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Nut-Lock.
Patent for improvements in nut-locks by using a locking attachment; “the attachment comprises, essentially, a shouldered pin adapted to underlie the lower surface of the nut, adjacent one of the corners thereof, and project into suitably-formed receiving-apertures in the surface of the member to be clamped or in a washer designed to be employed between said member and the nut.” (Lines 15-22) Illustration is included.
Date:
July 8, 1902
Creator:
Popplewell, Felix King
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock
Patent for a nut lock. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 4, 1905
Creator:
Slayton, Charles E. & Zellner, Daniel L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Uterine Supporter.
Patent for a uterine supporter which has a soft and flexible bulb supporting the uterus and a more rigid opposite end keeping the bulb in place. The device attaches to a cord on the waistband.
Date:
July 16, 1907
Creator:
Baird, William T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tie-Plate
Patent for a tie plate that sticks firmly to the ties, keeps out moisture, and is lighter than other tie plates.
Date:
July 16, 1912
Creator:
Walton, Jay W. & Dayton, William H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Music-Indicator.
Patent for a music indicator that shows the names of the notes on the piano and how to form various chords and scales to assist the user in learning music.
Date:
July 4, 1911
Creator:
MacMaster, James
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stirrup.
Patent for improvements in stirrups by using continuous coiled spring to construct the stirrup, in which, it will afford the requisite yield to the tread of the rider; and in case of accident, will resume its normal shape when relieved of the weight of the horse. (Lines 30-36) Illustration is included.
Date:
July 8, 1902
Creator:
Gillespie, Charles W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Sampling.
Patent for improving methods of boring wells by "raising the cuttings from an earth boring drill to the surface" (lines 70-71), including illustrations.
Date:
July 20, 1920
Creator:
Carmichael, Robert E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Preparing Carrot Flakes.
Patent for a process of preserving carrots by reducing them to dried flakes so they "retain their flavor and color when subsequently cooked and served."
Date:
July 9, 1918
Creator:
Horn, Mary C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lamp Attachment
Patent for a new and improved Lamp Attachment which instantaneously extinguish lamp mechanically, without necessitating the employment a person's breath or the elevation of the lamps chimney.
Date:
July 8, 1919
Creator:
Rodriguez, Gavino
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Insurance News, July 1999
Monthly newsletter of the Texas Department of Insurance discussing news and events related to the agency's activities and legislation related to insurance in the state, as well as regulatory guidance and other relevant information.
Date:
July 1999
Creator:
Texas. Department of Insurance.
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Upward-Current Separating Process and Device.
Patent for upward-current separation processes and devices to allow for working with changes in conditions and proportions with ease.
Date:
July 3, 1917
Creator:
Allen, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paper-Cutting Machine.
Patent for an improved paper cutting machine that can achieve more precise cuts for labels, paper boxes, and cartons, and also has a clamping mechanism to hold the paper in place.
Date:
July 27, 1920
Creator:
Downie, James H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tail-End Light for Automobiles.
Patent for a tail-end light for automobiles, subway and surface trains, and other motor propelled vehicles which changes color to indicate the speed at which the conveyance is traveling.
Date:
July 29, 1919
Creator:
Green, John Richard
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Underground Portable Drill
Patent for drilling machines for the object of drilling underground openings for laying gas, electric, water or any other conduits. A second object is sectional drill or track worm to keep drilling going without moving the machine.
Date:
July 15, 1919
Creator:
Branning, Willie F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Surgical Splint.
Patent for a surgical splint specifically for the substitution of erectile tissue of the corpora cavernous of the genital organ to promote fecundation even in the absence of an erection.
Date:
July 13, 1920
Creator:
Renois, John J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washboiler.
Patent for improvements in washboilers involving water and steam being forced through a perforated clothes receptacle as well as automatic draining or release of accumulated water and soil.
Date:
July 2, 1918
Creator:
McFarland, James W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paint.
Patent for paints for roofs and for barns to prevent leaks and efficient in preserving the material of buildings at a relatively small costs.
Date:
July 20, 1920
Creator:
Watson, Grover C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Labor Market Review, July 2002
Monthly newsletter documenting statistics related to employment in Texas including nonagricultural job trends, labor force numbers, and other relevant indicators as well as information on related topics.
Date:
July 2002
Creator:
Texas Workforce Commission. Labor Market Information.
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock.
Patent for a new and improved nut lock. This design "consists of a volute spring-washer which is formed of a stiff or steel strong plate that is coiled or set up in . . . an edgewise manner, and is provided with one or more projections or spurs on its top and bottom surfaces, adapted to engage with the under side of the nut and the fish-plate or other object, said spurs or projections being formed on the top and the bottom edges of the inner and outer coils of the spring-washer" (lines 20-29).
Date:
July 1, 1884
Creator:
Campbell, Eli F.; Noble, Laroy C. & Howe, Milton G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil Press Mat.
Patent for a new and improved oil press mat. This design "has for its objects to provide an improved oil-press mat which can be pressed and shaped into a compact body of the required configuration, and such shape be retained when subjected to pressure to compress heated envelops containing the meal from which the oil is to be extracted, and to provide a mat the face of which is elastic and tough, and liable to become heated, like like metal face-plates, while the main body of the mat is prevented from being softened and peeling or becoming detached from the facing" (lines 8-19).
Date:
July 8, 1884
Creator:
Osborn, Adelbert E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Surgical Instrument.
Patent for a new and improved surgical tool. This design consists "[i]n a surgical instrument, the combination, with the rod having the stepped head provided with grooves, of the springs, the pin, the stepped shell having offsets, the sliding sleeve, and the [other] pin" (lines 14-18).
Date:
July 14, 1885
Creator:
Poynor, John S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sulky Plow.
Patent for a new and improved riding plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the bent axle having the vertical curved portion, the draft-bar secured to the axle, the plow-beam pivoted at its front end to a bracket secured to the draft-bar, rack secured to the plow-beam, pinion secured to the axle and engaging with the rack, sprocket-wheel on the shaft with pinion, sprocket-wheel journaled above [another] wheel and having a crank, and the endless sprocket-chain connecting the wheels" (lines 30-39).
Date:
July 28, 1885
Creator:
Miller, Tedor T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stock Car.
Patent for a new and improved boxcar. This design "is an improvement in movable transverse partitions for stock-cars, which are employed for separating the animals by individuals or groups. It is more particularly an improvement on such partitions as are suspended by sliding loop-hinges from a horizontal rod, and provided at the bottom with feet that enter sockets in the floor of the car, whereby the partitions are adapted to be fastened or released by a vertical movement" (lines 9-19).
Date:
July 13, 1886
Creator:
Pierce, Jonathan E. & Pryor, David C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stock Chute
Patent for Stock-Chute. "The object of my invention is to supply railroads with a cattle-chute which not only require less work and fewer laborers to operate it, but will afford a perfectly safe means of transferring stock without liability of injury to the stock during the act of transfer." (lines 56-62) With Illustrations.
Date:
July 5, 1887
Creator:
Hess, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History