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Wire Stretcher
Patent for a device that stretches wire, specifically for fence construction.
Date:
March 24, 1903
Creator:
Cox, Caine Lafayette
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Projectile.
Patent for improvements in projectiles is to positively insure the explosion of the projectile at any desired point and the action is more reliable than is the case with time-fuses, where exact results cannot be insured, or with impact-projectiles, which explode when they come into contact with the armor. (Page 2, lines 12-18) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 24, 1903
Creator:
Densler, Nat
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.
Patent for improvement in cotton chopper and cultivator in “which the cultivator-blades may be readily adjusted to cultivator-blades may be readily adjusted to any desired distance from the row of plants that is being operated upon, and in which the number of chopping-hoes may be increased or diminished, so as to regulate the distance between the stands of cotton or the extent of each stand.” (Lines 13-19) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 24, 1903
Creator:
McAda, James Newton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
School-Desk.
Patent for improvement in school desks by mounting the desks’ legs on the base-bars, the row of desks so mounted can be moved at the same time by employing the roller devices at the opposite end of the base-bars. The roller devices may be permanently connected with the base-bars of each row or it can be detached if desired; for conveniently removing the desks whenever desired. (Lines 45-55) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 24, 1903
Creator:
Litsey, Robert G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Heather.
Patent for combination-heater in which it can be submerged directly in a body of water contained in any open-top vessel, such as a bath-hub, bucket or other receptacle for the purpose of raising the temperature of the water to a desired degree. (Lines 12-16) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 24, 1903
Creator:
Mansfield, Charles Augustus & Hayes, George Daniel
System:
The Portal to Texas History