Crate Or Coop (open access)

Crate Or Coop

Patent for a crate or coop. This invention is connected at the corners possessing a removable bottom along with a readily detachable cover. Illustration included.
Date: March 13, 1906
Creator: Sperling, Ellsworth
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 75 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 75

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate congratulating the Kilgore High School football team on winning the 2004 UIL Class 4A Division II State Football Championship.
Date: March 11, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6473 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6473

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, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Does the Commissioners' Court of Gregg County have the authority under Section 4, Article 2368a, to issue time warrants for the construction of an administration building for the County Airport, or would it have to hold an election as prescribed in Article 701, Revised Civil Statutes?
Date: March 27, 1945
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lumber-Truck. (open access)

Lumber-Truck.

Patent for a simple and durable lumber truck that is "arranged to conveniently load and carry lumber to and from kilns and other places" (lines 9-11). It has double flanged wheels in independent frames that are connected by crossbars.
Date: March 28, 1893
Creator: Dodge, Edward
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Measuring Packaged Fabrics (open access)

Improvement in Measuring Packaged Fabrics

Patent for an improved device to measure textiles and other similar fabrics, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 13, 1877
Creator: Bond, Virgil A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Silo (open access)

Silo

Patent for a air-and-liquid tight silo structure that "may be built up readily out of a plurality of relatively small stock units which may be handled easily" (line 11-13).
Date: March 16, 1915
Creator: Shoupe, Joseph Richard
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Screen (open access)

Screen

Patent for a screen. This invention is designed to allow for an adjustable screen to over come inequalities and inaccuracies of the window frame. Illustration included.
Date: March 15, 1904
Creator: Pinkham, Delmar D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Screen (open access)

Screen

Patent for a screen. This invention comprises a class of window screens with metal frames. Illustration included.
Date: March 15, 1904
Creator: Pinkham, Delmar D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for plow by using “a block located between the spaced beam-bars and serving not only as a spreader for holding the bars apart, but also constituting means whereby the standard or stock may be adjusted to different inclinations with relation to the beam. Another feature is a brace that rigidly holds the standard or stock in place and also forms strengthening means at the point of attachment of the handles to the beam to prevent vibration of the former, thus insuring a rigid and stable structure.” (Lines 25-36) Illustration is included.
Date: March 4, 1902
Creator: Kelly, George A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a lightweight plow consisting of a skeleton beam and attached parts.
Date: March 4, 1902
Creator: Kelly, George A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fruit-Canner. (open access)

Fruit-Canner.

Patent for a fruit-canning apparatus that holds multiple cans on a perforated tray. The apparatus allows for necessary heating of cans and easy removal from a receptacle.
Date: March 6, 1906
Creator: Toler, Henry Wilson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History