Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for an improved, simple, and inexpensive wire stretcher that "may be readily employed for taking up the slack of a fence wire at a point between fence posts" (lines 13-15). It also cuts wire and removes staples.
Date: April 17, 1894
Creator: Hughs, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Brake. (open access)

Wagon-Brake.

Patent for an improvement in a wagon-brake using an operating-lever that is mounted in a bracket near the front axle, and consist of diverging arms; and a segmental rack-plate with teeth that is arranged to be engaged by a sliding pawl. When the operating-lever and the sliding pawl are connected; when the brake-bars are in motion, clamping the wheels of a vehicle thus making it stop.
Date: February 17, 1891
Creator: Baker, Owen T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel. (open access)

Vehicle-Wheel.

Patent for a vehicle-wheel that has cushioned, pneumatic, or elastic tires, shoulders, inwardly extending parallel branches, a felly that holds the branches in place and curves around the body of the tire, bolts that go through the felly and the branches, and spokes inside the felly.
Date: July 17, 1894
Creator: Penoyer, Newton D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pass-Book (open access)

Pass-Book

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in pass books, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 17, 1899
Creator: Martin, Thomas P., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seeding Attachment For Disk Harrows. (open access)

Seeding Attachment For Disk Harrows.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in seeding attachments for disk harrows, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 17, 1899
Creator: Rogers, Jonathan Judson & Kennedy, Oliver Sylvester
System: The Portal to Texas History
Revolving Book-Holder. (open access)

Revolving Book-Holder.

Patent for a "combined desk and cabinet especially designed for students' use to obviate the scattering about of books when writing, studying, or making reference thereto" (lines 8-12). The are two rotating sections: a many-faced book-rest, and a cabinet above it where books can be stored. There is also a sliding writing-board underneath the desk.
Date: November 17, 1896
Creator: Ballart, Calvert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Frame for Trunks, Valises, &c. (open access)

Frame for Trunks, Valises, &c.

Patent for frames for trunks, boxes, vehicle-bodies, etc., which requires no bolts and can be cast in a single piece of metal. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 17, 1897
Creator: Turner, Ephraim M.
System: The Portal to Texas History