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- 85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1186, Chapter 339
- Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the procedure for claiming an exemption from ad valorem taxation by the Dallas County Utility and Reclamation District of certain property subject to a tax abatement agreement with the district and to the validation of certain actions of the district.
- 85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1709, Chapter 407
- Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to procedures for the dissolution of the Bois D'Arc Island Levee Improvement District of Dallas and Kaufman Counties.
- 85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2064, Chapter 322
- Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to quorum and voting requirements for the transaction of business by the board of the Irving Flood Control District Section III of Dallas County.
- Adjustable Book-Cover.
- Patent for adjustable book covers. More protection with use of thicker paper, with adjustable feature is highly important as is also the slit and tongue.
- Aerating Churn
- Patent for aerating churn. This design of churn is designed to aerate milk as it churns. Illustration included.
- Apparatus for Applying Dry Hot Air to the Face
- Patent for a hot air blowing device for blowing on the face that has adjustable temperature settings.
- Auto Steering-Lock
- Patent for a lock designed to attach to the spokes of a steering wheel with the intention of guarding it from "unauthorized persons" (line 20), including illustrations.
- Bellows Attachment for Barrels.
- Patent for a new and improved bellows attachment for barrels. This design "provide[s] means for securely attaching the bellows to the barrels, so as to exclude the admission of air, except such as is forced in by the bellows; and a further object of the same provides for the shutting off the flow of liquid, as desired" (lines 13-18).
- Brush
- Patent for improved functions of bath-brushes, with instructions and illustrations.
- Cold-Tire-Shrinking-Machine
- Patent for a device that accomplishes cold-tire shrinking, in order to assure a snug tire fit onto any size cart wheel.
- Combined Filler and Packer for Baling-Presses
- Patent for a combined filler and packer for association with a cotton press or baling apparatus and operating to receive lint cotton from a suitable source. The primary objective is to facilitate an automatic direct feed of lint cotton from the cotton separator into the baling apparatus.
- Cotton-Picker.
- Patent for a cotton picker, which has an improved hood that goes over the cotton plants.
- Cultivator.
- Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design "relates to that class of walking-cultivators or shovel-plows which are drawn by a single horse between two rows of plants, and which are frequently called 'double-shovel plows.' The leading object of the invention is to provide such a cultivator with two beams, each carrying a shovel, which beams are independently capable of vertical and lateral movements, whereby the operator can guide or lift the beams and shovels to avoid plants or obstacles" (lines 11-22).
- Drag Saw.
- Patent for a new and improved drag saw. This design "is to provide a simple, inexpensive, durable, and easily-operated machine for cross-cutting timber for railway-ties and material, or for cord-wood, stove-wood, or other uses" (lines 7-11).
- Electric Arc Amp
- Patent for electric arc lamp.
- Electrically Energized Fence
- Patent for an electrically energized fence. Illustration included.
- Fan and Fixture Support.
- Patent for a fan and fixture support that can be used in connection with a common type of union box for electrical conduit installations. The device provides a support or hanger that can be installed either in frame or in concrete ceilings and partitions, and it prevents rotation of the device after installation.
- Four-Horse Evener for Wheel-Plows
- Patent for a four horse evener for wheel plows that improves disk or moldboard. It corrects the plows tendency to swing when met with the ground and utilizes the same force to relieve strain from the horses.
- Hame Fastener
- Patent for a hame fastener. The function of this invention is to permit ready attachment to and the removal of. Illustration included.
- Hat-Fastener.
- Patent for improvements in hat-fasteners in which the “fastener can be adjustable to hats of different sizes and shapes, …., for securing the hat upon the head.” (Lines 10-15) Illustration is included.
- Hoeing-Machine.
- Patent for dual drive hoeing machine. Machine utilizes a "carriage, support brackets, journaled drive shaft, crank arm and gyrating arm" (p. 3, lines 31-34). The machine produces straight rows and eliminates side draft (p.1, 15-19)
- Huller-Gin.
- Patent for a Huller-Gin. This device has an improvement that reduces the cotton being wasted by getting clogged in the hulling chamber.
- Improvement in Plows.
- Patent for improvements in adjusting devices and attachments for sulky plows, including instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in remedies for constipation, &c.
- Patent for a new medical compound to treat constipation and related illnesses which lists the ingredients and dosages.
- Inking-Roller for Printing-Presses.
- Patent for an inking roller for printing presses, which reduces ink waste by only putting ink on the type.
- Internal-Combustion Engine.
- Patent for an internal combustion engine, which can be run with less fuel and better control of the engine.
- Land Boller
- Patent for a land roller. Illustration included.
