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Cotton-Press.
Patent for a mechanism that presses cotton, wool, hemp, hay, or other similar substances that improves on a previous patent granted to the inventor (No. 451,846). This patent improves on the previous patent by improving the construction of the press.
Date:
January 16, 1894
Creator:
Bachman, Joseph A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nailing - Machine.
Patent for a new and useful improvements in nailing-machines. This design is "adapted to automatically distribute and feed the nails to a predetermined point" (line 10-12).
Date:
January 11, 1898
Creator:
Brady, William B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
CAPCOG Connections, January, 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:
January 2013
Creator:
Capital Area Council of Governments (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vessel-Propelling Device
Patent for a novel form of propeller in which a current of air or other fluid is forced under pressure through a port in the stern of the vessel causing propulsion.
Date:
January 2, 1906
Creator:
Carlson, Peet
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Water-Wheels.
Patent for improvements in the construction of water-wheels, including illustrations.
Date:
January 8, 1878
Creator:
Cross, David L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design "relates to an improvement in . . . the construction of the mold-board and to the arrangement thereof relative to the plowshare. The mold-board, instead of being curved or concave, as has usually been the case, is . . . made perfectly flat, and so constructed that it projects at one corner slightly beyond the upper edge of the plowshare. . . . [C]onsequently the plow can be moved through the soil with less difficulty" (lines 13-25).
Date:
January 10, 1882
Creator:
Domschke, Charles.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drip-Cup for Gas Water-Heaters
Patent for a drip cup for gas water heaters. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 26, 1909
Creator:
Donnelly, John R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evaluation of Water Resources in Bell, Burnet, Travis, Williamson and Parts of Adjacent Counties, Texas
This report summarizes the results of an investigation of potential water supply and water quality problems conducted under the critical area program, Chapter 52 of the Texas Water Code, in Williamson and parts of adjacent counties in Central Texas.
Date:
January 1991
Creator:
Duffin, Gail & Musick, Steven P.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shutter Attachment
Patent for a shutter attachment that acts as a spacer and holds the window shutters open; it sits between the slats and is attached to the rod that opens the shutters.
Date:
January 8, 1901
Creator:
Eppright, George Jacob
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mosquito-Canopy.
Patent for a folding bed that has a mosquito canopy that automatically unfolds over it. It includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 11, 1891
Creator:
Eva, Addison H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fare Box.
Patent for a new and improved fare-box. This design consists in "three resting-places for the fares before they enter the final receptacle or drawer provided at the bottom of the case, and the windows in front are so arranged that the fares may be observed at each change until they enter their final receptacle. All lights of glass employed are held in grooves in the upright sides of the case or in a frame secured in grooves of the said sides, so that by no possibility can they be displaced unless the entire box is taken to pieces" (lines 25-35).
Date:
January 25, 1887
Creator:
Greer, John William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Short report on the archeological investigations of the City of Austin's proposed Boggy Creek bikeway improvements in Travis County, Texas
This report provides information on the 100 percent intensive linear archeological survey for the proposed City of Austin's Boggy Creek Bikeway Improvements project located in Travis County, Texas.
Date:
January 2012
Creator:
Haefner, Josh & Fulmer, John
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Slide Rule
Patent for a slide rule. Illustration included.
Date:
January 14, 1913
Creator:
Hamby, Robert M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Submerged Current - Motor.
Patent for a new and useful submerged current motor, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 23, 1900
Creator:
Hardaway, Robert Early
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wind and Water Motor.
Patent for improvements in wind and water motors in which it will not only increase its efficiency and durability but also, be capable of operating in tidal rivers, streams and other currents. This is an improvement of patent no. 588572 of the same inventor. Illustration is included.
Date:
January 9, 1900
Creator:
Hardaway, Robert Early
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Three Wheeled Vehicle.
Patent for a new and improved three-wheeled vehicle. This design "has an advantage over a four-wheeled vehicle in dispensing with one wheel and one or more springs. It is more readily turned than a four-wheeled vehicle, and can more easily avoid collision with other vehicles when in motion. It also offers better facilities for entering and leaving the carriage, and a vehicle for this design and of equal strength with a four-wheeled vehicle will weigh twenty to fifty pounds less" (lines 73-82).
Date:
January 4, 1881
Creator:
Humbert, Prosper
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Follower for Packing Sauer-kraut, &c.
Patent for new improvements for devices for producing pressure for sauer-kraut or other food products needing pressure.
Date:
January 21, 1902
Creator:
Ira I. Newfield
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Artist's Easel and Attachable Rest.
Patent for a new and improved easel and rest. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the rest . . . of the bar pivoted to [a] holder by bolt, the perforated bar pivoted to [another] bar by [another] bolt, and the easel united to the [first] bar by a suitable round bolt" (lines 97-101).
Date:
January 22, 1889
Creator:
Johnson, John Alexander
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pinless Clothes-Line.
Patent for a pinless clothes line that consists of a series of links that have spring coils and spring clasps. The links also have a loop that is concave on one side.
Date:
January 16, 1894
Creator:
Kirk, John P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sewage System for Trains.
Patent for a sewing system on trains or vehicles which will allow then to have working water-closets.
Date:
January 2, 1906
Creator:
Mettenheimer, John Henry.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Harvesters.
Patent for a new and improved cotton-harvesting machine, including illustrations.
Date:
January 26, 1875
Creator:
Miller, La Fayette Kohler
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Wheel.
Patent for a new and improved vehicle wheel. This design "consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of a brace consisting of two rings secured together, and having recesses in their meeting sides, and provided with a number of brace-rods passing to one or two rings secured upon the hub of a vehicle-wheel, the spokes fitting in the recesses in the meeting sides of the rings" (lines 19-27).
Date:
January 15, 1884
Creator:
Stein, Philip Harris
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design "will serve to cut and pulverize the soil and at the same time will act as a guide to the plow, whereby it may be steadied and caused to run more evenly" (lines 17-20). It consists, "with the beam, the standards provided with shovels, and the brace-rod, of the backwardly-extending arm pivoted to standards and having its free end formed into a knife-edge, the vertical bar secured to said arm intermediate of its ends and provided with a series of holes and the pin passing through the beam and through said holes" (lines 65-73).
Date:
January 13, 1891
Creator:
Stuard, Charles Decatur
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flavoring Compound
Patent for an improved flavoring compound "especially adapted for flavoring meats and food products, soups, stews, etc., and consists in combining Mexican pepper, spices of cuminum and origanum, salt, garlic, tallow or suet." (Lines 10-14)
Date:
January 28, 1908
Creator:
Stukes, John Marion
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History