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- 83rd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 11
- Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate granting the legislature permission to adjourn for more than three days during the period beginning on Wednesday ,February 6, 2013, and ending on Monday, February 11, 2013.
- Archaeological Survey within the Habitat Fuller Estate Development, Wichita Falls, Texas
- A report of an archaeological survey of the Habitat Fuller Estate Development Tract.
- Automatic Alarm for Railroad Crossings
- Patent for alarm for automatic railroad crossings to alert those nearby of an oncoming train.
- Automatic Damper-Regulator.
- Patent for an automatic steam damper-regulator that is simply constructed, and can quickly close and open its damper in the flue of the boiler or furnace.
- Automatic Railway-Gate.
- Patent for an automatic railway gate that consists of a picket shaft under the rails, cranks between the rails that are connected to the picket shaft, springs holding the shaft, tread rails that run along the rails and join the cranks, and guide blocks along each tread rail.
- Automobile Lock.
- Patent for "certain new and useful improvements in automobile locks", including instructions and illustrations.
- Auxilary Transmission-Case Hanger.
- Patent for auxiliary hanger for automobile transmission case. This particular device was designed for use with Ford automobiles, but can be used with other automobiles.
- Brace for Boring Holes, &c.
- Patent for a brace for boring holes through window sashes. It was invented "to enable [the inventor] the more quickly and better to apply my "sash lock", patented July 19, 1892, and numbered 479,152, but may be used for other purposes" (lines 20-23).
- Bulletin on Texas State Finance: 1987, Number 3
- Periodic bulletin analyzing issues related to Texas legislation. This issue focuses on policy recommendations.
- Car-Replacer.
- Patent for a car-replacer that is simple and inexpensive and can be easily set and removed. The replacer has two blocks shaped like triangles and tie rods connecting the blocks.
- Churn-Cover.
- Patent for "new and Improved Churn-Cover" (line 5-6) including instructions and illustrations.
- Clamp.
- Patent for a new clamp to improve support functionality in household construction, including illustration.
- Clevis Attachment for Plows.
- Patent for an agricultural plow attachment that allows for more precision concerning the measurement of depth of the plow point against different types of terrain/soil conditions.
- Clothes Washing Machine
- Patent for improvements to a washing machine.
- Coastal Water Authority Pension Plan Financial Statements: 2011 & 2012
- Financial statements for the Texas Coastal Water Authority's pension plan including an independent auditor's report, basic statements with explanations, and supplemental notes.
- Collapsable Carrying Crate
- Patent for carrying case that can be folded up to be put away when unused.
- Collar-Shaping Machine.
- Patent for a collar shaping machine that produces fold-over collars for shirts.
- Cotton-Feeder.
- Patent for cotton feeders to facilitate the replacement of feed rollers without damage to the cotton feeder and be disposed of efficiently, including illustrations and instructions.
- Cotton-Handling Apparatus.
- Patent for a new cotton-handling apparatus with cleaning mechanisms and a storage-house, including illustrations.
- Cotton Picker
- Patent for machines that utilizes a plethora of needles to harvest cotton.
- Cotton Reginning Machine
- Patent for machine that improves the grade of harvested
- Cow, Calf and Colt Weaner.
- Patent for a weaner to be worn by cows, calves and colts "reducing inconvenience by the animal" (line 12) and allowing for the administration of medicine or antiseptic.
- Cutting Mechanism for Display Racks
- Patent for Cutting Mechanism for Display-Racks.
- Device for Hanging Wall-Paper.
- Patent for a device for hanging wall paper that includes a paper holder and paper brush/roller.
- Door Operating Mechanism for Mail Boxes
- Patent for door for mail boxes that can be quickly opened or closed by postal workers.
- Electric Clock.
- Patent for new and useful improvements in electrically operated clocks, including instructions and illustrations.
- Fire and Burglar Alarm.
- Patent for a fire and burglar alarm for use in buildings.
- Fly-Trap.
- Patent for a fly trap that is simple to make and use.
- Focus Report, Volume 74, Number 5, February 1995
- Report on the legislative process as outlined in the Texas Constitution.
- Folding Cot.
- Patent for a new and useful folding cot, including instructions and illustrations.
- Folding Washstand
- Patent for washstand that can fold up and be put away when not being used.
- Gate Latch.
- Patent for an automatically releasing latching bolt and other improvements for a gate latch, including illustrations.
- Gearing.
- Patent for a gearing that is designed to improve the construction and power obtained from machines utilizing horse powers.
- Gin-Saw.
- Patent for a saw toothed drums or cylinders (such as used for gins that denude cotton seeds).
- Guard Doors and the Like
- Patent for improved guards for doors.
- Horse Detacher.
- Patent for a new and improved device for detaching animals from vehicles. This design "relates to horse detaching devices, the object being to provide a device of this character of simple, inexpensive, and durable construction, and adapted to readily disengage the traces from the single tree. [The] invention consists in the improved construction and combination of parts" (lines 10-16).
- Hydrocarbon-Burner
- Patent for a hydrocarbon burner with an improved fuel passageway.
- Improvement in Velocipedes
- Patent for the improvement of Velocipedes. The improvement consists of a new and novel combination and arrangement of propelling power, due to the weight of the body, which may be aided by the muscular force thereof and guiding apparatus.
- Journal of the Senate of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, Wednesday, February 13, 2013
- Document detailing the proceedings of the Senate of Texas for the fourteenth day of the Regular session of the 83rd Legislature including legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.
- Lamp-Socket.
- Patent for an electric lamp socket that regulates the intensity of the current passing through the socket. It has multiple contact posts and a manually operated slide that makes contact with the posts.
- Lock-Nut.
- Patent for a lock-nut which prevents the nut from accidentally rotating on the bolt, including illustrations. The nut is locked in position when a locking key is introduced to grooves on the lower surface of the nut and the adjacent face of the washer.
- Machine for Binding Grain
- Patent for improvement in machines for binding grain for reapers.
- Machine for Keeping Count of Games of Dominoes.
- Patent for new and useful improvements in machines for keeping count of games of dominoes, including instructions and illustrations.
- Mosquito-Net-Frame Attachment for Bedsteads.
- Patent for a mosquito net frame attachment designed to hold mosquito netting material over and around the bed frame, with illustrations.
- Nail-Puller.
- Patent for a new and improved nail puller, including instructions and illustrations.
- Newsletter of Texas State Representative Ernest Bailes: Volume 1, Issue 2, 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 Bailes' committee assignments, handgun issues, school funding, open-enrollment to charter schools, support for district 18, and the Texas Association of School Administrators.
- Picture Display Machine
- Patent for machines that display advertising machines that will rotate in the advertisements it displays.
- Pipe-Tongs.
- Patent for pipe tongs used for rotary well boring machinery. The tongs are designed to be carried with and used by rotary machines.
- Pot-Rack.
- Patent for a pot-rack which can hold a scalding-crate, cooking-pan, or canning-machine in a boiler at any depth of one's choice, including illustrations. The pot-rack is simple in design, durable, and inexpensively manufactured.
- Quilting Attachment for Sewing-Machines.
- Patent for a quilting attachment for sewing machines that has all its parts adjustable. This allows the attachment to operate with a quilt of any pattern.