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Bedstead Fastening.
Patent for connecting legs to side rails of beadsteads.
Date:
April 17, 1900
Creator:
Rape, Augustus D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buckle-Hook.
Patent for a new buckle hook, specifically a back-band buckle for use with a harness that is "of simple and inexpensive construction designed to firmly grip the back-band or strap of the harness and retain the same in adjusted position" (lines 12-15), including illustrations.
Date:
April 17, 1906
Creator:
Reid, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Seed-Planter, Harrow, and Plow
Patent for "a combined seeder or planter, harrow, and plow, and to simplify the parts, so that they can easily be put together and taken apart and manufactured at little expense" (lines 16-20).
Date:
December 17, 1889
Creator:
Russell, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 17, 1907
Creator:
Sodekson, Nathan S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fly-Trap.
Patent for a fly trap which consists of a motor powered turning cylinder coated in a sticky substance to attract flies, which is placed within a cage to catch flies scraped from the cylinder.
Date:
March 17, 1908
Creator:
Richbourg, Joseph Fletcher
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
Patent for an improved cotton press: "Our invention consists of a contrivance for driving the screw, which works the follower by a worm when doing the work, and a toothed wheel when returning the follower; also, of a removable case which receives the pressed bale and carries it away on a truck to be tied, while another box takes its place to receive the next bale" (lines 8-15). Includes illustrations and instructions.
Date:
October 17, 1876
Creator:
Davis, James Harvey & White, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History