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Harness. (open access)

Harness.

Patent for a new, reinforced harness made of rubber, a metal chain, and leather, including illustrations.
Date: May 7, 1918
Creator: Brecheen, Samuel H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper with a solid hoe for thinning cotton and a toothed hoe for pulling weeds.
Date: March 7, 1911
Creator: Hart, Granville M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Cord Guide. (open access)

Sash-Cord Guide.

Patent for a window sash guide, which is easily attached to the window jamb.
Date: April 7, 1908
Creator: Martin, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for Bed Spring. (open access)

Design for Bed Spring.

Design patent for bed spring comprised of twin spirally-coiled bodies with straight horizontal arm extending from upper coils.
Date: December 7, 1897
Creator: Rigg, Elmer E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate Latch (open access)

Gate Latch

Patent for a new and useful improvements in gate latches.
Date: December 7, 1897
Creator: Turley, John Breckinridge
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Scraper. (open access)

Plow-Scraper.

Patent for an adjustable plow-scraper that attaches to the plow and scrapes soil from the moldboard.
Date: July 7, 1896
Creator: Jackson, Robert Litel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate Latch. (open access)

Gate Latch.

Patent for a new and improved gate-latch. This design consists "[i]n a latch, the combination of the case having at its lower end a guide ledge or flange with its bearing face arranged laterally in from the inner face of the side plate of the case, a loosely suspended ring held and movable against the said ledge or flange, and means whereby the said ring may be operated" (lines 5-11).
Date: August 7, 1888
Creator: Charleville, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Printer's Galley. (open access)

Printer's Galley.

Patent for a new and improved printer's galley. This design consists of a novel arrangement of the galley parts that "dispenses with the time, labor, and expense incurred in manipulating quoins and side-sticks, mallet, shooting-stick, &c." (lines 60-62).
Date: March 7, 1882
Creator: Rudolph, Elijah K. & Wolfe, Joseph A. L.
System: The Portal to Texas History