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- Accident Brake Appliance
- Patent for an accident brake appliance for trains.
- Aeroplane.
- Patent for aeroplane construction to include improvements to air motor protection to minimize resistance and the use of air cups to direct the full force of air to the motor shaft, including illustrations.
- An Archaeological Survey Within the Deer Creek Estates, Tarrant County, Texas
- An archaeological survey report of a site in the the Deer Creek Estates, Tarrant County, Texas, performed to determine whether any historic resources were located on the proposed construction sites.
- Automatic Cylindrical Power.
- Patent for a new and improved cylindrical power-source. This design "consists in the combination of a cylindrical slotted frame with a series of blades which are connected together in pairs, and which are alternately forced through the slots in the frame to receive the force of the wind or water and then retracted, so that they will offer no resistance during a portion of the revolution of the frame. . . . The object of [the] invention is to produce a motor which is adapted for use either as a wind-wheel or a water-wheel" (lines 13-27).
- Automobile-Signal.
- Patent for turn signal improvements with an aim to improve visibility of signal and ease of replacement with the goal of communicating vehicular movement and reducing accidents.
- Axle Lubricator.
- Patent for axle lubricator. This invention makes it so that manual lubrication of spindles is eliminated.
- Bayport Water System Project Annual Budget: 2016
- Annual budget for the Coastal Water Authority Bayport Water System Project including schedules of revenues and expenditures, with supporting documentation for fiscal year 2016. It includes the text of resolutions adopting the budget.
- Brick Kiln
- Patent for a brick kiln. Illustration included.
- Car Coupling.
- Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "consists, [primarily], of certain devices whereby the coupling-pin raised in the draw-head is supported until the draw-heads strike each other in coupling, when the coupling-pin falls by gravity" (lines 17-21).
- Clamp.
- Patent for a new and useful clamp, including instructions and illustrations.
- Clamping Device for Shutters
- Patent for a clamping device for shutter slats.
- Coin-Wrapping Device.
- Patent for a coin wrapper (primarily used in banks) that uses a strip of carbon paper to create an imprint of the coins contained inside, which will remain after the coins are removed. The purpose of this is to create a record of the original number of coins to facilitate their counting and verification.
- Combined Scraper and Fender.
- Patent for a combined scraper and fender for plows.
- Condenser.
- Patent for a condenser for converting exhaust steam from motors into potable water for ice making.
- Cotton Attachment For Cultivators
- Patent for a cotton attachment for cultivators. This invention allows for the attachment to any normal cultivator of cotton attachment to cultivate cotton. Illustration included.
- Cotton-Cleaner and Boll-Breaker.
- Patent for cotton cleaning and boll-breaking apparatus that simplifies assembling, disassembling, and adjusting parts. The apparatus uses a suction that feeds the material into the rotating blades for cleaning. Special features include removable screen frames, refuse collecting pockets, and replaceable blades.
- Cotton Cleaning Apparatus
- Patent for cotton cleaning apparatus. Illustrations included.
- Cotton Separator
- Patent for Cotton Separator, The invention relates to improvements in the mechanism for pneumatically elevating or transporting materials of certain classes. It was primarily designed for the handling of cotton but is also adapted for use with other materials more or less analogous, which require to be elevated or transported for any one of several purposes.
- Cylinder-Mounting for Carriage-Feeds
- Patent for a cylinder mounting for carriage feeds in sawmills which wears less easily than other models.
- Disk Plow-Scraper.
- Patent for a disk plow scraper.
- Farm-Gate
- Patent for an addition to self-closing swinging farm gates where a latch locks the gate with the force of the weight of the gate along with a modification to the attachment of the gate wherein the gate is made stronger and more efficient for it.
- Filter.
- Patent for a new and improved filter. This design "consist[s] of the receptacle having the receiving, settling, and filtering chambers, in the bottom of which filtering chamber are formed transverse wedge-shaped ridges, and at the bottoms of the settling, receiving, and filtering chambers and of the basin are arranged outlet pipes, which receiving, settling, and filtering chambers are separated from one another by walls or partitions of successively varying or lesser heights, and which basin is arranged lower than the filtering chamber, together with a branched supply pipe" (lines 16-27).
- Fire-Engine.
- Patent for improvements to fire engines, designed for rural use and places where water may be scarce by the inclusion of storage tank and a pump.
