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Wire-Coiling Machine. (open access)

Wire-Coiling Machine.

Patent for a wire-coiling machine that improves on a previous patent (No. 296,806), that was granted to Wildermuth. The improvement allows for either left- or right-handed use, by making the crank movable to either side and by "providing the upper end of the post at opposite sides with stationary cutter blades and a single movable cutter adapted to be shifted for operation with either one of the said fixed cutters" (lines 28-32).
Date: October 9, 1894
Creator: Crowder, George Washington
System: The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Wheel (open access)

Resilient Wheel

Patent for the improvement of resilient wheels meant to be applied to any vehicle running gear. Resilient wheel will allow tire to move freely and absorb shocks.
Date: March 9, 1915
Creator: Burgess, Richard H.
System: The Portal to Texas History