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- Oil-Converting Apparatus.
- Patent for an apparatus that can be built at moderate cost, which will enable a high rate of commercially efficient work to reduce "the specific gravity of various grades of hyrdo-carbon oils, especially those of a semi-refined character" (lines 22 - 24).
- Threading Apparatus For Pipes.
- Patent for improvements of the threading apparatus for pipes through a simple attachment to automobiles wheels. Illustrated figures with descriptions are presented to easily show the ways in which the device attaches and is used.
- Cotton-Chopper.
- Patent for a cotton chopper, which can operate in uneven soil and attaches to a cultivator.
- Brake Mechanism For Hand Cars
- Patent for a brake mechanism for rail hand cars.Illustration included.
- Sewing-Awl.
- Patent for an improvement upon the sewing awl that is designed to work well with leather workers. The sewing awl is made to be "adaptable to work with a break or tension device, capable of restraining a thread holding spool against free rotation to prevent excessive undesirable slack or looseness of the thread" (lines 15-19) as illustrated and described.
- Bottle-Vent
- Patent for "an open-sided vent-passage at the neck of the bottle, thus permitting the formation thereof at the time the bottle is blown and rendering the construction more simple and economically produced" (lines 16-20).
- Arc-Lamp
- Patent for an arc lamp which does not spark for use in headlights for trains and automobiles and in street lights.
- Apparatus For Treating Petroleum.
- Patent for an apparatus that is used to treat petroleum and other heavy hydrocarbons in order to produce gasoline and other liquid fuels.
- Fire Alarm
- Patent for a fire alarm. Illustration included.
- Coffee and Spice Mill.
- Patent for a new and improved mill for coffee and spices. This design "consists in constructing a coffee and spice mill with a hopper having arms for attaching the mill to a wall and for supporting the gear-wheel formed upon it, an inner cone-burr formed solid with the hopper, an outer shell-burr suspended from and swiveled to the inner burr by a cross-bar, rod, and hand-nut, and the gear-wheels and crank for rotating the outer-burr" (lines 22-30).
- Cotton-Chopper.
- Patent for effective removal of cotton plants in an alternating pattern with a standard chopping depth, distance, and speed, with illustrations.
- Wrench.
- Patent for a new and useful improvement in monkey-wrenches to "provide an improved construction of the same whereby the clamping-jaws may be quickly and readily adjusted to the nut or tap which is to be engaged thereby" (line 19-23).
- Pipe System for Discharging Waste Water from Refrigerator-Cars.
- Patent for a pressurized pipe system designed to discharge waste water from melted ice used to reduce car temperature including illustrations.
- Improvement in Processes for Preserving Wood.
- Patent for preserving wood from the ravages of marine insects (lines 7-8).
- Wire-Stretcher.
- Patent for a tool to stretch telephone wire, barb wire, and wire fencing. The tool connects to and holds in place a wire using a lock. While locked in place, the wire is stretched without the need of chains.
- Corn and Cotton Planter.
- Patent for a new and improved planter. This design, when used "as a corn-planter the slotted plate upon the inclined portion of the bottom is adjusted to cover the entire slot, and the pitman is attached to the pin projecting from the bar operating the seed slide, and when the machine is to be used as a cotton-planter the pitman is attached to the crank at the side of the seed-box, and the plate in the bottom of the box is adjusted so as to give the slot sufficient width to allow the cotton-seed to be forced through it" (lines 84-94).
- Two-Piece Box.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in two piece boxes, including instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Bale-Ties.
- Patent for an improved bale-tie which is to be used especially with cotton, includes instructions and illustration.
- Railway Switch.
- Patent for a railway switch to be operated by foot and without structural change to existing construction.
- Cultivator.
- Patent for a cultivator that has its frame and attachments are mounted on carrying-wheels, and the plows depend on the wheels. It is operated more easily than other cultivators.
- Gate.
- Patent for improvements in gates, including illustrations.
- Attachment for Cabinets.
- Patent for Attachment for Cabinets. An adjustable bracket that attaches to various pieces of cabinetry or furniture for supporting water basins for easy reach.
- Knife
- Patent for a knife used for cutting grass and shrubbery. Illustrations included.
- Newsletter of Texas State Representative Ernest Bailes: Volume 1, Issue 3, February 2017
- Newsletter of Ernest Bailes for his constituents in district 18 discussing news, activities, and various updates related to work in the Texas legislature. It focuses on growth and property rights, pausing in prayer, new Commercial Driver's License skills standards, reduction in budget for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and a balanced and new legislation.
- Newsletter of Texas State Representative Ernest Bailes: Volume 1, Issue 5, March 2017
- Newsletter of Ernest Bailes for his constituents in district 18 discussing news, activities, and various updates related to work in the Texas legislature. It focuses on reforms in public school finance, an update on Constable Justin Johnston, the presentation of CSHB 1469, updates in teacher retirement and property taxes, and the house bill to decrease the fee for carrying a handgun.