- Lifting-Jack.
- Patent for an improved lifting jack, which "can be quickly placed beneath the axle of a vehicle and easily removed therefrom" (lines 14-16).
- Liquid or Gaseous Fuel Burning Furnace.
- Patent for a furnace that can be powered either by gas or liquid fuel. Designed specifically for improved insulation and fuel efficiency.
- Mason's Jointer
- Patent for jointers used by stone masons and brick masons which can be used to cut out mortar to a predetermined depth between courses of bricks and smooth the mortar surface for a neat and attractive joint.
- Method and Apparatus for Generating Motive Fluid
- Patent for improvement in methods and apparatus for generating motive fluid "to provide a source of combustion" and dispose of it outside the generator to generate steam (lines 11-12).
- Method of Balancing Relays.
- Patent for a new method for balancing relays to protect electrical circuits, an "electric-alarm circuit" (lines 13-14).
- Mill for Grinding or Crushing Cotton-Seed or the Like.
- Patent for improvements to the grinding or crushing of materials in mills by eliminating the hammering action by the use of supported ball bearings. This decreases the amount of power needed to operate the mill and includes illustrations.
- Paint and Varnish Removing Process.
- Patent for improvements to the removal process for paint and varnish. An invention of a solution that will cause finished coatings to be removed with less expense, less time, and no specifically skilled labor requirement to meet.
- Perpetual Calendar.
- Patent for the improvement of calendars to create easier-to-read and quicker-to-adjust. These calendars were to be able to be used no matter the month or year and would always be accurate.
- Printing-Roller-Cleaning Device.
- Patent for a cleaning device designed to expedite the cleaning of printing press rollers.
- Process of and Apparatus for Sizing Comminuted Material.
- Patent for "certain new and useful improvements in process of and apparatus for sizing or classifying comminuted material according to the size of the particles of the material" (lines 13-16), including illustrations and instructions.
- Process of and Apparatus for Sizing or Classifying Comminuted Materials.
- Patent for improvements in process of and apparatus for sizing and classifying comminuted materials, according to the size of the particles of the material. It allows for particles to be classified according to size and discharged from the apparatus in different receptacles, with the particles in each receptacle being substantially the same size.
- Process of Making Butter
- Patent for a process of making butter.
- Roller-Bearing Well-Wheel Pulley.
- Patent for an improved design for the roller-bearing well-wheel pulley.
- Signal
- Patent for a signal. This invention provides a signal for display to call the milkman, iceman, laundryman, etc. when in need for service. It is designed to display panels featuring suitable names for needed services. Illustration included.
- Speed-Gearing.
- Patent for improvements in “gearing mechanism in which the speed or rotation of a drum or wheel is greatly increased through the intervention of gearing-wheels mounted upon a single shaft.” (Lines 11-14) Illustration is included.
- Stalk-Chopper Attachment.
- Patent for rotating stalk-chopper attachment, including illustrations.
- Stenographic-Writing Means
- Patent for improvements in stenographic-writing (typewriting). The object of the invention being "to provide a keyboard comprising keys to cooperate with suitable printing means, and to so arrange said keys...to facilitate the speed at which the writing can be accomplished" (lines 14-20).
- Stripping-Plate Molding-Machine
- The Patent is for a Stripping-Plate Molding-Machine. The purpose of this invention is "to provide a simple and efficient apparatus for forming sand models" (Kimball, lines 11-12 of patent).
- Texas Attorney General Open Records Letter Ruling: OR2000-0326
- Document issued by the Open Records Division at the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an informal interpretation of Texas law related to what information about the theft of morphine by two hospital employees the Dallas County Hospital District must release under the Public Information Act.
- Texas Fifth Court of Appeals Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015
- Report submitted by the Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals at Dallas, Texas containing summaries of requests for appropriations and expenditures for the fiscal years 2014 and 2015 with supporting documentation.
- Thill Coupling.
- Patent for a new and improved coupling for thills. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the clip having the ears provided with the openings of the draft-iron having the eye at its inner end adapted to be inserted between the ears of the clip and having the transverse central opening" (lines 94-98). Further, it has "the coupling-bolt having the inclined shoulder and the nut provided with the [other] inclined shoulder and the sleeves having the inclined inner ends adapted to enter the inclines of the draft-iron and provided at their outer ends with the inclined recesses" (lines 1-7).
- Tractor
- Patent for improvements to tractors which are designed with the driver's seat positioned on the trailing unit. The improvements allow for tools to be attached in such a way cultivating may be done near fences and other common obstructions.
- Wall Construction
- Patent for a wall construction with metallic column casings and reinforced rods. Illustrations included.