Texas Attorney General Open Records Letter Ruling: OR2000-0385 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Open Records Letter Ruling: OR2000-0385

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 for "information on charge of possession of a controlled substance against Jeremy Rawling."
Date: February 3, 2000
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Weighing-Machine (open access)

Automatic Weighing-Machine

Patent for an automatic weighing machine for weighing and dispensing certain weights of grain into hoppers.
Date: February 1, 1910
Creator: Ball, Andrew J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Controller Attachment for Levers (open access)

Controller Attachment for Levers

Patent for improvements on controllers for levers
Date: February 6, 1912
Creator: Smith, David C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Music-Rack and Front Panel for Pianos (open access)

Combined Music-Rack and Front Panel for Pianos

Patent for a music rack and front panel for pianos. Illustrations included.
Date: February 22, 1910
Creator: Norcross, Levi Watson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well Drilling Bit (open access)

Well Drilling Bit

Patent for a well drilling bit. Illustration included.
Date: February 11, 1913
Creator: Byron, Marcus A. & English, Harry White
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Walking-Cane. (open access)

Walking-Cane.

Patent for a walking cane which is made of two intertwined sections of spiral steel wires, which can be painted different colors creating a noticeable object that can be used by sports fans to show support for their team at games,
Date: February 1, 1910
Creator: Alverson, Lewis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ventilating Device (open access)

Ventilating Device

Patent for a ventilating device for vehicles. Illustrations included.
Date: February 28, 1911
Creator: Cunningham, Melville Boyd
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tie for Wire Fencing. (open access)

Tie for Wire Fencing.

Patent for tie for woven fencing that holds the vertical and horizontal wires firmly together and uses less wire in the tie, thereby making the ties more cost effective.
Date: February 19, 1907
Creator: Collar, Charles T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Striking Mechanism for Clocks (open access)

Striking Mechanism for Clocks

Patent for a striking mechanism for clocks which strikes a bell a number of times to indicate the hour of the day. Illustrations included.
Date: February 18, 1913
Creator: Friedman, Bernhard Z.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hook For Wagon-Covers. (open access)

Hook For Wagon-Covers.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in hooks for wagon covers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 6, 1900
Creator: Wright, Robert G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Screen-Door Hinge (open access)

Screen-Door Hinge

Patent for a screen door hinge for both half or full length screens. Illustrations included.
Date: February 18, 1913
Creator: McFarland, Frank H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Motor (open access)

Spring-Motor

Patent for a spring motor for use in operating small devices such as churns.
Date: February 4, 1913
Creator: Dayton, William L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harness Saddle (open access)

Harness Saddle

Patent is for "improvements in harness saddles" (lines 6-7) that will "not injure animals' backs and which will be automatically adjustable to a back of any size or shape."
Date: February 2, 1909
Creator: Edelbrock, Frank E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Powder-Ejector. (open access)

Powder-Ejector.

Patent for a powder medicine ejector for discharging medicine into patients body cavities, which allows a dose of the medicine to be discharged from a larger quantity stored in the ejector.
Date: February 1, 1910
Creator: Kline, Charles W. & Long, Harley A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Frame (open access)

Quilting-Frame

Patent for a new type of quilting frame. The improved Quilting-Frame can be used with a standard sewing machine. The device allows a sewing machine to in seams.
Date: February 18, 1913
Creator: Cribbs, William D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mattress-Making Machine. (open access)

Mattress-Making Machine.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in mattress making machines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 6, 1900
Creator: Stewart, Isaac N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow Frame (open access)

Plow Frame

Patent for a plow frame "to which may be attached plow bottoms or cultivator beams" (lines 11-12).
Date: February 20, 1912
Creator: Brown, Bartley
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seat - Action Flushing Apparatus. (open access)

Seat - Action Flushing Apparatus.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in seat-action flushing apparatus. This design is to "provide a cistern into which the water is admitted only when the seat is occupied" (line 14-17).
Date: February 8, 1898
Creator: Ackley, George D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Packing. (open access)

Metallic Packing.

Patent for metallic packing for piston rods and valve stems of engines to create a tight joint.
Date: February 2, 1909
Creator: Fulford, Marcus F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Hanging Wall-Paper. (open access)

Device for Hanging Wall-Paper.

Patent for a device for hanging wall paper that includes a paper holder and paper brush/roller.
Date: February 13, 1912
Creator: Randle, Millard F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: H-1125 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: H-1125

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, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Dues checkoffs by employees of Tarrant County Hospital District.
Date: February 22, 1978
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-800 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-800

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, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Liability of Fort Worth Independent School District for certain excise taxes.
Date: February 16, 1960
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-512 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-512

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: Compensation of County Judge of Tarrant County.
Date: February 27, 1948
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Band-Cutter and Feeder (open access)

Band-Cutter and Feeder

Patent for "new and useful improvements in band-cutters and feeders" (lines 6-7).
Date: February 26, 1889
Creator: King, Charlie C. & Trimble, Alonzo D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History