Cane-Topper (open access)

Cane-Topper

Patent for "a device which may be readily secured to a wagon or any other suitable vehicle and which may be quickly adjusted so as to cut the tops of cane of different sizes" (lines 11-14).
Date: July 2, 1901
Creator: Palm, Oliver
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cuff-Holder (open access)

Cuff-Holder

"This invention is an improvement in cuff-holders for detachably attaching cuffs to garments; and the object of the invention is to provide a simple device whereby the cuff can be readily attached to or detached from the garment without annoyance" (lines 10-15).
Date: July 2, 1901
Creator: Hughes, Russell M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for churns with accompanying illustration and description of machine.
Date: July 2, 1901
Creator: McCausland, Joseph H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle-Frame (open access)

Bicycle-Frame

Patent for "a bicycle-frame which shall be yielding and support the motor mechanism in such manner that it shall be upheld by the part of the frame which yields to the greatest extent without adding appreciably to the rigidity of the frame" (lines 11-17).
Date: July 2, 1901
Creator: White, Edward Young
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve or Cut-Off for Tanks (open access)

Valve or Cut-Off for Tanks

Patent for Valve or Cut-off for Tanks. Improved valve or cut-off for tanks especially discharge valves. Few parts, easy to assemble, easy to operate, intended for extended use.
Date: July 2, 1903
Creator: Leithauser, Peter Jerome; Leithauser, Peter J. & Leithauser, P. J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Testing Errors of Refraction (open access)

Apparatus for Testing Errors of Refraction

Patent for an eye testing device that has a movable lens, a measuring device for correction, and two different cards with test type on them which are fed into the machine during testing for astigmatism and myopia, presbyopia, and hyperopia to determine the level of correction needed in glasses.
Date: July 2, 1907
Creator: Bahn, Gustavus Adolphus
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churning Machine. (open access)

Churning Machine.

Patent for a churning machine that includes illustration and description of machine parts.
Date: July 2, 1901
Creator: McDaniel, Bill Homer
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bat-Forming Apparatus. (open access)

Bat-Forming Apparatus.

Patent for a machine for use in making cotton batting which takes the cotton in by an air current and then distributes it evenly throughout the mold for the batting. Illustration is included.
Date: July 2, 1907
Creator: Haynes, Daniel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Department of Agriculture Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2013-2017 (open access)

Texas Department of Agriculture Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2013-2017

Agency strategic plan for the Texas Department of Agriculture describing the organization's planned services, activities, and other goals during fiscal years 2013 through 2017.
Date: July 2, 2012
Creator: Texas. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Bond Review Board Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2013-2017 (open access)

Texas Bond Review Board Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2013-2017

Agency strategic plan for the Texas Bond Review Board describing the organization's planned services, activities, and other goals during fiscal years 2013 through 2017.
Date: July 2, 2012
Creator: Texas Bond Review Board
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 35, Number 27, Pages 5625-5980, July 2, 2010 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 35, Number 27, Pages 5625-5980, July 2, 2010

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: July 2, 2010
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in a link-guide support "pivoted to the underside of the car, the link-guide pivoted to the front end of the support, the spring arranged between the guide and the support, the yoke secured to the car, and the spring supported by said yoke and bearing against the link-guide support" (lines 1-6).
Date: July 2, 1889
Creator: Wash, Thomas Henry & Wash, Nathan Robert Hodge
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Stalk-Cutter and Rake (open access)

Combined Stalk-Cutter and Rake

Patent for a stalk-cutter and rake design, "such as well enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same" (lines 9-11).
Date: July 2, 1889
Creator: Boykin, Archable T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blasting Cartridge. (open access)

Blasting Cartridge.

Patent for a new and improved blasting-cartridge. This design is "composed of two similar semi-cylindrical sections having flat smooth faces their entire length, adapted to rest or bear against each other and grooved to form the cylindrical fuse-opening" (lines 94-98). It further consists in the "bore tapering from said fuse-opening to the bottom or inner end of the shell, said semi-shells being provided on their outer sides and at their front ends for a portion of their lengths only with sharp-pointed spurs or projections having vertical front walls and sharp inclined rear edges" (lines 1-7).
Date: July 2, 1889
Creator: Todd, James Polk & Welch, John Steel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for an improvement in the construction and design of baling presses.
Date: July 2, 1889
Creator: Flatau, Louis S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Whiffletree. (open access)

Whiffletree.

Patent for a new and improved whiffletree. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a whiffletree formed of a single metal plate having the perforations and bent to form a hollow tree, the hooks and ring having the enlarged perforated ends, and the rivets" (lines 91-95).
Date: July 2, 1889
Creator: Flatau, Louis S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 21, Number 49, Pages 6039-6106, July 2, 1996 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 21, Number 49, Pages 6039-6106, July 2, 1996

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: July 2, 1996
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 18, Number 51, Pages 4253-4356, July 2, 1993 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 18, Number 51, Pages 4253-4356, July 2, 1993

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: July 2, 1993
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Hook and Hammer. (open access)

Combined Hook and Hammer.

Patent for a combined hook and hammer meant to "combine in its structure the ordinary hook for engaging with the article to be moved, and a handle adapted, when desired, to be used as a hammer, thus dispensing with the necessity for a separate implement of this character, and, second, to combine with the said hook and handle improved means for preventing the accidental contact of the hand of the operator with the article to be handled" (lines 17-26).
Date: July 2, 1895
Creator: Tillett, Henry Augustus; Tarpley, Thomas Dee & Moore, Robert Jones
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 16, Number 50, Pages 3646-3745, July 2, 1991 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 16, Number 50, Pages 3646-3745, July 2, 1991

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: July 2, 1991
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO97-059 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO97-059

Letter opinion 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, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Clarification of Letter of Opinion No. 97-31 (ID# 39633)
Date: July 2, 1997
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 7, Number 49, Pages 2497-2530, July 2, 1982 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 7, Number 49, Pages 2497-2530, July 2, 1982

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: July 2, 1982
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 10, Number 50, Pages 2147-2178, July 2, 1985 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 10, Number 50, Pages 2147-2178, July 2, 1985

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: July 2, 1985
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 1, Number 51, Pages 1759-1804, July 2, 1976 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 1, Number 51, Pages 1759-1804, July 2, 1976

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: July 2, 1976
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History