Base Input - Naval Station Ingleside, TX (open access)

Base Input - Naval Station Ingleside, TX

Base Input - Naval Station Ingleside, TX. Presents information highlighting operational impact of the Navy's Plan to relocate mine warfare assets.
Date: August 10, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coalition Correspondence – Letter dated 6/1/2005 to the BRAC Commission from Dana Donahue, President of the Perryton Ochiltree Chamber of Commerce (open access)

Coalition Correspondence – Letter dated 6/1/2005 to the BRAC Commission from Dana Donahue, President of the Perryton Ochiltree Chamber of Commerce

Coalition Correspondence – Letter dated 6/1/2005 to the BRAC Commission from Dana Donahue, President of the Perryton Ochiltree Chamber of Commerce stating factors in support of keeping Cannon Air Force Base in Clovis, New Mexico open.
Date: July 10, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library

Deepwater Horizon Response: Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Response

This website served as the focal point for the Deepwater Horizon Unified Command, a group of organizations that had involvement with the British Petroleum (BP) explosion and oil spill that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010. The website includes news feeds and information about health concerns, volunteer opportunities, contact information, and ongoing plans for the area. Various maps of the event and other resources are also available, chronicling the problem and the steps taken by the member organizations to deal with the effects.
Date: September 10, 2010
Creator: Deepwater Horizon Unified Command
Object Type: Website
System: The UNT Digital Library
Antifriction-Bearing. (open access)

Antifriction-Bearing.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in antifriction bearings for " the ends of the hub and means for eluding dust fro the bearings" (line 11 -13).
Date: May 10, 1898
Creator: Hobron, Charles B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Vehicle - Brake. (open access)

Automatic Vehicle - Brake.

Patent for a new and improved automatic vehicle brake.
Date: May 10, 1898
Creator: Elliott, Joseph Samuel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for an improvement in churns that prevent splashing and extraneous matter from entering the interior, including illustrations.
Date: September 10, 1901
Creator: Mills, John David
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burner for Crude Oil. (open access)

Burner for Crude Oil.

Patent for "a burner for crude oil, and particularly to a construction by means which a direct or indirect draft may be utilized in the burning of the oil." (lines 11-14) and illustrations.
Date: June 10, 1902
Creator: Lewis, Thomas E.; Ray, Albert J. & Wesson, Miley B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bridle-Rod for Railroad Rails (open access)

Bridle-Rod for Railroad Rails

Patent for a system of attaching railroad rails when the rails are first placed. This device is used to keep the rails a precise distance apart before the railroad spikes are placed into the ground holding the rails firmly in place.
Date: February 10, 1903
Creator: Johnson, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buggy Top Support (open access)

Buggy Top Support

Patent for a buggy top support. Illustration included.
Date: January 10, 1905
Creator: Mason, Everett H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Bench Clamp And Dog. (open access)

Automatic Bench Clamp And Dog.

Patent for a new and useful automatic bench clamp and dog.
Date: May 10, 1898
Creator: Rogers, James P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carbureter (open access)

Carbureter

Patent for a manually operated carburetor used on vehicle gas engines. Illustrations included.
Date: December 10, 1907
Creator: Stoker, Albert E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crank-Rod Bearing (open access)

Crank-Rod Bearing

Patent for a crank rod bearing designed to account for wear damage. Illustrations included.
Date: December 10, 1912
Creator: Stauffer, Floyd F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Amusement Apparatus (open access)

Amusement Apparatus

Patent for a fishing game for amusement parks which has a canal of liquid agitated to form a current with pictures of fish in it that when caught get the person fishing different prizes depending on the symbol they have on them.
Date: August 10, 1909
Creator: Pressey, Charles A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Check Book. (open access)

Check Book.

Patent for an improvement to check books and covers.
Date: April 10, 1900
Creator: Exline, Marcus P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Card-Cutting Attachment for Printing Presses.Speight, (open access)

Card-Cutting Attachment for Printing Presses.Speight,

Patent for a device that can be attached to a printing press, for the express purpose of being able to cut multiple copies of cards from a single sheet of card stock with metal dies.
Date: December 10, 1901
Creator: Speight, Winchester Franklin,
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake Governor (open access)

Air-Brake Governor

Patent for an air brake governor improvement that regulates the pressure of fluid or air in the braking system as to prevent it from braking with too much pressure.
Date: July 10, 1906
Creator: Williams, Leonard F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Claw and Pinch Bar (open access)

Combination Claw and Pinch Bar

Patent for a combination claw and pinch bar that is adapted for use with railway tracks. Illustrations included.
Date: May 10, 1910
Creator: Clarke, Marcus S. & Adreon, Edward L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bank-Ledger (open access)

Bank-Ledger

Patent for a Bank-Ledger
Date: February 10, 1903
Creator: Ford, Earle
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Street-Car and Air-Brake Coupling (open access)

Combined Street-Car and Air-Brake Coupling

Patent for a combined street-car and air-brake coupling.
Date: February 10, 1903
Creator: Cary, Lewis C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Signal and Sign-Displaying Lamp for Vehicles. (open access)

Combined Signal and Sign-Displaying Lamp for Vehicles.

Patent for a combined signal and sign-displaying lamp for vehicles that uses only one light to illuminate all the sections and allows for easy interchanging of number plates.
Date: October 10, 1911
Creator: Puckett, Almor Manor
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compress and Packer (open access)

Compress and Packer

Patent for a device that provides improvements in machines for compressing, packing, and baling cotton, hay, straw, and the like; and the object is to provide a machine of this character operating automatically to form the bat as the material is received from the gin or condenser and folding the bat back and forth in even layers in the press, forming a complete and symmetrical bale (lines 9-17) Illustrations are included.
Date: June 10, 1902
Creator: Griffin, John B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baby-Basket. (open access)

Baby-Basket.

Patent for a collapsible baby basket which attaches to the robe rail on the back of an automobile's front seat, for use while the car is in motion, that may be stored under the rail when not in use.
Date: September 10, 1912
Creator: Thaison, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Bat Former and Compressor (open access)

Cotton Bat Former and Compressor

Patent for a combined cotton bat former and compressor. Illustrations included.
Date: January 10, 1911
Creator: Raley, John L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cleaning-Rod for Rifled Firearms. (open access)

Cleaning-Rod for Rifled Firearms.

Patent for a cleaning rod for rifles, which allows rapid movements in and out and turns a rag easily inside the barrel without tearing the cloth.
Date: September 10, 1907
Creator: Price, Thomas Martin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History