Mechanical Movement. (open access)

Mechanical Movement.

Patent for a mechanical movement for ratchet feeding mechanisms " in which movement is imparted from a rocking lever to a ratchet wheel through the medium of a plurality of pawls that are so connected to the lever as to operate on the ratchet wheel during movement of the levers in both directions"(lines 10-16).
Date: March 16, 1909
Creator: Oswald, William S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Post driver (open access)

Post driver

Patent for a portable post driver.
Date: March 16, 1900
Creator: Armstrong, Joseph Milton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Necktie-Retainer (open access)

Necktie-Retainer

Patent for necktie retainers that can be slipped into turndown collars while retaining neckties or scarfs against pulling down or moving sidewise, with illustration (lines 10-15).
Date: March 16, 1915
Creator: Yeager, Margaret Sanders
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Swingletree and Evener. (open access)

Combined Swingletree and Evener.

Patent, including illustrations, for improvements to combined swingletrees and eveners, tools used to equalize strain between a draft animal and vehicle, "which is easily and simply constructed, inexpensive to manufacture, and one which will be very efficient in operation" (lines 22-25).
Date: March 16, 1920
Creator: White, Floyd N.
System: The Portal to Texas History