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- 78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 858, Chapter 62
- Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the salaries of certain judges in Tarrant County.
- 79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 58
- Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate recognizing February 15, 2005, as Tarrant County Day at the State Capitol.
- 82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 483, Chapter 66
- Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the powers and duties of criminal law magistrates in Tarrant County.
- Advertising Clock
- Patent for an advertising clock. This invention is designed to display advertisement at regular intervals. Illustration included.
- Aeroplane.
- Patent for improving the fuselage for aeroplanes by "securing double strength throughout the body and [...] be light and durable" (lines 12-14). Provides rudder, landing gear, telescopic joint, and sprocket gear improvements, including illustrations.
- Angle-Cock.
- Patent for "a locking device for the train pipe valve or plug, and a connection separate from the train pipe and under the control of the engineer, to manipulate the said locking device and secure the valve or plug in position." (Lines 13-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Antikicking Device for Automobiles.
- Patent for a device that catches the crank of hand crank automobiles which were typical of the early 1900s in the United States of America. The invention addresses controlling the motion of the crank and preventing the crank from causing injury.
- Apparatus for Making Carbureted Hydrogen Gas.
- Patent for improved apparatus for manufacturing carbureted gas at small cost for illuminating and general heating and power purposes.
- Archaeological Survey Along Portions of the Proposed Grand Prairie Thirty-Inch Water Pipeline Route, Dallas and Tarrant Counties, Texas
- An archaeological survey report of the proposed Grand Prairie water pipeline route in Dallas and Tarrant Counties, Texas, performed to determine whether any historic resources were located on the proposed construction sites.
- Archaeological Survey of the Proposed Marine Creek Corridor Linear Park Improvements Project Area, Tarrant County, Texas
- An archaeological survey report of the proposed site of the Marine Creek Corridor Linear Park Improvements Project in Fort Worth, Texas to determine whether there were any cultural resources in the area.
- Attachment for Wringers and Washing-Machines
- Patent for an attachment for wringers and washing machines that allows the washing machine to be moved directly from the washing tub to the rinsing tub.
- Automatic Cut-off for Rotary Engines
- Patent for improvements "to the means for actuating the valves controlling the steam supply" (lines 10-12).
- Automatic Fire-Alarm.
- Patent for an improved automatic fire-alarm, which will sound an alarm, release water from pipes, and alert the fire station.
- Automatically-Adjustable Headlight for Locomotives
- Patent for an automatically adjustable headlight for locomotives or streetcars which rotates when the vehicle is tilted going around a curve to allow the light to shine around the curve.
- Automobile-Clutch.
- Patent for improvements to automobile clutches with the objectives of avoiding a jerky start, preserving integrity of friction surfaces, associating with anti-friction bearings to minimize load on motor, and producing an economical clutch.
- Auxiliary Door-Lock
- Patent for an auxiliary door lock, that may be used with any type of door, and that is portable, with illustrations.
- Auxiliary Piano Pedal
- Patent for an auxiliary piano pedal. This invention is an improvement to the construction of an auxiliary pedal and foot-rest for children. Illustration included.
- Balancing Attachment
- Patent for a balancing attachment. Illustration included.
- Bale-Tie Buckle
- Patent for new and valuable improvements on bale-tie buckles for cotton bales. This relates to buckles securing ties on cotton bales and minimize injury to the persons handling the cotton.
- Belt
- Patent for a belt. The belt is used for fan belts in motor vehicles and to also have a resilient engagement with wheels without wear on wheels and pulleys.
- Belt Lifter for Bull Wheels
- Patent for belft lifters for bull wheels for providing "a simple and efficient belt manipulating device peculiarly adapted to be used in connection with bull wheels of well drilling machinery" (line 11-14).
- Bit-Stock for Braces
- Patent for a bit stock for braces which allows holes to be drilled in small spaces in railroad cars.
- Bracket
- Patent for an improved bracket.
- Bracket.
- Patent for improvements in brackets that used to support shelf or for other purposes by using a combination of hinged brackets, a longitudinal wire formed with bends to receive the inclined portions of the brackets, and with hooks at its outer ends; this improved brackets “can be folded in close contact with the shelf, so as to occupy little space for shipment or storage.” (Lines 17-19) Illustration is included.
- Brush.
- Patent for a brush used with pressurized water to clean floors, walls, ceilings, horses, buggies, animal carcasses, etc. The brush can have a hose hooked up to it and has a valve. The water goes into the top of the brush and is distributed evenly throughout with holes in the top of the brush, and the water is sprayed through the bristles.
