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[Memorandum of Meeting: Ellington Field Joint Reserve Air Base, Texas, June 28, 2005]
Memorandum of meeting with congressional and community representatives regarding Ellington AFB, TX.
Date:
June 28, 2005
Creator:
United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Improvement in Rotary Subsoil-Plows.
Patent for an improvement upon subsoil plows, using a series of spades arranged upon the same pulleyed rotary shaft, combined with furrow-opening plows.
Date:
March 28, 1871
Creator:
Morris, Joseph R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Vehicle-Springs.
Patent for "an improvement in springs for carriages" (lines 4-5), including illustrations.
Date:
July 28, 1874
Creator:
Richardson, John D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Door.
Patent for a new and improved door for railroad cars. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the car having the door-opening with its upper and lower edges parallel and inclined upward and inward, and the bolt-keeper secured to the sill of the car, of the door having correspondingly-inclined upper and lower edges, the guide-staple and fulcrum-bracket secured to the door at proper points, the operating-lever pivoted to said bracket, the link-rods and bolt, the [other] link-rod pivoted at its lower end to the operating-lever" (lines 4-14).
Date:
May 28, 1889
Creator:
Charlton, James
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Shading Adjuster.
Patent for a car-shade adjuster in passenger-coaches of street-cars that allows shades to "be raised or lowered at will and held firmly in any desired position" (lines 18-19). It is set in tracks in the window frame, held in place by springs, and bearings to keep friction between the shade-roller and track.
Date:
July 28, 1896
Creator:
Smith, Earl W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design "relates to double-mold-board plows, such as lister or middle-breaking plows. Its principle features are the depressed center bar, the removable point upon the center bar, and the removable shares" (lines 8-12).
Date:
May 28, 1889
Creator:
Tebbetts, Lewis B.; Pope, Charles H. & Stewart, John A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check-Valve
Patent for a valve used for well drilling designed to be confine fluid around the pipe. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 28, 1909
Creator:
Kreiter, Richard F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bat-Former
Patent for a cotton bat former for use in cotton gins.
Date:
March 28, 1911
Creator:
Ball, Samuel M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale Band Fastening
Patent for a bale band fastening. Illustration included.
Date:
February 28, 1905
Creator:
Campbell, Douglas M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composite Roofing
Patent for a composite roofing, designed to be durable and resistant to extreme temperatures. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 28, 1907
Creator:
Hennion, Amzi G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bottle
Patent for a glass bottle designed to "prevent the refilling of a bottle when the original contents have been poured therefrom" (lines 10-12).
Date:
May 28, 1907
Creator:
Tull, Francis S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Arc-Lamp
Patent for an arc lamp which does not spark for use in headlights for trains and automobiles and in street lights.
Date:
June 28, 1910
Creator:
Anderson, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steering Device for Vehicles.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in steering devices for vehicles, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 28, 1898
Creator:
Fisher, Charles Nicholas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switch-Hook
Patent for a switch lock which prevents "splitting" (line 13). Illustrations included.
Date:
January 28, 1908
Creator:
Tullock, John Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spindle-Bushing
Patent for a spindle-bushing, a device used to "repair worn axle spindles and hub sleeves" (lines 10-11) by encasing the worn spindles or sleeves with outer shells.
Date:
November 28, 1905
Creator:
Hines, Jessie J. & Wilkerson, Eldred B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gravity Slide Ash Pan
Patent for a gravity slide ash pan. Illustration included.
Date:
December 28, 1909
Creator:
Ryan, John J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Smoothing-Iron.
Patent for a redesigned smoothing iron. This includes the design of a hollow transparent body with heating elements. The elements are made of replaceable lights which heat the body as well as lighting up so that the unit may be used in a dimly lit room.
Date:
November 28, 1911
Creator:
Thomas, Theodore G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hook and Eye.
Patent for improvement in hook and eye in which it will enable the “coacting parts to be readily engaged with each other, be closed with a snap by lateral pressure, which will not slacken or have play where they engage each other. It will not become accidentally detached, and have resilience between the engaged members that insures their remaining connected. It also will not have gap between the dress flaps when the members join together.” (Lines 13-21) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 28, 1905
Creator:
Priest, Frank L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cinder-Guard
Patent for cinder guard.
Date:
April 28, 1903
Creator:
Morse, Samuel Finley Breese & Tuggle, Samuel Ritchie
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drill
Patent for a drill. Illustration included.
Date:
August 28, 1906
Creator:
Decker, Harry R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roller-Drill
Patent for a roller drill that has a roller spindle which is detachable.
Date:
November 28, 1911
Creator:
Hughes, Howard Robard
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switch-Stand
Patent for a switch stand with a switch that moves horizontally for the purpose of affording the operator greater and easier control over the switch. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 28, 1909
Creator:
Farrell, John T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe Connection.
Patent for the use and improvement of pipe connections.
Date:
May 28, 1912
Creator:
Breaker, Lewis F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dry Separator
Patent for a separator for mills designed to separate valuable material from extraneous material. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 28, 1909
Creator:
Snowden, Rene Ravenel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History