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- Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas Annual Report: 1982
- Annual report of the Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas describing goals, activities, and accomplishments during fiscal year 1982.
- Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas Annual Report: 1983
- Annual report of the Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas describing goals, activities, and accomplishments during fiscal year 1983
- New Directions in Texas Vocational Education Special Feature: What Vocational Graduates Are Doing Now
- Report on the progress of various vocational education initiatives in Texas during 1981-85 and outlines some of the steps to be taken in the future. The report describes the need for educational planning, the state's compliance with federal mandates, addresses how the state met federal Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) mandates, and summarizes the activities of the Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas.
- Closet Seat Catch
- Patent for a closet seat catch.
- Automobile Driving Mechanism.
- Patent for a driving mechanism for an automobile to dispense with the usual form of transmission gearing and differential, to substitute mechanisms power devices through the medium of a suitable liquid [preferably oil], maintained at a predetermined volume, and to provide a noiseless operating mechanism.
- Vehicle Wheel
- Patent for improved wheel that utilizes spring components in order to disperse the weight of the vehicle evenly.
- Can-Opener.
- Patent for a can opener, which has a movable blade to allow for easy cleaning.
- Tire-Tightener.
- Patent for a Tire Tightener that tightens the tire by expanding the felly of the wheel.
- File Case.
- Patent for a new and improved file case. This design "[t]he combination, with a case, of the pockets constructed in a series of a single piece of material having partitions formed by long folds connected at the bottom by short folds . . . [and t]he combination, with the folded pockets, of the file case having its sides constructed to overlap a part of the ends of the pockets, and an elastic follower with thumb-pieces arranged to bind with the sides of the case by straightening" (lines 9-24).
- Tire-Casing.
- Patent for a new type of puncture-proof tire casing.
- Electrolytic Cell
- Patent for an electrolytic cell. "This invention relates to electrolytic cells especially adapted and intended for the electrolyzing of the sulfates of the alkalies to obtain sulfuric acid and alkaline hydrates" (lines 10-13). Illustration included.
- Nut Lock.
- Patent for a new and improved nut lock. This design has, "[i]n combination with a bolt having a cylindrical stem and a head beveled on its inner face, a nut tapped to receive the threaded end of the bolt and prevented from turning" (lines 73-77).
- Wick Trimmer.
- Patent for a new and improved wick trimmer. This design "is to provide a lamp-wick trimmer with adjustable guides that will afford means to retain the implement in correct position for use on lamp-wick tubes of different sizes, and furthermore to furnish the wick-trimmer with blades that will shear the wick from each side edge toward the center simultaneously" (lines 7-14).
- Amusement Apparatus
- Patent for an amusement apparatus of the character set forth with and inclined place made of a number of pivoted sections which may be simultaneously moved into horizontal position to form steps or seats and be held in such position by trip device provided with a target which latter upon being hit by a thrown ball will release the several sections of the inclined plane of steps and permit them through the weight of one or more persons thereon to aline one with the other and form a continuous inclined plane or sliding board down which the persons who were seated or standing upon the steps will be caused to slide and be thrown into a body of water over which the apparatus is erected.
- Angelina & Neches River Authority Communication to the Board: 2016
- Annual financial report of the Angelina & Neches River Authority containing independently-audited financial information for fiscal year 2016, including statements of assets, expenses, revenues, and cash flows, with supplementary notes and information.
- Angelina & Neches River Authority Financial Statements: 2015 and 2016
- Annual financial report of the Angelina & Neches River Authority containing independently-audited financial information for fiscal years 2015 and 2016, including statements of assets, expenses, revenues, and cash flows, with supplementary notes and information.
- Recommendations for New Stream and Rain Gages in Texas
- Report recommending 42 new full range real-time stream gages across the state of Texas.
- Compound Gas-Engine
- Patent for a compound gas-engine.
- Railroad-Tie.
- Patent for a new railroad tie constructed of concrete material with detachable internal reinforcements used to support the rail fastening system, with illustrations.
- Apparatus for Handling Seed-Cotton.
- Patent for an improved cotton elevator, separator, and distributor that is meant to move cotton from a wagon or storage, remove dirt, and deliver it to a gin. The "improved apparatus comprises a pneumatic cotton-conveying tube by which the cotton is lifted or carried to the distributor, a separator for removing the cotton from the air current, and a distributor comprising a trunk for receiving the cotton from the separator extending over the two gin feeders, having openings delivering into the feeders, and an endless chain conveyer moving in said trunk, causing the cotton to travel along therein and drop out therefrom through the delivery openings into the feeders" (lines 16-27).
- Rail-Joint.
- Patent for a rail joint, which will be brought closer together when more weight is put on it.
