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78th Legislature of Texas
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Texas Motor Vehicle Traffic Accident Summaries
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Summary of All Reported Accidents in Rural Areas of Texas
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Hame Fastener.
Patent for a new and improved hame fastener. This design consists, "with the bar provided with a rack and longitudinal ways, of the housing provided at each end with downwardly and inwardly projecting lugs engaging said ways, and a spring provided with a stop, the link seated in a groove on the housing provided with a finger-hold, and an offset on said link adapted to strike against a projection on the spring for limiting the movement of said link" (lines 64-73).
Date:
May 20, 1890
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Top Prop.
Patent for a new and improved top-props for carriages. This design consists "[i]n combination with an arm having perforations and slot, plate provided with arm, pin, and bolt, and arms . . . secured, respectively, to the arm and the carriage-top" (lines 76-80).
Date:
May 20, 1890
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring Wheel.
Patent for new and useful improvements in spring wheels sufficient to enable it to successfully stand up under the shocks and jars to which such wheels are ordinarily subjected, while at the same time having all the wearing qualities and resiliency of the pneumatic tire.
Date:
May 20, 1920
Creator:
Atkinson, George C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter.
Patent for "a new and valuable Improvement in Corn and Cotton Stalk Cutters" (lines 5-7). It includes a description and an illustration. The construction of this stalk cutter is "adapted to be driven across the field in the direction of the rows of corn, and the knives may be adjusted to operate on rows of different widths or at different depths, so as to leave only a small stubble in passing over the field" (lines 73-78).
Date:
May 20, 1884
Creator:
Brown, Azariah R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable WIndow Shade Bracket
Patent for an adjustable window shade.
Date:
May 20, 1913
Creator:
Brown, James R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Spurs.
Patent for improvements in spurs that permanently attaches the spur to the boot, including illustrations.
Date:
May 20, 1879
Creator:
Brown, John S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition of Matter to be Introduced into the Inner Tubes of Pneumatic Tires for Rendering the Tires Puncture-Proof.
Patent for a mixture of dextrin, asbestos, magnesia, glycerin, wood alcohol and water that is introduced into tire tubes to prevent and seal tire punctures.
Date:
May 20, 1913
Creator:
Causey, Thomas S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Eyeglasses.
Patent for eyeglasses that builds upon the inventor's previous patent, No. 654,523, and utilizes a set of nose pieces, lenses, and springs to improve upon existing eyeglasses technology.
Date:
May 20, 1902
Creator:
Critzer, Augustus B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Smoothing-Drag
Patent for improvements to a smoothing drag, a tool that smoothes the ground between rows of crops to prevent moisture loss from the soil.
Date:
May 20, 1913
Creator:
Davison, Morgan
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Feed Mixer
Patent for refinements in feed mixer technology.
Date:
May 20, 1913
Creator:
Dixon, Elbert S. & Werner, Henry E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Power.
Patent for a new and improved engine. This design "relates to a combined room-ventilator and fly-hand; and it has for its object to provide a device of this character which shall be simple in its construction and thoroughly efficient and effective in its operation. With these ends in view the invention consists in the improved construction and combination of parts" (lines 9-17).
Date:
May 20, 1884
Creator:
Ellis, James W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence.
Patent for a new and improved fence. This design "ha[s] its rails arranged diagonally to the line of fencing, consisting of the double end posts, bound together at their upper ends by means of the crown-wire . . . the intermediate single posts, the horizontal rails having their ends alternately lapping the inner and outer sides of the said single posts, the transverse blocks, interposed between the respective rails, and the top rails bound to the single posts by means of the wire loops" (lines 78-88).
Date:
May 20, 1884
Creator:
Ford, Benjamin Franklin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dental Plate
Patent for an improved dental plate design that fits better in the mouth of the user and allows for easier speaking and eating.
Date:
May 20, 1919
Creator:
Glaser, Adolph J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Worm Destroyers.
Patent for "a new machine for removing the destructive cotton-worms from the cotton-plants without injury to the plants, and for destroying the worms," which "consists in the arrangement of a movable frame, which is by animals drawn over the fields to straddle the rows of cotton, and which is provided with brushes for sweeping the worms from the plants, and with jointed bottom pieces or slides, which crush them on the ground." (Lines 15-25) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 20, 1873
Creator:
Helm, Jackson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Suspension-Bridge
Patent for improvements in suspension bridges "to increase the strength of the same and reduce the n-umber of parts and simplify the general construction of the same" (lines 10-12).
Date:
May 20, 1890
Creator:
Hill, James Oliver
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Windmills
Patent for the improvement of wind mills, that includes a detailed description as well as labeled figure drawings.
Date:
May 20, 1873
Creator:
Jackson, Thomas R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Jack-Screws and Clamps Combined.
Patent for an invention "to combine a jack-screw or lifting-jack with a clamp, so that they may be interchangeably used." (Lines 19-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 20, 1873
Creator:
Jackson, Thomas R.; Jackson, Asberry C. & Watson, Claudius S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Rim.
Patent for new and useful improvements related to demountable rims that are collapsible. This improvement facilitates the removal of a tire in an easier and expeditious manner.
Date:
May 20, 1919
Creator:
King, Willis C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Store Furniture.
Patent for a ribbon or tape cabinet with rotating stand which allows access to all compartments through a single cabinet opening.
Date:
May 20, 1913
Creator:
Koniakowsky, Louis F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Funnel
Patent for a funnel designed to fill various containers.
Date:
May 20, 1913
Creator:
Kott, Arthur O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Subsoil Irrigating Implement
Patent for a farming irrigation cart which places the water beneath the soil using a plow.
Date:
May 20, 1913
Creator:
La Rue, Joseph A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanism for Signaling Track Conditions
Patent for a mechanism that would be placed on a bridge or trestle trains pass over that automatically indicates dangerous track conditions.
Date:
May 20, 1913
Creator:
Matsler, James M. & Matsler, Benjamin T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe - Grab.
Patent for new and useful improvements in pipe-graps for the purpose of "raising and lowering pipe and tools used in drilling oil-wells" (line 8-10), including illustrations.
Date:
May 20, 1902
Creator:
Matula, Valentine
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Car-Step
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Folding Car-Steps" (lines 5-6) to facilitate easier passenger boarding of rail cars, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 20, 1913
Creator:
Mayhew, Edwin B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History