Adjustable Handle for Sweep-Stocks and the Like (open access)

Adjustable Handle for Sweep-Stocks and the Like

Patent for adjustable handles for sweep stocks, plows, cultivators, and related equipment.
Date: February 26, 1907
Creator: Hoerhold, Theodore
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Fastening Clip. (open access)

Wire-Fastening Clip.

Patent for improvement in wire-fastening clips by constructing the clip using “a collar, a finger carried by the collar and extending above and below the collar, and a set-screw to engage with the finger below the collar.” (P. 2, lines 8-11.) This clip can be “adjustably secured to the fence-post in such manner that it may be readily raised and lowered, whereby the wires may be spaced as desired without necessitating boring of the post.” (Lines 17-21.) Illustration is included.
Date: May 21, 1901
Creator: Dunk, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vegetable-Cutter (open access)

Vegetable-Cutter

Patent for a vegetable cutter. Illustrations included.
Date: June 22, 1909
Creator: Spacek, Joseph P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Gear for Engines. (open access)

Valve-Gear for Engines.

Patent for a valve gear for steam engines that can reverse or stop the rotation of the engine shaft, with illustrations.
Date: June 19, 1906
Creator: Hanser, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sewing-Machine Table (open access)

Sewing-Machine Table

Patent for a sewing machine table intended to extend the top of the sewing machine. Illustrations included.
Date: May 26, 1908
Creator: Saettler. Ernest C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Tie Buckle. (open access)

Cotton Tie Buckle.

Patent for an improved style of buckle for tying cotton bales. Includes illustrations.
Date: January 6, 1903
Creator: Howlett, Payton L.
System: The Portal to Texas History