.
Date:
March 14, 1946
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Frame for Sewing-Machines.
Patent for an attachment that can be connected to a sewing machine to facilitate quilting.
Date:
March 24, 1914
Creator:
Click, Washington B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fastener for Fish-Plates for Rails.
Patent for improvements in fasteners for fish-plates for rails by using a combination of fish-plates, washers placed in between the plates and rail, a slotted bolt, a wedge-shaped key with thin bendable portion and a washer on the bolt between the key and fish-plate to “firmly hold the plates in position but will serve to deaden the noise caused by the fractional contact of the parts,” (lines 18-20) includes illustration.
Date:
March 31, 1891
Creator:
Gary, John S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fruit-Press.
Patent for a device that extracts and strains "the juice of fruits, and it has for its general object to provide such a device of a cheap, simple, and durable construction, and one adapted when not in use to be disconnected and folded back against the wall so as to occupy but a minimum amount of space" (lines 13-18).
Date:
March 28, 1893
Creator:
Thompson, Sarah Rosaline
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door-Holder.
Patent for a door holder, which is operated by turning the door knob and holds the door open at predetermined positions.
Date:
March 3, 1908
Creator:
Clark, Robert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History