Resource Type

Curtain-Fixture. (open access)

Curtain-Fixture.

Patent for improvements in curtain fixtures "in which the brackets supporting the spring curtain-roller may be raised or lowered to admit light above the curtain." (Lines 13-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 7, 1897
Creator: Winfrey, Edgar M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Northwest Texas, September 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Northwest Texas, September 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Northwest Texas area.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway Tie (open access)

Railway Tie

Patent for a metallic cross ties. This tie is an improvement on previous metallic rail-ties. Illustration included.
Date: September 19, 1905
Creator: Field, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crossing-Gate. (open access)

Crossing-Gate.

Patent for improvements to crossing gates through a device that helps facilitate the gates' automatic closing and opening position.
Date: September 18, 1917
Creator: Hood, Lemuel L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Pulling Device. (open access)

Pipe-Pulling Device.

Patent for a device for pulling pipes from wells without damaging the pipe, with a safety feature in case the pipe breaks.
Date: September 25, 1917
Creator: Osborne, William R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe Tongs (open access)

Pipe Tongs

Patent for Pipe Tongs
Date: September 5, 1916
Creator: Hill, Richard Dennie
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stove. (open access)

Stove.

Patent for a heating stove that will ensure the combustion of artificial or natural gas, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 15, 1914
Creator: Ziegler, John C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sprinkler (open access)

Sprinkler

Patent for lawn sprinkler that is simple, convenient and inexpensive device that can be easily and quickly attached to a garden hose and which the device has simple means for placing the same into operative or inoperative position.
Date: September 7, 1915
Creator: Houston, Hugh Edward
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Reconnaissance Report on the Geology of the Oil and Gas Fields of Wichita and Clay Counties, Texas (open access)

A Reconnaissance Report on the Geology of the Oil and Gas Fields of Wichita and Clay Counties, Texas

Report published in a scientific bulletin, describing the geology of the oil and gas fields that reside within Wichita and Clay counties in Texas. Index starts on page 292.
Date: September 8, 1912
Creator: Udden, Johan August, 1859-1932
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carbureter (open access)

Carbureter

Patent for a carburetor. This carburetor is designed to be used with crude oil, and to be easily constructed and operated.
Date: September 6, 1921
Creator: Walker, Sanders
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gripping Tool (open access)

Gripping Tool

Patent for improvements to gripping tools for tubing and other round objects with illustrations.
Date: September 26, 1919
Creator: Drake, Charles W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Recovering Tools from Wells. (open access)

Device for Recovering Tools from Wells.

Patent for a device to lift and recover tools, such as drill-bits, that have been dropped or lost in wells. The device features two prongs that may be engaged to grip or secure in a "biting hold" (line 50) various objects, illustrations included.
Date: September 9, 1919
Creator: Scott, Augustus B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History