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Cleaner For Firearm-Barrels.
Patent for a cleaner for firearm barrels that is small enough to be carried in a pocket. "May be used for cleaning firearms of the repeating type."
Date:
May 6, 1913
Creator:
P'Pool, Matthew Wall
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clock.
Patent for self-winding secondary clocks that are "connected in series to be timed by a master clock and more particularly to tower clocks" (lines 10-12) with the objectives of keeping perfect time and winding periodically, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 6, 1913
Creator:
Friedman, Bernhard Z.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Broom and Cloth Hanger.
Patent for a combined broom and cloth hanger, which allows a broom to be quickly engaged and supported at any desired elevation above the user's floor. It can also be folded against the wall when the broom is not in use, "...whereby the ordinary broom cover...can be conveniently clamped and held securely in position between the lower end of the bracket and against the support by passing the broom cover over and through the rods when the hanger is in a receiving position" (lines 24-30).
Date:
May 6, 1913
Creator:
Ussery, Walter R. & Cook, Enoch J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Pneumatic Lift and Force Pump.
Patent for a combined pneumatic lift and force pump, which is able to reach the inexhaustible supply of water found at the depths of five to forty or more feet in the arid region of Texas and Great Central Valley of Mexico. The machinery perfects the simplicity and economy of construction needed to reach and lift a great volume of water in a short time.
Date:
May 6, 1913
Creator:
De Hymel, Franklin Oscar
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Knife and Hook.
Patent for Cotton Knife and Hook, a tool used for cutting and pulling out cotton from the bales. The tool has a knife with a curved point at the tip, as well as a notch for the user to place a finger for support.
Date:
May 6, 1913
Creator:
Bowers, Jacob R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drill-Cable Clamp.
Patent for Drill-Cable Clamp is for a device that clamps the rope to which the drill connects. The rope can be rotated, while connected to both the drill and the drilling machine securely.
Date:
May 6, 1913
Creator:
Clayton, Robert Fentress
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Soldering-Iron
Patent for an improved electric soldering iron, "to provide novel means for permitting the flow of solder and for shutting it off" (lines 18-19), including illustrations.
Date:
May 6, 1913
Creator:
Giffen, Frank M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hoe.
Patent for a new and improved garden hoe used for weeding purposes. The improvement is related to, "...the handle of the implement being hollow" (lines 11-12) and able to receive a quantity of seed, and a mechanism that controls the delivery of seed to the hoe.
Date:
May 6, 1913
Creator:
Etheridge, John B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Interest Calculator
Patent for an adjustable calendar for calculating interest between two dates, including illustrations.
Date:
May 6, 1913
Creator:
Moody, Jason B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety Oil-Tank
Patent for improvements to safety oil tanks to prevent explosions, including illustrations.
Date:
May 6, 1913
Creator:
Smith, James H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw Frame
Patent for a transportable support frame for saws as teeth are sharpened or set, including illustrations.
Date:
May 6, 1913
Creator:
Lawrence, Robert J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tailor's-Goose Attachment.
Patent for a tailor's goose which provides a "depressible and detachable dampening means for the goose for supplying water to the dampening means".
Date:
May 6, 1913
Creator:
Talley, Thurmon H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Standard
Patent for strong and durable standard for wagons that are adjustable to any size bolster.
Date:
May 6, 1913
Creator:
Cowart, Stephen A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a new and improved wrench, which is especially useful for machinists. The improvement to existing wrench technology is present in positions where a thin jaw wrench is necessary and in removing parts upon which an ordinary nut wrench, even thin jawed, would act.
Date:
May 6, 1913
Creator:
Seale, Jefferson, W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coffee Roaster.
Patent for a coffee roaster, with key features such as electric heat and agitation of coffee beans during roasting, including illustrations.
Date:
May 6, 1918
Creator:
Shortt, Everett T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fountain Valve For Locomotives
Patent for improvements to the automatic fountain valves of locomotives.
Date:
May 6, 1919
Creator:
Yeamans, E. N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
COTTON CLEANER
This is a patent for a Cotton Cleaner. This new cotton cleaner is able to use air to rotate the rotors to then separate the dirty cotton from the clean cotton.
Date:
May 6, 1919
Creator:
Cabrera, Maragarito
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaning Machine
Patent for an improved cotton cleaning machine.
Date:
May 6, 1919
Creator:
Brune, A. & Stone, C. H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cutting and Stepping Machine
Patent for a cutting and stepping machine meant to replace a human cutter.
Date:
May 6, 1919
Creator:
Moore, L. R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerating Apparatus
Patent for an improved refrigerating apparatus.
Date:
May 6, 1919
Creator:
Strange, P. A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Speed-Regulator
Patent for an inexpensive speed regulator "which can be readily reset manually"(lines 21-22).
Date:
May 6, 1919
Creator:
McNeel, William Pinkney
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Force measurements on a 1/40-scale model of the U. S. Airship "Akron"
This report describes a series of tests made on a 1/40-scale model of the U. S. Airship "Akron" (ZRS-4) for the purpose of determining the drag, lift, and pitching moments of the bare hull and of the hull equipped with two different sets of fins. Measurements were also made of the elevator forces and hinge moments.
Date:
May 6, 1932
Creator:
Freeman, Hugh B.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-640
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, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Can the heads of the various State Departments of Institutions legally hold in suspense the moneys, fees, and taxes set forth?
Date:
May 6, 1939
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-644
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, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Is Council No. 18 of the League of United Latin American Citizens, or a traveling show employed by them liable for the occupation tax levied by Section 22a, Article 7047a, Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes under the facts and circumstances outlined?
Date:
May 6, 1939
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History