Shingling Bracket. (open access)

Shingling Bracket.

Patent for a new and improved shingling-bracket. This design consists "[i]n a shingling-bracket, the combination of the frame having the beveled upper ends provided with the studs and the prongs at its lower ends, the frame having the prongs, the serrations or notches to receive the upper ends of the frame, the recesses in said notches for the studs, and the links connecting the frames . . . whereby the latter may be adjusted to any desired angle or folded together" (lines 78-87).
Date: May 4, 1886
Creator: Specht, Frank
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Detachable Neck Yoke (open access)

Detachable Neck Yoke

Patent for a detachable neck yoke. Illustrations included.
Date: May 10, 1910
Creator: Barry, John, Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Refuse-Crematory. (open access)

Refuse-Crematory.

Patent for an improvement to "crematories or furnaces for burning garbage and other matter" (lines 11-12) that has a combined furnace and garbage chamber with walls of fire-brick or tile.
Date: May 14, 1901
Creator: Risley, Ward
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 409, Chapter 54 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 409, Chapter 54

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 1810 in Jack County as the Luther G. Prunty Memorial Highway.
Date: May 22, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fruit Cutting Implement. (open access)

Fruit Cutting Implement.

Patent for a fruit cutting implement with increased safety measures to help users avoid "the usual and dangerous practice of cutting the lemons with a knife" (lines 23 - 24), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 13, 1918
Creator: Davis, Mack H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History