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Cooking Utensil.
Patent for a steam cooker with steam tight joints.
Date:
August 25, 1908
Creator:
Daniels, Laura E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Case.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in convertible cases, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 8, 1899
Creator:
Turner, Ephraim M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Electroplating Small Metallic Articles.
Patent for "apparatus for electroplating small metallic articles, and more particularly certain small clamps used in building fences" (lines 8-11), including illustrations.
Date:
August 25, 1903
Creator:
Shelton, John F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Couch
Patent for bed that transforms to a settee or a wardrobe. Illustration included.
Date:
August 1, 1905
Creator:
Brandt, August
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bedclothes-Clamp.
Patent for new clamping device that holds the mattress and bedding of a folding bed in place, is adjustable, and is not in the way when the bed is in use.
Date:
August 14, 1906
Creator:
Baley, Katie
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ballast Spreading Car
Patent for improvements on the ballast spreading car, including plows placed underneath for more efficient spreading of ballast material.
Date:
August 26, 1902
Creator:
Scott, William R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Socket and Switch for Electric Lights
Patent for a combined socket and switch for electric lights that allows different bulbs of a chandelier to be turned on separately.
Date:
August 20, 1912
Creator:
Bailey, Douglas A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pounder.
Patent for an improved clothes washer that is made up of a cylinder, a piston that is two disks attached together with notches and flared edges, and a packing strip in the groove of the disk edges.
Date:
August 14, 1894
Creator:
Lewis, Nathan D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pin.
Patent for a new and improved clothespin. This design "has for its object to provide an improved pin that can be readily adjusted to any desired position upon the line, and which can be turned at any desired angle to clamp the clothes. The pin is constructed, preferably, of resilient wire—preferably galvanized or otherwise treated to prevent rusting of the same—and may be made in various sizes. [The design] form[s] the pin with an eye or ring portion, through which the line is passed, and with two sets of arms—one set having its two portions parallel with each other" (lines 11-22).
Date:
August 26, 1890
Creator:
Turner, Ephraim M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brake and Coasting Sprocket-Wheel for Velocipedes.
Patent for "a combined coasting and driving wheel with brake attachments for stopping velocipedes, whether coasting or whether the velocipede is being propelled by some kind of motive power, by which a person can coast by simply stopping the motion of the pedals and holding the pedals still with the feet." (Lines 9-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 31, 1897
Creator:
Wallerich, Nicholas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Ink, Pen, and Penholder Carrier.
Patent for a combination case for ink, pens, and penholders or pencils. It is "an inkwell and pen-box with tubes parallel with the sides thereof to form a small compact parcel occupying the least possible space" (lines 10-13).
Date:
August 4, 1896
Creator:
Scougale, Malcolm
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for an apparatus for operating churns and ice-cream freezers. To operate, one turns a handle, and through a series of gears, pulleys, and wheels, the cream is stirred. The churn container rotates and sits in a frame where the apparatus is fixed above it.
Date:
August 11, 1896
Creator:
Martin, James W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Angle-Cock.
Patent for "a new and improved angle-cock so constructed that the plug cannot be turned by an unauthorized person without the knowledge of the engineer in charge of the train." (Lines 8-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 25, 1896
Creator:
Waldron, William J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1251
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, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Ad valorem taxation of military housing units to be constructed and maintained on Carswell Air Force Base by private enterprise.
Date:
August 22, 1951
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6789
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, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether persons fishing in the channel of the West Fork of the Trinity River are fishing in Lake Worth proper which requires a special license.
Date:
August 19, 1945
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-904
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: Authority of the Board of Managers of the Tarrant County Hospital District to adopt a retirement program for the benefit of its employees.
Date:
August 16, 1960
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-3805
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, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: From what county fund shall the county treasurer of Tarrant County receive his salary?
Date:
August 22, 1941
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Fender.
Patent for a car fender "adapted to be fitted to an extremity of a street car, and adapted to undergo an automatic swinging motion when an obstacle is encountered, which motion will tend to sweep the obstacle from the track of the car" (lines 10-15). The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 25, 1914
Creator:
Russell, William D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cigarette-Paper-Holding Attachment For Tobacco-Boxes.
Patent for a cigarette paper attachment to be placed within the tobacco box for easier access to the tobacco paper.
Date:
August 1, 1916
Creator:
Rose, Bertram A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
University of Texas at Arlington Operating Budget: 2015
Proposed budget for University of Texas at Arlington outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation and an alphabetical index by department.
Date:
August 21, 2014
Creator:
University of Texas at Arlington
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Archaeological Survey of the Proposed White Settlement Expansion Pipeline Route, Parker and Tarrant Counties, Texas
An archaeological survey report of the proposed site of the White Settlement expansion pipeline route in Parker and Tarrant Counties, Texas, performed to determine whether any historic resources were located on the proposed construction sites.
Date:
August 1, 2005
Creator:
Todd, Jesse
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Change-Over Signal for Motion-Picture Machines
Patent for an automatic change-over signal for motion picture machines that signals the approach of the end of the film reel.
Date:
August 13, 1918
Creator:
Wood, Victor & Feegles, De Witt C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Signal.
Patent for a door-mounted automobile turn signal that swings out on an arm to appear at a right angle to the vehicle and is operated by the driver's knee or elbow. The signal is illuminated by an electric lamp and sounds the car horn when deployed.
Date:
August 31, 1920
Creator:
Carnes, Sam D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Culinary Utensil
Patent for a culinary utensil designed as a unique fork which can retrieve articles from a boiling pot without having to expose the hands to the steam.
Date:
August 2, 1921
Creator:
Brown, Elmer D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History