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Amusement Apparatus

Description: Patent for a fishing game for amusement parks which has a canal of liquid agitated to form a current with pictures of fish in it that when caught get the person fishing different prizes depending on the symbol they have on them.
Date: August 10, 1909
Creator: Pressey, Charles A.

Automatic Weighing-Scale

Description: Patent for a new and improved Automatic Weighing Scale. The improvements provide competely automated operation for weighing materials in bulk. The efficiency of device allows materials to be weighed without having to add or remove weights.
Date: December 10, 1912
Creator: Standefer, Henry R.

Brush.

Description: Patent for brush used to add adjustable sized stripes onto vehicles and to add lettering onto signs. The brush contains its own paint reservoir.
Date: September 10, 1911
Creator: Penn, George Rollins; Penn, G. R.

Car-Coupling

Description: Patent for car coupling in which the coupling is improved upon so that it is "positive and certain in operation, simple in construction, interchangeable in parts, durable in use, cheap in manufacture, and not liable to become deranged or inoperative by rough usage or by the exterior influences of weather and other conditions" (lines 10-15).
Date: January 10, 1893
Creator: Huguley, Job C.

Texas Attorney General Opinion: M-277

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, Crawford Martin, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the Commissioners Court of Dallas County has the option to expend county funds in the repair, maintenance and operation of court houses and other public buildings through its own employees or through an independent contractor.
Date: September 10, 1968
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-480

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 land originally acquired by the County of Dallas by quitclaim deed and used by said county as a county road and later annexed to the City of Dallas, can be lawfully abandoned and closed by the City of Dallas without permission of the county,… more
Date: August 10, 1965
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-241

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: Responsibility of the Juvenile Court of Dallas County to grant medical orders for juveniles in certain circumstances, and related questions.
Date: April 10, 1964
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.

Centrifugal Suction Fan

Description: Patent for improvements made towards in suction fans that are found in cotton picking machines to improve efficiency. The primary improvements detailed in the patent describe and illustrate an improved design of the casing inside the fan to prevent damage to the cotton or the seed once they are sucked into the fan, among other design improvements.
Date: March 10, 1914
Creator: Meier, John & Miller, T. S., Jr.

Process of Electrical Separation

Description: Patent for a new Process of Electrical Separation. The process relates to "electrostatic separation, and particularly to the charging of particles electrically to affect their different capacities of receiving such charge." (Line 12-15)
Date: November 10, 1914
Creator: Sutton, Henry M. & Steele, Walter L.

Automobile-Rack.

Description: Patent for improved automobile racks that are elevated to accomplish the following tasks: removing paint from the automobile, and make the automobile more accessible during construction.
Date: February 10, 1920
Creator: Cleveland, David P.

Air-Compressor for Water-Elevators.

Description: Patent for "an improvement in air-compressors for water-elevators, and it consists in the novel mechanism for compressing air, by which water is designed to be raised from a cistern, or other reservoir." (Lines 13-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 10, 1895
Creator: Warren, Governor D.

Battery.

Description: Patent for an improvement to batteries, particularly pertaining to their electrochemical components, including an illustration and instructions.
Date: June 10, 1919
Creator: Crowley, Richard Joseph

COUPLING PATENT

Description: This patent is for a new coupling system to connect hollow pipes. It is specifically designed to address issues of vibration, which cause the coupling pin to become damaged.
Date: July 10, 1919
Creator: Hiegel, Joseph L.

Vehicle Spring.

Description: Patent for a new and improved vehicle spring. This design consists in "front wheels [that] are set well under the wagon-bed, so as to facilitate turning; and . . . the spring-braces, while they greatly assist in strengthening the spring and supporting the load as it grows heavier, do not in any way interfere with the action of said springs. . . . By this improved construction a simple, strong, and durable vehicle is provided, in which heavy loads may be carried with ease" (lines 46-55).
Date: July 10, 1883
Creator: Payne, Joseph Mott
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