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- 78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 31
- Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to honoring Al and Shirley Bendick of Lubbock on their 25th wedding anniversary.
- 78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 32
- Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to honoring Wanda Mills on the occasion of her retirement as executive director of the Council of Public University Presidents and Chancellors.
- 79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 4
- Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas Senate and House of Representatives granting permission to the Texas DeMolay Association to use the chambers of the Senate and the House of Representatives during February 19 and 20, 2005, and February 18 and 19, 2006.
- 84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 50
- Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate granting the legislature permission to adjourn for more than three days during the period beginning on Thursday, January 29, 2015, and ending on Monday, February 2, 2015.
- 84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 53
- Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate inviting the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Texas to address a joint session of the legislature on February 18, 2015.
- Antiskid Device
- Patent for reinforcing the hinge of an antiskid device. Long studs on heavy foot plates on tires are used to brace the hinges not allowing them to wear down by dragging on the road surface.
- Ballot-Voting Machine
- Patent for a ballot box that counts the number of votes in the box.
- Bit Cleaner
- Patent for a device that will clean drill bits used for wells without needing to remove them from the ground. Additional aspects of the patent cover fittings and attachments necessary for better operation of the drill bits and the cleaner.
- Bottle-Cap
- Patent for a bottle cap with a removable strainer.
- Churn-Dasher.
- Patent for an improvement in a churn-dasher by constructing the head of a dasher with a series of spirally-slanting blades, the front and rear edges are curved inward forming vertical openings with lancet-shaped ends. So that it would meet with less resistance when churning with the upward stroke.
- Churn Power.
- Patent for a new and improved churn power. This design "relates to improvements in churn-powers in which suitable gearing and frame-work operate in conjunction with a vertically-reciprocating dasher; and the objects of [the] improvements are, first, to provide a spring-power and suitable gearing for operating the dasher, with a view to rendering the same in a high degree effective, convenient, and especially adapted to the requirements of service; and second, to afford facilities for the easy winding of the powerful spring required for such service" (lines 8-19).
- Compound Air-Compressor.
- Patent for an improved Compound Air-Compressor by having four cylinders, in pairings of a high pressure and a low pressure cylinders. The air from the low pressure cylinder will be fed to the high pressure cylinder. The pistons will work in succession rather than simultaneously.
- Corn-Thinner.
- Patent for improvements in corn-thinners for removing excess stalks in the field by constructing the “upper portion’s blade flat to present straight side cutting edges, and having the lower portion curved transversely to present to a lower semicircular cutting edge.” (Lines 53-56.) With this design, the operator would not have to stoop over, making the thinning operation easier. Illustration is included.
- Cotton-Blocking Attachment for Cultivators
- Patent for a new attachment to cultivators that simultaneously "create equidistant hills of plants" (line 25) while cultivating each row, including instructions and illustrations.
- Cotton Elevating and Distributing System
- Patent for a machine that purifies cotton by removing the cotton from surrounding elements and distributing the cotton.
- Credit Union Department Newsletter, Number 02-21, February 17, 2021
- Newsletter of the Texas Credit Union Department containing departmental news and announcements, deadlines, and other information of importance to credit unions.
- Credit Union Department Newsletter, Number 02-16, February 2016
- Newsletter of the Texas Credit Union Department containing departmental news and announcements, deadlines, and other information of importance to credit unions. Information provided covers CDFI guarantee bond program, FFIEC announces cyber security assessments, and policies and procedures
- Crude-Oil Burner
- Patent for a crude oil burner for stoves.
- Cultivator.
- Patent for cultivating ground around certain crops so the crops can flourish.
- Drapery Support and Form
- Patent for a new kind of drapery system that keeps the drapes pleated neatly and allows drapes to open and close easily with metal fasteners.
- Fly-Catcher.
- Patent for a fly catcher made up of strong wire that is able to hold fly paper in a funnel shape in order to trap flies. Includes instructions and an illustration.
- Focus Report, Volume 75, Number 6, February 1997
- Report on revisions to mandatory supervision release law that requires some convicted criminals to be released from prison automatically without the approval of the Board of Pardons and Paroles and before their sentences are complete.
- Girth Connection for Saddletrees.
- Patent for a device that connects attaching girth rings to saddletrees. It allows for girth rings to be quickly attached and provides swinging movement.
- Grain-Conveyer for Binders, &c.
- Patent for improvements in grain conveyers by using a slotted platform with parallel walls on the sides, a conveyer-block having arms and friction-rollers that is moved by an endless chain in between the walls, a lever keyed on a shaft and two gears in constant mesh with each other; all these parts working together to creating a mechanism that drives the conveyers in either direction to accomplish the binding of the grains. Illustration is included.
