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Convertible Table.

Description: Patent for a supporting device for folding tables or benches that is made up of slide-able pieces that can be folded up into a small area and then locked in place when set up.
Date: April 9, 1907
Creator: Richter, Franz Albin

Car-Ventilator.

Description: Patent for a railroad car ventilator, which supplies fresh air to the car and sends stale air out of the car. It also is equipped with an ice cooling system and a disinfectant spray system.
Date: March 9, 1909
Creator: Carroll, Samuel C.

Piston-Rod Packing

Description: Patent for "provide a metallic packing for piston-rods that is self-adjusting; secondly, to provide a packing the parts of which are so arranged as to avoid any escape of steam through the gland of the stuffing-box; thirdly, to provide a packing that does not require a lubricator; fourthly, to provide a packing that relieves the piston of all friction, except when steam is admitted to stuffing-box end of cylinder" (lines 19-27).
Date: May 9, 1890
Creator: Carlson, Frank A.

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-156

Description: 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: Whether the County of Dallas may hire professional services without advertising for bids and related questions.
Date: October 9, 1963
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-5812

Description: 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, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Power of Commissioners' Court of Dallas County to purchase automobile for (1) County Judge in lunacy proceedings, (2) Tax assessor and Collector for official business, and (3) Probation Officer for official business.
Date: February 9, 1944
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-472

Description: 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, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether H.B. 501 as passed by the 50th Leg. or Art. 3912e, Sec. 19, Subd. (1), V.C.S., dealing with travel expenses of sheriffs, applies to Dallas County.
Date: January 9, 1948
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.

De-Aerator

Description: Patent for improvements in de-aerators such as "forcing the water into the tank and spraying the same against the cylinder to cause the air and gases to separate from the water, and means for causing a vacuum in the upper end of the tank from which a suction pipe extends to allow ready escape of the separated air and gases" (lines 27-33) including illustrations and instructions.
Date: September 9, 1913
Creator: Strite, Frank S.

Churn.

Description: Patent for improvements in churns, "specifically a churn disclosed in Patent No. 1268766, L. M. Payne, R. A. Thompson and L. P. Morris, June 4, 1918."
Date: March 9, 1919
Creator: Wilson, William W.

Disinfecting Apparatus

Description: Patent for an improved bottle for the purposes of carefully applying disinfecting fluid. The patent describes and illustrates a bottle that can be sold as-is, with an apparatus that releases the liquid drop by drop to prevent waste.
Date: June 9, 1914
Creator: Peck, Walter H. & Alford, L. B.

Fountain-Pen Blotting Attachment.

Description: Patent for an attachment for fountain pens that would hold a roll of blotting paper or other ink absorbing material on a revolving stem to be used to remove extra ink from paper after using the fountain pen. The attachment is contained in a cap that is attached to the end of the fountain pen.
Date: August 9, 1921
Creator: Odom, Blaine W.

Four-Wheel Drive Mechanism

Description: Patent for improvements toward four-wheel drive mechanisms. This includes adding a vertical and central drive to the front wheels so that they have the same speed rate as the back wheels.
Date: August 9, 1921
Creator: Smith, George W.
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