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78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2937, Chapter 716
Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the office of criminal district attorney of Grayson County and to the abolition of the office of county attorney of Grayson County.
Date:
2003-05/2003-06
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap.
Patent for improvements in animal-traps that would be capable of catching two animals; to set the trap, bait is placed upon the hooked ends of the bait-hooks, the jaws are elevated and retained in a position by the link-catches, which have the lower hooked ends engaging the trigger, which has its free end engaging the eye at the inner end of the bait hooks, thus setting the trap, (lines 66-73) ready to catch animals. Illustration is included.
Date:
May 5, 1891
Creator:
Anderson, Henry Clay
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ant-Trap
Patent for an ant trap "to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient one of great strength and durability adapted to be place over an ant-hill and capable of capturing the ant in the hill as they leave the same and also of catching the outside ants as they attempt to enter the hill. (line 11-17)
Date:
May 26, 1903
Creator:
Finley, William Frederick
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ash-Pan
Patent for an ash pan for trains. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 16, 1911
Creator:
Spratley, George
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle Attachment.
Patent for "a new and improved bicycle attachment arranged to serve as a foot-rest for the feet of the rider while coasting and adapted to be lowered to support the bicycle in a vertical position when not in use and to securely lock the wheel and support together to prevent the machine from being stolen" (lines 7-14), including illustrations.
Date:
May 11, 1897
Creator:
Zintgraff, August
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brace for Bedsteads, Gates, &c.
Patent for a new and improved brace for bed frames. This design consists in "the posts having the hooks or eyes, the head-board, foot-board, and rails, also provided with hooks or eyes, the swivel, the wires, each having one end secured to one of the corner hooks or eyes, passed through the eye-bolt and screw-bolt, respectively" (lines 97-102). Said wires are further "given a half-turn on themselves, and their other ends secured to the opposite corner hooks, and the [other] wire having one end secured to one of the center hooks or eyes and woven in and out over the hooks or eyes" (lines 1-5).
Date:
May 31, 1887
Creator:
Lenix, John M. & Swann, George B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling
Patent for rail car coupling. Illustration included.
Date:
May 23, 1905
Creator:
Rowell, Charles W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Card Holder
Patent for improvements made to card holders, mostly for handbags and other cases much like luggage tags today. The patent describes and illustrates improved design and construction so they can be manufactured at an economic price.
Date:
May 19, 1914
Creator:
Grabendike, Clyde C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Checking Attachment for Planters
Patent for a checking attachment for planters that is "easily adjusted to drop seed at various distances" (lines 16-17).
Date:
May 27, 1919
Creator:
Sprowl, Wiliam L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Tool
Patent for a combination-tool which includes a putty-knife and hammer and claw. The idea is that when one tool is in use, the other portion can be closed away.
Date:
May 22, 1906
Creator:
Carlton, Thomas R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Hame Attachment.
Design patent for a hame attachment that is symmetrical in configuration making it adaptable to be used in either the right or left hand.
Date:
May 9, 1899
Creator:
Surghnor, Daniel H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draft-Equalizer
Patent for "a draft-equalizer that the draft will be equally distributed among each of the animals attached thereto, so that one may travel in the furrow, if desired, and the remainder permitted to move over the unplowed ground" (lines 22-27).
Date:
May 14, 1901
Creator:
Anderson, Samuel Cornelious
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dress - Supporter.
Patent for new and useful improvement in dress-supporters for the purpose of providing "simple and effective means for removing the weight of a dress-skirt" (lines 9-11) from the hips and shoulders of the wearer, including illustrations.
Date:
May 27, 1902
Creator:
Caruthers, Martha J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Facing-Blocks
Patent for facing blocks used as a veneer or facing with wood or metal framework. In using "uncemented tongue and groove" joints, the facing blocks allows for adjustment due to settling of the frame and features durable and efficient construction.
Date:
May 25, 1915
Creator:
Neimeyer, Frederich George
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fan for Sewing-Machines
Patent for a fan for sewing machines. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 21, 1912
Creator:
Ownby, Albert W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fish and Game Trap.
Patent for a design for improvements of fish and game traps, including illustrations.
Date:
May 31, 1892
Creator:
Bolling, Allen G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flue-Beader.
Patent for a tool that allows a boiler flue to rotate while not letting any steam out of the flue. This allows for the projecting end of the flue to turn without damaging itself and makes taking the flue apart easier for workmen.
Date:
May 4, 1897
Creator:
Hutchison, Wilson F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fumigator.
Patent for a fumigator for driving out flies or mosquitoes from rooms with kerosene gas.
Date:
May 25, 1909
Creator:
Hauck, Jacob
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grave Guard.
Patent for a new and improved grave guard. This design allows for a grave guard that receives fence posts, headstones, and water for neighboring plants, which compiles these effects from various other devices.
Date:
May 16, 1882
Creator:
Gent, Alfred
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Headlight Attachment
Patent for headlight attachments designed to display "numbers and other signals in front of locomotive headlights" (lines 10-11). Illustrations included.
Date:
May 28, 1907
Creator:
McElvaney, Charles T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Heater.
Patent for a heater adapted for use in an internal combustion engine for the purpose of assisting the vehicle to start in cold weather.
Date:
May 27, 1919
Creator:
Pirtle, Claiborne Clinton
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Heel-Attaching Means.
Patent for a new means of using screws and plates to securely attach wooden heels to women's shoes, including illustrations.
Date:
May 14, 1918
Creator:
Dickerson, Harry P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Brick-Presses.
Patent for a "new and useful improvement in brick-presses by which bricks may be quickly and cheaply pressed by hand power from clay taken direct from bank or mixer" ( Lines 1-3 )including instructions and illustration.
Date:
May 14, 1878
Creator:
Moore, Andrew A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Double-Bitted Drills.
Patent for "an easy mode of straightening wells while drilling them through rock or earth, and also for enlarging the same into a cistern when it is desired to keep on hand a large supply of water." (Lines 8-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 30, 1876
Creator:
Yarbrough, William H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History