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- Adjustable Trunk-Rack
- Patent for a trunk-rack that is adjustable and sturdy. The trunk-rack design indicates that the rack has wheels and adjustable components to accommodate various sized pieces of luggage.
- Areawide Waste Treatment Management Plan Quarterly Report: January - March 1977
- Quarterly report of the Areawide Waste Treatment Management Plan in/near San Antonio, Texas describing the program's activities, contract status, finances, relationships with other agencies, and additional information for the third quarter of 1977.
- Armor for Pneumatic Tires.
- Patent for a new and useful armor for pneumatic tires.
- Auger.
- Patent for a new auger designed "to provide a construction in which the parts may be adjusted to cut angular holes entirely through a body, and also to cut angular countersinks concentric with cylindrical openings, such as are made for the reception of the square heads of bolts lag screws, &c.," (lines 10-16), which includes illustrations and instructions.
- Automatic Vehicle Brake
- Patent for automatic vehicle brake. The invention "provides a spring controlled rack cooperating with a gear or pinion or a vehicle wheel." (line 18-20). Illustrations included.
- Bandage
- Patent for a new bandage or dressing clamp that will hold a bandage in place. It includes two circular, notched jaws held together by an adjustable tube. Illustrations included.
- Battery Terminal
- Patent for an adaptable battery terminal design.
- Bexar County Juvenile Probation Department Annual Report: 1974
- Report on juvenile delinquency in Bexar County for 1974 with referral statistics and accomplishments of the department for the year.
- Bexar Metropolitan Criminal Justice Plan, 1978
- Annual plan of the Bexar Metropolitan Criminal Justice Council for fiscal year 1978 outlining crime statistics from the past year, previous activities, and plans for the upcoming year
- Bit Attachment
- Patent for "improved means for stopping runaway horses and to arrange for mounting the same upon a harness-bit so as to be under the control of the driver for convenient and effective operation when required" (lines 8-13).
- Blacking-Brush
- Patent for a new and useful improvement in blacking brushes, including instructions and illustrations.
- Box for Washing Material for Concrete.
- Patent for "a new and useful improvement in boxes for washing aggregate or rough material for making concrete" (lines 5-7), including instructions and illustrations.
- Camp Bedding-Roll
- Patent for a bedding roll in which the main sheet is adapted to receive a mattress or be stuffed with straw, grass, or leaves to enable it to be used as a bed-sack.
- Car Coupling.
- Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "relates to car-couplings, and more especially to that part or portion of the mechanism usually termed 'link-lifters;' and the object of the invention is to provide means whereby the link can be lifted and caused to enter the draw-head of an approaching car by the operator when standing alongside the stationary car" (lines 7-14).
- Churn.
- Patent for a mixing machine designed for churns, but can also be used in ice cream freezers. It works by producing a partial vacuum, forcing the liquid to go from the bottom to the top of the vessel. Blades force the liquid to go against "the centrifugal action" (line 21) and towards the center of the vessel.
- Clock.
- Patent for an improved alarm clock with two different alarms that sound at desired time set and when the clock is unwound, including illustrations.
- Closure for Bottles, &c.
- Patent for a tamper-proof bottle cap made of flexible metal that expands to seal the bottle and cannot be removed and replaced without signs being evident in the bottle and cap.
- Coin Assorter and Deliverer.
- Patent for an improved coin assorter and deliverer that automatically makes change. It has a glass window in the back and a slot in the top where an operator can insert coins, where the machine sorts them.
- Coin Controlled Vending Machine
- Patent for coin controlled vending machine. Illustrations included.
- Combined Elastic Clutch and Engine-Starter
- Patent for a combined elastic clutch and engine starter for hydrocarbon engines that does not produce a jerk.
- Condensing Apparatus
- Patent for a condensing apparatus designed to be attached to linting machines.
- Container.
- Patent for a collapsible container that is easily assembled without the "employment of nails or fastening devices" (line 10).
- Cotton-Chopper
- Patent for a machine that can be drawn along a row of cotton to chop the adjacent plants and cultivate the ground under the machine. The device is height adjustable by the operator.
- Cotton-Gin Attachment
- Patent for an attachment to be used as a chute for cotton gins. Illustrations included.
- Cotton-Picker for Forming Mattress-Bats.
- Patent for improvements in cotton-pickers for forming mattress-bats is to prepare the cotton to be light and elastic when the cotton is compressed into mattress-bats. Illustration is included.
