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Journal Lubricator (open access)

Journal Lubricator

Patent for a journal lubricator. This lubricator is specially designed for rail car axles journals. Illustration included.
Date: November 6, 1906
Creator: Peeple, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway Tie. (open access)

Railway Tie.

Patent for a hollow metallic railway tie that is braced horizontally and vertically, with a new type and arrangement of tie-plates. This railway tie prevents rails from slipping, and allows for spreading of the track, which is useful on curves.
Date: August 7, 1906
Creator: Pepple, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cultivators. (open access)

Attachment for Cultivators.

Patent for an improved arch-bar for cultivators that allows increasing and decreasing the space between drag bars without having to stop the team of horses.
Date: July 31, 1906
Creator: Weempe, Charles M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lifting-Jack, Clamp, and Wire-Stretcher (open access)

Lifting-Jack, Clamp, and Wire-Stretcher

Patent for a device that combines three tools - a lifting-jack, a clamp, and a wire-stretcher all in one. It does so without sacrificing the functionality of any part.
Date: June 12, 1906
Creator: White, Andrew J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper that can also chop or cut corn, cane, broom-corn, peas, or any similar plants that are planted thick in drills or rows. This particular chopper includes an approved arrangement and adjustment of the chopping-blades that can be set to cut at different angles.
Date: March 13, 1906
Creator: McKee, Jacob Rufus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cow, Calf and Colt Weaner. (open access)

Cow, Calf and Colt Weaner.

Patent for a weaner to be worn by cows, calves and colts "reducing inconvenience by the animal" (line 12) and allowing for the administration of medicine or antiseptic.
Date: February 13, 1906
Creator: Horn, William Thornbrough
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steering-Gear for Traction-Engines (open access)

Steering-Gear for Traction-Engines

Patent for improvements to a steering gear for traction engines by means of a steam-cylinder and a valve to control the steam flow, including illustrations.
Date: January 16, 1906
Creator: Cantelou, Peter Louie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrant. (open access)

Hydrant.

Patent for a hydrant model by V.H. Mills, with a mechanism that prevents pipes from freezing in cold water and a novel joint between the spout and the plug of the cock.
Date: January 2, 1906
Creator: Mills, Virgil H.
System: The Portal to Texas History