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- Anchor Post
- Patent for an anchor post. This invention is designed to resist any lateral or longitudinal strain. Illustration included.
- Apparatus for Irrigating Land.
- Patent for a new and improved irrigation machine. This design "consists in an irrigating-pipe having lapped side joints and notches in the inner edges of the lapped joints. The invention also consists in the combination, with a tank, of a trough below it, tubes projecting from the trough, and irrigating-pipes connected with the said tubes" (lines 12-18).
- Automatic Fire-Kindler
- Patent for an automatic fire kindler which can be put on a timer and start a fire in a stove with a bundle of matches inserted into the device ahead of time.
- Bank-Protector.
- Patent for a bank-protector that consists of vertically moving shields arranged just within the cashier's and teller's windows and the outer door of the bank, and a mechanism that allows the cashier to drop the shields and sound an alarm. Illustrations included.
- Bat-Former.
- Patent for a cotton bat former which uses a condenser and forms even bats to send to the bat presses. Illustration is included.
- Buggy-Top Support
- Patent for a buggy top support which has springs in it to absorb shocks from bumps and is compact.
- Car Coupling.
- Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists "[i]n a car-coupling, the combination of a recessed draw-head having abutments . . . and a transverse ridge, of a link adapted to rock on said ridge, a pivoted coupling-hook carrying a diagonally-projecting pin near its forward end, and a spiral spring arranged diagonally above the coupling-hook and surrounding said pin" (lines 93-100).
- Combination Tie and Rail-Joint
- Patent for improvement in the safety of tie and rail-joints. Improves the connection so that independent movement of the tie and rail is reduced.
- Combined Animal-Trap and Chicken-Coop.
- Patent for a combined animal trap and chicken coop, which has a compartment attached to the coop that is a trap for rats and other animals.
- Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.
- Patent for a combined cotton chopper and cultivator, which allows cotton to be chopped earlier and to be done by one person.
- Cotton Chopper.
- Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design "consists in combining with a frame a roller of any desired width and size having one or more slots or openings in its periphery, and so mounted as to roll over and crush the stand of cotton, except those portions which enter the slots or openings referred to, which regulate the distance apart at which the portions of the stand are left remaining" (lines 19-27).
- Cotton-Cleaner.
- Patent for improvements for machines that separate seeds and other material from cotton. Includes illustrations.
- Cotton Elevator and Distributer.
- Patent for a cotton elevating and distributing device, one that feeds cotton to multiple gins at the same time. This device is meant to save time and be simply and efficiently constructed.
- Credit Union Department Newsletter, Number 11-21, November 17, 2021
- Newsletter of the Texas Credit Union Department containing departmental news and announcements, deadlines, and other information of importance to credit unions.
- Cultivator.
- Patent for a cultivator, a type of farm implement used for secondary tillage, a way of plowing or cultivating of soil, including illustrations.
- A Cultural Resources Survey of a Proposed Sanitary Sewer Pipeline Route Across Lorch Park, Cedar Hill, Texas
- A report of a pedestrian archaeological survey of a proposed 800 foot sanitary sewer pipeline route to be constructed in Lorch Park.
- Distance-Instrument
- Patent for an improvement on the Surveyor's instrument, included with illustrations.
- East Central Independent School District Academic Excellence Indicators Report: 1993-1994
- Annual report about the overall condition of the East Central Independent School District in San Antonio, providing statistics and assessments for the 1993-1994 school year.
- Economic Opportunities Development Corporation of San Antonio and Bexar County: Planning and Priorities
- A report on the plans and priorities of the Economic Opportunities Development Corporation of San Antonio and Bexar County based on results from a community survey on October 30, 1970 as part of an application for the Office of Economic Opportunity Community Action Program.
- Governor-Cylinder.
- Patent for a governor cylinder for engines to keep the engine doing only a set amount of work.
- Hame.
- Patent for a hame of simple and inexpensive construction, including illustrations.
- Hame-Fastener.
- Patent for a new kind of fastener for draft animal harnesses that is inexpensive and has no springs or buckles. Illustration included.
- Improvement in Guide-Wheels for Car-Trucks.
- Patent for a "device or attachment to car-trucks, &c., for preventing their being thrown off the track." (Lines 8-10) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Plows.
- Patent for "means whereby the beam of a plow may be elevated or depressed at the front end according to the depth to which it is intended that the plow shall run, and held securely at several points of adjustment." (Lines 11-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Truss-Bridges.
- Patent for an improved method of truss-bridge construction, "whether made with a single or double roadway and with or without a sidewalk upon one or both sides, so as to enable them to be made with less material and less expense than when made in the ordinary manner, and which shall at the same time have an equal or greater strength." (Lines 14-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Indicator For Clocks or Watches
- Patent for an improvement to clocks or watches that will display an indicator when the timepiece needs to be re-wound.
