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Improvement in land-drag and clod-crusher.
Patent for an implement to crush clogs of dirt. Designed to be an improvement on the clod-crusher and drag for which Letters Patent No. 177,476 was granted.
Date:
September 19, 1876
Creator:
Crockett, John M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed Spring.
Patent for a new and improved bed-spring. This design consists in "the adjustable tie that connects the springs beneath the slats. This device is simple, cheap, convenient, and durable. It is adjustable to slats placed at different distances apart, and will remain in position when placed upon the slats, holding the diagonal rows of springs in a straight line, causing the springs to remain uniform all over the bed" (lines 72-80).
Date:
May 19, 1885
Creator:
Davis, Charles Robert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Brake.
Patent for a new and improved car brake. This design "consists in a novel combination and arrangement of certain mechanical appliances by means of which the brakes of a railway-car are automatically operated by the pushing and pulling action of the draw-head, and which are applicable to any ordinary system of brake-levers and without interfering with the operation of the ordinary hand-brake" (lines 10-17).
Date:
December 19, 1882
Creator:
Henson, John Wesley; Hudson, Benjamin Franklin & Smith, Sydney
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for car-coupling. The object of this invention is to provide an improved automatic car-coupling of simple, durable, and effective construction that will permit the necessary longitudinal and lateral play of the coupling-link to correspond with inequalities of the track, facilitate the turning of curves, and enable the coupling to accommodate itself to draw-heads of unequal height.
Date:
January 19, 1892
Creator:
Lemon, Eli Jeremiah
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boiler-Cleaning Compound.
Patent for a boiler-cleaning compound made up of "an improved compound having sodium hydrate for a base, and having certain subordinate ingredients whereby its efficiency is increased, and whereby the action of the sodium hydrate is so modified that no detriment to the boiler iron will result" (lines 10-16).
Date:
February 19, 1895
Creator:
Hill, Martin L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vapor Burner.
Patent for a new and improved vapor burner. This design consists, "with the mixing-chamber having a burner connected therewith, of a water chamber and an oil chamber arranged beneath the said mixing chamber, the threaded tube seated in the bottom wall of the water-chamber and extending up into the mixing-chamber, and the air-induction tube leading from beneath the oil-chamber up through the threaded connecting-tube to the mixing chamber" (lines 112-121).
Date:
August 19, 1890
Creator:
Kirkpatrick, Drury T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Engine.
Patent for "a high-speed rotary engine wherein the steam-impelled wheel shall revolve in a horizontal plane within an upright open cylinder." (Lines 10-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 19, 1897
Creator:
Slaughter, Joel C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Figure Toy.
Patent for a new and improved toy. This design consists in "a pedestal or support and mount[ed] on the upper end thereof a vertically disposed rod having its upper end tapered or reduced, so as to afford the least possible friction to the whirling figure mounted thereon" (lines 16-21). In practice, "the toy is placed in a position to be struck by wind, and as the same comes in contact with the blades the object will simultaneously be whirled upon the rod and its arms move rapidly around its shoulders, thereby affording amusement" (lines 54-59).
Date:
August 19, 1890
Creator:
Herron, James & Swaden, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saddle.
Patent for a new and improved saddle. This design consists in "the combination, with the divided tree and the shortened seat-leather, of the stirrup-leathers, which pass entirely across the tree in front of and abutting the front edge of the seat-leather, the upper surfaces of such abutting parts being flush" (lines 87-93).
Date:
November 19, 1889
Creator:
Padgitt, Jesse D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Belt and Appliances
Patent for a more comfortable electrical belt with adjustable electrodes and an improved battery.
Date:
August 19, 1890
Creator:
Williams, Robert E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Brush
Patent for invention of new and useful improvements of electric brush, adapted for use as a body or flesh brush, with battery that can be easily removed and replaced with accompanying drawings
Date:
July 19, 1882
Creator:
Williams, Robert, E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-631
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, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Charter for electrical Mechanics Local Union No. 1 of Dallas County.
Date:
April 19, 1939
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: M-243
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, Crawford Martin, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether under Article 3.04, Election Code of Texas, a precinct chairman of Dallas County is prohibited from serving at the same time on the Board of Directors of the Texas Turnpike Authority.
Date:
June 19, 1968
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane.
Patent for an aeroplane with a propeller, which is "pivotally mounted and adjustable into different positions relative to the planes in order to produce either a rising movement or thereof or a driving movement in a horizontal or other plane" (lines 26-30).
Date:
September 19, 1911
Creator:
Andrae, Ernest H.; Andrae, E. H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Fuel
Patent for artificial fuel made from coal.
Date:
July 19, 1904
Creator:
Thomas, Adelaide M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Fence
Patent for wire fence. Illustration included.
Date:
April 19, 1904
Creator:
Hughes, Wallace B. & Samuels, Joe
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine For Cutting Thong Holes
Patent for a machine for cutting thong holes. "This invenetion relates to leather-working machines, and more particularly to machines for cutting holes in leather for the purpose of sewing in thongs" (7-10). Illustration included.
Date:
September 19, 1905
Creator:
Eberle, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine For Elevating And Feeding Seed Cotton
Patent for a machine for elevating and feeding seed cotton. Illustration included.
Date:
December 19, 1905
Creator:
Benefield, Chauncey R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Loose-Leaf Binder.
Patent for a loose-leaf binder for records that does not require removing previously inserted pages to add new ones and secures them in place with a screw lock on the paper holding rings. When the book is full, the whole binder may be locked in place as a form of permanent binding and may only be opened with a key.
Date:
March 19, 1907
Creator:
Parry, Rees F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Storm and Refrigerator Cellar.
Patent for a storm and refrigerator cellar made of metal, which is installed in the ground and has a water jacket space in between two layers to allow for temperature regulation and timbers attaching it to the ground to prevent movement if the soil is disturbed by water or other means.
Date:
April 19, 1910
Creator:
Harry, Owen K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electrically-Operated Latch and Door
Patent for electrically operated latch and door " and particularly to a construction for primarily operating a latch to release the door, the movement of which latch establishes circuit through a door-opening mechanism.(lines 11-15)
Date:
May 19, 1903
Creator:
Chambers, Joseph, Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Garment-Waist Adjuster.
Patent for a garment waist adjuster that will hold clothes at the waist and produce a better fit.
Date:
December 19, 1911
Creator:
Hurst, Albert K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner Attachment for Stoves.
Patent for an oil burner attachment for stoves, which is easily cleaned and burns efficiently.
Date:
April 19, 1910
Creator:
Cheistian, William T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pillow
Patent for a pillow. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 19, 1912
Creator:
Platt, Samuel L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History