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- Apparatus for Transmitting Sound-Waves
- Patent for transmitting sound waves by magnetic induction and to "furnish an apparatus by which these different vibrations can be heard at the receiving end" (lines 20-22). Includes descriptions and illustrations.
- Automatic Machine for Manufacturing Mops
- Patent for a machine that will automatically pack yarn strands into the mop handle for quick production of a mop.
- Automatic Telephone-Directory.
- Patent for a new and useful automatic telephone directory, including instructions and illustrations.
- Ball-Bearing.
- Patent for a new and useful ball bearing, including instructions and illustrations.
- Bracelet
- Patent for a "friendship bracelet" that has the option of adding or detaching links when necessary.
- Cable Grip
- Patent for a cable grip. Illustration included.
- Car Coupling.
- Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a coupling-pin, of the arm, rod[s], clip . . . and lever . . . [t]he combination, with a draw-bar having the extension of a lever limited by the stop-pin . . . [and] [i]n car-couplings, the coupling-link, made in two U-shaped parts, pivoted together . . . and sustained in coupling position by [a] spring or springs" (lines 96-105).
- Car-Coupling.
- Patent for a novel, simple, and practical car coupling that has a link and gravity pin. It "may be set to coupe two of the improved couplings on approaching cars, when these devices engage each other, and also that may be manipulated by the usual lever or chain attachment to uncouple two connected drawheads, effecting such a detachment from the sides or roof of the car" (lines 12-19).
- Carpet Stretcher
- Patent for carpet stretcher. Illustration included.
- Churn.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in churns, including instructions and illustrations.
- Combination Show-Case.
- Patent for new and useful improvements in combination show cases, including instructions and illustrations.
- Combined Stalk Cutter and Harrow
- Patent for a new stalk cutter
- Composite Lamp-Chimney.
- Patent for a lamp chimney that prevents insects from falling into the chimney and keeps the flame inside the chimney.
- Concrete Form.
- Patent for a circular concrete form. The form is adjustable and allows nesting for storage and transport.
- Control Mechanism for Internal Combustion Engines
- Patent for an object that "[provides] economical mixtures when the engine is running under light load without affecting the power of the engine when running under a heavy load."
- Cotton-Chopper.
- Patent for a cotton chopper that attaches to a cultivator and cuts the rows of cotton evenly.
- Cotton Chopper
- Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustrations included.
- Cotton Cleaning And Condensing Machine
- Patent for cotton cleaning and condensing machine. "This invention relates to cotton cleaning and condensing machinery; and it has for its object to proved simple, durable, and comparatively inexpensive machine for cleaning the cotton fiber and forming it into a bat as it leaves the gin in preparation for the baling press" (9-15). Illustration included.
- Cotton-Distributer for Gin-Feeders.
- Patent for a cotton-distributor that moves cotton from a wagon or storage and evenly and quickly distributes it to multiple gin feeders in a line.
- Cotton-Gin.
- Patent for cotton gin, which includes a huller roller, seed bar, and seed grate to separate and remove seeds from the cotton. Ginning points/pins are used instead of saws. Due to the positioning of the ginning points/pins, the surface of the ginning cylinder in its entirety is available for ginning and there are fewer mechanical friction points.
- Cotton Seed Planter.
- Patent for a new and improved cotton-seed planter. This design "is to promote accuracy and uniformity in the planting of cotton-seed and to secure the depositing of the seed in moist soil. The invention consists in the combination, with the frame, the drive-wheel, and the hopper, of gear-wheels connected to the drive-wheel, a shaft, a feed-screw working in the hopper, and a tube inclosing the rear part of the screw, whereby the seeds will be fed out one at a time by the advance of the machine" (lines 17-27).
- Credit Union Department Newsletter, Number 10-12, October 2012
- Newsletter of the Texas Credit Union Department containing departmental news and announcements, deadlines, and other information of importance to credit unions.
- Door Controlled Electric Switch
- Patent for an improved switch attachment that will allow a room, vault, or compartment to be kept lighted when door is open or closed, but may also be shut off when leaving the room.
- Gasoline separator
- Patent for Gasoline separator
- Gauge Cock.
