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Nail-Staple for Barbed Wire.
Patent for a tool meant to assist with attaching fence wire to posts. The nail-staple supports the wire during application to the post, which allows it to be done by a single person, saving time and labor.
Date:
August 30, 1921
Creator:
Washington, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard.
Patent for a cattle-guard "for preventing cattle from passing along a certain point of a railroad track from an inclosure (sic)" (lines 10-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 26, 1918
Creator:
Bullard, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cutting Implement
Patent for a cutting tool which can be attached to the bottom of a shoe in order to chop cotton or other plants and pulverize ground. It is a sharp, flat, knife blade that affixes to the shoe with straps across the bridge and toe sections.
Date:
May 4, 1915
Creator:
Brigance, Alice O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crossover
Patent for cross-overs in railways to prevent collisions of trains traveling on intersecting track ways
Date:
March 2, 1915
Creator:
Miller, Sam P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fence Posts.
Patent for improvements in fence posts and has "for its primary object to provide a post which may be of extremely simple construction and operation and especially adapted for use in constructing wire fences" (lines 12-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 29, 1914
Creator:
Conner, Elmer E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Tie.
Patent for a railroad-tie in which it will “maintain the gage standard when one rail is replaced by another rail having larger cross section than the original rail.” (Lines 21-23) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Hynds, David H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Locks" (line 6).
Date:
February 17, 1914
Creator:
Van Hoesen, Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Sash Fastener.
Patent for a window sash fastener with improvement in locking device that hold it in any position or securely locked against movement, including illustrations.
Date:
December 9, 1913
Creator:
Driscoll, Spurgeon E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint.
Patent for a rail joint that connects the opposing ends of a pair of rails while allowing for necessary contractions and expansion of the rails due to atmospheric conditions. It also reinforces the portion of the joint at the meeting ends.
Date:
January 23, 1912
Creator:
Busa, Adam
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Band Buckle
Patent for a bale band buckle. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 6, 1911
Creator:
Brigance, Alice O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Box and Package Elevating Apparatus
Patent for an elevator for boxes and packages. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 3, 1910
Creator:
Brigance, Alice Osborne
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Crossing
Patent for a railway crossing. Illustration included.
Date:
March 2, 1909
Creator:
Meyerlambers, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fireproof Covering
Patent for a fireproof covering. Illustration included.
Date:
February 23, 1909
Creator:
Brigance, Alice Osborne
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie
Patent for a bale tie made of aluminum which has a fastener attached to the band.
Date:
March 3, 1908
Creator:
Brigance, Alice Osborne
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fly-Trap Shed
Patent for a collapsible shed, which is equipped with a trap to catch flies when flies are being removed from cows in the shed through a water spray.
Date:
November 5, 1907
Creator:
Harbuck, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spike-Puller.
Patent for a spike remover that firmly grips the spike being removed.
Date:
October 22, 1907
Creator:
Webb, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for "a wrench having a sliding jaw and a handle pivoted to the shank in such a manner that a movement of the handle about the work" prevents the jaw to move (lines 13-16).
Date:
March 13, 1906
Creator:
Garrard, William D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate Closer
Patent for a gate closer. This invention uses a counter weight to automatically closes a gate or door. Illustration included.
Date:
June 21, 1904
Creator:
Rhodes, Efford B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper and Weeder
Patent for a cotton chopper and weeder. Illustration included.
Date:
March 29, 1904
Creator:
Stewart, John Hanibal
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fertilizer-Distributer.
Patent for a fertilizer-distributer with "means for agitating and loosening up the fertilizing material and delivering the same through a series of discharge-openings, such series extending transversely of the path of movement of the machine across the field and controlled by individual and independently-operable feed slides or gates, whereby the machine may be used for simultaneously fertilizing adjoined furrows or as a broadcast fertilizer-distributer" (Lines 12-21).
Date:
May 20, 1902
Creator:
Mize, William P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for improvements in swinging gates which “can be opened in either direction and capable of being operated at a distance from either side of it by a person on horseback or in a vehicle.” (Lines 10-15) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 15, 1902
Creator:
Plaster, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Book
Patent for a book with margin numbering which allows for page numbers to be visible with one glance, including illustrations.
Date:
October 1, 1901
Creator:
Rhodes, Samuel E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow Attachment.
Patent for an adjustable plow attachment that is placed onto a plow blade and sweeps aside earth while "forming a load-bearing surface." (p. 1)
Date:
December 25, 1900
Creator:
Bracewell, William B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint.
Patent for a new design of rail joints in which headed bolts and wedge plate have keyhole slots, including with illustrations.
Date:
April 24, 1900
Creator:
Park, Henry J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History