Body Supported Brackett (open access)

Body Supported Brackett

Patent for body supported bracket for mirrors. Illustration included.
Date: April 26, 1910
Creator: Birdwell, Russell J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press (open access)

Baling Press

Patent for a baling press. This invention is a screw operated double acting plunger that compresses the bales. Illustration included.
Date: April 2, 1907
Creator: Tate, William Elbert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Recutting Files. (open access)

Apparatus for Recutting Files.

Patent for a new and improved file re-cutter. This design consists "[i]n an apparatus for recutting files by electro-chemical action, the dialectric plates and the carbon plates having their upper ends attached to said non-conducting plates, whereby the files to be recut are disposed between the carbon plates when in the solution" (lines 76-82).
Date: April 5, 1887
Creator: Emley, James E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton and Corn Planter. (open access)

Cotton and Corn Planter.

Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists "[i]n combination with the hopper having its front wall inclined and formed with a guide-groove, the inner wall of which is cut out, the belt having its side edges working in the groove, and having hooks attached to the same between the side edges, said hooks projecting through the cut-out portion of the groove, so as to have free communication with the seed in the hopper" (lines 88-96).
Date: April 21, 1885
Creator: Easley, Levi
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Operating Churns, &c. (open access)

Apparatus for Operating Churns, &c.

Patent for an apparatus for operating churns, ice cream freezers, or the like, and is meant "to produce an apparatus in which there is simultaneously given to the vessel a revolving motion and a revolving or vibrating motion to the agitator working in the vessel" (lines 14-18).
Date: April 16, 1895
Creator: Crawford, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1450 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1450

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: Duty of the County Clerk to record deaths and births occurring in Parker County within or without the City of Weatherford.
Date: April 30, 1952
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale Tile (open access)

Bale Tile

Patent for a bale tie for cotton bales.
Date: April 8, 1913
Creator: Frantz, Ezra A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie. (open access)

Bale-Tie.

Patent for a bale tie that can withstand strain on the side of the band. The text describes the different parts of the bale tie and how it differs from ones currently used.
Date: April 8, 1913
Creator: Franz, Ezra A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrant (open access)

Hydrant

Patent for fire hydrant to help with easy and quick coupling with fire hose and thus to effect prompt release of water from hydrant at full pressure when being coupled.
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Duey, Otus E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Occurrence, Availability and Chemical Quality of Ground Water in the Cretaceous Aquifers of North-Central Texas: Volume 1 (open access)

Occurrence, Availability and Chemical Quality of Ground Water in the Cretaceous Aquifers of North-Central Texas: Volume 1

Report on the quality and availability of ground water in the cretaceous aquifers of north-central Texas. Includes maps, hydrographs, rainfall data, pumpage, and more.
Date: April 1982
Creator: Nordstrom, Phillip L.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Footrest. (open access)

Adjustable Footrest.

Patent for an improved, adjustable foot rest that allows for more adjustments and range of motion "to any desired position for the comfort of the user" (lines 13-14), and is secured to the floor.
Date: April 20, 1920
Creator: Kingsford, Walter E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Truss. (open access)

Truss.

Patent for an "improved truss or abdominal belt" (lines 40-41) that provides a simple design with added pads.
Date: April 7, 1920
Creator: Buckley, James William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gin Saw Gummer (open access)

Gin Saw Gummer

Patent for gin saw gummer. Illustration included.
Date: April 4, 1905
Creator: Frantz, Ezra Allen
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Machine (open access)

Well-Drilling Machine

Patent for well drilling machine.
Date: April 21, 1903
Creator: Lewis, John R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Bracket. (open access)

Portable Bracket.

Patent for a portable bracket for mirrors, which can be mounted on the body and then folded back up.
Date: April 26, 1910
Creator: Birdwell, Russell J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pea or Bean Thrasher. (open access)

Pea or Bean Thrasher.

Patent for a new and improved pea or bean thrasher. This design consists, "with the main frame, having a removable top and an inclined bottom containing the thrashing concave and cylinder, of the fan-chamber and fan, the air-chamber having an aperture intermediate of the fan-chamber and concave, and means . . . for rotating said cylinder and fan" (lines 5-12).
Date: April 5, 1892
Creator: Grayson, William Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History