[Memorandum of Meeting: Ellington Field Joint Reserve Air Base, Texas, June 28, 2005] (open access)

[Memorandum of Meeting: Ellington Field Joint Reserve Air Base, Texas, June 28, 2005]

Memorandum of meeting with congressional and community representatives regarding Ellington AFB, TX.
Date: June 28, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Check-Valve (open access)

Check-Valve

Patent for a valve used for well drilling designed to be confine fluid around the pipe. Illustrations included.
Date: September 28, 1909
Creator: Kreiter, Richard F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bat-Former (open access)

Bat-Former

Patent for a cotton bat former for use in cotton gins.
Date: March 28, 1911
Creator: Ball, Samuel M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale Band Fastening (open access)

Bale Band Fastening

Patent for a bale band fastening. Illustration included.
Date: February 28, 1905
Creator: Campbell, Douglas M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Composite Roofing (open access)

Composite Roofing

Patent for a composite roofing, designed to be durable and resistant to extreme temperatures. Illustrations included.
Date: May 28, 1907
Creator: Hennion, Amzi G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bottle (open access)

Bottle

Patent for a glass bottle designed to "prevent the refilling of a bottle when the original contents have been poured therefrom" (lines 10-12).
Date: May 28, 1907
Creator: Tull, Francis S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Arc-Lamp (open access)

Arc-Lamp

Patent for an arc lamp which does not spark for use in headlights for trains and automobiles and in street lights.
Date: June 28, 1910
Creator: Anderson, Thomas J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Door. (open access)

Car Door.

Patent for a new and improved door for railroad cars. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the car having the door-opening with its upper and lower edges parallel and inclined upward and inward, and the bolt-keeper secured to the sill of the car, of the door having correspondingly-inclined upper and lower edges, the guide-staple and fulcrum-bracket secured to the door at proper points, the operating-lever pivoted to said bracket, the link-rods and bolt, the [other] link-rod pivoted at its lower end to the operating-lever" (lines 4-14).
Date: May 28, 1889
Creator: Charlton, James
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Shading Adjuster. (open access)

Car-Shading Adjuster.

Patent for a car-shade adjuster in passenger-coaches of street-cars that allows shades to "be raised or lowered at will and held firmly in any desired position" (lines 18-19). It is set in tracks in the window frame, held in place by springs, and bearings to keep friction between the shade-roller and track.
Date: July 28, 1896
Creator: Smith, Earl W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baking-Pan (open access)

Baking-Pan

Patent for a Baking Pan for bread and similar foods, noted for its unique construction, such "that the heat given off from the fuel burner will be confined so as to completely surround the pan, in which the articles to be cooked, are located" (lines 13-17).
Date: July 28, 1914
Creator: Boger, Daniel W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Bath-Tubs. (open access)

Attachment for Bath-Tubs.

Patent for a removable and adjustable wash cloth attachment "in such a position within the tub that a person bathing may readily move the back and shoulders over the wash cloth or other cleaning element to effect a thorough cleansing thereof" (lines 14-18) including illustrations.
Date: December 28, 1915
Creator: Seib, Lee R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Box (open access)

Collapsible Box

Patent for an improved pasteboard collapsible box for use by tailors, laundries, etc.
Date: December 28, 1915
Creator: Houghland, Frank H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Hoisting Liquids from Wells. (open access)

Apparatus for Hoisting Liquids from Wells.

Patent for an “apparatus for raising liquid from wells by means of a compressed fluid, such as air or other vapors or gas“ (lines 9-12). The apparatus leaves liquid from the well under normal pressure during hoisting or pumping, and allows for varying amounts of liquid to be extracted.
Date: October 28, 1913
Creator: McCall, Duncan D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boiler Attachment (open access)

Boiler Attachment

Patent for improvements in boiler attachments, to produce a thermostatic device of simple and improved construction which may be utilized for the purpose of actuating a valve governing the steam supply to the pump or the injector.
Date: June 28, 1913
Creator: Priester, Joel Ellis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Closure for Refrigerators and the Like (open access)

Closure for Refrigerators and the Like

Patent is to "provide a simple and efficient construction of doors or lids for refrigerators, refrigerator cars, ice boxes, fireless cookers, telephone booths and the like, and as fire doors for storage houses, and wherever it is necessary or desirable to provide for facility of movement in opening or shrinking, due to head or cold, dampness or dryness, or other climatic or atmospheric or similar changes or conditions, while insuring an air tight, smoke, fire and bug proof, and heat insulating closure and seating joint, regardless or vibration of the receptacle on the door frame and of the size or shape of the door or lid." (lines 9-24).
Date: May 28, 1918
Creator: Seifert, John W. of Houston, TX
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2200, Chapter 133 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2200, Chapter 133

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the powers of the Greater Greenspoint Management District of Harris County.
Date: May 28, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bed (open access)

Bed

Patent for a hospital bed. Provide a bed with separate adjustment support for the sick or people with a disability.
Date: December 28, 1920
Creator: Wallace, John. M
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2449, Chapter 277 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2449, Chapter 277

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 568; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Date: May 28, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas First Court of Appeals Annual Financial Report: 2017 (open access)

Texas First Court of Appeals Annual Financial Report: 2017

Annual financial report of the Texas First Court of Appeals documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 2017.
Date: September 28, 2017
Creator: Texas. Court of Appeals (1st)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas First Court of Appeals Annual Financial Report: 2016 (open access)

Texas First Court of Appeals Annual Financial Report: 2016

Annual financial report of the Texas First Court of Appeals documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 2016.
Date: September 28, 2016
Creator: Texas. Court of Appeals (1st)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Roadway. (open access)

Roadway.

Patent for an improved roadway that utilizes concrete tracks and asphalt or bitumen filler to create a grooved, hard, and durable surface, with illustrations.
Date: June 28, 1921
Creator: Moore, Stuart B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Measuring Vessel. (open access)

Measuring Vessel.

Patent for a measuring vessel that is meant to be used with a gasoline device described in patent application Serial No. 228,889.
Date: June 28, 1921
Creator: McKallip, John C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Treating Petroleum. (open access)

Apparatus For Treating Petroleum.

Patent for an apparatus that is used to treat petroleum and other heavy hydrocarbons in order to produce gasoline and other liquid fuels.
Date: October 28, 1919
Creator: Andrews, Benjamin & Averill, Willard C., Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Constant-Volume Valve. (open access)

Constant-Volume Valve.

Patent for an improved constant-volume valve that helps regulate the flow of liquid through a passage with an automatic valve.
Date: February 28, 1922
Creator: Dewey, Maurice J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History