- Gathering-Machine.
- Patent for a gathering machine for boll weevils and other pests in the cotton fields, which collects the insects of of the plants and throws them in the middle of the furrow to expose them to direct sunlight.
- Improvement in Pessaries.
- Patent for an improved uterine supporter with changes to the arrangement of the wings, with illustrations and instructions.
- Tent-Stake.
- Patent for a tent stake that is used with a metal guy or rope. The purpose of this tent stake is to secure tents under all weather conditions.
- Automatic Damper
- Patent for "an attachment for stove-dampers whereby said dampers will be automatically moved, in order that the fire may be maintained at a predetermined heat" (lines 9-13).
- Newsletter of Texas State Representative Cecil Bell, Jr.: January 31, 2014
- Newsletter of Cecil Bell, Jr. for his constituents in district 3 discussing news, activities, and various updates related to work in the Texas legislature. It focuses on the State Board of Education implementation of House Bill 5 and the Graduation Requirement.
- Refrigerating Machine.
- Patent for a refrigerating machine that works with a double jacketed brine cylinder with a self-contained expansion tank for the coolant. It is meant to provide cooling with small displacement of the cylinder, but with great circulation of the brine.
- Ice-Making Apparatus
- Patent for an ice-making apparatus that both cools the brine and makes the ice.
- Sand-Band for Vehicles
- Patent for a sand band for vehicles that protects the axle bearing from foreign objects. Illustrations included.
- Building Tile.
- Patent for "hollow blocks" or "tile and hollow corner blocks" that "prevent moisture from passing through walls" (lines 10-14).
- Power-Transmitting Means
- Patent for improving power-transmitting means. The patent reduces the ratio of rotary to reciprocatory movement, with illustrations.
- Plowing Machine
- Patent for plowing machine. This invention improvement relates to an adaptation of the plowing machine to break up or loosen the subsoil and surface soil.
- Safety Railway-Truck Air-Brake Appliance.
- Patent for a safety railway truck appliance, which automatically engages the air brake system if a car in the train derails.
- Cotton-Press.
- Patent for an improvement in cotton-press to form cylindrical cotton bales, including illustrations.
- Receptacle-Lid Lifter
- Patent for "new and useful improvements in means for automatically opening the closure of a receptacle upon the approach of a person thereto" (lines 12-15), including illustrations.
- Well-Liner Clamp.
- Patent for a well-liner clamp for oil, gas, and other similar wells that prevents the well from caving in. The well-liner clamp is made of resilient material to hold in place, contracts while being placed into the well, and can be released after being placed into the well to expand to fit the walls of the well.
- Hay-Press
- Patent for "a simple and effective machine of the character described, which shall possess advantages in point of durability, cheapness of manufacture, and general efficiency" (lines 18-21).
- Wheel Cultivator and Planter Attachment Therefor.
- Patent for an improved wheel cultivator, which includes a planter attachment, a hopper, a seed-dropping and fertilizer distributing mechanism, and covering plows.
- Continuous Oil-Press.
- Patent for a continuous oil press for use in pressing oil from seeds, nuts, and fruits.
- Sleeping-Hood.
- Patent for an "inexpensive to manufacture, and convenient and comfortable in use" (lines 17-18) sleeping hood to be worn while sleeping to prevent snoring.
- Fish and Game Trap.
- Patent for a design for improvements of fish and game traps, including illustrations.
- Planter
- Patent for planter, by Walter H. Boon
- Cable Splicing Joint
- Patent for a case that encapsulates the joined ends of cables to protect them from moisture.
- Gate
- Patent for invention of certain new and useful Improvements in Gates. Relates to the improvements in automatic gates, Including annexed drawing which fully illustrate the invetion (5-10).
- Cotton-Compress.
- Patent for a new and useful cotton compress, including instructions and illustrations.
- Pipe-Wrench
- Patent for a pipe wrench with adjustable jaws.
- Hotel Office Dinkey
- Patent for an hotel office dinkey. Illustration included.
- Railroad-Track Lifter.
- Patent for improvement in railroad-track lifters by using “the combination of a base, a upright, a lever and two pawls engaging notches of the upright” (lines 97-99) and “hand mechanism for operating the pawls,” (lines 1-2, p. 2) for easily raising sections of railway-track. Illustration is included.
- Texas Aquifers Study: Groundwater Quantity, Quality, Flow and Contributions to Surface Water
- Report documenting information on the geology and hydro-geology of the confined and unconfined aquifers of Texas, including the quantity and quality of the groundwater that they contain. Information about the volume of flows from the aquifers to the surface waters of the state and volume of the flows between the aquifers.
- Baling-Machine
- Patent for a baling machine. Illustrations included.