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- Adding Machine.
- Patent for a new and improved adding machine. This design "consists in the combination, with a box, of a spindle in the same, a sleeve surrounding the spindle, a hand on the spindle, a hand on the sleeve, devices for turning the spindle from the sleeve, a cog-wheel revolving from the spindle, and an extra hand in connection with the cog-wheel" (lines 10-16).
- Adding Machine
- Patent for a machine that adds numbers together using "key actuated accumulating wheels" to reach the desired sum, including illustrations.
- Adjustable Vehicle-Headlight
- Patent for a headlight for a vehicle that is able to direct the light towards both sides of the road rather than only straight ahead.
- Baling-Press.
- Patent for improvements in baling-presses by “simplify and strengthen the frame and operating parts, to secure a better distribution of the strains between the operating parts and the frame, and to increase the speed at which the press may be operated by permitting the platen to rise and fall to a limited extent independent of the power mechanism, so that after the loose fiber is introduced the platen may be dropped instantly a portion of the distance to effect a partial compression of the charge by its weight before bringing the power mechanism into play.” (Lines 17-29) Illustration is included.
- Bed-Drawer Attachment for Bedsteads.
- Patent for improvement in bed-drawer attachments for bedsteads by “having bed-drawer arranged to slide beneath the usual mattress-support.” (Lines 8-10) Illustration is included.
- Brace Wire Fastening for Wire Fences.
- Patent for a new and improved brace-wire fastening for wire fences. This design consists "[i]n a fence, the combination, with the panel wires, of the braces with their ends hooked upon one and the same side of the upper and lower panel-wires, and said braces being stepped to receive and applied to the opposite side of the intermediate panel-wires, and the tri-armed or T-shaped clasps with their arms embracing the panel-wires and the braces at their points of intersection" (lines 81-89).
- Brick Truck
- Patent for a truck that is designed to make the transportation of bricks easier as well as the transportation of other materials.
- Calendar.
- Patent for "a perpetual calendar embodying such a construction that the movement of a finger device will turn wheels, so as to successively display the names of the days of the week, the numbers of the days of the months, and the names of the months, the mechanism being such that the name of a month will be displayed until the numbers of all its days have been displayed, when the name of the succeeding month will be displayed, and so on." (Lines 13-22) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Churn.
- Patent for a churn with a "perforated dasher and a hollow or tubular dasher-shaft, through which the air passes into the churn-cylinder during the process of churning" (lines 14-17). The churn has a foot-rest and a false-bottom, and is meant to improve on simple and inexpensive churns.
- City of Denton Texas 2020-21 annual program of services
- The report provides an overview of the City of Denton’s budget process and budget documents. The City of Denton has prepared a budget designed to meet the highest standards of performance in municipal budgeting. This document provides a summary of all budgeted funds, including both revenue and expenditure summaries. Major budget documents, the budget process, and organization of the budget itself are described in this report.
- Clock Striking Mechanism.
- Patent for a new and improved clock-chimes. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the chime of bells in the clock case, of the wheel having the lateral pins, the rock-shaft, a lever extending from the rock-shaft and engaging the said pins, and the hammer arms respectively connected with the rock-shaft by the short arm" (lines 21-26).
- Clothes Washer.
- Patent for a new and improved clothes washer "in which air is driven by the action of a piston through the clothing and the water surrounding it"(lines 9-11), includes instruction and illustration
- Coin Sorter.
- Patent for a new and improved coin sorter. This design "consists of a cabinet or coin-receptacle divided horizontally by a vertical series of drawers, each of which, except the lower one, is formed with a bottom that is provided with closely-set rows of circular openings that communicate with the drawers beneath, the openings in the bottom of each drawer being smaller than those in the bottom of the next drawer above, whereby the larger coins are retained in the upper drawer or drawers, while the smaller coins will pass successively through the several drawers to the bottom" (lines 15-27).
- Combined cotton and corn planter
- Patent for new and useful improvement Combined cotton and corn planter to provide at a slight cost a machine which will be simple in its construction
- Combined Door-Bell and Mail-Receiver.
- Patent for a door-bell joined with a tray or card-receiver, which is installed in a door. "When pulled out it will bring said tray outside the door to receive a card, letter, or package or any mail-matter, and when released will carry it inside the door again" (lines 11-15). The bell goes off when the tray, which has a toothed edge that engages the bell-hammer, is released.
- Combined Seed Planter and Guano Distributer.
- Patent for a new and improved planter and fertilizer distributor. This design "consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, whereby the machine can be readily attached to and removed from a cultivator of any suitable description and used for planting seeds of different kinds and distributing guano at the same time that the seeds are being planted" (lines 15-22).
- Corn and Cotton Planter.
- Patent for a new and improved planter. This design "relates to a combined corn and cotton planter; and it has for its object to provide an improved hopper for containing the seed, and an improved slide or cut-off, and means for automatically operating the same" (lines 9-14).
- Corn-Sheller.
- Patent for improvement in corn-shellers; in which “it consists in a perforated casting provided with radial teeth or projections which extend toward its center and which is to be secured to a support having an opening through it, combined with a double-ended handle which has an opening through its center and teeth projecting from the opening.” (Lines 13-20) Illustration is included.
- Cotton - Bale Ties
- Patent for tying the ends of cotton bale wires or bands.
