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Automatic Vehicle - Brake.
Patent for a new and improved automatic vehicle brake.
Date:
May 10, 1898
Creator:
Elliott, Joseph Samuel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compressing-Machine.
Patent for a compressing machine for pressing plastic, cotton, and cotton seeds.
Date:
May 2, 1911
Creator:
Baade, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Solidifying Cotton-Batting Preparatory for Pressing and Baling
Patent for an apparatus for forming cotton batting into dense rolls to prepare them for bailing and pressing. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 7, 1912
Creator:
Banister, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coat-Adjuster.
Patent for a machine that holds a coat for a person and puts it on that person, thus avoiding the need to personally put on a coat. Pivoted arms hold on to the coat and clamps are connected to the arms which hold on to the coat.
Date:
May 11, 1897
Creator:
Spoon, William L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Railroad Cross Tie.
Patent for a new and improved railroad-ties. This design "pertains to certain new and useful improvements in railroad-ties, having for its object the production of a metallic tie extremely simple in construction, and by means of which a rail can be readily removed or secured in place and a firm elastic bearing is secured for said rail" (lines 14-20).
Date:
May 21, 1889
Creator:
Bagby, William Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Box for Matches, &c.
Patent for a new and improved matchbox. This design "relates to boxes or cases of the class having folding securing flaps or covers . . . To this end [the] invention comprises . . . a box or case open at one extremity for insertion and removal of its contents, and provided with a slot or opening extending from its open extremity to or nearly to its opposite extremity to permit access to and removal of its contents, and having a folding flap or cover adapted to close its openings and be detachably secured so as to effectually confine and protect the contents of the box" (lines 8-27).
Date:
May 21, 1889
Creator:
Marshall, John F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pounder.
Patent for a new and improved clothes pounder. This design "consist[s] of an outer cone with openings and socket near its upper end, a plurality of smaller cones with open bottoms within the outer cone and having their upper ends secured to the bottom of the said socket of the larger cone, and a conical guard around the upper end of the outer cone and extended below said openings independent of the outer cone and terminating in a vertical depending flange at a distance from the said outer cone" (lines 77-87).
Date:
May 3, 1892
Creator:
Davis, Jordan G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Waco Independent School District, May 2012
This document "reviews the management and performance of Waco Independent School District's (Waco ISD) educational, financial, and operational functions."
Date:
May 2012
Creator:
Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2615, Chapter 317
Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 84 in McLennan County as the Waco Police Sgt. Bobby Vicha Memorial Highway.
Date:
May 31, 2019
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hair Clipper.
Patent for hair clippers that simplifies construction, reduces vibration, and improves efficiency.
Date:
May 16, 1922
Creator:
Monroe, Collier
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knee Pad and Protector.
Patent for a new and improved knee pad. This design consists in "the combination of a body or main portion, padding contained therein, a re-enforcing piece secured to the said main portion, and a spring interposed and bearing between said main portion and re-enforcing piece . . . [a] cap-piece for knee-protectors slitted from its opposite edges . . . forming flaps, combined with connections for securing said flaps to the body of the cap-piece" (lines 72-81).
Date:
May 17, 1887
Creator:
Ridgill, Angus G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement of Cotton Cleaners and Condensers
Patent for changes in the parts of cotton cleaner and condenser machinery, includes illustrations. The changes in machinery seek to eliminate impurities in the cotton while also compacting the cotton into a sheet.
Date:
May 1, 1877
Creator:
Greaves, James
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Truck.
Patent for an improvement in trucks adapted for railroad use including handling baggage and freight and allowing the supporting wheels to be arranged with respect to the body of the truck so they can be moved longitudinally.
Date:
May 25, 1920
Creator:
Hall, James T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Fabric
Patent for an improvement on wire fabrics for multiple usages. Designed to be used without external fasteners, which in turn increase the durability of the wire.
Date:
May 24, 1920
Creator:
Baker, William E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Machine
Patent for a well-drilling machine that is simple, compact and effective with general improvements over other models.
Date:
May 15, 1906
Creator:
McAfee, Claude M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water Distributing Apparatus
Patent for a water distributing apparatus. This inventions' design is for hot and cold water and used primarily in connection with heating or cooking stoves so as to utilize the heat furnished there in. Illustration included.
Date:
May 21, 1907
Creator:
Sanders, Henry M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Watch Case Pendant.
Patent for a new and improved watch-case pendant. This design "is to improve the construction of the bow and crown-holder of stem-winding watches, so that they will be prevented from working loose. Furthermore, to produce a bow and crown-holder which may readily be attached to watches having the ordinary holder thereon, and, finally, to produce a stem which shall be simple of construction, and which may be attached to a watch with but a slight expense" (lines 15-24).
Date:
May 21, 1889
Creator:
Rohrer, Edmond Charles & Joseph, Isidora
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Cleaners
Patent for a device that enhances the performance of cotton-cleaner machinery.
Date:
May 1, 1877
Creator:
Greaves, James
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stock-Crate.
Patent for "an improved crate for catching, loading and handling hogs and the like stock" (lines 14-16)
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Winans, Myron L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Baling Cotton.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in processes of baling cotton.
Date:
May 3, 1898
Creator:
Bessonette, Charles L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Propulsion Means.
Patent for a new and improved pneumatic propulsion means, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 2, 1899
Creator:
Walker, James C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Press for Cotton, Wool, Hay, &c.
Patent for "a press which will compress the cotton or other material into bales of hexagon, cylindrical, or other shapes, the shape of the bale corresponding with the shape of the bale-receptacle used" (lines 11-15).
Date:
May 7, 1901
Creator:
King, John Morris
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sulky Plow and Cotton Scraper.
Patent for a new and improved sulky plow and cotton scraper. This design "relates to an improvement in sulky-plows, its object being to render the plow right or left hand for operation, to adjust the angle of presentation of the plow with relation to the line of draft, and to adapt the plow as a cotton-scraper; and it consists of the combination and arrangement of parts" (lines 14-20).
Date:
May 16, 1882
Creator:
Baucum, Samuel C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tablet-Holder.
Patent for "tablet-holders for stenographers, clerks, copyists, &c.; and has for its object to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient device for supporting a tablet while taking notes or while copying therefrom; and to provide improved means for securing the tablet to the supporting plate or board of the holder." (Lines 8-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 7, 1895
Creator:
Stuart, Benjamin F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History