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- 80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 29
- Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas Senate and House of Representatives granting the legislature permission to adjourn for more than three days during the period beginning on Wednesday, February 28, 2007, and ending on Monday, March 5, 2007.
- Animal-Trap.
- Patent for a new and improved animal trap.
- Automatic Cut-off for Rotary Engines
- Patent for improvements "to the means for actuating the valves controlling the steam supply" (lines 10-12).
- Belt Tightener for Pumps.
- Patent for belt tighteners for well pumps which decreases the amount of force necessary to tighten a pump. Patent includes instructions and illustrations.
- Bin.
- Patent for a new and improved bin. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a casing having bearing blocks or shoulders, a tilting bin located in said casing and provided with a sloping top, and an automatic cover placed loosely in the casing above the shoulders and provided on the under side, near its front edge, with a cleat fitting within the upper part of the bin, whereby said cover is adapted to close the upright bin and limit its forward movement when opened" (lines 7-16).
- Calculating-Machine
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in calculating machines. Whereby substantially correct calculations may be registered or recored without using a series of superfluous or immaterial numbers. The machine will round prices up to the nearest cent. For example, $0.024 becomes $0.02 while $0.025 becomes $0.03. Illustrations included.
- Car-Coupling.
- Patent for a car coupling that automatically couples cars so people do not need to go between cars. This invention is meant to "provide an improved car coupler of the above character, which shall be simple and economical in construction and efficient in operation" (lines 21-24).
- Cartridge Holder
- Patent for a belt adapted to hold the shells used in fire arms.
- City of Denton debt summary report as of September 30, 2019
- This report describes the City two types of long-term debt: General Obligation Debt and Revenue Bond Debt. The City also differentiates between tax-supported and revenue-supported debt to provide the public with a clear understanding of what debt will be paid by property taxes versus rate revenues. However, Data provided in this report is as of the date of publication and constitutes existing long-term debt obligations only. This report does not include forward looking statements nor does it include debt that may be incurred in the future. Interested parties should refer to the City’s audited financial statements and other disclosure documents when investing.
- Combined Clothes Washer and Churn.
- Patent for a new and improved combined clothes washer and churn. This design "is to facilitate the operations of washing clothes and churning, and also to avoid the necessity of having a separate mechanism for each use. The invention consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of parts" (lines 16-21).
- Corset.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in corsets, including instructions and illustrations.
- Cotton-Chopper.
- Patent for a mechanism that aims "to promote convenience in adjusting and regulating cotton choppers" (line 44-46), including instructions and illustrations.
- Cotton Chopper and Cultivator
- Patent for a more durable and simple in construction, efficient in operation, and can also double as a planter.
- Cultivator.
- Patent for the Cultivator that helps in expanding and contracting the beams and to adjust the length as required.
- Curling-Iron Heater.
- Patent for "an improved attachment for gas burners or lamps, which will be adapted to facilitate the heating of curling irons or other light articles" (lines 8-11).
- Dish-Cleaner.
- Patent for a dish-cleaner that improves on previous patents for washing machines granted to the inventor (No. 377,765 and No. 427,601). The dish cleaner is especially adapted for use on plates, cups, dishes, and similar things, without an operator working to clean dishes.
- Electrical Signal System.
- Patent for an improved electrical signal system which can help ascertain "the position of a train or other obstruction on a railway-track ... at either terminal" (lines 14-16), including an illustration.
- Electrical Signal System.
- Patent for an electrical system "whereby the position of a train anywhere between the ends of a track can be ascertained at either terminal" (lines 14-16).
- Fire-Escape
- Patent for a fire escape "which will be capable of lowering people or goods for a high structure with perfect ease and comfort, and without danger of breaking" (lines 21-24) while also being "very simple and durable of construction thoroughly efficient in operation, and cheap to manufacture" (lines 26-28).
- Focus Report, Volume 74, Number 19, March 1996
- Report on challenges to affirmative action efforts in the state of Texas.
- Fruit-Canner.
- Patent for a fruit-canning apparatus that holds multiple cans on a perforated tray. The apparatus allows for necessary heating of cans and easy removal from a receptacle.
- Fruit-Picker.
- Patent for an inexpensive, efficient, and durable fruit-picker that picks small fruit and does not bruise them. The picker is easily operated.
- Glove Holder.
