79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 235, Chapter 10 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 235, Chapter 10

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the qualifications of bailiffs and grand jury bailiffs for certain courts.
Date: May 3, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Axle-Box. (open access)

Axle-Box.

Patent for an axle-box for vehicle wheels that "contains a lubricant-receiving recess from which the lubricant is automatically fed to the spindle of the axle as necessity may occasion" (lines 10-13).
Date: May 8, 1894
Creator: Casto, Tony Lo
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Back-Pad. (open access)

Back-Pad.

Patent for an inexpensive and simple concave back-pad meant to be used between the horse and the saddle. The design of the invention makes saddles stay in place.
Date: May 14, 1895
Creator: Powell, John S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Balance-Staff for Watches. (open access)

Balance-Staff for Watches.

Patent for improvements in balance-staffs for watches by “strengthen and increase the durability of the pivots or journals of the staff while reducing the friction to a minimum” (lines 16-19), included illustration.
Date: May 5, 1891
Creator: Cooper, Jonathan H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Broom-Rack. (open access)

Broom-Rack.

Patent for a new and useful broom rack, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 31, 1898
Creator: Smith, Walter I.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft-Beam for Cars. (open access)

Draft-Beam for Cars.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in draft beams for cars, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 24, 1898
Creator: Saling, Thomas W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Excavator. (open access)

Excavator.

Patent for an excavator that quickly and without much effort shifts dirt and "can be readily and easily employed for such purposes as building embankments or levees or for excavating extensive or large areas" (lines 19-22).
Date: May 8, 1894
Creator: Oie, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate Latch. (open access)

Gate Latch.

Patent for a new and improved gate latch. This design "will automatically lock the gate or door when swung closed and which will firmly hold the same, which can be readily opened by hand or otherwise" (lines 17-20). It consists in "[t]he latch consisting of the case, the two triangular catches, the transverse pivots therefor in the lower outer corners of the case, the rigid stops at the lower outer corners of the case to prevent outward swing of said catches, the inwardly and laterally extending arms at the upper inner end of said catches, and the horizontal lifting-bar normally resting on said pivots" (lines 24-32).
Date: May 24, 1892
Creator: Haggar, Morys
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Doors for Railroad-Cars. (open access)

Grain-Doors for Railroad-Cars.

Patent for the grain doors that will improve better access through the use of double doors.
Date: May 7, 1912
Creator: Loe, James T. W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hoe. (open access)

Hoe.

Patent for a new and improved garden hoe used for weeding purposes. The improvement is related to, "...the handle of the implement being hollow" (lines 11-12) and able to receive a quantity of seed, and a mechanism that controls the delivery of seed to the hoe.
Date: May 6, 1913
Creator: Etheridge, John B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Baling Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Baling Presses.

Patent for improvements to "the construction and combination of the levers, rack-bars, and pawls with each other, and with the follower and baling-box" (lines 15-17).
Date: May 10, 1870
Creator: Stroud, Bryant F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Grinding-Mills (open access)

Improvement in Grinding-Mills

Patent for an improvement in grinding-mills, combining the operative mechanism with spindles - in which the both the grinding stones obtain relative surface speeds only half the actual speed of the stones.
Date: May 9, 1871
Creator: Hensley, Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows. (open access)

Improvement in Plows.

Patent for "plow mold-boards to which the black land of Texas, and other similar soils, will not adhere, so that a furrow can be turned, however sticky and waxy the soil may be." (lines 14-18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 18, 1875
Creator: Bell, Francis R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Revolving Conical Mold-Boards (open access)

Improvement in Revolving Conical Mold-Boards

Patent for improvements and new design for a Revolving Conical Mold-Board Plow.
Date: May 22, 1877
Creator: Dryer, Charles Valentine
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sinking Pneumatic Piles or Caissons. (open access)

Improvement in Sinking Pneumatic Piles or Caissons.

Patent for certain improvements in sinking and securing of pneumatic piles or caissons, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 13, 1873
Creator: Sickels, Frederick E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Peanut Picker and Pea Huller. (open access)

Peanut Picker and Pea Huller.

Patent for a new and improved Peanut Picker and Pea Huller, which picks peanuts from the vines and removes them without damaging the peanuts through beating or flailing. The invention also operates at a minimum amount of power while discharging the peanuts or peas free of dust.
Date: May 13, 1913
Creator: Berry, William C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piano Action (open access)

Piano Action

Patent for piano actions. This invention provides a connection between the bridle strap and the hammer butt of a piano action. Illustration included.
Date: May 21, 1907
Creator: Deutsch, John H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Protector for Stay-Bolts. (open access)

Protector for Stay-Bolts.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in protectors for stay bolts, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 24, 1898
Creator: Coins, Francis. J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Temporary Binder (open access)

Temporary Binder

Patent for a temporary binder.
Date: May 12, 1903
Creator: Buford, Paschal
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Truck. (open access)

Truck.

Patent for a strong but light steel framed truck with a beamless braking system that is affordable and easy to repair.
Date: May 7, 1907
Creator: McKiel, James B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History