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- 82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 860, Chapter 417
- Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the authority of the El Paso County Hospital District to appoint, contract for, or employ physicians, dentists, and other health care providers.
- Air-Cleaning System
- Patent for an air cleaning system to be used in homes. Illustrations included.
- Automatic Air Device for Gas Engines.
- Patent for a removable automatic air device for delivering air to gas engines in proportion to the speed of the engine.
- Automatic Car-Dump
- Patent for automatic dumpers that can be readily and inexpensively fitted and adapted to most forms of dump car.
- Automatic Separator and Evaporator.
- Patent for an improved automatic separator and evaporator which controls the intake with an included air-lift or jet-ejector, including illustrations.
- Automobile-Alarm.
- Patent for a device to prevent the theft of automobiles capable of producing audio and visual signals as warnings of unauthorized access.
- Billiard Cue
- Patent for a billiard cue. This invention is designed with removable tips. Illustration included.
- Car-Coupling
- Patent for "improved and simple means for automatically and positively coupling the adjacent ends of railway-cars together" (lines 25-27).
- Car Journal Lubricating Machine.
- Patent for employed who related to car journal lubricating machine and oiling all classes of railroad cars and streetcars. Also, its benefits to improve the construction and increase the efficiency of machines of this character.
- Cartridge Belt.
- Patent for a new and improved cartridge belt. This design "is to provide a new and improved cartridge-belt for holding cartridges securely, the said belt being simple in construction, strong, and durable. The invention consists in the combination of a belt, with a strap held on the same by up-right metal fasteners and forming pockets on the belt. The invention also consists in the combination, with the above belt and strap, of a cord passed transversely through the several pockets, and in other combinations of parts" (lines 11-18).
- Colonia Self-Help Program
- Information sheet describing the Colonia self-help grant program for use in providing water and wastewater services in economically distressed areas near the border with Mexico.
- Combined Faucet and Bottle-Washer
- Patent for "a faucet which can be used merely as a faucet or which can be used for washing bottles, as may be desired" (lines 14-16).
- Combined Shade and Curtain-Pole Bracket.
- Patent for combined shade and curtain pole brackets to "be attached to the upper sash of the window" (lines 14), removable, and adjustable, with illustrations.
- Combined System of Electric Signaling and Switch Setting for Railroads
- Patent for improved system of electric signaling and opening and closing rail systems.
- Controlling System for Motor-Traction Cars.
- Patent for controlling systems for motor traction cars. These controlling systems provide automatic control outside the volition of the motorman.
- Cylinder-Grinding Attachment For Lathes
- Patent for an improved attachment for the lathe to grind cylinders of different sizes
- Dehydrator.
- Patent for a continuous dehydrator that has specific use for gold and silver ores, including instructions and illustrations.
- Device for Preventing Overflow of Tanks.
- Patent for preventing the "repeated discharge of the contents of a flush tank" (lines 10-11) and enhance overall utility that require a flush tank. Information and illustration provided.
- Engine.
- Patent for a rotary engine with a coupled rotary shaft and piston. This engine uses a lubricant for keeping parts of the engine cool, including illustrations.
- Engine-Starting Device
- Patent for engine starting device to prevent back-fires when cranking, complete with illustrations.
- Feed-Regulator
- Patent for a device, used in connection with crushing and/or storage machinery, to assist in the distribution of dry, powdered, or fine feeding materials.
- Feed Spout Barrier
- Patent for "a feel spout barrier for slime thickeners, settling tanks, separating tanks and the like" (lines 8-10) with instructions and illustrations.
- Filtering Material.
- Patent for "improved filtering stuff composition" (lines 8-9), containing vegetable ashes and an insoluble binding agent for the purpose of purifying liquids.
- Gangway.
- Patent for a ramp for use by the Army in loading farm animals and wagons on train cars and other transports. This gangway is designed in sections to be adaptable for different needs and to be collapsible for storage and easy transportation.
- Gas-Producer.
- Patent for an improvement to a gas producing apparatus which makes gas continuously from "combustible material mixed with air and the subsequent combination of gases formed by the decomposition" (lines 13-15) of resulting gases, including instructions and illustrations.
- Governor for Explosive-Engines.
- Patent for a governor for explosive engines for use in trains, which will increase the fuel efficiency of the engines.
- Guard Rail Clamp
- Patent for a guard rail clamp. Illustration included.
- Hydrocarbon-Burner
- Patent for an improved hydrocarbon burner, including illustrations.
- Lacing-Eyelet.
- Patent for the improved construction and efficiency of a Lacing-Eyelet. The device is used for supporting lacing in fashion wear, including shoes and corsets. Improvements include providing quicker implementation of the device without risk of damaging the garment it is used on. Additional improvements include the device having uniform and interchangeable parts which can be manufactured in quantities so as to be easily replaced if necessary. Accompanied with illustrations.