- Water Heater for Washing Machines.
- Patent for a new and improved water heater for washing machines. This design "relates to that class of washing-machines in which a rotary slatted cylinder for holding the clothes and a coil of pipe for supplying the drum with hot water are employed; and it consists in certain improvements in the construction and arrangement of the heater and pipes for conveying water to and discharging it from the drum" (lines 14-21).
- Andiron.
- Patent for an andiron that combines with a gated screen including illustrations.
- Animal Trap
- Patent for a trap to catch small animals
- Bat-Former
- Patent for a cotton bat former for use in cotton gins.
- Felly-Expander
- Patent for "the provision of a device which will be simple in construction, yet strong and efficient in operation" (lines 14-16).
- Improvement in Water-Tanks.
- Patent for an improved water-tank built with lumbers that are thoroughly dried and covered with asphaltum as waterproof agent. It includes illustrations.
- Conveyor-Bucket.
- Patent for a conveyor bucket, which reduces waste of material.
- Lining for Tin Cans.
- Patent for a new and improved method of canning seafood with tin cans. This design calls for perforated paper to line the cans, which prevents the discoloration of the seafood inside.
- Attachment for Harness.
- Patent for a new and improved harness attachment. This design utilizes two disks, "one being notched in its thick or heavy edge and the other being notched in its thin or less weighty portion . . . thus effectively closing the space that would otherwise be left at the point of the hook, and preventing the ring . . . from becoming detached" (lines 55-63).
- Washing-Machine
- Patent for "a washing-machine which will rapidly wash clothes of coarse or fine texture without injury thereto. This object I accomplish by my improved washing-machine, which consists, essentially, of a cylindrical body, a flexible and adjustable wash-board in the lower half thereof, and a corrugated drum rotating in the body above the wash-board" (lines 9-16).
- Furnace
- Patent for a furnace to be used in engines. Illustrations included.
- Improvement in Stilts
- Patent for improved stilts "whereby a stilt-stirrup may be quickly, easily, and securely fastened at different elevations on the standard" (para. 3).
- Mail Bag Catching and Delivering Device
- Patent for a device that will quickly exchange mail bags between a moving train and a station.
- Cotton-Picking Machine.
- Patent for a cotton-picking machine that arranges the picking elements at different elevations and spaces them apart "so that while several plants will be picked at the same time, only one portion of a plant will be worked on at a time," (lines 14-17), minimizing disturbance of the plant.
- Gin-Saw-Sharpening Machine
- Patent for improvements of gin saw sharpening machines.
- Cotton Seed Cleaner
- Patent for a cotton seed cleaner. Illustration included.
- The San Antonio Conference: Bilingual--Bicultural Education --- Where do we go from here?
- This booklet provides details of the San Antonio Conference on Bilingual--Bicultural Education held on March 28 and 29, 1969.
- Harrow
- Patent for related rotary harrows that consists of improve hereinafter scribed.
- Demountable Rim
- Patent for a Demountable Rim designed for automobile wheels where a tire can be attached to the demountable rim, secured with fasteners on the rim then is can attach to the wheel itself.
- Loose Leaf Binder
- Patent for a loose leaf binder. The invention consists of two adjustable sections in order to lengthen or shorten the post. Illustration included.
- Desk or Cabinet.
- Patent for a simple and economical desk that is designed to be completely sealed and protected when it is closed. When the cabinet is opened, "the machine may be operated with as much ease as though the machine were placed upon an ordinary table, and whereby further, when the cabinet is opened, an extensive table will be provided at each side of the machine for the reception of work which is to be performed or which has been executed, or for any purpose that the operator may desire" (lines 20-28).
- Whiffletree.
- Patent for a new and improved whiffletree. This design "compris[es] a front rod and a back rod or spring united together by welding, said whiffletree having its ends rounded to form shoulders and provided with hooks fitting upon the rounded ends and prevented from slipping inward by the shoulders, and disks placed upon said rounded ends and attained thereon by swaging the latter" (lines 6-13).
- Whiffletree.
- Patent for a new and improved whiffletree. This design "compris[es] a front bar, a back rod or spring united to the front bar by welding, the ends of both said bar and rod being bent upon themselves and the parts welded together to construct an eye or opening, whereby both bar and rod are bent around the latter . . . a strengthening-piece placed between the front bar and the back rod or spring, and a casing secured to the back rod and adapted to hold the strengthening-piece in place" (lines 8-18).
- Artificial-Stone Composition
- Patent for "an artificial stone adapted for all purposes to which natural stone can be applied, and which can be given any desired shape while in a plastic state, or carved and polished after hardening" (lines 12-18).
- Pipe Puller and Holder
- Patent for a pipe puller and holder for pulling and holding pipes from wells. Illustrations included.