Resource Type

Boll-Weevil Destroyer. (open access)

Boll-Weevil Destroyer.

Patent for a boll weevil or insect exterminating device on wheels for use outdoors, including illustrations.
Date: September 11, 1917
Creator: Graves, James Newell
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher and Fastener. (open access)

Wire Stretcher and Fastener.

Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher and fastener. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a bar constructed of metal and provided at one end with a claw and having its other end bent at right angles to form an arm provided with a slot or bifurcation forming prongs, one of the prongs being longer than the other, the stud secured to the bar on the side opposite the arm and arranged adjacent to the same and forming a hammer-head, and a handle arranged on the same side of the stud and located adjacent to the claw" (lines 55-65).
Date: September 27, 1892
Creator: Chamberlain, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate. (open access)

Gate.

Patent for an improvement to gates so as "to simplify and improve the construction of swinging gates and to enable the same to be readily operated without necessitating a persons leaving a vehicle or dismounting" (lines 9-13).
Date: September 27, 1892
Creator: Smith, Thomas M.
System: The Portal to Texas History