Shaft-Tug. (open access)

Shaft-Tug.

Patent for a shaft tug for horse harnesses, which allows one side of the harness to be attached at a time.
Date: July 12, 1910
Creator: Henshaw, Fred M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Game-Board. (open access)

Game-Board.

Patent for a game board that includes barriers, inclines, and depressions in the board which is meant to simulate a game similar to baseball (as well as other games) using a cue ball. The game board also comes with auxiliary barriers to adjust gameplay.
Date: July 12, 1921
Creator: Sterling, Don L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Axle Bearing. (open access)

Car Axle Bearing.

Patent for a new and improved car-axle bearing. This design is "compris[ed of] the separable upper and lower sections having the longitudinal grooves on their respective upper and lower sides, the straps fitting in the said groove, and the bolts engaging the said straps and clamping the sections of the box together . . . in combination with the axle having its end fitting within the box, the collar shrunk onto the end of the axle within the box, said collar having the annular flanges, and the block pressing on the collar within the flanges" (lines 73-93).
Date: July 12, 1887
Creator: Hawkins, Andrew Jackson & Wilkins, John Walker
System: The Portal to Texas History