Combination Motion-Picture and Sound-Reproducing Mechanism. (open access)

Combination Motion-Picture and Sound-Reproducing Mechanism.

Patent for a connecting mechanism between the motion picture and sound reproducing mechanisms. If the two get out of sync, there are manually operable means to halting one until the other has caught up.
Date: June 4, 1918
Creator: Kirkwood, Abraham L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Measuring and Transfer Tank Pump (open access)

Combination Measuring and Transfer Tank Pump

Patent for a combination measure and transfer tank pump to be used for the transferring of oil from one container to another.
Date: March 18, 1919
Creator: Kirkwood, A. L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shipping-Basket (open access)

Shipping-Basket

Patent for a shipping basket designed to keep contents secure and undamaged.
Date: September 6, 1921
Creator: Pitts, William L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window-Screen. (open access)

Window-Screen.

Patent for improvements in screen constructions in connection with doors or windows. The goal is to provide a means for encouraging insects that are on the inner surfaces of the screen.
Date: January 20, 1920
Creator: McGeorge, Jefferson F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Measuring Apparatus. (open access)

Measuring Apparatus.

Patent for an improved measuring apparatus. This apparatus improves the measuring of dry goods through a measuring tape that is affixed to the measured goods. The invention allows for goods to be cut to exact lengths.
Date: January 28, 1919
Creator: Garrett, Thomas B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch. (open access)

Switch.

Patent for an electric switch that is used in conjunction with a signaling device that allows for lights to be activated synchronously or asynchronously via the use of two levers.
Date: September 6, 1921
Creator: Riggs, Fletcher S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sandpapering-Machine. (open access)

Sandpapering-Machine.

Patent for a compressed air sanding machine to use in finishing surfaces with sandpaper, emery cloth, or other rubbing material.
Date: January 8, 1918
Creator: Morreau, Emile V.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Tie (open access)

Railroad-Tie

Patent for a metallic tie and fastener designed to replace the wooden tie that was in general use. The purpose of this railroad tie is to secure the rail (preventing spreading) and and to prevent lateral moment (creeping) of the rail when the train is passing over.
Date: July 5, 1921
Creator: Jones, Charles James
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Light Switch. (open access)

Electric Light Switch.

Patent for an improved electric switch that is used to energize electric lights for various purposes and for use in connection with a signaling system. This switch will permit the energization of any one of the lights separately or all lights simultaneously.
Date: April 6, 1920
Creator: Riggs, Fletcher S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Pilot. (open access)

Adjustable Pilot.

Patent for Improvements in Adjustable Pilot for locomotives
Date: November 11, 1913
Creator: Sledge, John M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Angle Cock Device (open access)

Angle Cock Device

Patent for "stop cocks for controlling the flow of fluids and more particularly to what are known as angle cocks for use in train pipes of air brake and other fluid pressure systems upon railway cars" (lines 8-13) including illustrations.
Date: March 9, 1915
Creator: Ellwood, Thomas B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve Mechanism For Steam Engines (open access)

Valve Mechanism For Steam Engines

Patent for useful improvements to the valve mechanism for steam engines. The invention allows an improved means for actuating the slide valve without the use of eccentrics. The valve can also be operated into closed positions at various degrees, and also to reverse the direction of travel of the valve.
Date: June 9, 1914
Creator: Wright, Ed W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Type-Writer Attachment. (open access)

Type-Writer Attachment.

Patent for a typewriter attachment that shifts the carriage by foot rather than by hand.
Date: August 15, 1916
Creator: Ward, Mizell Benjamin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grate (open access)

Grate

Patent for grate that are applied to the fire box of a boiler.
Date: January 30, 1917
Creator: Brown, Sidney E. & Kain, Harry C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Expansion Reamer (open access)

Expansion Reamer

Patent for expansion reamer provides scope for a better and improved expansion reamer.
Date: September 7, 1915
Creator: Scheuber, William F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Side Frame for Railroad Trucks (open access)

Side Frame for Railroad Trucks

Patent for side frame for railroad trucks to prevent the accidental detachment of the binder or tie bar.
Date: December 22, 1914
Creator: Horton, James M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harness-Collar. (open access)

Harness-Collar.

Patent for harness collars for horses and mules. This harness collar "is to provide a collar having adjustable fastening mean which preferably are also adjustable as between themselves whereby a better adjustment of the collar is made possible" (lines 22-27)
Date: January 2, 1917
Creator: Mahone, Edwin W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric-Heated Steering-Wheel. (open access)

Electric-Heated Steering-Wheel.

Patent for a steering wheel with an electrical heating unit for an automobile.
Date: December 30, 1913
Creator: Smith, Reuben S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft-Gear for Railway Cars (open access)

Draft-Gear for Railway Cars

Patent for a draft gear for railway cars that allows a simple and efficient means of repairs or substitutions of sills or beams that may be done without dissociating the draft bar so that a car may not be out of commission for a considerable length of time.
Date: August 17, 1915
Creator: Moorman, James M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hoe. (open access)

Hoe.

Patent for a new and improved garden hoe used for weeding purposes. The improvement is related to, "...the handle of the implement being hollow" (lines 11-12) and able to receive a quantity of seed, and a mechanism that controls the delivery of seed to the hoe.
Date: May 6, 1913
Creator: Etheridge, John B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Peanut Picker and Pea Huller. (open access)

Peanut Picker and Pea Huller.

Patent for a new and improved Peanut Picker and Pea Huller, which picks peanuts from the vines and removes them without damaging the peanuts through beating or flailing. The invention also operates at a minimum amount of power while discharging the peanuts or peas free of dust.
Date: May 13, 1913
Creator: Berry, William C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas State Technical College Marshall Budget: 2016 (open access)

Texas State Technical College Marshall Budget: 2016

Proposed budget for Texas State Technical College Marshall outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation.
Date: 2015~
Creator: Texas State Technical College Marshall
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4199, Chapter 832 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4199, Chapter 832

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the Harrison County Court at Law.
Date: June 17, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Trading Card: Bald Cypress] (open access)

[Trading Card: Bald Cypress]

Trading card issued as part of the Geocache Challenge program for Caddo Lake State Park, depicting an image of a family in a canoe, in water that is surrounded by bald cypress trees. The back of the card includes information about the trees.
Date: 2011
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History