Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for "a new and improved machine of this character embodying continuous power mechanism, whereby the plunger is automatically operated. . .the employment, in connection with the press, of a plunger provided with a spring-actuated face, whereby the plunger is caused to rebound after each stroke for the purpose herein specified. . .to provide tension mechanism whereby both sides of the baling-chamber are tightened or released by a single adjustment" (13-26).
Date: June 18, 1889
Creator: Paty, John F. & Bigham, Ambrose W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 495, Chapter 1198 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 495, Chapter 1198

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the student enrollment required for the operation of Texas A&M University--Central Texas as an independent general academic teaching institution.
Date: June 18, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4159, Chapter 880 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4159, Chapter 880

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Bell County Municipal Utility District No. 3; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Date: June 18, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window-blind and awning (open access)

Window-blind and awning

Patent for a pair of swinging window blinds.
Date: June 18, 1897
Creator: Gluck, Solomon & Keach, George D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fly-Killing Device. (open access)

Fly-Killing Device.

Patent for an improved fly swatter specifically for killing flies in harder to reach places, such as a wall or ceiling, and is "simple and inexpensive in construction" (lines 12-13).
Date: May 18, 1920
Creator: Hannon, George M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harness Saddle. (open access)

Harness Saddle.

Patent for a new and improved harness-saddle. This design is "to provide a harness-pad and saddle-tree in which the pads or saddle shall be self-adjustable to the backs of the animals to which they are applied, and this without the employment of inner plates to enable the tree to be used for folded-leather, slip, or stuffed pads, as may be desired" (lines 9-15).
Date: May 18, 1886
Creator: Kay, William V.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerator. (open access)

Refrigerator.

Patent for a refrigerator that cools dairy and other food products by evaporating water. The cooler is a chest with water in it and containers with absorbent material around the bottom of the containers that sits in the water. The outer chest is metal, and a container sits underneath to catch drips.
Date: September 18, 1894
Creator: Greene, George A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Means for Automatically Closing Electric Circuits (open access)

Means for Automatically Closing Electric Circuits

Patent for a means for automatically closing electric circuits, specifically for railway systems. Illustrations included.
Date: February 18, 1908
Creator: Keeler, Fayette William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Point Mount (open access)

Plow-Point Mount

Patent for a plow point mount. Illustrations included.
Date: April 18, 1911
Creator: Swindle, Houston H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gag Runner. (open access)

Gag Runner.

Patent for a new and improved gag runner. This design "relates to a bearing device on a bridle for the reins; and it is [the design's] object to afford such a device, the construction of which shall permit its adjustment in position in the bridle without sewing it to the throat-latch" (lines 8-12).
Date: May 18, 1886
Creator: Kay, William V.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History