- Machine for Rounding Leather.
- Patent for a machine for rounding leather in harness making shops, which produces a uniform product and requires less time and effort than hand rounding leather.
- Match Box
- Patent for match box. This invention is designed to push matches forward and ejecting it without disturbing the other matches remaining in the box. Illustration included.
- Meat-Cutter.
- Patent for a meat-cutter designed for making meat tender by "running it back and forth under the knives and cutting the meat both ways," (lines 30-31) including illustrations.
- Metallic End Yoke For Railway Cars
- Patent for a metallic end yoke for railway cars. Illustrations included.
- Metallic Railroad-Tie.
- Patent for a new and improved metallic railroad tie that purports to prevent the spreading of rails or the bending of tension-rods. Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Midwestern State University Annual Financial Report: 2016
- Annual financial report of Midwestern State University documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 2016.
- Mud-Scraper.
- Patent for a mud scraper attachment for vehicles, which prevents mud from getting in the wheels of the vehicle on muddy dirt roads.
- Nutcracker.
- Patent for a nutcracker that can crack all kinds of nuts, with relatively little force, on appropriate surfaces like tables. The Patent includes instructions and illustrations.
- Permutation-Lock.
- Patent for a device of a permutation lock. One of its objects is to improve the permutation mechanism thereof and to provide novel means whereby the combination of the lock may be changed.
- Plow Attachment.
- Patent for a plow attachment that guides and aids the plow, and regulates "the depth at which the plow or cultivator shovel shall run in the ground" (lines 13-15).
- Post Hole Auger.
- Patent for a new and improved post-hole digger. This design is "compris[ed of] an operating handle having a series of radial horizontal wings provided on their lower faces with downwardly-projecting flanges, cutting-blades having horizontal slotted arms at their upper ends adapted to fit between the flanges of the wings, said cutting-blades having their lower ends pointed or bent and curved inwardly and transversely, to bring the cutting edge of one blade out of the plane of rotation of the rear blunt edge of the preceding blade, and adjusting bolts and nuts" (lines 7-18).
- Process of Treating Ores.
- Patent for "an improved method of reducing gold and silver ores and recovering their metals." (Lines 10-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Pumping-Head.
- Patent for a pumping head involving two piston rods that are rigid and, if broken, can be replaced without harming the rest of the machine. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
- Railway-Crossing.
- Patent for a railway crossing track, which does not jar the train's wheels as it passes over the crossing.
- Regional Water Plan: Region A (Panhandle), 2016, Volume 1. Main Report
- Water plan for Panhandle Region describing water supply locations and suppliers by county, the state of the water supply in the area, forecasts for future usage numbers, management and conservation plans for both suppliers and users in each county, drought plans, impacts of implementation of the water plan, and the plan making process.
- Regional Water Plan: Region A (Panhandle), 2016, Volume 2. Appendices
- Appendices for the water plan for Region A (Panhandle) including a bibliography, cost estimates, survey results, and related reports.
- Revolving Book-Holder.
- Patent for a "combined desk and cabinet especially designed for students' use to obviate the scattering about of books when writing, studying, or making reference thereto" (lines 8-12). The are two rotating sections: a many-faced book-rest, and a cabinet above it where books can be stored. There is also a sliding writing-board underneath the desk.
- Riding-Saddle.
- Patent for a durable, simple, and inexpensive riding-saddle. The seat, front, rear, and middle jockeys and cantle are made form one piece of leather. The rear quarter is laced to the cantle, and the saddle has a bag for storing articles during travel.
- Rotary Pneumatic Toy.
- Patent for improvements in rotary pneumatic toys, "which can be carried by a child and caused to rotate by the action of the air when the toy is carried rapidly or if the air is violently circulated" (lines 11-15) including illustrations.
- Running-Gear for Plows.
- Patent for a running gear attachment for a plow to change a walking plow to a sulky(riding) plow.
- Saddle
- Patent for a saddle. Illustration included.
- Spur Attachment For Stirrups
- Patent for spur attachment for stirrups. "The purpose of the invention is to provide a spur attachment to saddle-stirrups so constructed that a body-bar having an offset carrying a rowel is so hinged at its forward end to the stirrup that when the stirrup is not in use the body-bar carrying the rowel will hang perpendicularly downward, but wherein as soon as the foot is placed in the stirrup" (9-16). Illustration included.
- Sunshade-Gear for Personal Wear.
- Patent for a wearable sunshade, which is worn over the shoulders and allows free movement of the body while in use and has holders for farm tools included on the sunshade holding device.
- Teacher Retirement System of Texas Annual Financial Report: 2014
- Annual financial report of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 2014.