- Patent for steam gauge or test cocks that provides a simple and economical gauge cock for steam boilers by which the steam can be readily tested and which is adapted to close the orifice automatically to provide a constructions which will not be disarranged in operation.
- Gearing for Churns and Ice-Cream Freezers.
- Patent for a new design of an ice cream churn designed "to provide means for operating the dasher or agitator of a churn or ice cream freezer, which is capable of being swung into or out of position at the will of the operator" (lines 11-15).
- Hoe Attachment
- Patent for a blade attachment to a hoe. Illustration included.
- Hoof-Pad.
- Patent for an adjustable rubber foot pad or expander for horses. It can fit on any sized foot, does not put metal into contact with any sensitive parts of the foot, and can be worn for any type of travel. The parts can be easily replaced when they ear out. The pad can expand a contracted hoof naturally and easily.
- Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
- Patent for an improved cotton press: "Our invention consists of a contrivance for driving the screw, which works the follower by a worm when doing the work, and a toothed wheel when returning the follower; also, of a removable case which receives the pressed bale and carries it away on a truck to be tied, while another box takes its place to receive the next bale" (lines 8-15). Includes illustrations and instructions.
- Improvement in Oil-Burners
- Patent for an oil burner to be used with heating ranges, stoves, boilers, and furnaces.
- Improvements in Grinding Attachment for Band-Saw Mills
- Patent for a grinding attachment for band-saw mills. It contains information on improved grinding parts such as "band saw wheels... and other pulleys" (lines 13-14) and has illustrations.
- Improvements in Seed-Planters
- Patent for an improved seed planter that can be attached to a plow. Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Lawn-Mower Sharpener.
- Patent for a new device that improves lawn mower sharpeners, including illustrations. It is a detachable device that attaches directly to the lawn mower and sharpens the blades while in use.
- Leg Brace
- Patent for a leg brace. Illustration included.
- Lock for Automobiles
- Patent for Lock for Automobiles
- Nutcracker
- Patent for Nutcracker
- Pass-Book
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in pass books, including instructions and illustrations.
- Platform Treadle For Hand Cars
- Patent for a platform treadle for hand cars. Illustration included.
- Plow
- Patent for a plow that has a quicker and easier way to adjust the angle and depth of the plow. Including illustrations
- Plow.
- Patent for a subsoil plow that is adjustable and includes a root cutter.
- Rail Brace
- Patent for a rail brace system.
- Railroad-Crossing Signal
- Patent for signaling devices designed for use along railroads and grade crossings and meant to be automatically operated upon the approach of a train by giving a visible or audible signal at the crossing which will warn travelers of the approach of the train and calcuated to avoid the occurrence of accidents. The signal device includes a track associated train operated circuit closing device for energizing a bell, flashing light, or signal arm or any other equivalence or suitable signal device located at the crossing.
- Railroad-Rail.
- Patent for an improved railroad rail that is "composed of track or running rails proper and supplementary rails bolted to the track rails and having a laterally-projecting top portion which serves as a wheel guard or lateral brace for the track rails" (lines 14-19).
- Riding-Saddle.
- Patent for an improvement in saddle trees that secures the saddle more firmly to the horse than other saddles.
- Seeding Attachment For Disk Harrows.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in seeding attachments for disk harrows, including instructions and illustrations.
- Sewer-Trap.
- Patent for a sewer trap that prevents "the grease and other extraneous matter from sinks, and other fixtures in the house to effect a logment in the sewer, to the consequent obstruction and clogging up of the same" (lines 16-20). This makes sewers healthier and require less maintenance.
- Soil map, Texas, Morris County sheet
- Map displays soil types along with creeks, lakes, rivers, towns, churches, schools, roads, and railroads. Includes legend and soil profiles.
- Soil Survey of Morris County, Texas
- Text describes the area, climate, agriculture, and soils of Morris County, Texas.
- Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-163
- Document 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, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Confederate Woman's Home property--disposition to be made thereof in case of abandonment of use of said property as a home for the wives and widows of Confederate Soldiers and Sailors.
- Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-164
- Document 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, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Proper items of court costs and costs in condemnation proceedings.