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- Acetylene-Gas Generator.
- Patent for "an improved apparatus for generating acetylene gas" (lines 12-13). The apparatus includes a carbid receptacle with a conical bottom and a cylindrical valve for better control of the carbid, as well as a gas tank with a gasometer-bell which operates the system.
- Athletic Shoe
- Patent for improvements to athletic shoes for men, women, and children that improve the comfort of the shoe, support the anatomy of the foot, and prevent “falling arches and other foot ailments” (p. 1, lines 22-23).
- Bale-Band Buckle
- Patent for buckles used to hold bands of bales. Illustrations included.
- Baling-Press
- Patent for a bailing press machine designed to be more efficient and durable. Illustrations included.
- Bedclothes Clamp
- Patent for a bedclothes clamp to hold covers on a bed.
- Belt Tightener and Stretcher
- Patent for a device that stretches and tightens belts, ropes, wire, etc.
- Bottle Holder.
- Patent for a bottle holder, to hold ink bottles to a surface such as a desk or table. It is designed to be both a permanent or detachable fixture.
- Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Financial Statements: 2018
- Annual financial statements of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 2018
- Car-Wheel Chill
- Patent for a car wheel chill. Illustrations included.
- Cattle Guard
- Patent for a cattle guard that will turn horses, cattle, mules, etc.
- Cattle-Guard for Railroads.
- Patent for an improved and inexpensive railroad cattle-guard that "can be readily secured to the road-bed of a railroad, as well as easily removed therefrom, as in case of needed repair, or for other purposes" (lines 19-22). The invention provides an uneven surface for the cattle to walk on.
- Clasp.
- Patent for a new and improved clasp. This design "is to make a fastener for pieces of leather by which bridles and other parts of harness may be made with less stitching and riveting, thereby lessening the labor and cost of manufacture" (lines 15-20). To this end, it consists in "two plates, [one] having key-hole slots with beveled side walls, and the [other] carrying studs undercut . . . and provided with top pin, in combination with the spring-plate perforated . . . to receive [the] pin to form the leather clasp or fastening described" (lines 77-83).
- Combined Concentrator, Amalgamator, and Separator
- Patent for improvements to a Combined Concentrator, Amalgamator, and Separator used for ore and gravel.
- Cooking-Stove
- Patent for a cooking stove that can be easily replaced with a new one if it breaks.
- Cotton-Gin or Linting-Machine
- Patent for machine to "provide means for removing lint cotton from the gin saw teeth" (lines 11-12) and "provide efficient means for taking care of the cotton after it leaves the saw teeth." (lines 14-19)
- Coupling.
- Patent for a coupling invention that consists of a detachable key member and locking key member for a valve plug. It is meant to improve couplings for detachable handles of drain-cocks.
- Cultivator
- Patent for a cultivator. Illustration included.
- Cultivator
- Patent for a cultivator "particularly adapted for cutting stalks in rows" (lines 110-111) and is designed to travel in a straight line with less side movement.
- Cultural Resources Survey of the Bengal Pipeline Route in the Mississippi River Valley, Louisiana
- A report of an archaeological survey of the proposed construction of the Bengal Pipeline route in Louisiana.
- Curtain-Pole Remover
- Patent for a curtain pole remover that allows the user to remove or put in place curtain poles without climbing on anything.
- Device for Holding Paper over Cakes in Ovens.
- Patent for a new and improved paper-holder for cake baking. With this design, "[a] cake is placed in the oven, the holder placed in position over it, the hoop or frame raised, and a paper placed upon [another] hoop. The [first] hoop is then pressed down upon it, when the cake may be baked without the top being scorched" (lines 40-45).
- Disintegrating-Machine.
- Patent for "bodily revolving a mass of fibrous material over a disintegrating member whereby a shearing action is had and the material disintegrated." (lines 13-16)
- Dumping-Car.
- Patent for a dumping car in "which contents of the car may be readily discharged" (lines 11-12) including illustrations.
- Elastic Chain
- Patent for this invention is to provide a chain which yield longitudinally when subjected to a tensile strain and to this end arrangement of parts, as will be herein after described and claimed. [5-10]
- Fish Trap
- Patent for a fish trap. Illustration included.
- Game Apparatus
- Patent for a folding game table apparatus for playing bowling type games.