- Lift or Elevator.
- Patent for a new and improved elevator. This design "consists in the construction of the operating mechanism . . . whereby the mechanism may be regulated or adjusted to run fast or slow, according to the weight of the load to be carried, it being adjusted to run slow, but with great power, when heavy loads are to be lifted, but to run fast, but with lesser power, when lighter loads are to be lifted" (lines 28-37).
- Method of Welding
- Patent for an improved method of welding broken frames in portions of machinery that are difficult to access, with illustrations and instructions.
- Necktie
- Patent for a pre-made necktie. This is a pre-made four in hand necktie that is designed to be adjustable to various neck sizes and made to not tear a shirt collar.
- Nut Lock.
- Patent for a new and improved nut lock. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the bolt, the nut having a dovetailed groove across its face, of uniform width throughout its length, and a recess at one side of said groove, and a key having tapered sides and sliding into the dovetailed groove from one side of the nut, said key having a pointed end to engage the bolt and also provided with a projecting part to be bent over into engagement with the recess in the nut" (lines 69-78).
- Ore-Separating Apparatus.
- Patent for an apparatus that separates pulverized ore into its constituents while in a dry condition. Eliminating the previous need to use water when separating constituents.
- Pencil-Holder.
- Patent for a pencil-holder designed to quickly attach to pencils or pens of different sizes, including illustrations. This pencil-holder features a clip which clamps onto the edge of one's pocket to prevent the pencil from falling out or damaging the pocket.
- Pianissimo Device.
- Patent for a pianissimo device for upright pianos, which "takes up the lost motion when the soft pedal is used by automatic means" (lines 14-16).
- Pie-Carrier Cabinet
- Patent for an improved pie carrier cabinet. This cabinet is designed to be strong, light, and produced cheaply. It provides increased accessibility and convivence when it comes to viewing or removing pies from it.
- Process and Apparatus for Separation of Ores by Flotation.
- Patent for a improved process and apparatus use commercially to separate ores using flotation. By "introducing a novel step in the flotation process which results in the complete breaking down of the froth and at the same time keeping the volume of water used within the smallest practical limits thus preventing the washing away of valuable concentrates by an unnecessarily large volume of water" (lines 54-60).
- Pulverizing or Grinding Machine
- Patent for an improved, efficient pulverizing or grinding machine. Primarily used for pulverizing or grinding limestone and used is assistance with manufacturing cement, this improved machine focuses on a larger output through improvements in the cycling of surplus air.
- Pump.
- Patent for an improved, useful, durable, and simple pump that is powered by cattle as they walk into an enclosure. It consists of a water receiving chamber with inlet openings on one end, supporting rods, a hollow pump piston with a spout, a valve on the bottom of the pump piston, a walking beam, a bridge, hinges, angle-irons, and a counterbalances weight.
- Punture-Healing Composition.
- Patent for "improvements in puncture healing compounds". A beeswax, paraffin, rosin, and linseed oil mixture will be injected into the innertube or other air compartment of a "pneumatic tire" and will repair any punctures without deteriorating the material of the inner tube.
- Puzzle.
- Patent for a wooden cube puzzle made up of many irregular shaped pieces, which can be manufactured to be hard or easy.
- Rotary Engine
- Patent for a rotary engine to be used as "a pump for liquids, as an air compressor, as a vacuum pump and for other purposes"(lines 10-12) including instructions for assembly and illustrations.
- Seal-Lock.
- Patent for a seal lock for railroad cars, which will show whether an unauthorized entry has been made by requiring the seal ton be broken before the lock opens.
- Skirt-Marker
- Patent for a skirt marker. Illustrations included.
- Slime-Pulp Thickener.
- Patent for a machine used in the wet milling process. It allows proportionate distribution of liquids to aide during the thickening process.
- Spark-Arrester.
- Patent for a steam train locomotive spark arrester consisting of curved pipe smoke stack that holds solid particles of exhaust on the edges of the pipe, which are expelled by the force of exhaust gases coming through, into the fire box thereby preventing their escape outside the engine reducing danger from stray sparks. This system also uses less fuel than previous systems.
- Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1040
- 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, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of Commissioners Court of El Paso County to convey 1.67 acres of land, dedicated and used as a county park, back to its grantor, the United States of America, under the facts stated, and related questions.
- Threshold.
- Patent for an improvement for thresholds to consist of a single metal plate with an arched central portion and laterally-projected flanges that is cheaper and easier to make. The threshold will create a tight joint with the bottom of a door to prevent water and dust from entering through the bottom of the door.
- Ticket-Holder.
- Patent for device to hold car tickets, and to administer these tickets one at a time.