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- 82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 58
- Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate granting the legislature permission to adjourn for more than three days.
- Animal-Trap.
- Patent for an improved animal trap for “catching small animals in a trap which will be ever set and in operative position for catching an animal and which will be automatically reset” (lines 10-13), illustration is included.
- Apparatus for Molding Pipe
- Patent for device that allows multiple sized pipes or pipe sections to be milded.
- Automatic Fire-Alarm.
- Patent for an improved automatic fire-alarm, which will sound an alarm, release water from pipes, and alert the fire station.
- Baling Press Attachment
- Patent for baling press attachment. Illustration included.
- Bank-Protector.
- Patent for improvements in bank-protectors by “providing doors, windows, and other openings with suitable metallic shields that may be readily placed in position by a slight movement of the hand or foot of the operator” (lines 19-23), illustration is included.
- Buttonhole Cutter or Shears.
- Patent for a buttonhole cutter or shears, which has an adjustable stop for creating buttonholes of different sizes.
- Car-Coupling.
- Patent for improvements in car-couplings by using a combination of “a rod pivoted at its front end to the side of the draw-head and pivotally connected at its rear end..... when the draw-head is driven to the rear by the force of the blow received in coupling with another draw-head, the lug will be pressed to the front,” (lines 30-40) illustration is included.
- Carbon Holder for Electric Arc Lamps
- Patent for improvements made to the carbon holder for electric arc lamps to improve efficiency in replacing the lamps. To improve upon the current design, the patent illustrates and describes a new level clutch system to allow movement, as opposed to the gravity-based design previously implemented.
- Check-Punch.
- Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and compact check-punch that can be operated by one hand and doesn't take much power to operate. The machine consists of two movable members, "one of which carries all of the male and the other all of the female dies, said members being so related that when moved relatively to each other in one direction all the male dies move as a single member...and enter the female dies, and when moved in the opposite direction all of said male dies are withdrawn" (lines 12-20).
- Chopping Attachment.
- Patent for a chopping attachment for a cultivator. The attachment has an adjustable height in order to cut shorter and taller crops.
- Combination-Plow.
- Patent for combination-plow by providing a plow with “interchangeable parts, whereby the same may be used as a double-foot plow, a middle-breaking plow adapted for deep and shallow running and a sweep-stock” (lines 10-13), includes illustration.
- Cotton-Picker's Knee-pad
- Patent for "knee pads especially adapted for cotton picker's use." (lines 10-11)
- Credit Union Department Newsletter, Number 03-21, March 17, 2021
- Newsletter of the Texas Credit Union Department containing departmental news and announcements, deadlines, and other information of importance to credit unions.
- Dish-Cleaner.
- Patent for a dish cleaner that consists of an oscillating vessel where dishes are placed, which goes inside another vessel. The inner vessel has openings so the water can go in and out while cleaning dishes, and the vessel is hand-turned by a crank on the top of the machine.
- Double Foot Plow Stock.
- Patent for a new and improved double-foot plow-stock. This design consists "[i]n a double-footed plow, the combination of the beam provided with transverse holes, the cross-bar having slots, the pivot-bolt, and the adjustable braces independently pivoted to the cross-bar . . . [and] [t]he slotted standard having on its front face the notches and the plow-point, in combination with the clip, having a T-head whose lower face is V-shaped to fit in one of the notches of the standard" (lines 83-93).
- End Gate Fastener.
- Patent for a new and improved end-gate fastener. This design "consists in the hook-ended lever-buckle . . . for drawing up and fastening the ends of chains used on presses, wagons, and other places where a simple and convenient device that can be readily and quickly operated is needed" (lines 8-13).
- Fly-Trap.
- Patent for a fly trap which consists of a motor powered turning cylinder coated in a sticky substance to attract flies, which is placed within a cage to catch flies scraped from the cylinder.
- Fountain-Pen.
- Patent for a fountain pen with an improved ink feeder.
- Garment-Supporter.
- Patent for asuspenders-type undergarment supporter.
- Gate.
- Patent for a new and improved gate. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a gate, one of the rails whereof is about thrice as thick as the remainder of said rails, and is provided with a central groove along its upper face, of three supporting-posts, each having a recess furnished with a roller in its lower part, upon which the aforesaid rail may travel, a tongue projecting from the upper edge of said recess into the groove of said rail, and an upright attached to the central post, so as to form a guide retaining the gate in an erect position" (lines 47-57).
- Grain-Scale.
- Patent for “improvements in grain-scales, especially adapted for location at the rear end of a trashing-machine and for receiving therefrom the thrashed grain, weighing and subsequently bagging the same in predetermined quantities” (lines 7-12), includes illustration.
- Hand-Stamp.
- Patent for improvements in hand-stamps which “comprised a polygonal block or disk having some of its edges provided with rubber type-strips securely fastened thereto, its other edges cut away to form shoulders, spring-metal guides or holders secured the cut-away portions, and type-strips removably secured in the guides or holders,” (lines 75-82); includes illustration.
- Harrow.
- Patent for improvements in harrows which can be “adapted to be reversed for pulverizing and leveling the surface traversed, to avoid evaporation as far as possible, and place the ground in the best condition for the travel of harvesters and other machines in gathering crops” (lines 9-14), illustration is included.
