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Improvement in Kilns.
Patent for an improvement in the construction of kilns.
Date:
September 27, 1870
Creator:
Taylor, Peter C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Bench-Vises.
Patent for "a new and Improved Sliding-Carriage Vise for Carpenter's Bench" (lines 3-5) includign instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 27, 1875
Creator:
Rimbold, Pierre
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compound for Making Brick, Tile, &c.
Patent for creating brick, tile and other material using hydraulic cement and magnesian lime-stone.
Date:
June 27, 1882
Creator:
Hunt, Henrey Hardon
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a mixing machine designed for churns, but can also be used in ice cream freezers. It works by producing a partial vacuum, forcing the liquid to go from the bottom to the top of the vessel. Blades force the liquid to go against "the centrifugal action" (line 21) and towards the center of the vessel.
Date:
April 27, 1897
Creator:
Norcross, George A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for a car coupling that consists of a pin, a lever, a catchbar, a drawhead that sits under the catchbar and guides it, a rack slide, and a curved lifter. It improves on a patent previously granted to the inventor (No. 437,734).
Date:
June 27, 1893
Creator:
Testard, Adrian
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Barrel-Truck.
Patent for a new barrel truck or wheeled dolly design for moving barrels or boxes more easily, including illustrations.
Date:
December 27, 1887
Creator:
Wilson, William W. & Newton, Jeremiah L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cabinet.
Patent for a cabinet meant to contain "screws, bolts, rivets, and similar articles, and has for its object to provide a case for the storage of such articles by means of which the different articles are kept separate one from another, while at the same time ready access may be had to any one of the storage-compartments" (lines 9-15). It is circular and has a wheeled base.
Date:
October 27, 1896
Creator:
Caplinger, Joseph E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Motor.
Patent for improvements in “water-motor in which the float-boards, paddles, or buckets move through the water in such a manner as to get as nearly as possible all the force it is capable of yielding, avoiding the great waste of power that results from the use of water-wheels.” (Lines 16-22) Illustration is included.
Date:
October 27, 1891
Creator:
Hurd, Judson B. & McLane, Hiram H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pressure Regulator for Fermented Liquids.
Patent for a new and improved pressure regulator for fermented liquids. This design "has for its object to provide an improved automatic hydraulic apparatus for supplying compressed air to kegs or casks containing fermented liquids, to replace the vacuum caused by drawing off a portion of the said liquid, and thus to maintain a uniform pressure in such vessels as long as any portion of their contents remain to be drawn therefrom" (lines 8-15).
Date:
December 27, 1881
Creator:
Freeman, William R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire Escape
Patent for Fire Escape. "may be folded up out of the way when not in use, and which can be lowered to the ground and secured in position for use in an emergency in the shortest possible space of time and with the least expense of physical force." (lines 15-20) With illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1888
Creator:
Hornby, James
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for the invention of new and useful improvement to car-couplings. "This invention is an improved car coupling seeking among other improvements to provide simple, easily operated devices by which the cars may automatically couple..." (lines 7-10) Including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 27, 1892
Creator:
Vogt, August G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of and Apparatus for the Construction of Concrete Abutments, Bridge Piers, &c.
Patent for a new and improved method of making béton concrete. This design "consists of a method of building piers and abutments in a monolithic character of cement, sand, and broken stone or gravel, called 'béton concrete,' by laying the same in sectional molds contrived to add successive sections to the molds as the height of the structure increases, the molds being supported against the lateral pressure upon the sides by rods passing through the structure, and being removable when the material solidifies" (lines 8-18).
Date:
June 27, 1882
Creator:
Burns, James
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-56
Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Validity of property evaluation contract between Bexar County Commissioners Court and Stoner Appraisal Company.
Date:
February 27, 1947
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-406
Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of County Auditor to pay $1,443.09 for additional work arising from unexpected difficulties under a contract and $1,238.22 for extra work not included under the contract; application of Article 1659 and Article 2368a to Bexar County.
Date:
March 27, 1958
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 994, Chapter 126
Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to proceedings that may be referred to and the powers of a criminal law magistrate in Bexar County.
Date:
May 27, 2011
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Wire and Wireless Telephone System.
Patent for a combined wire and wireless telephone system that allows 2 people who are calling through two different central operating stations to talk to each other even though there is no wire directly between the 2 parties, through the use of a wireless system.
Date:
June 27, 1911
Creator:
Johnson, Maurice Bernays
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Box for Carrying Wireless Signalling Apparatus
Patent for a box for carrying wireless signaling equipment that fits the equipment well and has a handle or strap for carrying the box with.
Date:
June 27, 1911
Creator:
Johnson, Maurice Bernays
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Wire and Wireless Telegraph System.
Patent for a combined wire and wireless telephone system that has a wireless system in between two wired systems.
Date:
June 27, 1911
Creator:
Johnson, Maurice Bernays
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bottle
Patent for a bottle. Illustration included.
Date:
December 27, 1904
Creator:
Marion, John B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blind-Slat Adjustor
Patent for a blind slat adjuster which can hold the blinds in a variety of different positions.
Date:
July 27, 1909
Creator:
Hermann, Ernst W. F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wireless-Telephone System.
Patent for a wireless telephone system that does not require the user to flip a switch in between receiving and sending a message.
Date:
June 27, 1911
Creator:
Johnson, Maurice Bernays
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Screen
Patent for "a new and improved window-screen which is simple and durable in construction, very effective in operation, and arranged to permit of readily placing the screen in position on the window or removing it therefrom and without requiring special runs or guideways and to allow of using the screen either inside or outside of the window, as desired" (lines 8-16)
Date:
November 27, 1900
Creator:
Holden, Elbridge G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locking System for Jail-Doors
Patent for locking system for jail doors where locks of a series of cell doors can be operated simultaneously.
Date:
January 27, 1903
Creator:
Youngblood, David Franklin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Inhaler
Patent for an inhaler. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 27, 1912
Creator:
White, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History