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- Adjustable Split Lock-Nut or Union.
- Patent for an affordable and efficient coupling device for use "on valve rods of internal combustion engines, especially those used in automobiles and aeroplanes or on those motors or engines employing overhead valves and whereby the union or coupling may be readily and securely locked on a valve rod with sufficient resistance to withstand the strain of direct pressure" (lines 14-21).
- Answers to Frequently asked Questions
- Pamphlet answering many of the most asked questions regarding disability services in Texas.
- Automatic Railroad-Switch
- Patent for an automatic railroad switch which throws the switch automatically back to the main line after a train has entered a siding.
- Bed.
- Patent for a bed, specifically the joints of a bedframe. The side rails for a bedframe are joined by tapered connectors.
- Bed or Douche Pan.
- Patent for improvements in bed or douche pans, in which it will not spill easily and is easy to clean. Illustration is included.
- Bedstead Lock or Joint
- Patent for a bedstead lock or joint. Illustration included.
- Boll Weevil Exterminator
- Patent for a boll weevil exterminator. Illustration included.
- Credit Union Department Newsletter, Number 08-16, August 2016
- Newsletter of the Texas Credit Union Department containing departmental news and announcements, deadlines, and other information of importance to credit unions.
- Cuff-Link.
- Patent for new and useful improvements in cuff links that do not separate from sleeves and help with any decoration.
- Dental Handpiece.
- Patent for an improvement on a dental handpiece that is made of fewer parts and is cheaper to make. It makes insertion and removal of the drill easier, and keeps the drill in place more securely.
- Device for Facilitating Making and Sharpening Molding-Bits.
- Patent for sharpening molding-bits and keeping them at standard gauge. Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Draft-Gear for Railway Cars
- Patent for a draft gear for railway cars that allows a simple and efficient means of repairs or substitutions of sills or beams that may be done without dissociating the draft bar so that a car may not be out of commission for a considerable length of time.
- Drop Propeller for Boats
- Patent for a drop propeller for boats. This design is to allow boats to easily cross reefs. Illustration included.
- Dust Box.
- Patent for a new and improved dust-box. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a floor having an aperture cut into it and provided with a door flush with the surface of the floor, of a dust-box having a square bottom and diverging sides formed with outwardly-projecting flanges re-enforced upon their under sides by plates or bars and having strips secured to the inner sides, having their upper ends bent inward" (lines 76-83).
- Electrical Testing Device.
- Patent for new and useful improvements in electrical testing devices. The invention provides references to innovative changes that allow for improved high-tension coil and armature testing.
- Electrical Testing Device
- Patent for a device to test electrical circuits for faults which is cheaper to manufacture, easier to use, smaller and more durable.
- Fire-Screen.
- Patent for a portable, ornamental fire screen. Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Flexible Metallic Hose
- Patent for a flexible metallic hose. Illustration included.
- Float-Valve.
- Patent for a float valve not using slots and links, including illustrations.
- Flue-Cleaner.
- Patent for a portable flue cleaner for boilers. Through a nozzle on the cleaner, the flue cleaner uses the steam from the boiler to remove dirt, dust and soot. The dirt is forced out of the boiler when the steam escapes.
- Frame for Trunks, Valises, &c.
- Patent for frames for trunks, boxes, vehicle-bodies, etc., which requires no bolts and can be cast in a single piece of metal. Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Gearing For Bicycles.
- Patent relating to "a new and useful improvement in gearing for bicycles and the like, and has for its object to so construct and arrange a device of this description as to avoid sudden shocks or jars which are occasioned by unevenness in the road-bed over which the machine is traveling, and also to enable the rider to exert a sudden force upon the pedals without straining the framework or wheels of the machine" (lines 9-18).
- Hand Harvester.
- Patent for a hand harvester that contains a plate and cutter to be used for harvesting corn and maize with more ease.
- Harrow Attachment.
- Patent for a harrow attachment "that is efficient and durable, cheap to manufacture, and can be readily placed on or removed from cultivators" (lines 19-22).
- Heating Apparatus.
- Patent for a heating apparatus that heats and dries sand or other abrasive materials. A furnace or heating member is attached to a receptacle, which heats and dries the materials. Materials are drawn out via a suction pipe.
- Howard County Junior College District Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015
- Report submitted by the Howard County Junior College District containing background information on the commission, and summaries of requests for appropriations and expenditures for the fiscal years 2014 and 2015 with supporting documentation.
