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85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 799, Chapter 225
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax.
Date:
May 29, 2017
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1246, Chapter 52
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the salary of a bailiff in El Paso County.
Date:
May 22, 2017
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1751, Chapter 347
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the creation and operations of a health care provider participation program by the El Paso County Hospital District.
Date:
May 31, 2019
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Spring Clamp
Patent for an improved adjustable spring clamp design.
Date:
May 13, 1919
Creator:
Hillin, H. C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Advertising Chair
Patent for a rocking chair for displaying advertisements. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 24, 1910
Creator:
Biehl, Antonio
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Thimbles.
Patent for invention for the improvement of attachments for thimbles. "The objects of the invention are to produce a device of simple construction for cutting the thread when sewing that can be readily applied to old as well as to new thimbles; also to produce the device in such manner that the thread can be quickly and conveniently cut at any desired point in an expeditious manner " (lines 17-24). Includes specifications and illustrations.
Date:
May 1, 1900
Creator:
Brown, Archie Edwards
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Train Stop
Patent for an automatic train stop. Used to simplify the construction where fewer magnets and changeable switches are necessary. To provide an automatic train control mechanism with a normally closed circuit, the breakage or disarrangement of any part that would ensure the stopping of the train.
Date:
May 21, 1918
Creator:
Bulla, Melbern B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cigar or Cigarette Holder
Patent for improvements to cigar and cigarette holders so that the stub (butt) of the cigar/cigarette can be easily ejected, thereby decreasing the instances of choking. This also makes the mouthpiece easier to clean and therefore, more sanitary.
Date:
May 14, 1918
Creator:
McClintock, Herbert R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collar Attachment
Patent for a collar attachment to be used with fold down collars to provide a means to hold the collar closed, with illustrations.
Date:
May 1, 1917
Creator:
Allen, Joseph H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner
Patent for a crude oil burner for stoves that does not smoke when it is turned on.
Date:
May 28, 1912
Creator:
Dawson, Oliver B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Flower-Holder for Personal Wear.
Design for a flower-holder for personal wear that resembles a flower in and of itself.
Date:
May 2, 1899
Creator:
Littlehale, Cora N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Direction-Indicator.
Patent for a direction indicator that is "extremely simple, durable, efficient in operation, and inexpensive to manufacture" (lines 20-22). It is "an improved electrically operated direction indicator, in the nature of an arm pivotally mounted in a casing and operated by an electro-magnetically controlled lever [...] for indicating the directions in which the vehicle to which the device is applied, is about to move" (lines 10-17), including illustrations.
Date:
May 16, 1916
Creator:
Justus, Fred E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door Stop
Patent for a door stop. Illustration included.
Date:
May 30, 1905
Creator:
Roe, John Taylor
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drafting-Tool.
Patent for a drafting ruler that does not need to be turned end over end to be used.
Date:
May 15, 1917
Creator:
Faas, Walter
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Emergency Brake Setting Apparatus For Elevators.
Patent for an emergency brake setting apparatus for elevators. This invention is an improved emergency brake, especially for the type of elevators used in mines.
Date:
May 19, 1914
Creator:
Canion, William G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fiber-Cleaning Machine
Patent for a machine intended to remove the pulp from the fiber of tropical plants. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 19, 1908
Creator:
Vaughan, Henry Latrobe
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fiber-Separating Machine.
Patent for a new and improved fiber separating machine "in which the entire cleaning or separating of the fibers from the plant stock can be done in one operation" (lines 10-13).
Date:
May 5, 1914
Creator:
Parks, Michael Edward
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
File
Patent for a file. Illustration included.
Date:
May 9, 1905
Creator:
McClintock, Edward B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Film-Winder for Cameras.
Patent for a film-winder for cameras. This particular film-winder is designed so that the exact required amount of film is placed upon the lens of the camera.
Date:
May 22, 1917
Creator:
Mansfield, Clarence H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Fluid-Conditioning Apparatus.
Patent for an air conditioning apparatus that provides "new and improved means for moistening and cooling air," including the "collection and accumulation" of the cooling fluid (lines 10-12).
Date:
May 31, 1921
Creator:
Lindauer, William A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Foot Valve Extractor For Wells
Patent for foot valve extractor for wells. Illustration included.
Date:
May 10, 1904
Creator:
Titsworth, Richard
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fuel Economizer
Patent for a fuel economizer. Illustration included.
Date:
May 3, 1910
Creator:
Phillips, Edwin R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Furnace.
Patent for a furnace used in steel making operations to "enable...uniform heating and the dissipation of the black spots" created on some heated materials during the heating process by means of a "lifting means or moveable hearth."
Date:
May 18, 1915
Creator:
Moore, Ralph S
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History