Car Brake. (open access)

Car Brake.

Patent for a new and improved car-brake. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the transverse beam of the truck, of the levers pivoted to the under side of the same, the brake-shoes, the pitmen connecting the brake-shoes with the levers, the straps secured to the beam, the retaining-rods having their ends pivoted to the pitmen and the straps, and devices for operating the levers" (lines 94-101).
Date: March 19, 1889
Creator: Mayer, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock. (open access)

Nut Lock.

Patent for a new and improved nut lock. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the bolt, the nut having a dovetailed groove across its face, of uniform width throughout its length, and a recess at one side of said groove, and a key having tapered sides and sliding into the dovetailed groove from one side of the nut, said key having a pointed end to engage the bolt and also provided with a projecting part to be bent over into engagement with the recess in the nut" (lines 69-78).
Date: April 19, 1892
Creator: Robinson, William D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1092 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1092

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: Whether Dallam County has venue to prosecute for forgery a person who forged a check in El Paso, Texas, which was placed in an El Paso bank for collection through a Dalhart bank which honored the check.
Date: July 19, 1961
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0817 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0817

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, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether the El Paso county Attorney may provide legal advice and representation to the El Paso County Ethics Commission(RQ-0847-GA).
Date: November 19, 2010
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Indian Club and Dumb-Bell. (open access)

Combined Indian Club and Dumb-Bell.

Patent for a combined Indian club and dumbbell, which are easily interchanged and having varying weights.
Date: October 19, 1909
Creator: Burr, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Indicator (open access)

Indicator

Patent for an indicator. This invention is designed for use with phonographs, musicboxes, and like intruments. Illustration included.
Date: December 19, 1905
Creator: Pfleger, Frank Paul
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Motor (open access)

Hydraulic Motor

Patent for a hydraulic motor. Illustration included.
Date: October 19, 1909
Creator: Schaefer, Herbert Clyde
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fiber-Cleaning Machine (open access)

Fiber-Cleaning Machine

Patent for a machine intended to remove the pulp from the fiber of tropical plants. Illustrations included.
Date: May 19, 1908
Creator: Vaughan, Henry Latrobe
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shears and Tension-Screw. (open access)

Shears and Tension-Screw.

Patent for shears with a tension spring that don't require the use of a screwdriver to fix or adjust, last longer, keep the blades more even, and don't pinch one's hands while using them.
Date: February 19, 1907
Creator: Wilkins, Willis A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Signaling Device (open access)

Signaling Device

Patent for a signaling device to be used on railroads, trolley cars, or engines. Illustrations included.
Date: October 19, 1909
Creator: Smith, William Philip
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gas Engine (open access)

Gas Engine

Patent for gas engine. Illustrations included.
Date: November 19, 1907
Creator: Houlehan, John & Mayo, William C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Tie (open access)

Railroad Tie

Patent for metallic railroad ties. This invention is for a solid state tie. It uses extending bolts to lock the ties into place. Illustration included.
Date: November 19, 1907
Creator: Mayo, William C.; Houlehan, John & Briggs, George Edwin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door Check (open access)

Door Check

Patent for door check. Illustration included.
Date: December 19, 1905
Creator: McGinnis, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dumping-Bottom for Ash-Pans of Locomotives (open access)

Dumping-Bottom for Ash-Pans of Locomotives

Patent for a dumping bottom for ash pans of locomotives that allows the ashes to be quickly dumped through panels that open in the floor.
Date: December 19, 1911
Creator: Golden, Oscar
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1139, Chapter 1182 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1139, Chapter 1182

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the operation and administration of and practice in courts in the judicial branch of state government, the composition of certain juvenile boards, and the increase of certain filing fees.
Date: June 19, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel-Bearing. (open access)

Wheel-Bearing.

Patent for a wheel-bearing that reduces friction between the wheel and axle, prevents dust from going inside the bearing, and keeps the bearing wheels in place at the bore of the wheel. The wheel bearing consists of a few parts that can be easily assembled and would rarely need to be repaired. The patent includes illustrations.
Date: August 19, 1913
Creator: Manley, Earl W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flying-Machine (open access)

Flying-Machine

Patent for a flying machine that is designed to have a lower center of gravity to facilitate more stable operation.
Date: August 19, 1913
Creator: Bell, Frank M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Poultry House and Pen. (open access)

Poultry House and Pen.

Patent for Improved Poultry House and Pen, with adjustable height runway.
Date: August 19, 1913
Creator: Laidlaw, Peter B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Emergency Brake Setting Apparatus For Elevators. (open access)

Emergency Brake Setting Apparatus For Elevators.

Patent for an emergency brake setting apparatus for elevators. This invention is an improved emergency brake, especially for the type of elevators used in mines.
Date: May 19, 1914
Creator: Canion, William G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Making Alcohol (open access)

Process of Making Alcohol

Patent for improvements in processes for making alcohol. The process relates to making alcohol from sotol and other species of cacti. This involves subjecting the cacti with water and steam in a digester. The resulting fermented liquid can be distilled.
Date: May 19, 1914
Creator: Thatcher, Frank
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process and Machine for Making Bricks. (open access)

Process and Machine for Making Bricks.

Patent for improvements to brick making machines that will produce bricks with a textile finish.
Date: October 19, 1915
Creator: Rodgers, Edward H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Classifier and Separator. (open access)

Classifier and Separator.

Patent for classifiers and separators used in mining to separate solids and liquids in the tank. It allows for easy removal and replacement of parts as they wear.
Date: March 19, 1918
Creator: Allen, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Train Signal (open access)

Automatic Train Signal

Patent for new automatic train signal. It was invented to improve train signaling systems for automatic trains.
Date: November 19, 1918
Creator: Bulla, Melburn Bernie
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Filtering Material. (open access)

Filtering Material.

Patent for "improved filtering stuff composition" (lines 8-9), containing vegetable ashes and an insoluble binding agent for the purpose of purifying liquids.
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Müller, Enrique
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History