UNT Libraries Government Documents Department - 24 Matching Results

Search Results

Results: 1 - 24

Water Elevator.

Description: Patent for a new and improved water-elevator. This design "has for its object to provide for the escape of the air initially held in the upper bends of the screw, so as to relieve the same of the pneumatic pressure caused thereby in connection with the ascending water, thus causing less resistance to the rotation of the screw, enabling it to be operated by decreased motive power" (lines 11-18).
Date: November 9, 1886
Creator: Campbell, George W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent

Car-Coupling

Description: Patent for "improved and simple means for automatically and positively coupling the adjacent ends of railway-cars together" (lines 25-27).
Date: April 9, 1889
Creator: Campbell, George W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent

Extension Table

Description: Patent for an extension table employed for dining that can be easily and quickly adjusted for different lengths. "When the table is closed or adjusted to its minimum length the leaves will be contained in the body of the table instead of having to be removed therefrom, as is usual" (lines 15-19) illustrations included.
Date: June 9, 1903
Creator: Palladino, Gaetano
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent

Harness

Description: Patent for a harness. This invention has a breeching strap, holdback straps and traces that form a breast collar for hitching horses to a cart or wagon. Illustration included.
Date: October 9, 1906
Creator: Crawford, Hezekiah H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent

Solar-Heating Apparatus.

Description: Patent for solar heating apparatus, which presents an improvement on Marcos de la Garza's previous solar heating apparatus patent with adjustments to the lens, the frame carrying the lens, lens tube, and case for the apparatus, including illustrations.
Date: December 9, 1913
Creator: de la Garza, Marcos
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent

Fly-Trap.

Description: Patent for an improved fly-trap that effectively ensnares flies while providing an efficient method of fly disposal and easier access to the trap for cleaning, including illustrations.
Date: March 9, 1915
Creator: Crawford, James
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent

Floor-Cleaner.

Description: Patent for an improved floor cleaner that allows for a belt or apron to be turned on to provide continuous motion in order to clean or scrub floors. The floor cleaner will also supply water to the belt, wring and catch dirty water from the belt, and tighten the belt.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Crawford, Hezekiah H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent

Direction-Indicator

Description: Patent for Direction Indicator for a motorized vehicle. This particular model is electrically operated and used to indicate to other vehicles and pedestrians, what the vehicle intends to do and aims to reduce accidents.
Date: October 9, 1917
Creator: Britton, Osa Leo
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent

Toy Projectile

Description: Patent for toy arrows and similar projectiles "which may be safely shot or projected by children without danger of the arrow injuring any object or hurting the child" (lines 12-15). Additionally it can be used to kill flies without smashing them.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Pewther, Judson C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent

Priming Device.

Description: Patent for a priming device, used on internal combustion engines, that can be used to assist an engine heat up. Through this device, users can accelerate this process and benefit from a more fuel-efficient vehicle.
Date: July 9, 1918
Creator: Brooks, Howard
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent

Lock For Radiator Caps.

Description: Patent for a device to reliably and effectively secure the radiator cap in position on the filling neck of a radiator in order to avoid displacement. Device is of simple and durable construction and inexpensive to manufacture.
Date: May 9, 1922
Creator: Brown, Francis Nathaniel, Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1274

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the State Commission for the Blind is permitted to provide eye surgery to a child living in El Paso who is an alien.
Date: March 9, 1962
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text

Texas Attorney General Opinion: M-35

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Crawford Martin, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: What tax may the County and City of El Paso each levy on each coin-operated billiard table in its area, and related question.
Date: March 9, 1967
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Back to Top of Screen