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Wire Stretcher and Splicer.
Patent for "a wire-patcher by which the wire rails of fences may be spliced when broken and stretched when any slack occurs." (Lines 16-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 26, 1896
Creator:
Massey, Joseph Borygard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter.
Patent for a new and improved seed planter. This design consists "[i]n a seed-planter, the combination of the seed wheel or disk having a series of seed cups or recesses in its periphery with a band or tire fitting upon the periphery of the disk having slots registering with the recesses and provided at one end of each slot with an inwardly-bent tongue forming an adjustable wall for each recess" (lines 32-39).
Date:
May 19, 1885
Creator:
Scott, Arthur Eugene
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Signal System
Patent for a railway signal system designed for use on curves to indicate when a train enters through the opposite end of the curve. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 26, 1908
Creator:
Gabbart, Elihu E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Wrench.
Patent for an improved pipe wrench that has "a pair of fixed but reversible jaws, attached to the shank of the wrench on each side thereof, and a movable, hooked jaw pivoted between the heels of the fixed jaws" (lines 15-18).
Date:
May 2, 1893
Creator:
Smith, Jay & Gage, Charles H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History