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Wire Stretcher.
Patent for a new and improved wire-stretcher. This design consists in "the combination, with an essentially T-shaped body having the members of the head inclined in direction of the straight member and provided with a series of teeth, of a lever pivoted to the straight member of the body contiguous to the head and clamping-jaws pivoted upon the said lever" (lines 32-39).
Date:
February 19, 1889
Creator:
Hughes, George Roland
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liniment.
Patent for an antiseptic liniment comprised of flaxseed oil, turpentine, and sulphuric acid.
Date:
February 19, 1889
Creator:
Bates, David
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher.
Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher. This design consists in "the combination of a bar provided with a toothed quadrant and with a boss having an overhanging projection at its rear end, an eccentric pivoted on the face of the said boss for holding the wire against the projection, a hand-lever pivoted to the bar, and provided with a spring-detent engaging with a toothed quadrant, a plate pivoted at one end to the hand-lever and provided with an overhanging projection, and a second eccentric pivoted upon the face of the plate for gripping the wire against the projection" (lines 77-88).
Date:
July 19, 1887
Creator:
Mason, James Alexander
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Land Grader and Ditcher
Patent for a land grader and ditcher that is durable and easy to use to ditch a large area and the scraping blade can be easily removed for cleaning, repairs or other reasons.
Date:
September 19, 1905
Creator:
Reed, Allen T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Motors.
Patent for power-operated motors used "for operating churns" (lines 13-14), with the option of using spring-power, including a detailed explanation and description of the illustration.
Date:
February 19, 1878
Creator:
Cummings, James K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Farm Fence
Patent for fence constructed of barbed wire and smooth guard-wire enclosed in the fence wires to prevent livestock of injury.
Date:
February 19, 1901
Creator:
Teague, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History