- Gate
- Patent for a gate. This invention allows a movable gate to hang on ball bearing hangers without sagging. Illustrations included.
- Grain Header and Loader
- Patent for grain header and loader with improved structure and adjustable height, designed to be fitted onto and powered by a moving wagon for the efficient harvesting of crops, including illustrations.
- Harrow.
- Patent for "a simple, inexpensive and efficient implement by which roots of weeds and obnoxious grasses may be removed from the ground and destroyed," while also leaving the ground plowed (lines 9-12). The object also provides a simple way to remove accumulation of roots that generally clog implements of this type.
- Hole-Straightener
- Patent for a hole straightener for use in drilling oil wells.
- Improvement in Car-Axle Bearings.
- Patent for improvement in car-axle bearings in which "it consists in a box having a chambered back for containing oil, and having grooves along the straight edges of its bearing-surface for receiving a wick, the ends of which extend through holes in the box into the oil reservoir.”
- Improvement in Sheet-Metal Cans.
- Patent for sheet-metal cans, specifically a spout attachment for cans.
- Interim Report to the 83rd Texas Legislature: House Committee on Economic and Small Business Development
- Report from the Texas House Committee on Economic and Small Business Development describing the group's goals, activities, accomplishments, and other information, for review by the 83rd Texas Legislature.
- Interim Report to the 83rd Texas Legislature: House Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence
- Report from the Texas House Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence describing the group's goals, activities, accomplishments, and other information, for review by the 83rd Texas Legislature.
- Interim Report to the 83rd Texas Legislature: Senate Higher Education Committee
- Report from the Texas Senate Higher Education Committee describing the group's goals, activities, accomplishments, and other information, for review by the 83rd Texas Legislature.
- Lamp-Hanger.
- Patent for adjustable-height lamp hanger primarily for electric lamps, including description and illustration.
- Lumber-Trimmer.
- Patent for an improved lumber-trimmer that has "a suitable carriage or number of carriages for conveying the lumber a series of swinging frames, which carry belted saws and also supporting-wheels, which wheels, if not tripped, will ride over the lumber, carrying the saws up with them out of an operative position, but which wheels, if tripped, will ride over the lumber, but permit the suspended saws to remain in operative position to trim the lumber at different points in its length, as may be desired" (lines 23-33).
- Mail-Box Hanger
- Patent for a mail box hanger for mailboxes that allows the mailman to easily deliver mail to them.
- Milk-Cooler
- Patent for a milk cooler in which the design of traditional milk coolers is improved upon.
- Motion-Picture Machine.
- Patent for "improvements in motion picture machines and more particularly to means for automatically shutting the lights off the head or film operating part of the machine" (lines 9-13) "in case of accident, as when the film breaks." (lines 15-16)
- Oil-Burner
- Patent for an oil burner that converts petroleum fuel into gas with its own heat. Illustrations included.
- Pipe-Wrench.
- Patent for "a pipe-wrench with a pivoted jaw which shall rest at its rear end against a solid support when gripping the pipe, so that all strain shall be taken from its pivot, while the wrench shall also have a stationary jaw with two bearings for pipes of varying sizes to rest against and shall also have a setter to act against the rear of the movable jaw." (Lines 15-22) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Planter
- Patent for a planter. Illustration included.
- Plumb-Level
- Patent for a plumb level that can have its stock changed.
- Railway Cattle-Guard.
- Patent for a railway cattle-guard meant to be used "where the track of a railroad passes between the adjacent ends of fence-sections; and the invention seeks to provide elevated pricking-points in connection with adjacent guides inclining toward such points to direct the legs of the stock to such points so the latter will prick the lags at or above the top of the hoof" (lines 9-16).
- Railway Tie Lifter
- Patent for railway tie lifter. Illustration included.
- Rotary Engine
- Patent for a rotary steam engine with an improved steam cylinder.
- San Antonio Monthly Reports: November 1985
- Compilation of monthly reports from departments in the city of San Antonio, Texas providing statistics, project updates, and other information about services and activities.
- San Antonio Monthly Reports: November 1990
- Compilation of monthly reports from departments in the city of San Antonio, Texas providing statistics, project updates, and other information about services and activities.
- San Antonio Monthly Reports: November 1997
- Compilation of monthly reports from departments in the city of San Antonio, Texas providing statistics, project updates, and other information about services and activities.