86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2324, Chapter 100 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2324, Chapter 100

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the continuation of a health care provider participation program by the Tarrant County Hospital District.
Date: May 21, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reach Magazine, Volume 4, Number 1, Summer/Fall 2017 (open access)

Reach Magazine, Volume 4, Number 1, Summer/Fall 2017

Semi-annual magazine of Tarrant County Community College describing programs on campus and in the community, faculty research, and alumni accomplishments.
Date: May 2017
Creator: Tarrant County Community College
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cottonwood Creek and Fish Creek Watersheds Flood Protection Plan (open access)

Cottonwood Creek and Fish Creek Watersheds Flood Protection Plan

Report on a flood protection plan for the Cottonwood Creek and Fish Creek Watersheds in the City of Arlington, Texas.
Date: May 31, 2012
Creator: Espey Consultants, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 116 (open access)

82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 116

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate in memory of the Reverend Clinton Roderick Dobson of Arlington.
Date: May 21, 2011
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 321, Chapter 75 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 321, Chapter 75

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the jurisdiction of the 396th District Court.
Date: May 17, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flytrap. (open access)

Flytrap.

Patent for a "new and improved fly trap arranged to insure [sic] a proper transfer of the flies or other insects" in such a way that the trap bait is preserved for repeated use (lines 14-16).
Date: May 31, 1921
Creator: Wallace, William Simpson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe of Concrete and the Like (open access)

Pipe of Concrete and the Like

Patent for bell and spigot concrete pipes with a slip joint. This eliminates the potential for wear of the slipping joints, thus mimicking a metal pipe.
Date: May 29, 1920
Creator: Trammell, Jefferson D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cold Process of Repairing Radiators of Internal-Combustion Engines. (open access)

Cold Process of Repairing Radiators of Internal-Combustion Engines.

Patent for repairing breaks in radiator pipes caused by freezing, by which can be repaired quickly and efficiently at a low cost.
Date: May 18, 1920
Creator: Henderson, Thomas E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Battery Terminal Fastening (open access)

Battery Terminal Fastening

Patent for fastening "the rubber caps or tops on the cells of storage batteries in various ways." (Lines 12-14.)
Date: May 5, 1920
Creator: Hawkins, Alda F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Battery-Plate and Terminal Connection (open access)

Battery-Plate and Terminal Connection

Patent for improvements on a battery plate and terminal connections. Plate lugs and the terminal for the battery are a solid piece to fit more battery sizes and prevent the lugs from breaking off.
Date: May 4, 1920
Creator: Hawkins, Alda F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Covertible Stock and Freight Car. (open access)

Covertible Stock and Freight Car.

Patent for an improved process of constructing convertible stock and freight train cars, including illustrations.
Date: May 4, 1920
Creator: Wyatt, Everett
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carbon-Brush Holder (open access)

Carbon-Brush Holder

Patent for a carbon-brush holder that provides the user with novel means of holding a carbon brush. Through this device, users can more efficiently transmit an electric current from the brush to motors, dynamos, or commutators.
Date: May 28, 1918
Creator: Knight, James H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Head for Hammers and Other Tools. (open access)

Head for Hammers and Other Tools.

Patent for heads for hammers, hatchets, axes, and other similar tools that prevents the handles from becoming loose in the heads, and that can also tighten the handles in the heads. Includes illustration.
Date: May 28, 1918
Creator: Mosley, Noah S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buttonless Neckband. (open access)

Buttonless Neckband.

Patent for a buttonless neckband eliminates collar buttons "which would have a tendency to discolor the neck of the wearer" (lines 21-22).
Date: May 21, 1918
Creator: Narmore, Missouri A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sleeve Extractor (open access)

Sleeve Extractor

Patent for sleeve-extractor with improvements, including illustrations.
Date: May 14, 1918
Creator: Carpenter, George L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Replanter. (open access)

Replanter.

Patent for Replanter. "This invention relates to replanters and it has for its object to produce a simple and improved device capable of being readily attached to and used in combination with an ordinary cultivator for the purpose of planting seeds where the seeds previously planted have failed to sprout as will appear at the time when the plants are first cultivated." (line 2)
Date: May 7, 1918
Creator: Cantrell, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fish-Cord Shoe (open access)

Fish-Cord Shoe

Patent for a water shoe which is made of a woven mesh-work portion made of braided threads of rectangular cross section.
Date: May 29, 1917
Creator: Tynes, Lucius M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive Driving-Box. (open access)

Locomotive Driving-Box.

Patent for an invention relating to detachable flanges found in locomotive driving boxes. Benefits and objectives are explained and illustrations are included.
Date: May 29, 1917
Creator: Hazelwood, William A. & Whiteside, J. Aldo
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Matrix Molding Device (open access)

Matrix Molding Device

Patent for invention relating to the matrix molding device that is used in linotype or intertype or linecasting machines for molding printers' slugs. This invention is to provide devices by which type high printing slugs can be molded with printing surfaces of various designs.
Date: May 15, 1917
Creator: Markwell, Andrew E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Matrix Molding Device (open access)

Matrix Molding Device

Patent for matrix molding devices can be use in linotype or intertype or line casting machines for molding printers' slugs.
Date: May 15, 1917
Creator: Markwell, Andrew E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pin-Holder (open access)

Pin-Holder

Patent for mechanism that will encase and dispense pins. It holds a roll of pins and its paper and guides "the removal of pins without manipulation of any apparatus, and without requiring mechanism for checking the pins individually" (lines 20-23).
Date: May 23, 1916
Creator: Bowman, Levi M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crutch. (open access)

Crutch.

Patent for crutches with adjustable pneumatic cushioned arm rests, adjustable length, absorbent hand grip, and a detachable vertical leg rest.
Date: May 16, 1916
Creator: Gregson, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Carbureters. (open access)

Attachment for Carbureters.

Patent for improvement in attachments for carbureters that uses a hydro-carbon engine to induce a vertical whirl.
Date: May 2, 1916
Creator: Loose, Robert D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brace for Furniture. (open access)

Brace for Furniture.

Patent for an improved furniture brace that uses wire "for connecting parts of beds, tables and chairs for the purpose of strengthening [...] in which the tightening means lies substantially in the plane of the tightening wires so that there is no twisting action on the tightening means" (lines 11-20), including illustrations.
Date: May 2, 1916
Creator: Wittliff, Theodore H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History