- Improvement in Horse-Powers.
- Patent for new improvement in the construction of horse-powers for cotton-gins and other machinery, including illustration.
- Improvement in seed-planters.
- Patent for a seed planter that drops seeds into the plow furrow, where a roller covers the seeds with dirt. Includes illustrations.
- Insect-Power Distributer.
- Patent for a new insecticide distributer using a bellows, a rotary fan, and a tube connecting the bellows to an insecticide reservoir; when pressure is applied to the bellows, the insecticide would pass through the reservoir to a flexible pipe that would distribute the insecticide to any direction without the operator breathing it.
- Journal of the House of Representatives of Texas: 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, Thursday, February 17, 2011
- Proceedings of the House of Representatives of Texas for the twenty-first day of the regular session of the 82nd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
- Kettle Attachment.
- Patent for a new and improved kettle attachment. This design "provides an attachment to be used with the kettle, whereby the "boiling over" of the material and the consequent running of the same down the sides of the said kettle are prevented. The material that would ordinarily flow over the sides of the kettle and waste is by the use of [a] device . . . saved, and any and all danger of fire from the overflowing sugar in candy manufacture is prevented" (lines 11-20).
- Lamp-Turning Mechanism
- Patent for head lamps that the drivers can turn while driving to light the road.
- Lock.
- Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Locks" (line 6).
- Lock-Nut.
- Patent for a nut lock that secures two nuts of a pair within a tubular casing through opposing threading and rotation, where one nut is immobilized and the other remaining adjustable to meet situational need. Illustrations included.
- Metal-Pipe Joint
- Patent for a metal-pipe joint.
- Motor.
- Patent for a new and improved motor. This design "relates to improvements in motors in which a weight supported on a lever operates in conjunction with a train of gearing; and the object of my improvement is the production of a power for operating sewing-machines, churns, and other machinery" (lines 7-12).
- Net for Crabbing and Fishing.
- Patent for a new and improved net for fishing and crabbing by using a trigger device that would automatically open the net’s “free end” fully and horizontally when the net is lowered on the bed floor of the river. After use, the net can be folded very compactly for easy transport. Illustration is included.
- Peanut-Planter
- Patent for an improved peanut planting machine with illustrations.
- Post Hole Drill
- Patent for Post Hole Drill.
- Pulverizer.
- Patent for improved pulverizer that according to the inventor, can achieve "the same amount of work as four ordinary eight-inch plows".
- Pumping Apparatus.
- Patent for improvements to a pumping apparatus "to provide a simple, inexpensive, and easily-operated apparatus through the medium of which water may be forced from a well, stream, or other source of supply by the weight of a person" (lines 14-18).
- Rail-Joint.
- Patent for the improvement of existing rail joints by creating a tie or bond at the end of rails to allow them to lock together. The improved rail joint will make the use of bolts and nuts, or other connectors unnecessary when connecting rails.
- Railroad-Signal
- Patent for a railroad signal which will prevent train collisions at railway crossings, with illustrations.
- Rotary Engine
- Patent for rotary engine.
- Rotary Razor-Sharpening Machine
- Patent for a razor-sharpening device that will be compact and simple to produce.
- Saddle-Tree Fork.
- Patent for a new and improved saddle-tree fork. This design "strengthen[s] the iron fork by means of a bent wooden part" (lines 14-15). It also utilizes ribs running into and through the neck cavity, which strengthens the neck of the saddle, as when bearing the strain of a lasso.
- Separator for Secondary Batteries.
- Patent for separators, made of celluloid or similar material, designed to separate secondary or storage batteries in an efficient and affordable way.
- Shovel-Plow.
- Patent for the improvement of the shovel plow. The improvement of the shovel plow allows for the adjustment of the plow height as needed.
- Signaling Device.
- Patent for a signaling device for vehicles, also known as a turning signal. This invention is meant to allow the signaling device to be seen by the driver of the vehicle and the driver of a vehicle approaching the turning vehicle.
- Soldering-Tool.
- Patent for an improved soldering-tool by having a reservoir for gasoline or other light hydrocarbon, a burner-tube, and a valve for regulating the combustion of the gasoline and heating the tool continuously and uniformly, without a furnace. Illustration is included.
- Street Car.
- Patent for a new and improved street-car. This design "is to improve that kind of street or horse car the body of which is constructed to be reversed in its position upon the truck of the car; and the invention consists in the construction of the car-body, the truck upon which the body rests, the reversing devices comprising the holding and the releasing parts, and the combination of the brake devices with a reversible car-body" (lines 9-17).
- Stumpage Price Trends in Texas: Annual Summary for 2008
- Annual summary of average prices paid per unit of wood sold in Texas, organized by region and type of woods with various sales data and price calculations.