Improvement in Fence. (open access)

Improvement in Fence.

Patent for a new fence design that "can be adapted to any desired length, width, or height" (lines 14-15). The patent includes illustrations and instructions.
Date: February 15, 1870
Creator: Kerr, James
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Detaching Device for Wheel-Hubs. (open access)

Detaching Device for Wheel-Hubs.

Patent for an attachment for a wheel-hub that allows for the hub to be quickly and easily removed or engaged. The invention does not require a nut wrench; "devices for screwing and unscrewing the axle nut are carried by the wheel-hub, and are always in proper position for immediate use whenever it is necessary to detach the nut" (lines 16-19).
Date: February 6, 1894
Creator: Butler, George H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Back-Band Buckle. (open access)

Back-Band Buckle.

Patent for an inexpensive and simple back-band buckle that doubles as a trace-carrier and locks the trace into place. It secures to the carriage and locks the trace into place with a snap-hook.
Date: February 20, 1894
Creator: Ware, William J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blind Stop. (open access)

Blind Stop.

Patent for a new and improved blind-stop. This design consists "of a corrugated flange or plate connected with the frame thereof, a spring-retaining strip, a corrugated bar arranged between the retaining strip and the corrugated flange, a socket formed upon the corrugated bar and adapted to receive the slat-bar, and a set-screw carried by the retaining strip" (lines 77-84).
Date: February 8, 1887
Creator: Gulick, Lizzie Talley
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Escapement for Torsion Pendulums. (open access)

Escapement for Torsion Pendulums.

Patent for a new and improved escapement for torsion pendulums. This design "consists in one or two weighted levers acting in conjunction with an escape-wheel and a spindle, which levers are used as a medium to carry force from the train of a clock to the pendulum" (lines 12-16).
Date: February 5, 1884
Creator: Stahlberg, Charles.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bag Holder and Filler. (open access)

Bag Holder and Filler.

Patent for a new and improved bag holder and filler. This design "consists of an expansible bag holding and filling funnel composed of a metallic strip having overlapping edges and provided with attached spring-wires, such funnel being capable of contraction to enter a bag, and of expanding therein for the purpose of holding and filling the bag" (lines 13-19).
Date: February 6, 1883
Creator: Adkisson, Duncan Rudolph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hoisting Apparatus. (open access)

Hoisting Apparatus.

Patent for "an improved hoisting apparatus for use in loading and unloading freight from and upon a wharf, bluff, bank, or other elevated place." (Lines 8-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 14, 1891
Creator: Davis, Benjamin F. & Davis, Matilda L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-58 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-58

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: Navarro Junior College, County Assessor-Collector for, necessity of to make bond under Article 2815h, Section 11, V.A.C.S.
Date: February 14, 1947
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: M-1087 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: M-1087

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, Crawford Martin, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the Criminal District Attorney of Navarro County may become a member of the State Retirement System, pursuant to Article 6228a, Vernon's Civil Statutes, or the District and County Retirement System, pursuant to Article 6228g, Vernon's Civil Statutes.
Date: February 28, 1972
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Clock. (open access)

Electric Clock.

Patent for new and useful improvements in electrically operated clocks, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 13, 1900
Creator: Iversen, Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Top. (open access)

Churn-Top.

Patent for a churn top, which prevents the milk from splashing out of the churn while it is in use and keeps out bugs and dirt.
Date: February 1, 1910
Creator: Lewis, Lola
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn (open access)

Churn

Patent for a churn. Illustration included.
Date: May 10, 1910
Creator: Hopkins, Samuel M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Casing Spear (open access)

Well-Casing Spear

Patent for a well casing spear. Illustrations included.
Date: February 28, 1911
Creator: Norris, Joseph B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Tongs. (open access)

Pipe-Tongs.

Patent for pipe tongs used for rotary well boring machinery. The tongs are designed to be carried with and used by rotary machines.
Date: February 13, 1912
Creator: Johnston, Horace G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Track Switch (open access)

Track Switch

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Track-Switches" (lines 5-6) including illustrations.
Date: February 15, 1916
Creator: South, John T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ship-Protector. (open access)

Ship-Protector.

Patent for an improved protection device which may be attached to the bow of a ship.
Date: February 10, 1914
Creator: Wood, Shirley Hay
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water Level and Water-Quality Data From Observation Wells in Northeast Texas (open access)

Water Level and Water-Quality Data From Observation Wells in Northeast Texas

This Report presents quantitative and qualitative information concerning ground water of Texas, from observations in wells of 20 county areas in Northeast Texas by Texas Water Development Board and U.S Geological Survey.
Date: February 1976
Creator: Taylor, Howard D.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter Attachment. (open access)

Stalk-Cutter Attachment.

Patent for a planter attachment. It allows quick attachment of a stalk cutter that would let a planter serve two purposes.
Date: February 7, 1922
Creator: Haynes, Jack M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History