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Automatic Danger-Signal for Railroads.
Patent for a "device for indicating at railroad crossings and other points, the approach or departure of trains within any given distance of such crossing or with relation to any point where persons might come into dangerous proximity to the train if they were left unadvised by some such signal as this." (Lines 19-26) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 26, 1895
Creator:
Lee, Horatio Grooms; White, John P.; Ball, Thomas & White, James L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Box-Corner Protector.
Patent for a metal corner protector for boxes. The protector covers both the inner and outer corners of boxes to enhance grip and prevent protruding edges from damaging goods.
Date:
February 10, 1914
Creator:
Black, Katherine Mary
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
CAPCOG Connections, February/March 2010
Newsletter of the Capital Area Council of Governments containing articles and news about the civic institutions in the ten-county Capital Area. The articles included are "Capital Area Communities Receive Solid Waste Grants," "Help for Dementia Patients: CAPCOG 9-1-1 Centers Accept Calls from Locating Devices," "Holiday Projects Benefit Clients," "EPA Publishes More Stringent Standards for Ground-Level Ozone," "ENS Helps Capture Round Mountain Robbers," and "New Leadership Elected for CAPCOG."
Date:
February 2010
Creator:
Capital Area Council of Governments (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
CAPCOG Connections, February, 2013
Monthly newsletter of the Capital Area Council of Governments discussing news , upcoming events, and other information of relevance for regional planning in the Austin, Texas area.
Date:
February 2013
Creator:
Capital Area Council of Governments (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
CAPCOG Connections, February/March 2011
Newsletter of the Capital Area Council of Governments containing articles and news about the civic institutions in the ten-county Capital Area. The articles included are "Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act," "CARTPO to Meet Monthly During the 2011 Legislative Session," "Cell Phone Sally Joins Annual 9-1-1 Calendar Contest," "Regional Law Enforcement Academy Training Update," "CAPCOG's Regional Training Center (RTC), Speaker's Bureau, and Upcoming Training Activities," and "Regional Citizen Corps Update."
Date:
February 2011
Creator:
Capital Area Council of Governments (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chain-Steamer.
Patent for a chain steamer that has an improved means of propulsion with a uniform speed despite a changing current. It does not allow the boat to laterally deflect. It is especially meant to be used with tow boats that travel on fast-moving, shallow streams. It can be used to move ferry boats across fast-moving rivers as well.
Date:
February 7, 1893
Creator:
Pfeifer, Edmund I. & Pfeifer, Eduard A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Turning and Leveling Plow.
Patent for an improved combined turning and leveling plow.
Date:
February 9, 1901
Creator:
Collins, Frank
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Copy Holder
Patent for a copy holder. This device is to hold copy for typewriters, compositors, etc. It also provides a copy holder possessing an adjustable indicating bar. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 11, 1913
Creator:
Newton, Marvin G. & Edwards, J. M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper designed so that the blade moves "transversely across a standing row of plants" (lines 15-16). Illustrations included.
Date:
February 23, 1909
Creator:
Ellis, Thomas Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustration included.
Date:
February 23, 1909
Creator:
Hogan, Samuel Thomas; Knetsch, Ferdinand, Jr. & Oatman, John B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Coyote, Volume 2, Number 5, February 1910
Monthly literary magazine of University of Texas containing original short stories, essays, poetry, jokes, and other creative works written by students.
Date:
February 1910
Creator:
University of Texas
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a blade arranged for connection with a beam and formed with cutting-edges . . . , of a wing in a horizontal plane formed with a cutting-edge and rigidly connected to the blade at some distance above its lower edge" (lines 60-65).
Date:
February 18, 1890
Creator:
Henry, Leroy Bell
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment.
Patent for an invention "whereby a wheel-cultivator of any style, pattern, or make can be readily converted into a land-marker or planter." (Lines 8-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 23, 1897
Creator:
Dayton, William L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Sweep.
Patent for a cultivator sweep that cuts weeds close to the crops.
Date:
February 14, 1911
Creator:
Lundghren, Charles & Anderson, Gus E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Delivery Apparatus for Printing-Presses.
Patent for "an endless band or apron paper-delivery apparatus, for printing presses, which will automaticall take the sheets of paper from the cylinder and deliver them upon the usual table, in an orderly pile" (lines 24-28).
Date:
February 21, 1893
Creator:
Sandel, Sam D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Cleaning Gun Barrels, Flues, &c.
Patent for a new and improved gun-barrel cleaner. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a flat shank having a hole in its intermediate portion, a pivot-bolt having its middle round and its ends square, and a cleaning-head secured upon said bolt, said head consisting of two parts, one part being secured upon each end of said bolt" (lines 4-9).
Date:
February 22, 1887
Creator:
Simpson, John Speake
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Ringing Bells.
Patent for improvements in the construction of devices for ringing bells, including illustrations.
Date:
February 25, 1879
Creator:
Perry, Elton
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Time Switch
Patent for electric time switch. Illustration included.
Date:
February 14, 1905
Creator:
Gerhard, William H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fan Attachment for Rocking Furniture.
Patent for a new and improved rocking-chair fan. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the fan-frame and fan, sleeve, cord, and the rocker, of the double clamping device for uniting the fan-frame to the rocker . . . and the connecting cord or wire" (lines 24-31).
Date:
February 16, 1886
Creator:
McComas, Arthur William & Fitzhugh, Alexander
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fly-Trap.
Patent for a fly trap that is simple to make and use.
Date:
February 13, 1912
Creator:
Wallace, William Simpson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fountain Attachment for Inkstands.
Patent for a new and improved fountain attachment for inkstands by using a hollow float, having a central vertical aperture on the bottom, the float is placed in a vessel filled with ink. After ink is being drawn from the hollow opening of the float, the float is forced into an uppermost position thus closing the vessel to prevent the air from passing the ink contained in the vessel. The ink is confined in an air and dust proof stand, which can be easily cleaned. Illustration is included.
Date:
February 10, 1891
Creator:
Bergen, James V.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grate For Boiler Furnaces, &c
Patent for a grate for boiler furnaces. This invention can be used for steam-boiler furnaces, stoves, or any device to "produce a higher degree of heat than is obtained by the usual grates" (line 11-12). Illustration included.
Date:
February 26, 1907
Creator:
Spiller, Philip S. & Brenizer, Nelson, O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Water-Wheel.
Patent for the improvement of the water-wheel using curved buckets over a spiral water passage to increase power and volume, including illustration.
Date:
February 8, 1859
Creator:
Littlepage, C. V.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Grain-Binders
Patent for improved design of grain-binders.
Date:
December 6, 1875
Creator:
Postley, Charles A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History