- Culvert.
- Patent for metal road culvert improvements. Light weight, but sturdy, interlocking metal sheets are used. They can be stacked for cheaper and easier shipping. The culvert allows large amounts of water to flow through.
- Curtain Stretcher
- Patent for curtain stretcher or frames
- Cushion-Tire for Vehicles.
- Patent for a sectional metal tire cushion that is applied over a preexisting wheel.
- Device for Placing Torpedoes.
- Patent for "a device especially adapted for placing torpedoes on railroad tracks and at the same time fixing the torpedo in position, the work being accomplished in a simple and expeditious manner while the train is in motion, whereby one train following another may be signaled without stopping the first train, thus preventing rear end collisions." (Lines 7-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Door-Bolt.
- Patent for improvement in door bolts composing a device clamping a bolt to the bottom of the door.
- Electric-Current Controller.
- Patent for a new and improved electric current controller for "use in connection with incandescent electric lamps" (line 10 - 11).
- Electric-Lamp Attachment.
- Patent for an electric-lamp attachment, "the primary object of this invention being the provision of a lamp socket attachment of supporting means in combination with a switch, whereby the current energizing the filament of an incandescent lamp is so controlled as to produce different degrees of incandescence in the filament and thus produce different degrees of radiance to produce a dim or a highlight as may be desired" (lines 9-18). Illustrations included.
- Electric Time Switch
- Patent for an electric time switch. Illustration included.
- EODC Migrant Manpower Project For Bexar County
- A report on the Migrant Manpower Project of the Economic Opportunities Development Corporation in Bexar County.
- Fan-Deflector.
- Patent for a fan deflector to deflect air to various portions of the room.
- Fare-Box.
- Patent for a fare-box for cars and other vehicles that allows the driver or conductor to set the fare and which registers the amount paid. Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Fiber-Cleaning Device.
- Patent for a fiber cleaning device, which removes "the outer fleshy or non-fibrous tissues covering the fibers" (lines 19-21) for varieties of fleshy plants.
- Flushing Device
- Patent for a flushing mechanism for water-closets (toilets) which operates in concert with the lifting and lowering of the seat.
- Follower for Packing Saur-Kraut, &c
- Patent for a follower for packing sauer-kraut.
- Fuel Heater For Internal Combustion Engines
- Patent for a fuel heating system designed to be incorporated into combustion engines.
- FY 1997-99 Transportation Improvement Program: San Antonio-Bexar County Metropolitan Area
- The Transportation Improvement Program outlines a plan of federally assisted transportation projects that will be implemented over a three year period in the San Antonio - Bexar County area.
- FY 1998-2001 Transportation Improvement Program: San Antonio-Bexar County Metropolitan Area
- Report describing activities and plans of the Transportation Improvement Program, which outlines a program of federally-assisted transportation projects that will be implemented over a three year period in the San Antonio - Bexar County area.
- Gage or Indicator for Liquid-Tanks.
- Patent for a gage or indicator for liquid tanks of inflammable and explosive liquids. Its main purpose is to prevent leakage to minimize danger from fire, including illustrations and instructions.
- Gearing
- Patent for gearing for a flying machine. This gearing will allow for two independent drive shafts to work with tow independent engines to allow both engines to connect to either or both draft shafts.
- Hanger For Car-Doors.
- Patent for a hanger for use in car doors to prevent jamming or binding during opening or closing.
- Hip Form and Stocking Supporter
- Patent for hip-forms and stocking supporters. This "invention pertains to hip-forms and stocking supporters for ladies wear; and it consists in combined hip-form and stocking-supporter the novelty, utility, and practical advantages" (line 8-12). Illustration included.
- Hose-Washer.
- Patent for improvement in efficiency of hose washers. Patent helps to prevent accidental detachment of a hose via the use of a "resilient wire" designed to strengthen the connection. Citation: Calvert, Walter Riley. Hose-Washer., patent, April 27, 1915; [Washington D.C.]. University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.
- Hydrocarbon-Burner
- Patent for a hydrocarbon burner.
- Illusion Car
- Patent for an illusion car. This invention is related to amusement. Illustrations included.
- Improved Medicinal Preparation.
- Patent for improvements made the medicinal preparations generally used for poultices. The patented improvement involves the application of dried and powdered leaves, stalks, and joints of the cactus opuntia or cockinifer.