Improvement in Frames for Cultivators, Scrapers, & c. (open access)

Improvement in Frames for Cultivators, Scrapers, & c.

Patent for “a new and useful improvement in Combined, Cultivator, Scraper, and Dumping-Cart” (lines 4-7) including illustration.
Date: March 31, 1874
Creator: Rabb, John Wesley
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boiler Feeder Regulator. (open access)

Boiler Feeder Regulator.

Patent for a new and improved regulator for boiler feeders. This design "consists in certain novel details of construction, arrangement, and operation whereby a superior machine is produced for the purpose of regulating and supplying boilers with water, keeping the water at a uniform height, preventing explosions from low water, and automatically removing sediment, impurities, and foam as fast as it accumulates" (lines 14-22).
Date: March 20, 1888
Creator: Riedel, Gustav Adolph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for improvements to a machine that compresses bolts of cloth or waste into compact bales for shipment.
Date: March 18, 1884
Creator: Reagan, Edgar U. G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump and Sprinkler. (open access)

Pump and Sprinkler.

Patent for a new and improved pump and sprinkler. This design "consists of a portable force-pump provided with a capricious air-chamber, and having on the end of its discharge-pipe a sprinkler of novel form, which causes the liquid to be ejected in a fine spray. . . . [This] provide[s] a simple, durable, and effective device, designed especially for use in sprinkling cotton-plants with poisonous solutions, to protect them against the ravages of injurious insects and worms" (lines 7-17).
Date: March 1, 1881
Creator: Polansky, Alois Josef
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Poison Distributer. (open access)

Poison Distributer.

Patent for a new and improved poison distributor. This design "relates to improvements in machines for exterminating insects . . . the application of poisons in solutions . . . cannot be brought into contact with every part of an infested plant. They furthermore invariably retard the growth and often kill the plant. . . . The object of [the] invention is to obviate the defects referred to . . . whereby pulverized poisons may be rapidly ejected, not directly upon the plants, but mainly into the surrounding atmosphere. . . . and produce the desired effect upon every object within a wide range" (lines 14-44).
Date: March 18, 1890
Creator: Richards, Henry B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Raising and Transporting Vessels. (open access)

Device for Raising and Transporting Vessels.

Patent for "a new and useful construction of barge having simple and powerful means for raising ships and vessels to a sufficient height so that the same may readily be carried through the water over shallow places or bars, and the barge is also equipped with means for being propelled through the water to carry a ship or vessel, and also for being propelled over a track, so as to act as a combined locomotive and ship-car when carrying a ship or vessel over dry land." (Lines 14-25) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 23, 1897
Creator: Schramm, Charles J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fumigating Apparatus for Exterminating Insects. (open access)

Fumigating Apparatus for Exterminating Insects.

Patent for ant extermination device. Injects gas into the entrance of (primarily) ant or insect nests.
Date: March 11, 1879
Creator: Mueller, Onno
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Seed Cleaner. (open access)

Cotton Seed Cleaner.

Patent for a new and improved cotton-seed cleaner. This design "is to be used in connection with a machine for removing short lint from cotton-seed . . . The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved cotton-seed cleaner, which is simple and durable in construction and very effectively removes all impurities from the shell of the seed. . . . The invention consists of a revolving horizontal disk-brush and of a fixed table provided with emery-slabs and perforated plates and in contact with the brush" (lines 8-21).
Date: March 19, 1889
Creator: Baumgarten, Christian
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper and Cultivator (open access)

Cotton Chopper and Cultivator

Patent for a more durable and simple in construction, efficient in operation, and can also double as a planter.
Date: March 6, 1888
Creator: Heller, Louis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6480 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6480

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: Term or person appointed to fill vacancy in membership of the Board of Trustees of La Grange Independent School District.
Date: March 27, 1945
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-5931 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-5931

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: May the county of Fayette legally expend its funds for the purpose of paying office rents, light bills, water bills, etc., for the Farm Security Administration.
Date: March 1944
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clock Attachment. (open access)

Clock Attachment.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in clock attachments.
Date: March 8, 1898
Creator: Schindler, Joseph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling (open access)

Car Coupling

Patent for a car coupling. Illustrations included.
Date: March 8, 1904
Creator: Simecek, Vaclav
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Air-Brake Coupling. (open access)

Automatic Air-Brake Coupling.

Patent for "coupling devices for connecting the air-brake hose of railway-cars" (lines 9-10) automatically, including illustrations.
Date: March 20, 1906
Creator: Simecek, Vaclav
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pencil. (open access)

Pencil.

Patent for a mechanical pencil, which allows the lead to be extended by turning the cap.
Date: March 16, 1909
Creator: Vasicek, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display-Cabinet for Laces &c. (open access)

Display-Cabinet for Laces &c.

Patent for a display case for lace that allows for all of it be seen and easily measured for sale.
Date: March 1, 1910
Creator: Hunger, Otto A. & Hunger, Frederick W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
CAPCOG Connections, March, 2013 (open access)

CAPCOG Connections, March, 2013

Monthly newsletter of the Capital Area Council of Governments discussing news , upcoming events, and other information of relevance for regional planningi n the Austin, Texas area.
Date: March 2013
Creator: Capital Area Council of Governments (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bridle. (open access)

Bridle.

Patent for "a bridle wherein means for controlling a horse is provided." (lines 15-16) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 16, 1915
Creator: Hentschel, Andrew J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Truss. (open access)

Truss.

Patent for a truss with new improvements that provide more comfortability and ease to the wearer.
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Fillip, Adolf A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow (open access)

Harrow

Patent for a wheeled riding harrow that can be moved in or out of land engaging postion as is wanted.
Date: March 6, 1917
Creator: Tengler, Frederick R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Tie. (open access)

Railroad-Tie.

Patent for a new railroad tie constructed of concrete material with detachable internal reinforcements used to support the rail fastening system, with illustrations.
Date: March 31, 1914
Creator: Baca, August
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History