Back-Band Hook (open access)

Back-Band Hook

Patent for "a simple and inexpensive construction of hook which is capable of ready and convenient adjustment and with which different articles of cloth, such as may be on hand, may be used as a back-band, and also so formed as to prevent cutting or tearing of the back-band with which it is used and to be quickly and positively clamped in position on the band" (lines 13-21).
Date: June 25, 1901
Creator: Pool, Robert C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Airship (open access)

Airship

Patent for an airship that is equipped with gas bags to control the ascent and descent of the airship and make it float in case of landing in the water.
Date: June 11, 1912
Creator: Bradshaw, John F. W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fruit Picker. (open access)

Fruit Picker.

Patent for a new and improved fruit picker. This design "is to provide a picker that may be adjusted in length to suit trees of different heights. A further object is to provide a picker with a fruit-receptacle, which is constructed of wire gauze or netting to adapt the same to be introduced readily between branches that are close together; and a further object is to provide a picker which is simple in construction, and can be cheaply made and not liable to get out of order" (lines 16-26).
Date: June 18, 1889
Creator: Harpst, Edgar S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Axle Box. (open access)

Car Axle Box.

Patent for a new and improved car-axle box. This design consists "[i]n an axle-box, the combination, with the box having the wedge-shaped projections and slots, of the cover having pins and wedge-shaped recesses formed between said pins and the top of the lid, whereby the gravity of the cover will wedge it to the box when the pins are without a bearing" (lines 52-58).
Date: June 9, 1885
Creator: Scott, James O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale Tie. (open access)

Bale Tie.

Patent for a new and improved bale tie. This design consists in "[t]he buckle, having the side re-entering angles, the bars, and the slot the edges at the apices of the re-entering angles being expanded . . . with strengthening-fins formed therein" (lines 65-70). This novel construction and combination of parts allows for "the provision of a tie-buckle that can readily be applied without extraneous fastening devices either with the tie or the buckle itself, and one which can be repeatedly used, and one which can be manufactured at a minimum expense and with the least possible waste of material" (lines 10-16).
Date: June 7, 1887
Creator: Copeland, Eliza A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picker's Shade. (open access)

Cotton Picker's Shade.

Patent for a new and improved cotton picker's shade. This design "consists of a portable frame having an adjustable and detachable awning or shade . . . for the use of cotton-pickers and others whose vocation obliges them to work in the field during the hot season" (lines 19-23).
Date: June 14, 1881
Creator: Arnold, William Noah
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 276, Chapter 266 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 276, Chapter 266

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to authorizing The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler to offer courses and degree programs in allied health and related fields.
Date: June 1, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dasher for Churns. (open access)

Dasher for Churns.

Patent for a more buoyant and compact churn dasher.
Date: June 10, 1913
Creator: Wood, Edmund L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Upper East Texas, June 2011 (open access)

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

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

Loading Device

Patent for a loading device for loading the tenders of steam engines. Illustration included.
Date: June 29, 1909
Creator: Summer, Taylor Fred
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Harness. (open access)

Improvement in Harness.

Patent for an economically designed harness that can be attached and detached to the animal with greater simplicity.
Date: June 25, 1872
Creator: Ellis, Ira
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Felt Picker (open access)

Felt Picker

Patent for a felt picker. This invention is for use of piano-workmen in making flexible the felts in piano-actions.
Date: June 23, 1903
Creator: Bell, William Jackson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flue Beading Tool (open access)

Flue Beading Tool

Patent for a flue beading tool. Illustration included.
Date: June 27, 1905
Creator: Faessler, John W. & Rall, Frederick A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flue Expander (open access)

Flue Expander

Patent for a flue expander. Illustration included.
Date: June 27, 1905
Creator: Faessler, John W. & Rall, Frederick A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Cross Tie (open access)

Metallic Cross Tie

Patent for a metallic cross tie. This cross tie is designed with clamps to firmly place the rail in place. Illustration included.
Date: June 16, 1908
Creator: Bickley, George S. & Bickley, Rufus P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Harvester (open access)

Peanut-Harvester

Patent for a peanut harvester that uproots the peanut and lifts it for delivery to a carrier. This harvester also includes a pair of colters that roll alongside the row of peanuts to cut grass and loosen the soil, this includes a mechanism for raising and lowering the digging structure and fingers to guide to stems of the plants so that they are not cut.
Date: June 18, 1918
Creator: Phillips, Preston D. & Phillips, Herbert L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door Fastener (open access)

Door Fastener

Patent is for door locking device for fasteners that can be carried around in a pocket. It is an improvement on models in circulation.
Date: June 12, 1917
Creator: Price, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History