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Symposium on Institutional Racism and the Community
Report from a symposium in Dallas, Texas on the topic of institutional racism and the community.
Date:
June 3, 1975
Creator:
Dallas Chamber of Commerce
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
I-35 Statewide Corridor Plan: A Path to 2040
None
Date:
October 2016
Creator:
Texas. Transportation Planning and Programming Division.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Bed-Rack.
Patent for a bed rack (bed roll) located at the rear of a car so that once the car cushions have been placed to form a mattress, the bed roll can be unwound to stretch and cover the cushions providing bedding and covering.
Date:
December 23, 1919
Creator:
Turner, John S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for improvements in churns, "specifically a churn disclosed in Patent No. 1268766, L. M. Payne, R. A. Thompson and L. P. Morris, June 4, 1918."
Date:
March 9, 1919
Creator:
Wilson, William W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Signal
Patent for a device to indicate the intention to make a turn in an automobile, with improvements made for nighttime usage, including illustrations.
Date:
October 22, 1918
Creator:
Illingworth, Sam
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
AIR REGULATING ATTACHMENT
Patent for an Air Regulating Attachment. This new invention for an air regulating attachment builds upon previous advancements to create an inexpensive air regulating attachment system, which will in turn be used to regulate engine carburetors (Oscar Kiessing).
Date:
April 21, 1919
Creator:
Kiessig, Oscar
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
AUTOMOBILE-TOOL.
Patent for an automobile tool for the Ford make of automobiles that "will hold the springs away from the bands and allow the bands to be removed and replaced or adjusted, when necessary" (lines 29-32) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 4, 1920
Creator:
ROBERGE, JAMES Z.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Airship.
Patent for improved airship design involving the containment of gas in an envelop and the passage of gas through multiple compartments with the purpose of facilitating, "steering or repairing of the machine." (line 17) including illustrations.
Date:
August 13, 1918
Creator:
Rainey, James E. J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Rack.
Patent for improved automobile racks that are elevated to accomplish the following tasks: removing paint from the automobile, and make the automobile more accessible during construction.
Date:
February 10, 1920
Creator:
Cleveland, David P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check and the Like.
Patent for a bank check that lists the names and information of multiple banks so that the check can be drawn or charged in multiple banks (universal check).
Date:
January 14, 1919
Creator:
Moody, Jason B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buttoning and Gripping Device for Artificial Arms
Patent for a gripping device that attaches to an artificial arm. The two main elements consist of a support structure with a jaw, and another element with a movable jaw. A buttoning device is mounted to the structure and functions independently of the two jaws.
Date:
April 9, 1918
Creator:
Corley, Quentin D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition of Matter for Treating Concrete Flooring
Patent for improvements to treating concrete flooring. The process described for mixing animal, mineral, and vegetable waxes to produce a treatment which renders already poured concrete floors (or other cement or stone) dustless and waxy to prevent disintegration of the floor's components.
Date:
May 12, 1917
Creator:
Annan, Alfred H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil-Destroying Machine.
Patent for "a machine for destroying boll weevil and other pests which frequent and infect agricultural products" (lines 14-16) using "suction nozzles correlated with a common suction system adaptable to sweep a plurality of rows at a time" (lines 27-30) including illustrations.
Date:
April 16, 1918
Creator:
Diserens, Thomas H. & McKay, Frank C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Regulating Attachment.
Patent for a new attachment in a carburetor that regulates air through suction and has a valve to release pressure from an engine, including illustrations.
Date:
May 14, 1918
Creator:
Kimbler, Henry R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Adding and Listing Machine.
Patent for new improvements on combined adding and listing machines simplifying and economizing construction and facilitating, "rapidity of operation" (lines14-15). Improvements include: "causing the keys to act directly as stops for the adding wheel section; to provide novel accumulator mechanism...[with] a novel actuator; to provide a novel construction or sector-control bar; to provide a novel key-bar for operating...; to provide novel means for restoring the accumulator to normal; to provide stop mechanism to permit the carryovers of the accumulator...;to provide novel means for restoring the sectors to normal; to provide improved means for holding the accumulator in operative or inoperative position...; to provide novel means for connecting the accumulator sectors with the type sectors; 5o provide novel means for connecting the accumulator sectors with the type sectors; to provide novel means for actuating the hammer and paper feed mechanism; to provide improved general-error key mechanism; to provide an improved construction and operation of key-bar and sector-control bar; to permit of the operation of elimination" (lines 15-46).
Date:
April 20, 1920
Creator:
McCaleb, Walter F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Amusement Apparatus.
Patent for improvements to the Amusement Apparatus that can be more easily constructed and supports swimmers by the use of horizontal and vertical bars on each side of the device with the horizontal bars rotate independently. Includes illustration.
Date:
November 4, 1919
Creator:
Williams, May Brown
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Catch.
Patent for an improved catch (latch) to hold open gates that will "prevent a rebound of the gate" (lines 20) and is "simpler, less expensive, and otherwise more convenient" (lines 29-30) to manufacture and use.
Date:
March 5, 1918
Creator:
Borah, Dee.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Security Lock Device.
Patent for a new and useful form of automobile lock adaptable for use in connection with the steering column and steering wheel of the car or automobile to be locked.
Date:
December 18, 1917
Creator:
Mushaway, Alden
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boiler-Stand.
Patent for an improved boiler stand by creating space for air flow between the burner and the boiler to increase combustion.
Date:
February 24, 1920
Creator:
Fowles, Alfred T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Auto Steering-Lock
Patent for a lock designed to attach to the spokes of a steering wheel with the intention of guarding it from "unauthorized persons" (line 20), including illustrations.
Date:
June 1, 1920
Creator:
Cosby, Luther F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Desk and Map-Cabinet.
Patent for a convertible writing desk that doubles as a cabinet for storing and displaying maps. Intended to allow multiple scrolled maps to be stored inside and easily displayed and retracted in classroom settings.
Date:
July 16, 1918
Creator:
Fanning, Samuel H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Card-File Cabinet.
Patent for a lockable card file cabinet or casing that allows for viewing through a transparent top with use of a rod for moving cards back and forth. The transparent top allows customer information to be stored and used, but not edited without a key.
Date:
November 26, 1918
Creator:
Reeves, John R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brake-Band Clencher
Patent for improvements in brake-band clenchers. It is intended to "provide an improved Ford brake band clencher adapted for holding the brake bands in place while the transmission case is being replaced" (lines 14-18).
Date:
June 17, 1919
Creator:
McCaffrey, Harry J. & Roberge, Edgar, J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Crib or Bed.
Patent for improvements in Adjustable Cribs or Beds for children to sit beside the bed of the mother or guardian of the child. Made to be "easily and quickly attachable to or connected with any make of" (lines 17-19) the adult's bed "so that the mattresses of the bed and crib will be perfectly even or flush, without space...between them" (lines 20-22). Includes illustrations.
Date:
November 25, 1919
Creator:
Rece, Frank S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History