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Trunk-Strap Fastener. (open access)

Trunk-Strap Fastener.

Patent for an improved trunk fastener "whereby a strap after having been tightly drawn around a trunk or other article of baggage can be fastened without the use of the usual buckle" (lines 13-16). It consists of a hook-securing mechanism that holds the buckle at one end, an opposite toothed beveled clamping-face, a swinging lever with opposite arms that is connected with the fixed mechanism, a beveled clamping-face between the arms, and a lever that clamps the strap between the beveled clamping faces.
Date: November 8, 1892
Creator: Webb, William James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Refuse-Carrier Frame. (open access)

Refuse-Carrier Frame.

Patent for a support frame for devices that carry refuse from the saw mill to the burning pile, with instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 19, 1891
Creator: Zimmerman, Joseph W.
System: The Portal to Texas History