TELEMASP Bulletin, Volume 5, Number 2, May 1998 (open access)

TELEMASP Bulletin, Volume 5, Number 2, May 1998

Monthly bulletin issued to address topics related to law enforcement. This issue discusses "Merging Community-Oriented and Crime-Specific Policing Part Three of Seven" including topics such as targeted enforcement and different programs' descriptions and their effects.
Date: May 1998
Creator: Carter, David
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buttonless Neckband. (open access)

Buttonless Neckband.

Patent for a buttonless neckband eliminates collar buttons "which would have a tendency to discolor the neck of the wearer" (lines 21-22).
Date: May 21, 1918
Creator: Narmore, Missouri A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carbon-Brush Holder (open access)

Carbon-Brush Holder

Patent for a carbon-brush holder that provides the user with novel means of holding a carbon brush. Through this device, users can more efficiently transmit an electric current from the brush to motors, dynamos, or commutators.
Date: May 28, 1918
Creator: Knight, James H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Battery-Plate and Terminal Connection (open access)

Battery-Plate and Terminal Connection

Patent for improvements on a battery plate and terminal connections. Plate lugs and the terminal for the battery are a solid piece to fit more battery sizes and prevent the lugs from breaking off.
Date: May 4, 1920
Creator: Hawkins, Alda F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Battery Terminal Fastening (open access)

Battery Terminal Fastening

Patent for fastening "the rubber caps or tops on the cells of storage batteries in various ways." (Lines 12-14.)
Date: May 5, 1920
Creator: Hawkins, Alda F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe of Concrete and the Like (open access)

Pipe of Concrete and the Like

Patent for bell and spigot concrete pipes with a slip joint. This eliminates the potential for wear of the slipping joints, thus mimicking a metal pipe.
Date: May 29, 1920
Creator: Trammell, Jefferson D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sleeve Extractor (open access)

Sleeve Extractor

Patent for sleeve-extractor with improvements, including illustrations.
Date: May 14, 1918
Creator: Carpenter, George L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Replanter. (open access)

Replanter.

Patent for Replanter. "This invention relates to replanters and it has for its object to produce a simple and improved device capable of being readily attached to and used in combination with an ordinary cultivator for the purpose of planting seeds where the seeds previously planted have failed to sprout as will appear at the time when the plants are first cultivated." (line 2)
Date: May 7, 1918
Creator: Cantrell, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Head for Hammers and Other Tools. (open access)

Head for Hammers and Other Tools.

Patent for heads for hammers, hatchets, axes, and other similar tools that prevents the handles from becoming loose in the heads, and that can also tighten the handles in the heads. Includes illustration.
Date: May 28, 1918
Creator: Mosley, Noah S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Covertible Stock and Freight Car. (open access)

Covertible Stock and Freight Car.

Patent for an improved process of constructing convertible stock and freight train cars, including illustrations.
Date: May 4, 1920
Creator: Wyatt, Everett
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flytrap. (open access)

Flytrap.

Patent for a "new and improved fly trap arranged to insure [sic] a proper transfer of the flies or other insects" in such a way that the trap bait is preserved for repeated use (lines 14-16).
Date: May 31, 1921
Creator: Wallace, William Simpson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cold Process of Repairing Radiators of Internal-Combustion Engines. (open access)

Cold Process of Repairing Radiators of Internal-Combustion Engines.

Patent for repairing breaks in radiator pipes caused by freezing, by which can be repaired quickly and efficiently at a low cost.
Date: May 18, 1920
Creator: Henderson, Thomas E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2324, Chapter 100 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2324, Chapter 100

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the continuation of a health care provider participation program by the Tarrant County Hospital District.
Date: May 21, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reach Magazine, Volume 4, Number 1, Summer/Fall 2017 (open access)

Reach Magazine, Volume 4, Number 1, Summer/Fall 2017

Semi-annual magazine of Tarrant County Community College describing programs on campus and in the community, faculty research, and alumni accomplishments.
Date: May 2017
Creator: Tarrant County Community College
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brace for Furniture. (open access)

Brace for Furniture.

Patent for an improved furniture brace that uses wire "for connecting parts of beds, tables and chairs for the purpose of strengthening [...] in which the tightening means lies substantially in the plane of the tightening wires so that there is no twisting action on the tightening means" (lines 11-20), including illustrations.
Date: May 2, 1916
Creator: Wittliff, Theodore H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Manufacturing Carbureted Gas (open access)

Apparatus for Manufacturing Carbureted Gas

Patent for an apparatus that manufactures gas for illuminating and heat generating purposes, including instructions.
Date: May 15, 1911
Creator: Watkins, William J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fuse Plug (open access)

Automatic Fuse Plug

Patent for "improvements in automatic fuse plugs" (lines 12-12). These are "adapted to be successively engaged by a swinging contact arm" (lines 16-17).
Date: May 19, 1914
Creator: Bowman, Levi M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Beveled-Rule-Molding Device (open access)

Beveled-Rule-Molding Device

Patent for improvements in matrices and devices which are similar to matrices that are used in linotype and intertype or line casting machines. These devices consist of a rule molding mechanism with a bar having the general contour of a matrix. A channel exists in one side with under cut edges. These objects can be operated by matrix molding devices for forming rules for printing purposes.
Date: May 12, 1914
Creator: Markwell, Andrew E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Carbureters. (open access)

Attachment for Carbureters.

Patent for improvement in attachments for carbureters that uses a hydro-carbon engine to induce a vertical whirl.
Date: May 2, 1916
Creator: Loose, Robert D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Milking Pail and Stool. (open access)

Combined Milking Pail and Stool.

Patent for a new milk pail and stool combination that can be wall-mounted for support.
Date: May 5, 1914
Creator: Rollins, George L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive Driving-Box. (open access)

Locomotive Driving-Box.

Patent for an invention relating to detachable flanges found in locomotive driving boxes. Benefits and objectives are explained and illustrations are included.
Date: May 29, 1917
Creator: Hazelwood, William A. & Whiteside, J. Aldo
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Purifying Flour During The Manufacture Thereof (open access)

Process of Purifying Flour During The Manufacture Thereof

Patent for a mechanism related to the purifying of flour during manufacturing.
Date: September 21, 1915
Creator: Smith, George Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fish-Cord Shoe (open access)

Fish-Cord Shoe

Patent for a water shoe which is made of a woven mesh-work portion made of braided threads of rectangular cross section.
Date: May 29, 1917
Creator: Tynes, Lucius M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Food-Mixer. (open access)

Food-Mixer.

Patent for a food-mixer for stock feed composed of various chutes and parts for the mixing of large quantities of food stuffs, including specifications and illustrations.
Date: May 5, 1914
Creator: Egan, Mathew M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History