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Improvement in Seed-Planters.
Patent for improvement in seed-planters by using a combination of lock-lever, bars, set-screw and a tongue to “construct accurate planters in which the planting may be readily done in exact check row, and which will allow the dropping device to be instantly thrown into or out of gear when desired.” (Lines 16-19) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 13, 1869
Creator:
Herrin, I. F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Needle-Threaders for Sewing-Machines.
Patent for improvement in needle-threaders for sewing machines by using an “eyelet-frame that formed by two equal parallelopipeds. These parallelopipeds are being kept together by two springs and may be separated by pressing the pins toward each other.” (Lines 32-35) “The axis of a conical eyelet will be laid in the joint planes of the parallelopipeds, its apex in the front side, its basis in the opposite side of the eyelet-frame, through which eyelet the thread has to pass when the instrument is used and applied to the machine-needle.” (Lines 37-42) This instrument can be used with curved or straight needles. Illustration is included.
Date:
April 20, 1869
Creator:
Thielepape, Wilhelm C. A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Medicinal Preparation.
Patent for improvements made the medicinal preparations generally used for poultices. The patented improvement involves the application of dried and powdered leaves, stalks, and joints of the cactus opuntia or cockinifer.
Date:
April 7, 1868
Creator:
Lege, Charles L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Bench-Vises.
Patent for "a new and Improved Sliding-Carriage Vise for Carpenter's Bench" (lines 3-5) includign instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 27, 1875
Creator:
Rimbold, Pierre
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Stalk-Pullers.
Patent for an "improved machine designed especially for pulling cotton-stalks, but which may be used with advantage for pulling other stalks, weeds, &c., and which shall be so constructed as to clear itself of the stalks as they are pulled" (para. 4).
Date:
April 11, 1876
Creator:
Butler, George W. & O'Connell, Timothy P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a mixing machine designed for churns, but can also be used in ice cream freezers. It works by producing a partial vacuum, forcing the liquid to go from the bottom to the top of the vessel. Blades force the liquid to go against "the centrifugal action" (line 21) and towards the center of the vessel.
Date:
April 27, 1897
Creator:
Norcross, George A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Box for Washing Material for Concrete.
Patent for "a new and useful improvement in boxes for washing aggregate or rough material for making concrete" (lines 5-7), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 20, 1886
Creator:
Carrico, Thomas W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "relates to car-couplings, and more especially to that part or portion of the mechanism usually termed 'link-lifters;' and the object of the invention is to provide means whereby the link can be lifted and caused to enter the draw-head of an approaching car by the operator when standing alongside the stationary car" (lines 7-14).
Date:
April 1, 1890
Creator:
Small, Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coin Assorter and Deliverer.
Patent for an improved coin assorter and deliverer that automatically makes change. It has a glass window in the back and a slot in the top where an operator can insert coins, where the machine sorts them.
Date:
April 9, 1895
Creator:
Reynolds, Stephen D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Placing Torpedoes.
Patent for "a device especially adapted for placing torpedoes on railroad tracks and at the same time fixing the torpedo in position, the work being accomplished in a simple and expeditious manner while the train is in motion, whereby one train following another may be signaled without stopping the first train, thus preventing rear end collisions." (Lines 7-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 23, 1895
Creator:
Seamands, James D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench and Cutter.
Patent for a simple, durable, and economic wrench and cutter that is easily used to turn nuts, pipes, or to cut pipes. The wrench does not need to be removed while cutting.
Date:
April 18, 1893
Creator:
Fletcher, Theodore
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties.
Patent for improvement to "class of bale-ties in which the bands are secured by means of a fastening or key which passes through slots in the ends of the band." (lines 13-16)
Date:
April 2, 1878
Creator:
Howard, William Henry; Broussard, Camille E. & Hutchins, Rush M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Manifold-Writing Tablet.
Patent for writing platform which allows for the creation of carbon copies.
Date:
April 1, 1879
Creator:
Morris, Robert, C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mold and Angle-Piece Used in Constructing Concrete Walls
Patent for tools to create uniform concrete pieces and angles, with description of use and improvements and illustrations.
Date:
April 13, 1886
Creator:
Carrico, Thomas W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam Vacuum Pump.
Patent for a new and improved steam vacuum-pump. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a pump-cylinder, the water inlet and outlet pipes, a condenser-pipe, a steam-pipe, and valves located in the several pipes, of a vertically-movable rod having stops thereon, levers connecting the rod with the valves in the condenser-pipe and steam-inlet pipe, and a float loosely mounted on the rod and adapted to actuate the same" (lines 62-70).
Date:
April 13, 1886
Creator:
Hensley, Frank A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephone.
Patent for "a single and effectual magneto telephone bot in receiving and transmitting and improving on [the inventor's] Patent No. 529,203" (lines 14-17).
Date:
April 2, 1895
Creator:
Serdinko, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Tightener.
Patent for an adjustable tire tightener. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 13, 1897
Creator:
Taylor, William Buford.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine
Patent for "an engine that is adaptable to all kinds of work, and which is capable of running the heaviest locomotive and the lightest sewing-machine with equal ease and satisfaction" (lines 9-13).
Date:
April 23, 1889
Creator:
Hines, John Fletcher, Sr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fare-Box.
Patent for a fare-box for cars and other vehicles that allows the driver or conductor to set the fare and which registers the amount paid. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 20, 1897
Creator:
Katzenberger, Oscar
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Roof.
Patent for a metallic roof that has "an improved means for securing the adjoining edges of the metallic strips together, whereby a tight water proof joint is produced and the metal strips securely attached to the sheathing of the roof" (lines 15-20).
Date:
April 16, 1895
Creator:
Flatau, Louis S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pen or Pencil Holder.
Patent for a new and improved pen or pencil holder. This design obviates "many of the serious objections to the ordinary pen-holder . . . among which may be mentioned cramp and that which is known as 'writer's paralysis.' In addition to this the use of this device will save many tedious hours to the child who is learning to write, as by its use no time will be wasted in teaching the child how to hold his [or her] pen or pencil" (lines 69-77).
Date:
April 19, 1887
Creator:
Merrick, Sarah J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1028
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: The authority of the Commissioners' Court to establish zoning restrictions for the area surrounding Kelly Field.
Date:
April 3, 1950
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-133
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: Whether the undivided one-half interest of Bexar County in and to the Mission San Jose may be transferred, and the authority of the Texas State Parks Board to accept such interest as a park site.
Date:
April 6, 1947
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: LA-98
Letter opinion 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: Constitutionality of House Bill 142 which would change the method of selection of the San Antonio City Public Service Board members.
Date:
April 25, 1975
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History