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- 79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 55, Chapter 284
- Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the designation of portions of Interstate Highway 20 inside Dallas and Tarrant Counties as the Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway.
- 84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 432, Chapter 491
- Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to continuation of an additional fee for filing civil cases in certain Dallas County courts.
- Adjustable Lamp-Shade.
- Patent for a simplified, detachable, and adjustable lamp shade that is "more practical and efficient without increasing the cost of manufacture" (lines 27-29), including illustrations.
- Apparatus for Forcing Liquids from Barrels.
- Patent for a new and improved device for extracting liquids from sealed containers. This design utilizes a bellows apparatus, and "by simply compressing [it] air is forced into the space in the barrel or vessel above the liquid, when the pressure of this air will exhaust the liquid through the faucet at the bottom under pressure" (lines 65-70).
- Apparatus for Handling and Cleaning Seed-Cotton.
- Patent for improvements in apparatus for handling and cleaning seed-cotton that “use a pneumatic tube, through which cotton is drawn by an exhaust-current.” (Lines17-19) Illustration is included.
- Bathing-Hat.
- Patent for a nearly waterproof hat that will keep the hair dry and protect the face from the sun while being both strong and durable.
- Boll-Weevil-Destroying Machine.
- Patent for "a machine for destroying boll weevil and other pests which frequent and infect agricultural products" (lines 14-16) using "suction nozzles correlated with a common suction system adaptable to sweep a plurality of rows at a time" (lines 27-30) including illustrations.
- Check-Valve for Locomotive-Boilers and the Like.
- Patent for "an improvement in check valves particularly adapted for use on locomotive boilers" (lines 9-11) with illustrations.
- Combined Cotton and Corn Planter.
- Patent for an improved, inexpensive, and simple planter that is "adapted to plant either corn or cotton and that at predetermined distances; to so construct the machine as to adapt it readily for change from one form of planter to the other; and to improve the manner of securing the furrow-opening shovel-carrying standard and the seed tube, whereby the former and latter are prevented from breaking or becoming injured should they contact with a stone, stump, or other obstacle of sufficient size and firmness to injure them" (lines 10-21).
- Combined Desk and Map-Cabinet.
- Patent for a convertible writing desk that doubles as a cabinet for storing and displaying maps. Intended to allow multiple scrolled maps to be stored inside and easily displayed and retracted in classroom settings.
- Combined Heater and Radiator
- Patent for a combined water heater and radiator. Illustrations included.
- Cotton Gin Saw Cleaner
- Patent for a cotton gin saw cleaner. This invention is designed to clean cotton from gin saws. Illustration included.
- Cultivator Attachment
- Patent for adding spring teeth with adjustable parallel bar attachments to agricultural cultivators. Illustrations included.
- Cushioned Holder for Dating-Stamps
- Patent for a cushioned holder for dating stamps. Illustration included.
- Device for Automatically Exhibiting Business Cards, &c.
- Patent for a new and improved display. This design, "for automatically exhibiting business cards and the like, of a panel having an opening therein, uprights having the retaining guides secured on each side of said opening, the angle-irons secured beneath said opening, a longitudinally-inclined bar having a beveled upper edge provided with a recess for extending across said panel, a sliding frame having a spring secured thereto, a hook on said spring, and means for giving said frame a vibratory or reciprocating movement" (lines 11-22).
- Draft Equalizer
- Patent for Draft Equalizer with levers and pulleys for attaching a horse or team of horses.
- Embossing-Machine.
- Patent for improvements to embossing machines. specifically machines for embossing saddle leather, including an illustration.
- Fan-Oscillating Device.
- Patent for an improvement in oscillating fan devices. Rather than running wire from the base of the fan to the motor, which frequently caused mechanical issues (sometimes making the fan irreparable), the fan is fastened to an oscillating platform that uses the force from the fan to oscillate the fan on a table.
- Flour and Meal Bin.
- Patent for a new and improved flour and meal bin. This design "is to provide a flour and meal bin for family purposes, especially where it is found desirable to economize space and have the bin conveniently at hand ready to have the desired quantity of flour or meal taken from it in a sifted condition" (lines 9-15).
- Fountain Brush.
- Patent for the improvement of fountain brushes. The brush would be in the shape of a pencil which would stop ink or dye from spreading on fabric.
- Hydrocarbon-Burner.
- Patent for an improved hyrdrocarbon burner that includes "an overhanging generating element of suitable construction in combination with a particular base having a burner jet surrounded by air admitting jets [...] to be installed in the various forms of stoves and grates" (lines 11-26), including illustrations.