- Hat and Coat Hanger
- Patent for a wall mounted structure on which a hat or coat can be stored.
- Hat-Pouncing Machine.
- Patent for a felt hat-pouncing machine that can automatically pounce a hat no matter its contour, and means are "provided for setting the pouncer or pouncing-roll to bear uniformly on all parts of the convex surface to be pounced" (lines 13-15).
- Improvement in Road-Scrapers.
- Patent for an improvement in road-scrapers, illustration included.
- Journal of the House of Representatives of Texas: 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, Thursday, March 17, 2011
- Proceedings of the House of Representatives of Texas for the thirty-seventh day of the Regular session of the 82nd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
- Knee Rest
- Patent for "a knee rest particularly designed for use by cotton pickers and others whose occupations require that they assume a kneeling position" (lines 8-11) Illustrations included.
- Laundry-Bag.
- Patent for Laundry Bag, This patent is about a unique form of laundry bag which can be used as a typical laundry bag while handing it to Laundry and can be then treated as a wrapper while returning it to customer.
- Locomotive Brake
- Patent for Locomotive Brake using steam or air and it also consists of novel construction and arrangement of its parts.
- Machine for Grinding Disks.
- Patent for improvements in grinding-machines in which it can “hold the disk rigidly at a desired angle and can be adjusted from or toward a grinding device;” (lines 13-15) by using a “combination of an adjustable gear, a grinding-wheel and means for imparting motion from the grinding-wheel to the gear; of a spring-pressed roller above the gear and adapted to hold a disk thereon in contact with the wheel.” (Page 2, lines 65-70) Illustration is included.
- Milking Apparatus.
- Patent for a manually operated milking device, which eliminates the need for the milkers hands to touch the cow's teats or the milk, thereby lessening germ exposure.
- Piano-Action
- Patent for a new piano-action that will get rid of unwanted sounds and reduce the amount of cushioning needed. Other goals are to ensure that strings cannot not be prevented from vibrating, and that a certain sound can be made.
- Pipe-Cutter.
- Patent for a pipe cutter, which can be used on pipes that are at any angle and in narrow spaces.
- Remedy For Chicken-Cholera.
- Patent for “medicines for the treatment of chicken-cholera” (lines 12-13) which includes ingredients, instructions and dosage. Ingredients include Cayenne pepper, May-apple root, and blue vitriol (sulphate of copper). The medicine may be used as a preventative or as a cure.
- Safety-Valve for Water Systems in Connection with Air-Brake Systems.
- Patent for a water valve governor for rail cars, which will prevent the water systems that use air from the air brake system from hampering the operation of the brakes.
- Screen-Door Brace.
- Patent for a screen door supportive brace intended to maintain original rectangular form and designed to be installed without the use of tools. Includes instructions and an illustration.
- Seed-Planter.
- Patent for a walking seed-planter that has a wheel which is hooked up to a mechanism that lets seed out when the wheel is turned. The wheel is turned when the machine is walked. The mechanism that lets seed out is a rotary seed-plate and a series of gears, bolts, and belts.
- Shaft-Tug
- Patent for a support that provides "simple and effective means whereby a shaft may be readily inserted in or removed from the top portion of the tug or support instead of by threading the shaft through the latter." (lines 9-13)
- Shoe-Lace Fastener.
- Patent for a new and improved shoe lace fastener, including illustrations.
- Sink
- Patent for a sink with adequate drainage and connection with a water supply. Can be used with soda fountains etc. Illustrations included.
- Smoke Stack Protector
- Patent for adjustable smoke stack protector that stays open when in use and covers the opening when not in order to protect from rain, wind, dirt to protect the stack from deteriorating.
- Spike Puller
- Patent for a spike puller. This invention uses a clawed head set on a roller where by a fulcrum can move inward to apply power to pull the spike. Illustration included.
- Spring-Wheel
- Patent for spring wheels for use on motor vehicles, such as automobiles and motorcycles. Producing a wheel that will absorb the shock or jar incident to its passage over rough or uneven roadways.
- Stalk-Cutter Attachment for Plows.
- Patent for "stalk cutting attachment for plows" (line 10), particularly for chopping cotton stalks.
- State Sales and Use Tax Analysis Report: Third Quarter, 2002
- Quarterly publication of the Texas Comptroller's Office regarding sales and use tax in the state of Texas, including an analysis by county, analysis by industry, and related notes.
- State Sales and Use Tax Analysis Report: Third Quarter, 2004
- Quarterly publication of the Texas Comptroller's Office regarding sales and use tax in the state of Texas, including an analysis by county, analysis by industry, and related notes.
- State Sales and Use Tax Analysis Report: Third Quarter, 2005
- Quarterly publication of the Texas Comptroller's Office regarding sales and use tax in the state of Texas, including an analysis by county, analysis by industry, and related notes.
- Step.
- Patent for an improvement in steps by using "a metallic frame or support composed of a series of light metallic plates, which are suitable shaped to adapt them for the purpose and then clamped and braced together,” (lines 13-17) includes illustration.