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Amusement Apparatus
Patent for an amusement apparatus of the character set forth with and inclined place made of a number of pivoted sections which may be simultaneously moved into horizontal position to form steps or seats and be held in such position by trip device provided with a target which latter upon being hit by a thrown ball will release the several sections of the inclined plane of steps and permit them through the weight of one or more persons thereon to aline one with the other and form a continuous inclined plane or sliding board down which the persons who were seated or standing upon the steps will be caused to slide and be thrown into a body of water over which the apparatus is erected.
Date:
July 31, 1917
Creator:
Andrews, J.W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evaluation of Water Resources in Part of Central Texas
Report studying the central Texas region's water resources, with notes that there has been rapid decline and contamination in the area. The aquifer is also being used faster than it can naturally replenish.
Date:
January 1990
Creator:
Baker, Bernard; Duffin, Gail; Flores, Robert & Lynch, Tad
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill Attachment.
Patent for an attachment for hand or windmill pumps in order to reduce stress of upward and load moving strokes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 23, 1919
Creator:
Bertrand, Rabb A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Furnace
Patent for "a system of producing heat for kilns, furnaces for burning lime, furnaces for boilers, and similar purposes, and the object is to provide apparatus for consuming all the fuel fed to the furnaces and for pre-heating the air which is fed to the furnaces and for excluding all air which has not been preheated" (lines 8 - 15).
Date:
June 12, 1917
Creator:
Bone, David R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Heat-Producing Process.
Patent for Improvements in Heat-Producing Processes by way of "process of producing heat and conserving heat..." for use in various types of furnaces (lines 9-10).
Date:
October 15, 1918
Creator:
Bone, David R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kiln
Patent for improvements to kilns, which include improvements for transferring heat, "burning lime and clay products"(line 11), powdered fuel feeding and preventing unheated air from flowing into the kiln.
Date:
May 13, 1919
Creator:
Bone, David R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Controlling Mechanism for Windmills.
Patent for the operation of a windmill pump that may be automatically controlled so that a constant supply of water will be maintained in the storage tank.
Date:
June 18, 1918
Creator:
Bradford, Joseph W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nesting and Brooding Box
Patent for a nesting and brooding box made to keep poultry safe from other animals and to be easily transported. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 25, 1907
Creator:
Bradford, Joseph W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region G (Brazos), 2016, Volume 1. Executive Summary and Regional Water Plan
Water plan for Region G (Brazos) describing water resources and suppliers for the area, usage statistics and forecasts, water needs, water supply plans for each county and city, recommended water management strategies, drought response plans, and the plan creation process.
Date:
December 2015
Creator:
Brazos G Water Planning Group
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region G (Brazos), 2016, Volume II. Identification, Evaluation, and Selection of Water Management Strategies
Volume II of the Water plan for Region G (Brazos) including water management strategies, water conservation methods, wastewater reuse, new reservoirs, expansion of use of certain water sources, and water supply recommendations and projects.
Date:
December 2015
Creator:
Brazos G Water Planning Group
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ditcher.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in Ditchers" (lines 5-6).
Date:
July 7, 1903
Creator:
Brown, John Dayton
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for improvement in plows by using a “combination of mold-board, land-bar, and share, which will effectually shed the land and prevent the latter from adhere to it.” (Lines 15-18) Illustration is included.
Date:
May 26, 1891
Creator:
Brown, William Franklin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Fastener
Patent for "a new and improved sashholder which is simple and durable in construction and permits of conveniently lowerin g the upper sash and raising the lower sash, or raising both the lower and upper sashes to any desired place in the window-frame" (lines 10-15).
Date:
November 26, 1889
Creator:
Bulloch, Henry Purnell & Grogan, William Leonard
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for a new and improved gate. This design consists, "with the gate, [in a] forwardly-inclined lever pivoted at its lower end to the rear gate-posts, and links pivoted to the rear end of the gate and to the lever between its ends, of a pin passed through holes in the links beyond their pivotal points and through a bar fixed to the rear end of the gate" (lines 44-51).
Date:
November 2, 1886
Creator:
Bullock, Henry P. & Cayce, Henry P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Cover.
Patent for a new and improved well cover. This design "is to provide a new and improved cover for wells, cisterns, &c., which cover is so constructed and arranged that it can be moved back by stepping on a step in front of it, and is automatically closed when the pressure is removed" (lines 8-13).
Date:
September 8, 1885
Creator:
Bullock, Henry P. & Cook, Henry B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling
Patent for a new and improved design concerning automatic car couplings that is novel in the some of its parts.
Date:
June 17, 1890
Creator:
Bullock, Henry Purnell
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brake-Lever.
Patent for a brake lever that is locked by an arc-shaped ratchet-bar. There is "a pawl loosely mounted on the rear side of said lever and bearing against said side when the brake is set, said pawl being spring-actuated to move parallel with said side and project beyond the same and contact radially with the ratchet-teeth between said yoke" (lines 25-30).
Date:
April 7, 1896
Creator:
Burkett, Joseph B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Funnel and Gage.
Patent for a funnel and gage with a mechanism used to indicate "when the proper amount of water has been inserted in the battery" (lines 14-15).
Date:
October 16, 1917
Creator:
Burkett, Joseph Benjamin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chemise
Patent for improvements in chemises which would relieve wearers “the annoyance of having the garment gather about the limbs while walking which often produces great embarrassment in public places.” (Lines 42-45) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 2, 1891
Creator:
Burt, Emma Ruby
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Removing Tool.
Patent for a tool for removing nuts that have been "upset or beaded around the outer side of the nut" (lines 14-15).
Date:
April 14, 1914
Creator:
Carnes, John P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash - Balance.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in sash balancing, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1900
Creator:
Cayce, Henry P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire Tightener.
Patent for a new and improved tire-tightener. This design "has for its object to improve the means for lifting the felly so as to permit the insertion of a washer between the felly and the spoke, so as to take up any slack or looseness that may have occurred, and thus tighten the tire on the felly" (lines 15-20). It consists, "with a block adapted to be clamped to a spoke and an adjusting-screw, of a jaw operated by said screw and having its upper portion extended or curved to one side and then bifurcated to form two arms, each of which is provided with a fork adapted to lie against the under face" (lines 39-46).
Date:
June 14, 1892
Creator:
Cayce, Robert Walter
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horse Detacher.
Patent for a new and improved horse-detacher. This design "is to make a compound single-tree which, with certain attachments, will hold the traces securely or allow them to be drawn off the hooks if the horse should run; also, to hold up the shafts while the horse is passing therefrom" (lines 15-20). To this end, it consists in "[t]he combination, with the spring-held vibratory draft-rod having the loop, of the strap and the shaft, the latter carrying the oppositely-placed stirrup-arm and treadle-arm" (lines 74-78).
Date:
September 16, 1890
Creator:
Chamlee, Jeff D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash Fastener
Patent for a window sash fastener. Illustration included.
Date:
November 22, 1904
Creator:
Clements, John H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History