- Patent for a new and improved glove holder. This design "is to provide a new and improved device for holding gloves, bills, papers, and other articles in such a manner that any one of the articles can be withdrawn from the holder without disturbing the rest" (lines 7-12).
- Grain-Door For Freight-Cars.
- Patent for a new and useful grain door for freight cars, including instructions and illustrations.
- Grain Heading Machine
- Patent for machine that aids in the harvest and processing of Kafir corn.
- Hame and Trace Connector.
- Patent for a hame and trace connector. "The object of the invention is to provide a hame and trace connection having means to prevent the parts of the same from becoming disconnected." (lines 14-17)
- Hame Hook
- Patent for improved harness and trace connector.
- Hame-Hook.
- Patent for a simple and durable latch hame-hook that holds trace links in place. It is two plates, one of which is slotted to hold the tongue of the other plate.
- Harrow
- Patent for a wheeled riding harrow that can be moved in or out of land engaging postion as is wanted.
- Hay and Cotton Press.
- Patent for a new and improved baling press. This design is for "[a]n improved device for retaining a compressed bale in its condensed state after the follower is withdrawn, which consists of pawls pivoted in holes in the sides of the press-box and projecting toward the rear end of the press-box . . . [and] [t]he combination, with the follower rack-bar, the pinions, the shafts, having suitable pulleys, adapted to be connected by belts, of two clutches, and a centrally-pivoted lever having [a] handle, whereby the power may be reversed without changing the direction of the drive-shaft" (lines 71-83).
- Implementation of the Contract Leverage Team (CLT) Report
- Summary sheet describing the findings of an internal audit by the Texas Department of Health regarding the Contract Leverage Team (CLT), including findings and recommendations.
- Interim News, Volume 82, Number 3, March 2012
- Newsletter of the Texas House of Representative House Research Organization, addressing law reform in Texas and the activities of the agency.
- Investigations in Gallium Removal
- Report over studies conducted at Texas A&M University to evaluate a new process which could be developed to remove gallium from a gallium oxide/plutonium oxide matrix.
- Journal of the Senate of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, March 6, 2013
- Proceedings of the Senate of Texas for the twenty-third day of the Regular session of the 83rd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
- Lever-Shears.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in lever shears, including instructions and illustrations.
- Mine-Door.
- Patent for an mine door that has an improved locking mechanism. A rope is strung through pulleys, and is operated by pushing a lever that moves the rope and the door swings open.
- Motor-Cultivator
- Patent for an improvement to motor cultivators. It provides the operator a way to manually adjust the depth of the furrow and cultivator blade, including illustrations.
- Oil Filter
- Patent for Oil Filter
- Planter.
- Patent for a Planter that is adjustable used to drops seeds, forming a covered furrow so that sub-soil may be plowed.
- Plow-Attachment.
- Patent for a turning plow attachment which prepares the soil to receive seed, whereby reducing labor.
- Plow-Stock.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in plow stocks, including instructions and illustrations.
- Process of Mixing Concrete and The Like.
- Patent for concrete mixer. The processes of mixing concrete and the like allows perfect hydration of mixture and eliminates air pockets in the mixture, including illustrations.
- Pump.
- Patent for a pump. This patent claims improvements in the design of pumps used for oil or water.
- Railway-Tie.
- Patent for improvements in railway ties, specifically railway ties in the "metallic" class. The ties in this class are affixed to the rails without the need for spikes.
- San Antonio Monthly Reports: February 1984
- Compilation of monthly reports from departments in the city of San Antonio, Texas providing statistics, project updates, and other information about services and activities.
- Sawmill Carriage Track
- Patent for Sawmill Carriage Track. This device allows for the logs to be held in place on a straight line while lining up for timber production.
- Seed - Conveyer.
- Patent for a new and useful seed conveyer, including instructions and illustrations.
- Seed-Planter.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in seed planters, including instructions and illustrations.
- Seed Screening and Selecting Means for Cotton Gins
- Patent for a seed screening and selection means for cotton gins. This invention was made as a reference to seed screening and selecting means for cotton gins and its object is to provide for the cleaning of the seed from burs or other deleterious matter or selecting certain batches of seed as may be desired.
- Self-Locking, Nut.
- Patent for a "simple and efficient device" for "securely holding a nut upon a bolt" (lines 76-77).