- Floor Jack
- Patent for floor jack. Illustration included.
- Flue Expander
- Patent for a flue expander. This invention is a tool for expanding boiler flues in flue sheets. Illustration included.
- Folding Bedstead.
- Patent for a new and useful improvement in folding bedsteads, including instructions and illustrations.
- Gate Latch.
- Patent for a new and improved gate-latch. This design consists in "the rings loosely suspended on opposite sides of a central line, levers extended past such central line, and having their inner ends engaged with the rings on the opposite sides of the center from the handle ends, and partition-plates interposed between such levers and the rings past which they are extended" (lines 79-86).
- Governor.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in governors, including instructions and illustrations.
- Hays County, Texas: Records of wells and springs, drillers' logs, water analyses and map showing location of wells
- Data complied regarding wells and other water resources, including water quality analysis, measurements, and other relevant information.
- Heel Attachment for Plows
- Patent for an improvement to heel attachments to "steady the sweep or double-shovel plow in its movements and prevents it from being deflected by reason of obstacles with which it contacts" (lines 11-15).
- Hopple.
- Patent for a new and improved hopple. This design consists in the combination of the surcingle, the bands connected to the bottom thereof, the supporting straps secured to one of said bands, and the knee-bands constructed of stiff leather in semi-cylindrical form, attached to said straps and having the securing-straps" (lines 37-42).
- Horse-Power
- Patent for an alternative horse power design without cogs that has the same level of efficiency with an increased speed of output as well.
- Hose-Bridge.
- Patent for a hose bridge for placing on street car rails over fire hoses to allow the street cars to run while a hose is crossing the tracks.
- Improvement in Grinding-Mills.
- Patent for an improvement in grinding mills which purports to save time.
- Improvement in Plows.
- Patent for the improvement of the plow using braces and mold-board for a sturdy and very durable plow, including illustration.
- Improvement in Sewing-Machines.
- Patent for improvement in sewing-machines by using two cams, one to operate the needle-arm and another to operate the feed and shuttle movements, illustration is included.
- Interim Report to the 83rd Texas Legislature: House Committee on Public Health
- Report from the Texas House Committee on Public Health describing the group's goals, activities, accomplishments, and other information, for review by the 83rd Texas Legislature.
- Interim Report to the 85th Texas Legislature: Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Economic Development
- Report from the Texas Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Economic Development describing the group's goals, activities, accomplishments, and other information, for review by the 85th Texas Legislature.
- Laundry Apparatus.
- Patent for a laundry apparatus with a detachable head that can be used on any kind of support for roller washers.
- [Letter from the State Auditor to the Texas Southern University Regents - November 15, 1996]
- A letter to Mr. Cabell, the chairman of the Board of Regents of Texas Southern University in response to his August 1996 request. The State Auditor's office has conducted a financial and operational review at the Texas Southern University.
- Lumber-Carrier
- Patent for an improved lumber carrier which, as the cart travels down hill with the weight of the lumber it is prevented from rolling backwards if it were to lose speed by engaging of pawls with notches to hold it in place. It can then be manually pushed to get it started again.
- Magazine Flour-Sifter.
- Patent for a flour sifter with an attached holder for baking powder or baking soda, which can then be mixed in with the flour at the same as it is sifted.
- Market-Gram, Volume 13, Number 2, November 1995
- The newsletter for the Texas Agricultural Extension Service at Texas A&M University that updates readers on marketing and policy information.
- Match-Box.
- Patent for a match box, which will dispense one match at a time.
- Non Refillable Bottle
- Patent for non refillable bottle. Illustration included.
- Plow.
- Patent for an improved shovel plow.
- Plow.
- Patent for a plow, which has easily removable parts for easy cleaning.
- Plow.
- Patent for a plow with an adjustable slide mechanism, standard, and handles.
- Plow.
- Patent for a new and improved plow. This design "has for its object to produce a plow suitable for general purposes, of great durability and efficiency, and provided with a reversible share and landside, which are so arranged that while the point or the one and edge or flange of the other are being worn away or dulled the reversed point of the former and reversed edge or flange of the latter are being pointed and sharpened by contact with the soil through which the plow is driven, thus compensating for the wearing and dullness of the cutting-points and flanges in operation" (lines 23-34).
- Pneumatic System for Automobiles.
- Patent for a pneumatic system for automobiles for braking.