I-35 Statewide Corridor Plan: A Path to 2040 (open access)

I-35 Statewide Corridor Plan: A Path to 2040

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Date: October 2016
Creator: Texas. Transportation Planning and Programming Division.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Marking Live Stock. (open access)

Device for Marking Live Stock.

Patent for improvement in devices for marking livestock by using steel blades either to cut or heated to burn the surface of livestock’s skin. (Lines 71-73) There is no mistaking the marks of one owner from those of another. (Lines 85-86) Illustration is included.
Date: October 27, 1891
Creator: Conine, Frederick B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam Cooker. (open access)

Steam Cooker.

Patent for a new and improved steam cooker. This design consists, "with a water-holder and a funnel-shaped reservoir provided with dependent lugs superimposed thereon, of an open-ended foraminous cylinder fitting within said water-holder, a circular foraminous disk fitting within said cylinder, said disk having a raised rim or flange adapted when the disk is lifted to engage the lugs on the reservoir, and a cover for said water-holder, with means for securing said cover within the reservoir" (lines 31-41).
Date: October 21, 1890
Creator: Thomason, Gustave
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sulky-Plow. (open access)

Sulky-Plow.

Patent for a new and useful sulky plow, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 25, 1898
Creator: Allen, Jefferson Davis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Show-Case (open access)

Show-Case

Patent for "improvements in show-cases for displaying ribbons and in devices for measuring the same; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices" (lines 10-13)
Date: October 19, 1887
Creator: McNeill, Alexander
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Show-Case (open access)

Show-Case

Patent for novel improvements in the construction and design of show cases.
Date: October 23, 1888
Creator: McNeil, Alexander
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Double-Incline Wrecking-Frog. (open access)

Double-Incline Wrecking-Frog.

Patent for a wrecking-frog that has "a minimum of weight and maximum of strength and durability, which will accurately guide a derailed wheel to replacement upon the track and which is also equally adapted to derailing a train, car or other vehicle when an occasion arises rendering derailment necessary or expedient" (lines 10-16).
Date: October 31, 1893
Creator: Mooney, Patrick T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper or Blocker. (open access)

Cotton Chopper or Blocker.

Patent for an invention that provides a wheeled carriage, or supporting frame, to support cotton choppers, or similar devices, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 16, 1917
Creator: Cunningham, Jasper V.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History