Improvement in Paper Bags. (open access)

Improvement in Paper Bags.

Patent for an improvement in paper bags with design specifications and a description of their functionality and usage, including illustrations.
Date: June 18, 1878
Creator: Alexander, Newton J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Spoons. (open access)

Attachment for Spoons.

Patent for an attachment for spoons, forks, and the like. The attachment is a metal wire loop that attaches to a utensil and is bent to hook onto a vessel such as a bowl to keep the utensil from falling in the vessel.
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Allen, Harry P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reel (open access)

Reel

Patent for an improvement in reels. The reel features improvements in how to attach the end of a film strip to the reel for winding.
Date: June 12, 1917
Creator: Allen, Harry Porter
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sulfuric-Acid Process of Extracting Precious Metals From Solutions (open access)

Sulfuric-Acid Process of Extracting Precious Metals From Solutions

Patent for "new and useful Imporivements in Processes of Recovering Precious Metals from Their Solutions, and which I designate as the 'Sulfuric-Acid Process;' [...] to separate the precious metals from their cyanid solutions in a rapid and thorough matter and to recover the precious metals from solutions thereof." (lines 5-8 & 22-26)
Date: June 23, 1903
Creator: Bahn, Gustavus A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Elevators. (open access)

Improvement in Elevators.

Patent for improvements in elevators, for lifting heavy objects. It includes a description and illustration.
Date: June 13, 1871
Creator: Bishop, Josiah
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Occurrence, Availability, and Quality of Ground Water in Travis County, Texas (open access)

Occurrence, Availability, and Quality of Ground Water in Travis County, Texas

Report on the ground water investigation of Travis County, including an analytical discussion of the occurrence and availability of supplies, basic data tables, chemical quality, and estimates for development.
Date: June 1983
Creator: Brune, Gunnar & Duffin, Gail L.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators. (open access)

Improvement in Cultivators.

Patent for a plow called the "The Texas Cultivator" (line 7) that uses left and right wings and diamond plows that may be used to plow either side of stock to eliminate additional operators and time for the same job, including illustration.
Date: June 4, 1861
Creator: Cain, Shugar M. & Stelfox, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane. (open access)

Aeroplane.

Patent for improved propulsion for airplanes involving propellors in the front and rear of the plane. This aids in regulating air currents to stabilize flight, landing and speed. The patent includes illustrations.
Date: June 12, 1917
Creator: Campbell, John R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door-Check. (open access)

Door-Check.

Patent for an improvement on door-stops meant to "check the door at any point in its traverse and at the same time serve as a door fastening and stop" (lines 14-16). It is hand adjustable operating-rod.
Date: June 2, 1896
Creator: Campbell, Thomas Jefferson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
CAPCOG Connections, June/July 2010 (open access)

CAPCOG Connections, June/July 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 "New Regional Economic Development Plan is Completed," "9-1-1...What is Your Location?," "CAPCOG Helps City with Business Retention," "CJ Funding Recommendations for 2011 Sent to Governor's Office," "Hays County Industry Wins State 2010 Environmental Excellence Award," "Basic Peace Officer Course Graduates Continue 100% Pass Rate," and "Request for Applications for FY2011 Solid Waste Implementation Grants."
Date: June 2010
Creator: Capital Area Council of Governments (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
CAPCOG Connections, June 2013 (open access)

CAPCOG Connections, June 2013

Monthly newsletter of the Capital Area Council of Governments discussing news , upcoming events, and other information of relevance for regional planningi n the Austin, Texas area.
Date: June 2013
Creator: Capital Area Council of Governments (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
CAPCOG Connections, June/July 2011 (open access)

CAPCOG Connections, June/July 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 "Elected Officials Urged to Attend June 3rd Forum For HUD Sustainable Communities Project," "Census Provides Less Information," "Texas Silver Haired Legislators Announced," "Debate Over Region's Impact on Air Quality Complicated as CAPCOG's Program Faces 50% Cut in Funding," "Honoring Seventeen Years of Service," "Emergency Call Tracking System Installed," "Law Enforcement Academy Continues 100% Pass Rate," and "Homeland Security Funded Assets Assist First Responders with Oak Hill Fire."
Date: June 2011
Creator: Capital Area Council of Governments (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Controlling Device for Water Heaters. (open access)

Controlling Device for Water Heaters.

Patent for a device that controls the gas supply valve for water heaters. Patent includes illustrations and specifications.
Date: June 13, 1916
Creator: Cochran, Harry A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gas-Burner. (open access)

Gas-Burner.

Patent for improved gas-burning water heaters. Improvements are meant to "insure complete and economical combustion of gas and to "prevent water of condensation accumulating on the exterior of the coil of the water heater from dropping into the flame opening of the burner and casing injury to the screen thereof" (Lines 20-24).
Date: June 13, 1916
Creator: Cochran, Harry A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lock Nut (open access)

Lock Nut

Patent for a new and improved lock nut design that is "simple, durable and inexpensive in construction, as well as convenient, practical, serviceable and efficient in its use" (lines 20-22).
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Collier, William Ried
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Chamber. (open access)

Air-Chamber.

Patent for an air-chamber that pumps in air confined with a flexible diaphragm to spray or diffuse fluid, including illustration.
Date: June 18, 1861
Creator: Creuzbaur, Robert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in the Manufacture of Hydraulic Cement (open access)

Improvement in the Manufacture of Hydraulic Cement

Patent for the improvement in the manufacture of hydraulic cement with specifications for the manufacturing process and a description of usage.
Date: June 25, 1878
Creator: Dimelow, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Packer (open access)

Cotton-Packer

Patent for an apparatus used for packing cotton prepared for baling. Illustrations included.
Date: June 7, 1910
Creator: Dixon, Albert S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press (open access)

Hay Press

Patent for a hay press as it "relates to certain improvements in hay-presses, and has for its principal object to improve the construction of the power-head and pitman connection" (lines 7-10). Illustrations included.
Date: June 9, 1903
Creator: Dixon, Albert S. & Schneider, Jacob P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement on Corn and Cotton Planters. (open access)

Improvement on Corn and Cotton Planters.

Patent for a combined corn and cotton planter.
Date: June 23, 1874
Creator: Domschke, Carles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ceiling-Plate. (open access)

Ceiling-Plate.

Patent for improvements to ceiling plates that allow a ceiling plate through which a pipe passes to remain securely attached to the ceiling (or other surface) even while the pipe expands or contracts.
Date: June 19, 1917
Creator: Donnelly, John R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Jack. (open access)

Vehicle-Jack.

Patent for a vehicle-jack that can raise and lower all of the supporting legs using a single lever, as well as lengthen and shorten the jack at will to adapt it to vehicles of different sizes.
Date: June 16, 1914
Creator: Douglass, John A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Headlight (open access)

Automobile-Headlight

Patent for a headlight design that turns with the front wheels, allowing the driver to illuminate the road ahead whether driving straight or turning.
Date: June 30, 1914
Creator: Fay, Peter J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a simple, efficient, and improved churn that thoroughly aerating and stirring the cream. It has a removable vertical dasher and two dasher cups.
Date: June 11, 1895
Creator: Franklin, Edward A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History