Core-Drill. (open access)

Core-Drill.

Patent for a core drill for making bore holes in rocks to get out solid samples of the inside of rocks, which has an improved grabbing method for retrieving the piece of rock inside the hole.
Date: August 3, 1909
Creator: McLoughlin, Malacha J. & Wynn, John S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic And Continuous Film Distillation Apparatus. (open access)

Automatic And Continuous Film Distillation Apparatus.

Patent for Automatic film distillation apparatus.
Date: August 21, 1906
Creator: Clemenger, F. J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Casing Spear (open access)

Casing Spear

Patent for casing spears. This invention is designed for pulling well tubes or casings that have broken off out of the well. Illustration included.
Date: August 25, 1908
Creator: Carroll, Monroe W. & Johnston, H. G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1130 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1130

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: Compensation of the Acting Criminal District Attorney of Jefferson County under the facts submitted.
Date: August 31, 1961
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Capping-Machine (open access)

Capping-Machine

Patent for a capping machine. The object is to provide a machine of the character specified, designed for placing friction caps or covers of cans containing canned materials and for sealing the covers or caps in place on the cans, and arranged to be capable of use with cans of varying size.
Date: August 31, 1915
Creator: Peppers, Jerry Coatts
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Purifying Oil (open access)

Process of Purifying Oil

Patent for using aluminum chlorid compounds to clean crude oil. Which is apart of the petrochemical process of oil purification.
Date: August 5, 1919
Creator: Miller, Albert E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sea Rim State Park [Rack Card] (open access)

Sea Rim State Park [Rack Card]

Card advertising Sea Rim State Park with brief descriptive information and a summary of activities, facilities, and other features of the location.
Date: August 2014
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Port Arthur Independent School District: Food Services Review, August 2008 (open access)

Port Arthur Independent School District: Food Services Review, August 2008

This report reviews the management and performance of the Port Arthur Independent School District's (PAISD's) Food Services Operation.
Date: August 26, 2008
Creator: MGT of America, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Management and Performance Review of Beaumont Independent School District (ISD), August 2013 (open access)

Management and Performance Review of Beaumont Independent School District (ISD), August 2013

A performance and management review of Beaumont Independent School District (ISD) examining their use of funds in different areas of the school system.
Date: August 2013
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Safety Target. (open access)

Automatic Safety Target.

Patent for a target device for pistols and rifles which allows for the motion of the target being hit to move another target into view.
Date: August 3, 1920
Creator: Briggs, George F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cuff-Link. (open access)

Cuff-Link.

Patent for new and useful improvements in cuff links that do not separate from sleeves and help with any decoration.
Date: August 17, 1920
Creator: Hall, James L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Motor-Vehicles (open access)

Attachment for Motor-Vehicles

Patent for an attachment for motor vehicles, specifically for Ford cars but compatible with any car, where the attachment prevents the reverse movement of the car's crank.
Date: August 12, 1919
Creator: Daniel, Ulysses S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ground-Water Resources of Chambers and Jefferson Counties, Texas (open access)

Ground-Water Resources of Chambers and Jefferson Counties, Texas

Report on groundwater resources in Chambers and Jefferson Counties, Texas including current and potential sources of groundwater and water quality reports.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Wesselman, J. B. & Aronow, Saul
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Train-Line Valve. (open access)

Train-Line Valve.

Patent for "a cut out cock for pneumatic air brake systems." This invention allows the brake lines to be bled so that all brakes may be applied simultaneously.
Date: August 30, 1921
Creator: Weaver, Charles H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Heating Oil-Retorts and Apparatus Therefor. (open access)

Process of Heating Oil-Retorts and Apparatus Therefor.

Patent for "a method of securing even heating of oil retorts and the like throughout their length" and "a new apparatus, particularly intended for the heating and cracking of oils to convert the same into pyrolytic products". The invention may be used for any oil converting retort, but the patent description relates to the production of gasoline.
Date: August 16, 1921
Creator: Alexander, Clive M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shutter for Motion-Picture Machines. (open access)

Shutter for Motion-Picture Machines.

Patent for a shutter for motion picture cameras to eliminate flickering. Produced by stamping the device from sheet metal.
Date: August 22, 1922
Creator: Patureau, Arthur M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Game. (open access)

Game.

Patent for a "a game of skill, rather than a game of chance" (lines 11-12), albeit with elements of a game of chance, in the style of a carnival game. The game consists of a motorized, revolving model airplane and a circular arrangement of nets (one for each player); the airplane drops candy into the winning player's net.
Date: August 9, 1921
Creator: Auffurth, Erwin, Jr. & Hjerpe, Erick
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Winding Machine (open access)

Wire-Winding Machine

Patent for a wire winding machine for making well screens.
Date: August 20, 1912
Creator: Eastham, Albert Lindsay
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Bailing Apparatus (open access)

Well-Bailing Apparatus

Patent for specifications of Well Bailing Apparatus.
Date: August 27, 1907
Creator: Carroll, Monroe W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Log-Loader. (open access)

Log-Loader.

Patent for improvements in a machine that hauls logs and loads them on railways, based on a patent application submitted by the inventor previously (serial no. 563,242). A swinging crane loads and unloads the logs.
Date: August 11, 1896
Creator: Fletcher, William A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Life-Preserver. (open access)

Life-Preserver.

Patent for a life preserver with features to support both a wearer's waist and neck.
Date: August 12, 1913
Creator: Hansen, Carl Albert Edvard
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve (open access)

Valve

Patent for a valve. Illustration included.
Date: August 17, 1909
Creator: Smith, Frederick C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Injector-Burner (open access)

Injector-Burner

Patent for an injector burner which "consumes a mixture of oil and steam" (lines 10-11). Illustrations included.
Date: August 27, 1907
Creator: Wiggs, James A., Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trailer. (open access)

Trailer.

Patent for trailers for attachment to trucks that is strong and compact and will not be distorted by the turning of the trailer relative to the truck.
Date: August 31, 1920
Creator: Feigelson, Alexander
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History