- Improved Power-Apparatus for Vehicles
- Patent for "improvements to powered vehicles with combined rim-wheel(s) in combination with a truck(s), resting upon the inner and lower part of the rim, and supporting a carriage-body or frame, crank-shaft. with one or more pinions, and guide-rollers." (line 8)
- Improvement in Beer-Refrigerators.
- Patent for "an improved refrigerator for cooling lager-beer in the keg, and keep it cool for a long time with a small quantity of ice" (lines 15-18) including illustrations.
- Improvement in Corn-Shellers.
- Patent for improvement in the design of the corn-sheller, including illustrations.
- Improvement in Excavators
- Patent for "an improvement in excavating and dredging machines" (lines 12-13).
- Improvement in Machines for Washing Photographs
- Patent for "a new and improved apparatus for washing photographic prints after fixing, for the purpose of removing the double hyposulphite of soda and silver formed in the body of the paper during the process of fixing" (lines 6-11).
- Improvements in Corn-Shellers.
- Patent for an improved "Combined Corn Husker, Sheller, and Cleaner" (lines 4-6) including instructions and illustrations.
- Jar.
- Patent for a jar for thick semi-liquids such as mustard, which has a discharge spout in the side that allows the contents to be used without taking off the lid of the jar.
- Machine for Filing Gin Saws.
- Patent for a new and improved machine to sharpen the teeth of cotton gin saws. This design utilizes two bevel-faced wheels connected to a block between two arms that clamp the saw blade. The bevel-faced wheels sharpen the teeth of the blade, and the nuts and bolts of the frame allow for movement as well as tightening and loosening.
- Means for Making Continuous Concrete Pipes or Tiles
- Patent for a means for creating continuous pipes or tiles which can be used for the underground pipelines.
- Mulsher.
- Patent for a tool to help with farming. It cuts weeds below the surface of the ground and throws the soil towards the row of crops. This tool should help with crop growth.
- New Employee Benefits Guide: Plan Year 2016, Higher Education Institutions
- Guide to benefits for new Texas state employees outlining health insurance coverage options, life insurance, retirement plans, specialized savings accounts, and disability insurance available to them.
- New Employee Benefits Guide: Plan Year 2016, State Agency Employees
- Guide to benefits for new Texas state employees outlining health insurance coverage options, life insurance, disability insurance, specialized savings plans, the retirement program, and 401K accounts.
- Ore Concentrator
- Patent for a "machine for separating ores of precious metals, and particularly to that class of machines known as 'dry concentrators or separators,' used for separating fold ore by means of an air-blast over dry sand, gravel, quartz, etc." (lines 10-15). Illustrations and instructions are included.
- Pipe Coupling.
- Patent for pipe coupling in which the ends of pipes have interlocking attachments which can be both dissembled and reinforced for protection against accidental disengagement.
- Pistol Stock Gun.
- Patent for a detachable stock member for a pistol stock gun. Decreases the amount of space needed to store the gun when transporting it.
- Planter.
- Patent for the operating gear in planters. Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Post Hole Digger.
- Patent for a new post hole digger that both facilitates the creation of straight sides to the hole and a mechanism to allow for easy removal of the dirt.
- Poultry House and Pen
- Patent for an improvement over Patent No. 1,070,819 for the construction of a poultry house and pen to raise young chickens, poultry, game, birds, and pet stocks.
- Power Transmitting Attachment for Windmills.
- Patent for a power-transmitting attachment for windmills "whereby the power of the wind-mill used for operating a pump may also be used for operating other machinery" (lines 12-14), including illustrations.
- Pruning Implement.
- Patent for a new and improved pruner. This design "has relation to that class of pruning elements in which a concave chisel-edge is formed in the upper end of the blade and one concave jaw of a pair of pruning-shears is formed at the lower end of the blade, while a saw is attached to one side of the blade and a pivoted jaw is attached to the lower end, operating together with the lower concave edge, and it contemplates certain improvements upon the pruning implement [of an earlier patent]" (lines 19-29).
- Rail Bond For Electric Railroads
- Patent for improvement to rail-bonds for electrical railroads to aid in maintaining electrical contact, which will then reduce the loosening of parts which results in broken contact. Illustrations and instructions are included.
- Rail-Joint.
- Patent for improving railway rail joints "without the use of fish plates or clamping bolts" (lines 12-13) and for quick and secure assembly "by any person without previous skill or knowledge" (lines 24-25).
- Rail-Joint
- Patent for an improved rail joint that doesn't need bolts.
- Railroad Joint
- Patent for a railroad joint. Illustration included.