Improvement in Sheet-Metal Cans. (open access)

Improvement in Sheet-Metal Cans.

Patent for sheet-metal cans, specifically a spout attachment for cans.
Date: December 3, 1872
Creator: Delany, John L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Curtain-Pole Remover (open access)

Curtain-Pole Remover

Patent for a curtain pole remover that allows the user to remove or put in place curtain poles without climbing on anything.
Date: December 3, 1912
Creator: Adair, Lulu N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Open Records Letter Ruling: OR2000-0393 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Open Records Letter Ruling: OR2000-0393

Document issued by the Open Records Division at the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an informal interpretation of Texas law related to a request received by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for all reviewed documents and information in connection with a decision not to take an inmate's spouse off of a negative correspondence list.
Date: February 3, 2000
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanism For Converting Reciprocating Into Rotary Motion. (open access)

Mechanism For Converting Reciprocating Into Rotary Motion.

Patent for an improvement to drive shafts used in automobiles, other motor vehicles, and machine tools that convert reciprocating into rotary motion, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 3, 1913
Creator: Smith, Robert W. J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History