Pump Attachment for Portable Cans (open access)

Pump Attachment for Portable Cans

Patent for a pump attachment for portable cans. This invention is designed to be a attachable/detachable pump for use with coal-oil cans. Its purpose is meant for the transfer of coal oil to lamps.
Date: September 29, 1903
Creator: Blackmon, Paul Jones
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for a new and useful baling press, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 29, 1898
Creator: Gowan, Albert G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow (open access)

Plow

Patent for "a plow of simple and inexpensive construction capable of being readily and easily changed from an ordinary plow to a ditching-plow, and vice versa" (lines 10-14).
Date: July 29, 1890
Creator: Lesueur, Sam C. & Holsey, Theodric M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feasibility Study Report for the Eastern Navarro County Regional Water Supply (open access)

Feasibility Study Report for the Eastern Navarro County Regional Water Supply

Study to determine the feasibility of developing a new regional water supply, treatment and transmission system for the Chatfield Water Supply Corporation (CWSC) area.
Date: March 29, 2014
Creator: Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weather Board Gage. (open access)

Weather Board Gage.

Patent for a new and improved weather-board gauge. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the flat bar having its upper end bent at a right angle, and having the outer end of the said bent end bent upward, and provided with a screw-threaded perforation in its lower portion, the sliding block having a slot near one end, an upwardly-projecting tapering plate at its other end, and having a set-screw entering the slot, and the screw turning in the perforation in the lower portion of the bar, and having its inner end reduced and pointed" (lines 67-77).
Date: July 29, 1884
Creator: Stacey, Edward D. & Vance, William K.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Udder-Protector. (open access)

Sanitary Udder-Protector.

Patent for udder protectors for milch (dairy) cows. To keep foreign matters from contact and to keep the udders warm for the animals' comfort, including illustrations.
Date: July 29, 1919
Creator: Thornton, Florence A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History