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Machine for Sharpening Cutlery. (open access)

Machine for Sharpening Cutlery.

Patent for machine for sharpening cutlery that clamps object to be sharpened in a moveable carrier in position to be reciprocated between abrading members.
Date: November 7, 1911
Creator: Hunter, Joseph W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well Drilling Bit. (open access)

Well Drilling Bit.

Patent for new and improved well-drilling bit. Illustration included.
Date: March 7, 1916
Creator: Marney, Robert A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Switch. (open access)

Railway-Switch.

Patent for a railway switch that is triggered by a shoe on a train car.
Date: February 7, 1911
Creator: Rousseau, Lawrence C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Food Tongs (open access)

Food Tongs

Patent for food tongs. The invention employs scoops. Illustration included.
Date: January 7, 1913
Creator: Wheeler, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator

Patent for an Acetylene gas generator with an improved building method for holding the carbide tank above the generator tank.
Date: January 7, 1908
Creator: Walsh, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Compressor (open access)

Cotton Compressor

Patent for Cotton Compressor. "This invention relates to apparatus for compressing bales of cotton and for similar purposes." (lines 11-13).
Date: June 7, 1887
Creator: Taylor, George
System: The Portal to Texas History