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Car-Coupling
Patent for "improved and simple means for automatically and positively coupling the adjacent ends of railway-cars together" (lines 25-27).
Date:
April 9, 1889
Creator:
Campbell, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cartridge Belt.
Patent for a new and improved cartridge belt. This design "is to provide a new and improved cartridge-belt for holding cartridges securely, the said belt being simple in construction, strong, and durable. The invention consists in the combination of a belt, with a strap held on the same by up-right metal fasteners and forming pockets on the belt. The invention also consists in the combination, with the above belt and strap, of a cord passed transversely through the several pockets, and in other combinations of parts" (lines 11-18).
Date:
April 14, 1885
Creator:
Beach, Willie P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lift or Elevator.
Patent for a new and improved elevator. This design "consists in the construction of the operating mechanism . . . whereby the mechanism may be regulated or adjusted to run fast or slow, according to the weight of the load to be carried, it being adjusted to run slow, but with great power, when heavy loads are to be lifted, but to run fast, but with lesser power, when lighter loads are to be lifted" (lines 28-37).
Date:
April 8, 1884
Creator:
Krause, Earnest.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Elevator
Patent for "an apparatus for use in connection with a well, whereby the well-bucket will be automatically elevated and emptied into a trough by the weight of the cattle that may come to the well to drink, the apparatus be ing particularly designed for use in the Western countries, where large numbers of cattle come to each well in herds" (lines 16-23).
Date:
April 1, 1890
Creator:
Campbell, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for an improved, useful, durable, and simple pump that is powered by cattle as they walk into an enclosure. It consists of a water receiving chamber with inlet openings on one end, supporting rods, a hollow pump piston with a spout, a valve on the bottom of the pump piston, a walking beam, a bridge, hinges, angle-irons, and a counterbalances weight.
Date:
April 18, 1893
Creator:
Clayton, James W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock.
Patent for a new and improved nut lock. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the bolt, the nut having a dovetailed groove across its face, of uniform width throughout its length, and a recess at one side of said groove, and a key having tapered sides and sliding into the dovetailed groove from one side of the nut, said key having a pointed end to engage the bolt and also provided with a projecting part to be bent over into engagement with the recess in the nut" (lines 69-78).
Date:
April 19, 1892
Creator:
Robinson, William D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1040
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: Authority of Commissioners Court of El Paso County to convey 1.67 acres of land, dedicated and used as a county park, back to its grantor, the United States of America, under the facts stated, and related questions.
Date:
April 12, 1961
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 860, Chapter 417
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the authority of the El Paso County Hospital District to appoint, contract for, or employ physicians, dentists, and other health care providers.
Date:
2011-04/2011-06
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Cleaning System
Patent for an air cleaning system to be used in homes. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 20, 1909
Creator:
Mayo, William C. & Houlehan, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Billiard Cue
Patent for a billiard cue. This invention is designed with removable tips. Illustration included.
Date:
April 4, 1911
Creator:
Borroughs, John Vertie
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Controlling System for Motor-Traction Cars.
Patent for controlling systems for motor traction cars. These controlling systems provide automatic control outside the volition of the motorman.
Date:
April 2, 1912
Creator:
Mayo, William C.; Briggs, George E. & Houlehan, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Faucet and Bottle-Washer
Patent for "a faucet which can be used merely as a faucet or which can be used for washing bottles, as may be desired" (lines 14-16).
Date:
April 9, 1901
Creator:
Horsley, John Shelton
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined System of Electric Signaling and Switch Setting for Railroads
Patent for improved system of electric signaling and opening and closing rail systems.
Date:
April 17, 1906
Creator:
Wagner, Bruno Otto
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pencil-Holder.
Patent for a pencil-holder designed to quickly attach to pencils or pens of different sizes, including illustrations. This pencil-holder features a clip which clamps onto the edge of one's pocket to prevent the pencil from falling out or damaging the pocket.
Date:
April 24, 1906
Creator:
Eldredge, Alva Ray
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weighing-Scoop.
Patent for a scoop for use in stores when measuring flour or related items that weighs the substance in the scoop, and has a light in the handle that can be turned on in dark areas.
Date:
April 30, 1907
Creator:
Howe, Frank C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weighing-Scoop.
Patent for a weighing scoop for use in stores that can weigh many different products that have a wide range of prices per pound.
Date:
April 30, 1907
Creator:
Howe, Frank C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window Light Regulator
Patent for a window light regulator. The light regulator is designed of two shades. The first shape is dark and the other is transparent. Illustration included.
Date:
April 16, 1907
Creator:
Alrich, Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Toy Gun
Patent for a toy gun. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 13, 1909
Creator:
Griffith, Jesse B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tobacco-Pipe.
Patent for a tobacco pipe with supplemental ducts in the sides of the pipe bowl to make the smoke travel farther and become cool and sweet and prevent saliva from going into the fire bowl. It also has a place for a nicotine filter if desired.
Date:
April 16, 1907
Creator:
Kneezell, Edward
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Arrester.
Patent for a steam train locomotive spark arrester consisting of curved pipe smoke stack that holds solid particles of exhaust on the edges of the pipe, which are expelled by the force of exhaust gases coming through, into the fire box thereby preventing their escape outside the engine reducing danger from stray sparks. This system also uses less fuel than previous systems.
Date:
April 23, 1907
Creator:
Chalfant, Cotter Strawn
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Puzzle.
Patent for a wooden cube puzzle made up of many irregular shaped pieces, which can be manufactured to be hard or easy.
Date:
April 14, 1908
Creator:
Critchett, James C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Guard Rail Clamp
Patent for a guard rail clamp. Illustration included.
Date:
April 26, 1904
Creator:
Kelly, Patrick Edward & Riordan, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Governor for Explosive-Engines.
Patent for a governor for explosive engines for use in trains, which will increase the fuel efficiency of the engines.
Date:
April 27, 1909
Creator:
Mayo, William C. & Houlehan, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Feed-Regulator
Patent for a device, used in connection with crushing and/or storage machinery, to assist in the distribution of dry, powdered, or fine feeding materials.
Date:
April 25, 1911
Creator:
Searle, James W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History