79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 142 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 142

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate congratulating Coach Kim Mulkey-Robertson and the Baylor Lady Bears for winning the 2005 NCAA Women's National Basketball Championship.
Date: April 29, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Universal Household Grater. (open access)

Universal Household Grater.

Patent for a new universal grater which eliminates the risk of injury the user may gain from grating materials.
Date: April 4, 1922
Creator: Lambdin, William McKendree
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hair-Clipper. (open access)

Hair-Clipper.

Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements" (line 6) in the Hair Clipper, concerning the introduction of more efficient "double-acting clippers" (line 12), including illustrations.
Date: April 26, 1921
Creator: Jones, Sidney P. & Wallace, David P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Table Gage. (open access)

Saw-Table Gage.

Patent for a saw-table cutting stop that can be very quickly set and which automatically indicates the distance from the stop to the saw.
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Krocker, Adolf G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Cutting Device for Razors. (open access)

Rotary Cutting Device for Razors.

Patent for a shaving razor designed with a "cylindrical outer surface adapted to rotate in contact with the skin" (line 111-112) which allows for safer and more efficient shaving, includes illustrations.
Date: April 27, 1920
Creator: Jones, Sidney, P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Teaching Music (open access)

Device for Teaching Music

Patent for a music education device aimed toward children and basic music building blocks. It is designed to teach the positions of piano keyboard notes through the use of differently dressed and named puppets. These puppets can be adjusted to also introduce basic musical concepts like rests, rhythm, and time.
Date: April 20, 1920
Creator: Maxwell, Annie L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Percolator. (open access)

Percolator.

Patent for a percolator for coffee or tea that is "reliable and efficient in its operation, readily and easily adjusted to fit the various sizes of pots and also inexpensive in manufacture." (lines 44-47)
Date: April 20, 1920
Creator: Rose, Isabell M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Overall Jacket Or Waist. (open access)

Overall Jacket Or Waist.

Patent for an overall jacket or waists, the construction of which permits of its formation with less material and its use with greater comfort and convenience by terminating at its lower edge in a waist band, which, in use, is intended to be seated upon or lap the upper edges or portions of the trouser sections, thus avoiding the extensions usually present with a wait section or jacket into the trouser section.
Date: April 15, 1919
Creator: Elliot, Joseph Samuel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter Attachment (open access)

Stalk-Cutter Attachment

Patent for improvements to stalk-cutter attachments to plows. The invention allows stalks to be cut by the plow and then turned under it into the soil to decrease labor an improve plow performance.
Date: April 7, 1919
Creator: Wylie, Arthur E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Pillow. (open access)

Pneumatic Pillow.

Patent for improvements to pneumatic pillows, specifically the ventilator within the pillow.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Kelly, Ida
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jogger Attachment for Platen Printing-Press (open access)

Jogger Attachment for Platen Printing-Press

Patent for an automatic jogging attachment for platen presses. The attachments are unique because they can be placed on the press without alterations, they allow for the stacking of sheets in a uniform manner while also being more durable and efficient.
Date: April 3, 1917
Creator: Howard, Lewis F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cooking Utensil. (open access)

Cooking Utensil.

Patent for a new and improved double boiler "used for continuous cooking for a long period, without replenishing the water supply" (lines 18-20) and to "improve the general efficiency of double boilers of the indicated character" (lines 22-23) including illustrations.
Date: April 4, 1916
Creator: Curran, William Ferris
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Furnace. (open access)

Furnace.

Patent for portable field furnaces, that also provide a heating chamber that can engage the walls of containers of various sizes.
Date: April 4, 1916
Creator: Winchell, Frederick A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Post. (open access)

Fence-Post.

Patent for improvements to Fence-Posts, preferably made from metal, providing for simple construction and a means for holding wire, which is also of simple construction.
Date: April 7, 1914
Creator: Copeland, Walter G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin. (open access)

Clothes-Pin.

Patent for Clothes Pin made of galvanized wire that will remain normally on the line. It will also prevent the adjacent pins from becoming tangled together. It's twisted portions adapted for riding content with the line to hold the pin in operative position.
Date: April 8, 1913
Creator: Perry, Cornelius Doctor & Wosnig, Walter, E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper (open access)

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for an improved cotton-chopper.
Date: April 23, 1912
Creator: Leubner, Carl W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Tie. (open access)

Railway-Tie.

Patent for a composite railway tie that is durable and adjustable and can be used for both trolley and steam rail systems.
Date: April 23, 1912
Creator: Ogden, James D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerator. (open access)

Refrigerator.

Patent for a refrigerator with shelves and two layers of cooling liquids inside the walls.
Date: April 26, 1910
Creator: Henderson, Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ledger with Visible Index. (open access)

Ledger with Visible Index.

Patent for a ledger with a visible index of numbers and names with tabs to allow accounts to be looked up easily.
Date: April 19, 1910
Creator: Kellner, Eugene
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mattress Making Machine (open access)

Mattress Making Machine

Patent for a mattress making machine. Illustration included.
Date: April 6, 1909
Creator: White, Charles W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harness Fastner (open access)

Harness Fastner

Patent for a harness fastener. Illustration included.
Date: April 12, 1904
Creator: Cornitius, Ermst
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ice Cream Freezer (open access)

Ice Cream Freezer

Patent for an ice cream freezer. Illustration included.
Date: April 5, 1904
Creator: Prade, Julien
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Detachable Draft Appliance (open access)

Detachable Draft Appliance

Patent for a detachable draft appliance.
Date: April 28, 1903
Creator: Segal, Mordecai
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Boiler, Skimmer, and Oil-Separator (open access)

Water-Boiler, Skimmer, and Oil-Separator

Patent for a water-boiler, skimmer, and oil-separator.
Date: April 21, 1903
Creator: Johnson, Willie Harry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History