Blowpipe. (open access)

Blowpipe.

Patent for an improved blowpipe (or hydrocarbon torch), which when activated causes "an extremely hot needle flame" for a Bunsen burner (lines 18-19). Patent contains an illustration and instructions.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Downie, James H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Boll Thresher. (open access)

Cotton Boll Thresher.

Patent for a cotton-boll thresher which opens the bolls and separates the cotton. This thresher tries to improve on others by making them "strong, durable, efficient, and simple and comparatively inexpensive to construct" (lines 21-23); patent includes illustrations and specifications.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Bryan, Andrew J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Knife. (open access)

Cotton-Knife.

Patent for a new cotton knife to provide more versatility in its use. It is "for sampling bales of cotton, and [...] cutting the bagging of the cotton, and a hook whereby a sample of cotton may be plucked out" (lines 10-14), including illustrations.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Bowers, Jacob R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for getting a good knowledge on how to use a cultivator, detailed instructions are provided.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Blalock, Justice E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric-Shade Insect-Destroyer (open access)

Electric-Shade Insect-Destroyer

Patent for an electric shade insect destroyer where the shade acts as a lamp shade and a insect catcher.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Levine, Lewis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Floor-Cleaner. (open access)

Floor-Cleaner.

Patent for an improved floor cleaner that allows for a belt or apron to be turned on to provide continuous motion in order to clean or scrub floors. The floor cleaner will also supply water to the belt, wring and catch dirty water from the belt, and tighten the belt.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Crawford, Hezekiah H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Garbage Burning Furnace (open access)

Garbage Burning Furnace

Patent for a new and useful garbage burning furnace that burns garbage efficiently in a combustion chamber. Illustrations are included.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Stokes, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Hinge. (open access)

Gate-Hinge.

Patent for an improved gate hinge that allows for a gate to swing open in either of two directions. The mechanism is particularly suitable for stockyards and is constructed to "prevent the gate from being rubbed or pushed open by an animal" (lines 26-28) including illustrations.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Saunders, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locking Device for Car-Doors. (open access)

Locking Device for Car-Doors.

Patent for a locking device for a sliding train car capable of locking automatically upon close, including illustrations.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Tierney, Henry J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mop. (open access)

Mop.

Patent for a replaceable mop body, or mop brush, with instructions and illustration. In the uppermost portion of the mop brush, new fibers that "can be slightly advanced out of the casing" (lines 79-80) allow for the the use of new fibers, when old fibers become worn or damaged.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Morrison, Murray
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Multiple Section Stalk Cutter (open access)

Multiple Section Stalk Cutter

Patent for a multiple section stalk cutter that comprises of a three-section stalk cutter.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Evans, Lucius S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Mounting for Vehicle Bodies (open access)

Resilient Mounting for Vehicle Bodies

Patent for new, and resilient vehicle mounting, which aims to "mount a body in such a manner as to eliminate jars and jolts..." (lines 11-12).
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Chambers, Silas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stock-Crate. (open access)

Stock-Crate.

Patent for "an improved crate for catching, loading and handling hogs and the like stock" (lines 14-16)
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Winans, Myron L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Support for Telephones or the Like. (open access)

Support for Telephones or the Like.

Patent for "improvements in adjustable supports for holding telephones or the like" (lines 10-11). Patent includes illustration and specifications.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Priest, Charles C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Timing Mechanism for Automatic Oil Pumping Systems. (open access)

Timing Mechanism for Automatic Oil Pumping Systems.

Patent for a timing mechanism for automatic oil-pumping systems, which adds improvements to a previous patent (Serial No.788,483). This patent includes a "novel mechanism for controlling the alternate action of a pressure and vacuum directed into a well" from the surface instead of the lower portion of the well (lines 33-35). Patent includes illustrations and instructions.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Stephenson, William M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench (open access)

Wrench

Patent for an improved wrench wherein various shaped and sized heads can be quickly and easily put on and taken off. This allows for the wrench to be used with nuts of varying shapes and sizes.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Davis, George W. & Davis, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lock For Radiator Caps. (open access)

Lock For Radiator Caps.

Patent for a device to reliably and effectively secure the radiator cap in position on the filling neck of a radiator in order to avoid displacement. Device is of simple and durable construction and inexpensive to manufacture.
Date: May 9, 1922
Creator: Brown, Francis Nathaniel, Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Increasing the Quality and Volume of Oil in Wells and Removing the Oil Therefrom. (open access)

Process of Increasing the Quality and Volume of Oil in Wells and Removing the Oil Therefrom.

Patent for a method for drawing a higher quality and grade of oil from a well through the combination with gas trapped in the well.
Date: May 9, 1922
Creator: Hallmark, Elmer C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Traffic Signal. (open access)

Traffic Signal.

Patent for an illuminated turn signal attached to the frame of a car. The signal is shaped like a hand and can be raised or lowered by a lever behind the steering wheel.
Date: May 9, 1922
Creator: Jones, Theodoric
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Gaseous Explosive Reaction at Constant Pressure: The Reaction Order and Reaction Rate (open access)

The Gaseous Explosive Reaction at Constant Pressure: The Reaction Order and Reaction Rate

The data given in this report covers the explosive limits of hydrocarbon fuels. Incidental to the purpose of the investigation here reported, the explosive limits will be found to be expressed for the condition of constant pressure, in the fundamental terms of concentrations (partial pressures) of fuel and oxygen.
Date: May 9, 1929
Creator: Stevens, F. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-571 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-571

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.
Date: May 9, 1939
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-627 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-627

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; Does the purpose clause of the Bethlehem Steel Company's permit to do business in Texas include construction of steel bridges by interpretation?
Date: May 9, 1939
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-672 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-672

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;Renewal operator's license.
Date: May 9, 1939
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-725 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-725

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: Necessity of registration under the assumed name statute.
Date: May 9, 1939
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History