Cotton Cleaner and Feeder (open access)

Cotton Cleaner and Feeder

Patent for improvements to cotton cleaners and feeders, including illustrations
Date: June 19, 1900
Creator: Seifert, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4039, Chapter 955 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4039, Chapter 955

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the appointment of magistrates in McLennan County.
Date: June 15, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4040, Chapter 956 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4040, Chapter 956

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the composition of the McLennan County Juvenile Board.
Date: June 15, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1976, Chapter 583 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1976, Chapter 583

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the composition of the McLennan County Juvenile Board.
Date: June 15, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1985, Chapter 1345 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1985, Chapter 1345

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the creation of the McLennan County Groundwater Conservation District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
Date: June 15, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-460 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-460

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: The authority of the Texas National Guard Armory Board to sell property located at Waco and Houston, Texas.
Date: June 23, 1958
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Life-Boat. (open access)

Life-Boat.

Patent for a life-boat that improves on a previous patent (No. 512,591) for a hydraulic propelling device and adapts the jet propulsion means to a life boat. The life-boat is made to have compartments that, when one compartment gets crushed, the others remain afloat. The water goes into the stove or crushed compartment and can be used to propel the boat forward. The boat also has a system of bulkheads on the roof of the boat, each independent of the others and has valved pipes. Independent oil-holding tanks connected with valved pipes to the hydraulic main pipes, and with valved pipes going outside the boat so they can be emptied in case of emergency.
Date: June 2, 1896
Creator: Walker, James C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3829, Chapter 1193 (open access)

82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3829, Chapter 1193

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to gifts and donations to the McLennan County Juvenile Board.
Date: June 17, 2011
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
La Vega Independent School District, June 2010 (open access)

La Vega Independent School District, June 2010

This report reviews the management and performance of La Vega Independent School District's (LVISD) educational, financial, and operational functions.
Date: June 25, 2010
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Central Texas, June 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Central Texas, June 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Central Texas area.
Date: June 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Kettle-Furnace. (open access)

Kettle-Furnace.

Patent for a kettle furnace of simple construction; a kettle furnace comprising a sheet metal member having bolt openings disposed in pairs near the vertical edge.
Date: June 1, 1920
Creator: Sanders, Oscar Perdue
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Cultivators. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Cultivators.

Patent for "new and useful Improvement in Cotton-Cultivator," (lines 4-5) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 16, 1874
Creator: Burnham, Theodore C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Liquid-Fuel Burner (open access)

Liquid-Fuel Burner

Patent for an adaptation of burners to use semi-viscous liquids "such as, crude oil, coal or gas tar, and the like" (pg 1, 7-8).
Date: June 3, 1913
Creator: Hannah, Robert L. & Hannah, Homer R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Incubator. (open access)

Incubator.

Patent for an incubator that automatically maintains at least a minimum temperature, with the option to set and maintain a higher temperature, with adjustment of temperature from outside the incubator. The incubator uses electric heat.
Date: June 30, 1914
Creator: Hays, Ernest C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Knee Pad (open access)

Knee Pad

Patent for a knee protector design "which when worn will not inconvenience the wearer when standing or walking" (lines 10-12). Illustrations are included.
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Ashton, Epps
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Leg-Protector. (open access)

Leg-Protector.

Patent for leg-protectors or overalls for cotton-pickers to wear to protect them from the ground. Waterproof material covers the legs of the wearer with leather reinforcement outside the knees. There is spacing around the waste for a belt, and regular fabric forms the rest of the overalls.
Date: June 23, 1896
Creator: Herbelin, Alfred
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Spring. (open access)

Vehicle-Spring.

Patent for a vehicle spring with telescoping casings.
Date: June 7, 1910
Creator: Pochyla, Adolph Arnold & King, Henry Allen
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Liquid-Fuel Burner. (open access)

Liquid-Fuel Burner.

Patent for a liquid fuel burner that mixes air with the fuel.
Date: June 13, 1911
Creator: Hannah, Robert L. & Hannah, Homer R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Velocipedes (open access)

Improvements in Velocipedes

Patent for improvements to a single-wheel velocipede.
Date: June 20, 1869
Creator: Dillaha, J. G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Adjustable Saddle-Trees. (open access)

Improvement in Adjustable Saddle-Trees.

Patent for "improvements in saddle-trees; and the invention consists in constructing the forward ends of the trees with the hinged connection between its sides, to allow lateral adjustment of the sides to and from each other..." (lines 10-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 16, 1874
Creator: Heaton, George & Eckley, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Storage-Condenser and Lint-Cotton Conveyer. (open access)

Storage-Condenser and Lint-Cotton Conveyer.

Patent for an improvement on a previous patent application (Serial No. 552,724), of which Patterson was an assignee. The improved and simply designed machine has a variety of assets, the main goal being to produce bats of uniformly thick and clean cotton.
Date: June 9, 1896
Creator: Patterson, Warren A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Storage-Condenser and Lint-Cotton Conveyer. (open access)

Storage-Condenser and Lint-Cotton Conveyer.

Patent for a storage-condenser and lint-cotton conveyer based off two previous patents, one that the inventor was assignee of, Serial No. 552,724, the other one that the inventor submitted an application for, Serial No. 563,386. This patent simplifies the above patents and is meant to efficiently cleans the cotton, "to avoid the employment of the rotary foraminous drums or cylinders" (lines 29-30), to draw out the dirt with the air, and to regulate the amount of cotton that is supplied to the cotton compress.
Date: June 16, 1896
Creator: Patterson, Warren A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mold. (open access)

Mold.

Patent for mold, which will be used for mold boards and holding devices.
Date: June 18, 1912
Creator: Dunagin, Marion
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Medicating and Massaging Appliance (open access)

Medicating and Massaging Appliance

Patent for a medicating and massaging appliance. This invention is intended for use in application with the eyes, ears, etc. Illustration included.
Date: June 2, 1908
Creator: Robison, Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History