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Journal of the Senate, Texas Legislature
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Steam, Air, or Water Engine.
Patent for simplifying the construction of steam-engines allowing them efficiently use the power of steam" gas, vapor or air in varying positions, vertical, horizontal, or inclined.
Date:
May 9, 1882
Creator:
Adams, James A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machinery For Pressing Cotton.
Patent for improvements in machinery for facilitating the pressing of cotton; and it relates particularly to mechanism in which cylinders and pistons are used, under the influence of fluid or liquid, such as steam, air, water, or gas under pressure to operate the follower-block of a bailing-press. (Lines 12-18) Illustration is included.
Date:
May 5, 1891
Creator:
Bachman, Joseph A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shutter Slat Fastener
Patent for a shutter slat fastener. Illustration included.
Date:
May 23, 1911
Creator:
Basnett, Augustus
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Power-Transmitting Means
Patent for improving power-transmitting means. The patent reduces the ratio of rotary to reciprocatory movement, with illustrations.
Date:
May 31, 1921
Creator:
Benson, Madison H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shears
Patent for shears to be used by metal workers. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 30, 1911
Creator:
Burkett, Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
CAPCOG Connections, May 2013
Monthly newsletter of the Capital Area Council of Governments discussing news , upcoming events, and other information of relevance for regional planningi n the Austin, Texas area.
Date:
May 2013
Creator:
Capital Area Council of Governments (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Laminated Tire.
Patent for a laminated tire for automobiles that is less rigid than previous tires and is easily built and repaired.
Date:
May 21, 1907
Creator:
Carhart, John Wesley
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Tire.
Patent for a vehicle tire composed of laminate fiber board and wooden spokes covered in a oil based mixture, which hardens on the outside of the tires to waterproof them.
Date:
May 31, 1910
Creator:
Carhart, John Wesley
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hat-Pin
Patent for a hat pin. This hat pin utilizes a new form of guard to house the pin to prevent injury and keep it from accidentally slipping out. It is also designed to be ornamental, compact, and can be applied to many different types of hat.
Date:
May 14, 1918
Creator:
Collier, William Reid
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Engine
Patent for improvements to be made upon steam engines, with description of parts and use and illustrations.
Date:
May 25, 1886
Creator:
Cross, David L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Side Guide for Printing and Lithographic Presses.
Patent for a new and improved side guide for printing and lithographic presses. This design consists "in a novel construction of . . . feed-guides . . . and a double guide on a single support . . . which may be adjusted a short distance or entirely across the feed board or base of a printing or other press and can be used either on the right or left hand side of the press" (lines 13-23).
Date:
May 24, 1892
Creator:
Davis, Frederick C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
File-Wrapper and Package Fastener.
Patent for securing expansible envelopes and file wrappers with a flexible cord.
Date:
May 15, 1900
Creator:
Davis, Frederick Clarke
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ditching-Machine.
Patent for a certain new, useful, and valuable improvement in ditching machines for cutting ditches.
Date:
May 3, 1898
Creator:
Dillahay, John G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil Can.
Patent for a new and improved oil can. This design "has for its object to provide a can of improved construction, whereby the liability of foreign matter in the oil will be prevented from clogging the escape-tube, and thus rendering the flow of oil impossible until the spout of the same has been freed from such obstruction" (lines 10-18).
Date:
May 6, 1884
Creator:
English, Robert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stringed Instrument
Patent for "an instrument that may be conveniently supported upon the lap of the player without any supporting-bands, that is of unique and handsome appearance, that is strong and durable, not liable to be injured by ordinary falls, in which the bridge is secure, the neck properly braced, and to give to the body such shape as will increase its resonance, while at the same time preserving the musical sweetness inherent in instruments of this class" (lines 13-22).
Date:
May 3, 1892
Creator:
Ganss, Albert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Well-Augers.
Patent for an improved well-auger, includes instruction and illustration.
Date:
May 21, 1878
Creator:
Glass, James T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire
Patent for a tire. Illustration included.
Date:
May 9, 1905
Creator:
Gordon, Mary S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Money Changer and Counter.
Patent for a new and improved money changer and counter. This design "is to provide novel means for automatically assorting coins of different denominations . . . [and] to provide a series of graded pockets for the reception and retention of different coins of different denominations, and which will receive the coin only of the denomination for which it is provided; to provide novel means for discharging a coin of a given denomination from its pocket in order to make the proper change, and which will only discharge one coin at a time to prevent too much money from being delivered" (lines 15-30).
Date:
May 10, 1887
Creator:
Greer, John William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock-Corner.
Patent for a lock corner for attaching the corners of cardboard or paper boxes.
Date:
May 31, 1910
Creator:
Hall, Edgar R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner
Patent for an oil feeder designed to burn crude oil. It features a carbon deposit chamber and a vent pipe.
Date:
May 5, 1903
Creator:
Hartung, Theodore A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Staple.
Design for a staple provided with series of barbs or spurs and intervening corrugations arranged in continuous series at the inner and outer edges of the staple.
Date:
May 30, 1899
Creator:
La Prelle, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn and Freezer
Patent for a churn that may also be used as an ice cream freezer. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 26, 1908
Creator:
Lambie, Robert Common
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Line.
Patent for a clothes line that improves on a clothes line previously granted to Lane and Kelly (No. 449,480) that improves how the wire sections connect so that the clothes can be easily attached and detached because there will be less pressure on the clamping loops.
Date:
May 9, 1893
Creator:
Lane, Fernando G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pinless Clothes-Line.
Patent for "a new and useful improvement in pinless clothes lines" (lines 10-11) that uses spring-clamping fingers that are part of the line instead of detachable pins; including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 9, 1893
Creator:
Lane, Fernando G. & Kelly, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History