- Ice Saw
- Patent for an ice saw. The invention is designed for cutting ice blocks for use in ice boxes, refrigerators, and such devices. Illustration included.
- Improvement in Clod-Crushers.
- Patent for a land-drag and clod-crusher that will effectually crush the clods, level the land, and pack the soil, at one and the same operation.
- Improvement in Medical Compounds.
- Patent for a medical compound consisting of magnesia, soda, potassium oxide, manganese, sodium chloride, acid phosphate of iron, sulfuric acid, and phosphoric acid. The compound is said to treat a wide variety of ailments.
- Junction-Bracket
- Patent for a junction box for automobile wiring. This junction box attempts to place wiring connections that are prone to break due to vibrations from the vehicle in one place. The location of the junction box should allow for less stress on the vehicles wiring as well as provide for easier replacement of connections and wires when servicing is required.
- Magazine-Firearm.
- Patent for a magazine firearm, whose breech bolt is operated with the left hand to leave the right free for pulling the trigger.
- Mangle
- Patent for a mangle which employs a "multiplicity of rollers" (line 18). Illustrations included.
- Mattress
- Patent for a mattress made with folded layers of material, such as cotton or wool, where the fibers are placed in a vertical position.
- Metallic Roof.
- Patent for a metallic roof that has "an improved means for securing the adjoining edges of the metallic strips together, whereby a tight water proof joint is produced and the metal strips securely attached to the sheathing of the roof" (lines 15-20).
- Money-Changing Apparatus.
- Patent for an apparatus for money changing and recording. The apparatus selects and ejects coins and is controlled by keys that can be pressed.
- Oil-Burner
- Patent for an oil burner to be used in cement kilns. Illustrations included.
- Patent Awning
- Patent for awning.
- Planter.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in "combined cotton - seed and corn planters". (line 11 - 12).
- Rail-Splice.
- Patent for a rail splice that joins the ends of railway tracks to one another to prevent spreading of the tracks and is easily taken on and off for repair work.
- Railroad Switch
- Patent for a railroad switch. "This invention relates to railroad-swtiches and is especially designed with reference to street railways and surburban lines" (9-11). Illustration included.
- Riding-Saddle.
- Patent for a riding-saddle with a "short rigid tree, which constitutes the front or forked portion of the saddle, and [the inventor] construct[s] the body and cantle of pieces of thick but duly flexible leather" (lines 21-25). This makes the saddle more comfortable for both horse and rider.
- Rotary Engine
- Patent for a rotary engine with a new form of gates and pistons.
- Sewer-Clean-Out Cover
- Patent for specific improvements of sewer-clean-out covers that will "provide a cover for the clean out pipes of sewers, which cover will be securely held in place under ordinary circumstances and cannot be removed except by authorized parties carrying a certain form of key, adapted to release the fastening mechanism" (lines 10-16) including illustrations and instructions.
- Suspenders
- Patent for drawer suspenders. Illustrations included.
- Telephone Equipment.
- Patent for telephone equipment. The invention provides an easy to use attachment for automatic phones that illuminates the dial and only turns on while it is in use to facilitate the use of telephones in the dark.
- Truck-Gear for Vehicles.
- Patent for a durable, efficient, simple, and inexpensive turning gear that enables trucks to turn from the top of the vehicle.
- Vegetable-curing plant
- Patent for vegetable-curing plant and the purpose of the invention is to provide means for supplying tempered air under pressure to storage bins.
- Vehicle-Wheel.
- Patent for a resilient vehicle wheel.
- Well-Drilling Bit.
- Patent for a well drilling bit with a removable point and cutting edges "at a greater radial distance from the center of the bit" (lines 18-19). The point may be removed for sharpening or replacement.
- Wheel.
- Patent for a new and improved wheel. This design, when "traversing soft and marshy soil[,] the ribs or lugs engage in the surface in the ordinary way; but in passing over hard or stony soil the flange bears on the surface and prevents jarring. The ribs and the flange are flush with each other . . . and this height may be considerably more than that of the ordinary ribs . . . for the reason that the said height does not affect the regularity of motion of the wheel in passing over hard soil. The advantage in tapering the ribs or lugs and the inner side of the flange is to prevent earth from clogging therein" (lines 51-53).
- Wrench.
- Patent for a wrench that is adjustable to different size nuts and has a reciprocating screw member.