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Hat-Pin
Patent for a hat pin. This hat pin utilizes a new form of guard to house the pin to prevent injury and keep it from accidentally slipping out. It is also designed to be ornamental, compact, and can be applied to many different types of hat.
Date:
May 14, 1918
Creator:
Collier, William Reid
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Power-Transmitting Means
Patent for improving power-transmitting means. The patent reduces the ratio of rotary to reciprocatory movement, with illustrations.
Date:
May 31, 1921
Creator:
Benson, Madison H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shoe-Sewing-Machine Attachment.
Patent for sole channel cutting for shoe sole sewing machines in which "the sole will be channeled for the insetting of the stiches, the channel being continuous and the cutting thereof is had when the show is at a standstill." (lines 15-20)
Date:
May 25, 1920
Creator:
Malmberg, Anders G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Condenser for Cotton-Presses.
Patent for "Improvements in Condensers for Cotton-Presses," (lines 6-7) including illustrations. The invention is designed with cotton bale presses in mind, specifically the "condenser or bat forming device" (line 11).
Date:
May 24, 1921
Creator:
Taft, John A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 669, Chapter 73
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the date for the confirmation election for the Southwestern Travis County Groundwater Conservation District.
Date:
May 20, 2019
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1142, Chapter 27
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to authority of the Travis County Healthcare District to appoint, contract for, or employ physicians.
Date:
May 7, 2019
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1349, Chapter 113
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to authorizing the sale of certain real property by the Texas Facilities Commission on behalf of the state.
Date:
May 22, 2019
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1821, Chapter 184
Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the designation of a portion of State Loop 111 in Travis County as the Richard Overton Memorial Highway.
Date:
May 24, 2019
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 497, Chapter 71
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 71 in Travis County as the Trooper Carlos Ray Warren Memorial Highway.
Date:
May 20, 2019
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2823, Chapter 168
Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the issuance and enforcement of a subpoena during the course of an investigation of a residential mortgage loan servicer.
Date:
May 26, 2017
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Demountable Rim and Felly Band
Patent for Demountable Rim and Felly Band
Date:
May 1, 1917
Creator:
Stephens, Charles D. & Bachman, Joseph A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Door Operating and Locking Device
Patent for a car door operating and locking device that provides improved means for automatically closing and locking the doors before starting the car.
Date:
May 18, 1915
Creator:
Pitts, Hood
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle.
Patent for a vehicle that is "designed particularly for travel through the water but adapted through the peculiarity of its construction for travel with practically equal facility on the land." (p. 1, lines 9-12), including illustrations.
Date:
May 4, 1915
Creator:
Ramsey, Frank T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switch.
Patent for a switch for electrically operated elevator doors or gates that ensures their proper closing before the car travels through the shaft.
Date:
May 18, 1915
Creator:
Pitts, Hood & Covert, Frank M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stock Food and Method of Preparing the Same
Patent for a new method to produce stock feed at a low cost, by "treating finely divided organic matter containing cellulose with certain acids under pressure, thereby freeing the cellulose and other carbohydrates," to make the feed more easily absorbable by animals (lines 13-23).
Date:
May 25, 1915
Creator:
Walker, Thomas Bailey
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Floor Selector-Switch for Electric Door-Operating Apparatus
Patent for floor selector switch for electric door operating apparatus situated at the floor/landing near the elevator shaft to close and open the elevator gate/door. It also allows the elevator operator to use a switch to operate the elevator gate/door, and also lock the gate/door so it cannot be opened by accident. All said to work quickly and quietly.
Date:
May 18, 1915
Creator:
Pitts, Hood
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elevator-door-operating Apparatus
Patent for an electrically controlled means of automatically "opening and closing the doors of the elevator shaft" without slamming or banging the doors, including illustrations.
Date:
May 18, 1915
Creator:
Pitts, Hood
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner.
Patent for a new and improved oil-burner which is capable of using any hydrocarbon in combination with pressurized air and steam and properly adjusting the ratios of each to provide optimal results.
Date:
May 5, 1914
Creator:
Matthews, Robert H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Newspaper Holder
Patent for a newspaper holder which may be eligible to hold other things, may be easily moved, and is cost-effective.
Date:
May 22, 1917
Creator:
Richter, Joseph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door Operating and Locking Device.
Patent for an electric door or gate operating and locking device that allows for automatically opening and closing a door or gate and locking it when it is open or closed. This device may be turned off if necessary to allow for manually moving the door or gate and may be installed cheaply in preexisting structures.
Date:
May 18, 1915
Creator:
Pitts, Hood
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 415, Chapter 15
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 685 in Travis County as the Deputy Jessica Hollis Memorial Highway.
Date:
May 15, 2015
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2559, Chapter 104
Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to leases and other agreements relating to real property entered into by certain hospital districts.
Date:
May 23, 2015
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the House of Representatives of Texas: 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, Sunday, May 29, 2011
Proceedings of the House of Representatives of Texas for the eight-ninth day of the Regular session of the 82nd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
Date:
May 29, 2011
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the House of Representatives of Texas: 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Proceedings of the House of Representatives of Texas for the 67th day of the regular session of the 82nd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
Date:
May 3, 2011
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History