- Candy Wrapping Machine
- Patent for a machine that will enrobe stick cand with a wrapper. It will recieve the candy stick by stick, wrap it in paper, and twist the ends.
- Carbureter Attachment.
- Patent for a carbureter attachment.
- Child's Crib.
- Patent for a new and improved child's crib. This design utilizes "a rock-shaft with inward-projecting arms, from the inner ends of which the cords are suspended, [and it] avoid[s] the friction and wear of the cords incident to the carrying of these through the screw-eyes, as shown in [a previous patent], making them last much longer, beside simplifying the construction of the crib" (lines 67-74).
- Collapsible Stove.
- Patent for an improved collapsible and portable cooking device.
- Combination Stock and Freight Car.
- Patent for stock cars and means for converting a stock car in part or as whole into a freight car.
- Combined Lifting-Jack and Shaft-Support
- Patent for a "combined lifting-jack and thill-support for vehicles," (lines 8-9) with the objective being "to simplify and improve the construction and increase the efficiency of devices of this character." (lines 10-11)
- Corset.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in corsets, including instructions and illustrations.
- Cotton-Chopping Attachment for Cultivators
- Patent for a cotton chopping attachment for cultivators. Illustrations included.
- Cotton-Thinner.
- Patent for a cotton thinner, which has cutters which can be moved vertically, a rake attachment, and is durable.
- Cultivator-Hopple.
- Patent for "a cultivator hopple that will require very little manual exertion to adjust the cultivator beams between their limiting positions." (lines 10-13) including instructions and illustrations.
- 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).
- Double-Lever Brake.
- Patent for "new and useful improvements in Double-Lever Brakes." (lines 6-7) and how the invention will provide more power to the brake and equally distribute that power. Includes illustrations.
- Egg Tester.
- Patent for "an improved egg tester". (line 14)
- Electric Arc Lamp.
- Patent for a new and improved electric-arc lamp. This design consists in "the combination of a single horseshoe electro-magnet in the circuit of a main line, connected on the positive side to a binding-post having shunt material as a bushing around it, an armature hinged at its center and free to vibrate throughout its length with a carbon-rod holder, which it is adapted to clutch at the hinged part, said magnet acting upon the ends of the armature only, and an adjustable trip and limiting-stops, and means permitting both to be readily adjusted upon the outside of the casing to regulate the lamp" (lines 46-58).
- Exhaust-Controlling Valve.
- Patent for new exhaust-controlling valve mechanisms in steam or air engines, including illustrations.
- Feed-Water Heating and Purifying Apparatus.
- Patent for improvements in feed-water heating and purifying apparatus by “utilizing the heat of exhaust-steam from locomotive-cylinders, and the waste heat from the products of combustion in the combustion-chamber; or smoke-arch for heating and purifying the feed-water in transit to the locomotive-boiler.” (Lines 11-16) Illustration is included.
- Fence-Post.
- Patent for a metal fence post, which can have many wires and rails attached to it.
- Gas Generator
- Patent for a gas generator that generates hydrocarbon gases. It is "to provide ample and efficient means for feeding gas making elements into the fillings or contents located in the generators and to distribute uniformly to all parts of a generator the elements fed into the generator and to provide efficient means for operating the feeding devices and to provide agitating devices working in combination with the feeding devices for agitating the fumes within the generator." (line 11-21)
- Grate.
- Patent for an improved grate that is adapted "for use in stoves as well as in fire paces, and which, being composed of separate bars, may be repaired by inserting new bars, thus saving that portion of the grate which remains intact, as cannot be done with grates formed of a single casting" (lines 18-23).
- Improvement in Convertible Wagon-Bed and Hay-Rack.
- Patent for "an ordinary wagon-bed with sides and a rear end board or gate, which are both adjustable and removable, and attach slats or bars to said sides and end-board in such manner that they may be extended laterally when requires, to practically increase the width of the wagon-bed." (Lines 12-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Road-Scrapers.
- Patent for an improvement in road-scrapers, illustration included.
- Mat
- Patent for a mat. Illustration included.
- Maternity and Invalid Chair.
- Patent for a folding chair designed specifically for the use and comfort of the sick and disabled.
- Means for Facilitating the Use of Railway-Schedules.
- Patent for "improvements in means for facilitating the use of local, through and joint-route transportation or time schedules of railways or other carriers.” (lines 10-13) including instructions and illustrations.
- Metallic Shingle.
- Patent for a new and improved metallic shingle. This design calls for "[t]he ends of the shingles adjacent to the groove [to be] turned up to provide a guard which, when the joints are made between the shingles, prevents the water from obtaining access to the roof-boards, and directs it down the shingle to the bead, where the water is drained off" (lines 80-86).