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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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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