Design for a Quilting-Frame Stand. (open access)

Design for a Quilting-Frame Stand.

Design patent for a quilting-frame stand that has U-shaped legs leading up to a horizontal stand with an ornate frame.
Date: July 5, 1898
Creator: Overton, Benjamin F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for Colter Brace (open access)

Design for Colter Brace

Design patent for colter-brace for plows.
Date: July 20, 1897
Creator: Darby, Robert J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brining and Syruping Machine (open access)

Brining and Syruping Machine

Patent for a brining and syruping machine for filling large numbers of cans of fruit or vegetables with syrup quickly like in a factory setting.
Date: July 16, 1907
Creator: Ogburn, John S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for a cultivator, which has a movable beam for use as a straddle row cultivator that allows the draft animal to walk on either side of the rows of plants.
Date: July 23, 1907
Creator: Nicholson, Matthew H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling (open access)

Car Coupling

Patent for a car coupling. This invention operates as a coupling for rail cars. Illustration included.
Date: July 24, 1906
Creator: Moore, Francis A. & Green, William Edward
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Hinge. (open access)

Gate-Hinge.

Patent for a "gravity-hinge for causing a gate to automatically close, and which is susceptible of such adjustment that if the gate-post and the latch-post, either or both, become disarranged as regards their perpendicular position, or if they are not exactly coincident with relation to each other, the gate can be centered relatively to the latch-post, or rather the hinged end of the gate can be set precisely perpendicular or be shifted laterally to any required angle of inclination for the purpose of causing the gate to properly close and engage the latch on the latch-post." (Lines 11-24) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 27, 1897
Creator: Berry, John S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Vegetable Slicer and Grater. (open access)

Combined Vegetable Slicer and Grater.

Patent for a combined vegetable slicer and grater that consists of a main frame with vertical arms and bearings, a screw that attaches the arms to the frame, a shaft journaled with an annular flange into the bearings, a cylinder made of sheet metal that serves as knives, and spring tongues that regulate the thickness of the cut vegetables.
Date: July 10, 1894
Creator: Harpst, Edgar S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1212 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1212

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, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Present maximum salaries of justices of the peace in Smith County.
Date: July 23, 1951
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-874 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-874

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: Whether the County Auditor of Smith County can approve for payment a claim by a court reporter for transcript of a tape recording under facts submitted.
Date: July 7, 1960
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Detachable-Blade-Connecting Device For Tools. (open access)

Detachable-Blade-Connecting Device For Tools.

Patent for detachable blade connecting device for tools, the importance of which lies in the fact that this tool provides "simple and efficient means for detachably supporting interchangeable blades which may be quickly removed and replaced" (lines 16-19).
Date: July 28, 1914
Creator: Grimes, John Willis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
National Register of Historic Places Eligibility Testing of Site 41SM404 Within TXDOT's Tyler Distrct, Smith County, Texas (open access)

National Register of Historic Places Eligibility Testing of Site 41SM404 Within TXDOT's Tyler Distrct, Smith County, Texas

Report of the findings of an archaeological survey of a site in Smith County, Texas to determine whether it was eligible for the National Register of Historic Places.
Date: July 2012
Creator: Atkins North America, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultural Resources Survey Within Faulkner Park, Tyler, Texas (open access)

Cultural Resources Survey Within Faulkner Park, Tyler, Texas

An archaeological survey of a mile long nature loop for a proposed extension of Faulkner Park.
Date: July 27, 2005
Creator: Todd, Jesse
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: Upper East Texas Region (open access)

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
Vehicle-Axle Point. (open access)

Vehicle-Axle Point.

Patent for a vehicle-axle point that does not require repair. The "invention consists of a thimble that is to be shrunk, pressed, or fastened onto the axle by clips, bolts, or set-screws" (lines 20-22), so that the point does not need to be taken off.
Date: July 16, 1895
Creator: Ford, William Gardner
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve. (open access)

Valve.

Patent for a valve made up of a shell with a water inlet and a water outlet, a perforation for the valve stem, a gable-shaped seat made from hard metal that is fitted into the shell, a valve stem that works up and down the shell and with a shoulder, a valve with a hollow neck, a soft contact ring between the gable-shaped seat and the face of the valve, a guide and cap that fits in the shell, a stem nut, and a stuffing-box.
Date: July 23, 1895
Creator: Speer, George F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Washing-Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Washing-Machines.

Patent for "washing-machines known as self-regulating machines; and consists in the arrangement for controlling at will the amount of pressure to be used, in combination with the construction of the feed and washing rollers." (Lines 11-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 1, 1873
Creator: Rowland, William M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Farm-Fences. (open access)

Improvement in Farm-Fences.

Patent for "a cheap and easily-constructed fence, and one which neither small nor large stock will be able to jump over or pass through." (Lines 11-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 27, 1875
Creator: Rush, Alonzo & Yarbrough, Fisher
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Elevator (open access)

Water-Elevator

Patent for a water elevator in which compressed air may be used to raise water from a well. Illustrations included.
Date: July 9, 1907
Creator: Martin, Edward G. & Hake, John Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Knockdown Frame (open access)

Knockdown Frame

Patent for improvements to the knockdown frame for easy setup and take down and for supporting a block and tackle. This invention also provides a device for locking the fall rope of a block and tackle after the load is raised.
Date: July 14, 1914
Creator: Padgett, Harry H. & Bookout, Louis L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties.

Patent for the improvement in cotton-bale ties, with description and illustrations.
Date: July 21, 1874
Creator: Cooper, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Corn-Cob Splitters. (open access)

Improvement in Corn-Cob Splitters.

Patent for an improved corn-cob splitter for feeding stock using a tapering pin operated by a rack and pinion to split corn whether shuck is on or off. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 2, 1878
Creator: Smith, Joseph F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock. (open access)

Nut-Lock.

Patent for a nut lock for use on railroad joints.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Seeton, James H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Motor (open access)

Mechanical Motor

Patent for "a motor of cheap and simple construction, which is adapted for driving various classes of light machinery, and more especially for use in connection with fans, such as are commonly used for creating currents of air in bar-rooms, dining-rooms, and the like" (lines 16-22).
Date: July 9, 1889
Creator: Harpst, Edgar S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tile Roofing or Covering. (open access)

Tile Roofing or Covering.

Patent for tile roofing and siding, which does not leak and is easily installed.
Date: July 7, 1908
Creator: Walker, Isham P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History