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Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for a wire-stretcher meant for making barbed wire fences that is more efficient than other wire-stretchers. It has a bent plate, a split hook swiveled to the plate, a rotatable rod that goes through the plate, stretching wire that is secured to the rod, and the split hook is attached to the wire.
Date:
October 9, 1894
Creator:
Austin, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow Slide.
Patent for a new and improved plow slide. This design consists in "[a] combination tool for use with plows, consisting of a suitable bar having one end turned upward, provided with a beveled edge at the other end, a suitable cross-strap, and having openings at the sides, and bent ends adapted to the nuts used in a plow" (lines 70-75).
Date:
October 7, 1890
Creator:
Bowers, Thomas Martin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Photographer's Changing and Developing Box.
Patent for an apparatus that aids in changing and developing photographic plates. It is portable, convenient, easy to use, and safety.
Date:
October 10, 1893
Creator:
Snapp, James F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Curtain-Fixture.
Patent for an improved method of hanging and supporting window shades. It consists of a bracket with overlapping portions that form a sleeve, lugs that hold a roller, and end pieces to cover the end of the bar in the sleeve.
Date:
October 10, 1893
Creator:
Snapp, James F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Elevator and Distributer.
Patent for a cotton elevator and distributor meant to "provide certain improvements in apparatus of this character whereby cotton may be conveniently and readily elevated from the store house or wagon, and evenly distributed to any number of gins which may be arranged successively in the same row" (lines 11-16).
Date:
October 30, 1894
Creator:
Moffitt, William E. & Williams, James L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Claw-Bar.
Patent for a new and useful claw bar, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 18, 1898
Creator:
Wiggs, Zeph
System:
The Portal to Texas History