- Cotton-Chopper
- Patent for a cotton chopper that can either be used independently or as an attachment to cultivators.
- Drill-Stem Clamp for Rotary Drilling-Machines
- Patent for a rotary well drilling stem clamp which reduces wear on the machine and can be used with different size drill stems.
- Dry-Kiln Furnace.
- Patent for improvements in dry-kiln furnaces by using “a series of furnaces alternating with a series of heating or radiating drums parallel to and on a plane above the furnace,” (Lines 116-119, p. 2) and valved connected flues. This arrangement allowed the “heat being regulated and so distributed through the kiln as to produce a varying temperature, highest at the end where the lumber is introduced and gradually diminishing toward the opposite end, where it is taken out.” (Lines 21-26) Illustration is included.
- Fastener for Window Screens.
- Patent for a rolling window screen that coils into a protective box and in which the sash is locked in the frame against the tension of the spring roller. Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Gas Generating System.
- Patent for a gas generating system that can actuate any ordinary gasoline engine and will allow the gas to be compressed before entering the engine cylinders. Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Heading Holder Attachment for Type Writers
- Patent for a head holder attachment for type writers. This invention is for the purpose to make a removable attachment that holds prearranged headings.
- High Island Independent School District, September 2006
- This report reviews the management and performance of the High Island Independent School District's (HISD'S) educational, Financial, and operational functions.
- Hose Collar and Sweat Pad.
- Patent for a horse collar with a sweat pad that will not ball up and will help strengthen and reinforce the collar.
- Improvement in Insect-Destroying Compounds.
- Patent for an insecticide that kills ants via fumigation. Ingredients include sulfur, charcoal, potassium cyanide, arsenic, and coal tar.
- Improvement in Pulverizing Subsoil-Plows.
- Patent for an improvement in subsoil plows to pulverize soils, including illustrations.
- Liquid Hydrocarbon Burner
- Patent for a liquid hydrocarbon burner used to vaporize liquid hydrocarbons (e.g., kerosene, crude oil) for use in heating and cooking.
- Moldboard.
- Patent for "a moldboard adapted to any plow constructed of a series of spring-loops, sundry of which are movable at the top and sundry others having movement at the bottom of the board, the moveable loops being kept in motion by the earth passing over the board, whereby portions of the board are rendered vibratory and the earth is effectually prevented from clinging thereto" (lines 8-17).
- Moving Picture Machine.
- Patent for an improved moving picture machine, or film projector, including instructions and illustrations.
- Pedal Attachment for Pianos.
- Patent for a piano pedal attachment that will attach easily and keep mice and vermin from entering the piano opening. Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Pin-Box and Fastener.
- Patent for a pin box fastener, which holds the tape inside the box while allowing the pins to be withdrawn.
- Plow
- Patent for a plow with three wheels designed for cotton and corn fields.
- Privy Seat.
- Patent for a privy or toilet seat that is cheaper to manufacture and can be applied without extra tools.
- Seed Hopper.
- Patent for a seed hopper adapted to receive seed or cotton and control their distribution. Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Stock Car.
- Patent for improvement to stock cars, "so constructed that the hay-racks swing up automatically and the troughs can be lowered to be out of the way when not in use and can easily be swung up when the animals are to be watered" (lines 8-13).
- Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-763
- 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 a certificate issued by Texas Aeronautics Commission remains in effect, when the airline holding the intrastate certificate, commences interstate flights and related questions.
- Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-764
- 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 Motor Vehicle Retail Sales and Use Tax is due and payable on the transfer of vehicles from a wholly-owned subsidary corporation to its parent corporation.
- Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0666
- 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, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether the Texas Association of Appraisal Districts is a "governmental body" for purposes of chapter 552 of the Government Code, the Public Information Act (RQ-0691-GA)
- Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0799
- 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, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Compensation of judges serving on a Juvenile board (RQ-0861-GA).
- Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0800
- 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, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether the exemption for the person engaged exclusively in the business of repossessing property, provided by section 1702.324(b)(3) of the Occupation Code,applies only to investigate services or to all services regulated under the private security act (RQ-0862-GA).
- Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0801
- 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, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether an individual or a company in the business of breeding certain birds, rats, mice, hamsters and similar animals for sale to pet shops may register a vehicle or trailer used to transport the animals as a farm vehicle under section 502.163 of the Transportation code(RQ-0863-GA).
- Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1080
- 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, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether school districts are exempt from the municipal drainage charge under the Municipal Drainage Utility Systems Act (RQ-1192-GA).
- Texas Attorney General Opinion: H-880
- 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, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Application of Texas Surface Mining and Reclamation Act to Clay Mining Which Incidentally produce lignite.
- Texas Attorney General Opinion: H-1059
- 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, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Tax exemption for building to house the Courts of Civil Appeals in Harris County.
- Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-111
- 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, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether a certificate of deposit may be offered as a prize at a raffle conducted under the Charitable Raffle conducted under the Charitable Raffle Enabling Act(RQ-0026).
- Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-112
- 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, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether article 5.045 ,Code of Criminal Procedure ,applies when a police officer escorts a victim of family violence back to scene of assault , and related questions (RQ-0053).
- Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-113
- 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, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether article 3 , section 52 of the Texas Constitution precludes a school district from participating in "Texas Safe Sports Week "(RQ-0056).