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Animal-Poke
Patent for an animal poke worn on the head of cattle to prevent jumping outside the field which allows the cow to graze freely while wearing the poke.
Date:
July 16, 1907
Creator:
Seay, Mark Machel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie.
Patent for improvements in bale-ties is to produce a “buckle-plate having a middle portion with an opening therein, arms at each end separated from the middle portion by spaces open at one side, a longitudinal entering-passage connecting the opening with one of said spaces, and a hoop the free ends of which are looped down through said opening and up through the spaces, resting upon the arms under the standing part of the hoop.” (Lines 74-83) Illustration is included.
Date:
July 8, 1902
Creator:
Johnson, William T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design is "composed of the draw-heads having bars and forward cross-bar, and beveled on its outer end, and provided with slot above [the] bar, the coupling-bar pivoted at its rear end between [the] bars, and enlarged . . . immediately in advance of said pivot, and provided near its outer end with an opening, and the hook pivoted to and depending from the coupling-bar" (lines 78-86).
Date:
July 8, 1884
Creator:
Bywaters, Joseph K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check-Book.
Patent for a checkbook holder that includes a special binder for check stubs, with instructions and illustration. When a new set of checks and binder are inserted into the holder, the old binder of stubs can be easily removed and saved, for receipt purposes.
Date:
July 11, 1916
Creator:
Bennett, Paul H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Pen or Pencil Holder and Pin.
Patent for a new and improved writing-utensil holder and pin. This design "not only forms a convenient receptacle for a pen or pencil, but . . . it is also adapted for use as an ornamental scarf or breast pin, and to this end the bands may be appropriately shaped to confine a stone or other setting, which can be held from endwise displacement, if necessary, by means of lugs . . . at each end of the bar" (lines 63-71).
Date:
July 31, 1888
Creator:
Stewart, Samuel F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper and Scraper
Patent for new "construction and combination of devices" (lines 10-11) to improve cotton choppers and scrapers, with illustrations.
Date:
July 5, 1887
Creator:
Rouse, Samuel James
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric-Arc Lamp.
Patent for improvements to electric-arc lamps to regulate the feed of the carbon-carrying rod, with illustrations.
Date:
July 6, 1897
Creator:
Walsh, James J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Making Machine.
Patent for a simple, portable fence-making machine meant to separate crossed wires, re-utilizes old wires, and has "a wedge being employed in the twisting-head for the purpose of separating the old twists and causing them to pass through the twisting-eye" (lines 22-25). The machine allows the wires to be equally spaced apart, and the space is adjustable. A picket-gage is included in the invention, which regulates the space between pickets.
Date:
July 23, 1895
Creator:
Briney, Benjamin C. & Geron, Solomon C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Tent.
Patent for a foldable two story tent with a sleeping compartment in the upper story.
Date:
July 28, 1908
Creator:
Miles, Joseph Furnas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fountain Drafting-Pen.
Patent for a fountain drafting pen, which has a rubber handle that when flexed sends out the pen tip with ink, and and when flexed again takes the point back into the ink reservoir in the handle.
Date:
July 27, 1909
Creator:
Smith, Edward Ruthven
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hame Fastener.
Patent for a new and improved hame-fastener. This design "is to provide a fastener . . . which is of simple construction, which can be readily adjusted, and in which all strain is removed from the pivot of the locking-dog, thus obviating any breakage of the pivot, whatever may be the strain" (lines 17-23).
Date:
July 9, 1889
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Identification of Potential Brackish Groundwater
Report on a study to identify and designate local brackish groundwater production zones in areas of Texas with brackish groundwater availability which can be used to reduce the use of fresh groundwater.
Date:
July 2017
Creator:
LBG-Guyton Associates
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid-Indicator for Tanks.
Patent for a liquid indicator to determine if the supply of oil has been depleted in the crank case of an automobile's internal combustion engine. Further purposes of this patent include the closing of an electrical circuit when the oil in the crank case becomes low in order to sound an audible noise that alerts the driver that more oil is needed. The patent intends to make the invention durable, easy to use, and inexpensive to manufacture.
Date:
July 29, 1919
Creator:
Pippin, William R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locking Joints for Railway-Rail Joints.
Patent for a locking device for railway-rail joints. It improves how the meeting rail ends are fastened, and prevents accidental disconnection. It is "a locking fish-plate having keyhole bolt-slots, the narrow portion of the slots having inclined sides, the inclination diminishing gradually toward the end, and double-headed bolts, one of the heads being tapered, whereby the bolt is subjected to a double wedging action" (lines 56-61). A face-plate is perforated and receives the tapered heads and securing-rivets.
Date:
July 21, 1896
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail Box Signal
Patent for a mail box signal. Illustration included.
Date:
July 17, 1906
Creator:
Forwood, Reginald
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Non-Refillable Bottle.
Patent for a specification to improve the design and function non-refillable bottles.
Date:
July 24, 1900
Creator:
Bonner, James A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Occurrence, Availability, and Chemical Quality of Ground Water in the Cretaceous Aquifers of North-Central Texas: Volume 2
The second volume of a two part report on the Creataceous aquifers in Texas. This volume contains information on water wells, water levels, and chemical analyses.
Date:
July 1982
Creator:
Nordstrom, Philip L.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Crank
Patent for a new Safety-Crank for starting auto vehicle engines, which is capable of effectively imparting the necessary forward movement to an engine for starting, but having means conjoined with it, whereby it will be automatically released from positive engagement with the starting shaft on any retrograde movement of the engine.
Date:
July 1, 1919
Creator:
Farley, Bert T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: Upper East Texas Region
Report on economic forecast and outlook for the Upper East Texas Region describing expected economic change for various industries, employment growth, and county-level analyses.
Date:
July 2002
Creator:
Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Type-Writing Machine.
Patent for a simple, reliable, and easily operated attachment for a type-writing machine that continuously feeds paper to the type. "Several sheets, as they are printed may be severed in equal lengths, without disturbing the engagement of the continuous web with the paper-cylinder and feeding-devices" (lines 13-17).
Date:
July 25, 1893
Creator:
Smith, John D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History