Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "relates to car-couplers, the object being to provide a coupler of simple and durable construction which may be coupled automatically, thus avoiding the inconvenience and danger incident to the use of the usual coupling-link or pin" (lines 9-14).
Date: June 5, 1883
Creator: Freeman, Walter F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "relates to car-couplers, the object being to provide a coupler with a coupling-pin of improved construction, and to combine said pin with effective and durable devices for raising and lowering it. The invention consists in the combinations of parts" (lines 9-15).
Date: June 12, 1883
Creator: Cage, George A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3144, Chapter 1156 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3144, Chapter 1156

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to a prohibition on hunting on certain parts of Big Sandy Creek in Wood County; providing penalties.
Date: June 18, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3688, Chapter 773 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3688, Chapter 773

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to the City of Winnsboro.
Date: June 15, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 130 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 130

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first aircraft landing at Mineola-Wisener Field Airport in Wood County.
Date: June 15, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
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
Vehicle Running-Gear. (open access)

Vehicle Running-Gear.

Patent for vehicle running-gear, catered toward machinery that has fifth-wheel reach beams. Designed for smoother vehicle functioning.
Date: June 12, 1906
Creator: Singler, Frank J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Miller Exterminator. (open access)

Miller Exterminator.

Patent for a new and improved insect exterminator. This design consists in "[a] lamp having an external upwardly-projecting sleeve and a side socket and a wick projecting through the sleeve, in combination with a pole or standard fitting into said side socket and a pan having an inward sleeve fitting over said sleeve on the lamp" (lines 49-54).
Date: June 11, 1889
Creator: Woods, John B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock. (open access)

Nut-Lock.

Patent for an improved, simple, and inexpensive nut lock that can be easily used and removed. It lengthens the life of the bolt. The invention is "a bolt with a longitudinal groove or slot in which fits a tongue or lug on a washer which is provided with a notch or notches into which may be forced a portion or portions of a washer made of bendable material, opposite portions of which are designed to be forced into notches in the faces of the nut and thus the nut and both washers are bound or held firmly together" (lines 14-23).
Date: June 6, 1893
Creator: Woods, John B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cultivator and Harrow (open access)

Combined Cultivator and Harrow

Patent for a combined cultivator and harrow. "This invention relates to an improved agricultural implement comprising in its construction a cultivator and a harrow, the tooth elements of which are so constructed and supported by the frame as to be capable of being adjusted for operation in several different positions" (line 8-14) illustration included.
Date: June 30, 1903
Creator: Farris, Henry Clay
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feed-Mixing Machine. (open access)

Feed-Mixing Machine.

Patent for a feed mixing machine for stock feed made from cotton seed hulls and cotton seed meal.
Date: June 1, 1909
Creator: Dabney, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Swingletree (open access)

Swingletree

Patent for a swingle tree to be used for plows or any kind of vehicle for the purpose of maintaining balance. Illustrations included.
Date: June 22, 1909
Creator: Wheeler, Melley M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Crate and Coop (open access)

Folding Crate and Coop

Patent for a folding crate and coop. Illustrations included.
Date: June 29, 1909
Creator: Tomison, Willis Albert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Step. (open access)

Wagon Step.

Patent for a new and improved wagon-step. This design "consist[s] of the support-piece adapted to be secured to the side of a wagon-bed and formed with a chamber having parallel inclined end walls, extended shoulders, and parallel inclined end walls, in combination with the step formed with a head to fit the chamber of the support-piece, and a lifting and holding hook" (lines 7-15).
Date: June 10, 1890
Creator: Nichols, Eliza A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History