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Wire Stretcher. (open access)

Wire Stretcher.

Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher. This design consists in "[t]he combination . . . of the side bars having a toothed wheel journaled between them and provided with a crank, a set of cross bars or bolts connecting the two side bars, a pawl hung upon one of the cross-bars and having its toothed end arranged to abut against the teeth of the wheel, and a chain passing over the toothed wheel and underneath the pawl" (lines 67-76).
Date: May 21, 1889
Creator: Stiles, Frederick
System: The Portal to Texas History
Filter and Water Purifier. (open access)

Filter and Water Purifier.

Patent for a new and improved water filter. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a water-pump having upwardly-opening valves, an air-pump having downwardly-opening valves, and two perforated cylinders surrounding the pump-tubes and provided with a packing of filtering material, the water-pump tube opening into the inner cylinder, and the pump-tube passing entirely through both heads of the same" (lines 61-68).
Date: November 26, 1889
Creator: Stiles, Frederick
System: The Portal to Texas History