82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1409, Chapter 45 (open access)

82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1409, Chapter 45

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the designation of a segment of State Highway 243 in Van Zandt County as the Veterans Memorial Parkway.
Date: May 12, 2011
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boiler Attachment. (open access)

Boiler Attachment.

Patent for a boiler attachment to regulate the boiler feed pump.
Date: May 31, 1910
Creator: Morris, Gid M. & Watkins, J. H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Building Construction (open access)

Building Construction

Patent for metal beams used in building construction that have perforated plates to allow the passage of concrete through the plate when the metal piece is embedded in concrete thus strengthening the attachment of the metal and the concrete.
Date: May 14, 1907
Creator: Keyser, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper, Scraper, and Cultivator (open access)

Cotton Chopper, Scraper, and Cultivator

Patent for improvements so that the "choppers may be raised, in order to leave standing such of the growth of the cotton as is necessary, or while turning corners; third, in means hereinafter to be described, by which the depth at which the scrapers and choppers run into the ground maybe adjusted" (lines 16-22).
Date: May 6, 1890
Creator: Ellis, David P,
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evaporating-Pan. (open access)

Evaporating-Pan.

Patent for a evaporating pan for use in making syrup from green juices that helps strain impurities out of the juice and boil it down by having a variety of compartments that the juice flows through throughout the pan.
Date: May 14, 1907
Creator: Chamblee, Wilson G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Head and Face Protector. (open access)

Head and Face Protector.

Patent for a wearable protective hood for the head and face to protect against weather.
Date: May 13, 1913
Creator: Mincher, Jerry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Slot Angle Bar (open access)

Slot Angle Bar

Patent for a new slot angle bar design.
Date: May 13, 1919
Creator: Rice, E. B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tool for Building Wire Fences. (open access)

Tool for Building Wire Fences.

Patent for a simple and effective tool used for building wire fences that is "a nail holding and driving device, a measuring attachment, and a wire cutter" (lines 12-14).
Date: May 15, 1894
Creator: Highsmith, Lewis C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History