Back Band Buckle (open access)

Back Band Buckle

Patent for back band buckle. Illustration included.
Date: October 25, 1904
Creator: Smith, James B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Farm-Gate. (open access)

Farm-Gate.

Patent for improvements upon Farm-Gates, through an object that will help in, "the simple and efficient means for either opening or closing the gate upon the pulling of an operating cable."(line 12- 14)
Date: October 9, 1917
Creator: Skaggs, Silas R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Axle. (open access)

Vehicle-Axle.

Patent for vehicle axle that can be used as a replacement part of a worn out spindle, this invention is cost effective and efficient because it requires no welding.
Date: October 7, 1902
Creator: Cornett, Reuben B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter (open access)

Stalk-Cutter

Patent for a stalk cutter that is especially adapted for cutting cotton-stalks or cornstalks, although it may be used for cutting any variety of stalks.
Date: April 8, 1891
Creator: Brownlee, Robert N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Movement. (open access)

Mechanical Movement.

Patent for improvements in mechanical movements by using the “combination of the frame comprising the base, the standard rising from one end of the base, the up-rights rising from the other end of the base, the horizontal bars connecting the standard ………….and reversely coiled around the shaft adjacent the operating-lever at points near the ends of shaft and having its ends secured to the ends of the cross-bar of the operating-lever.” (Lines 6-23, p.2) Illustration is included.
Date: October 27, 1891
Creator: Skaggs, Newton J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Store Furniture (open access)

Store Furniture

Patent for a piece of furniture that can hold rolls wrapping paper of various size. The rolls are contained in a device that rotates and allows the user to select and easily pull paper from roll.
Date: October 21, 1919
Creator: Nicks, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Regulating Growth (open access)

Method of Regulating Growth

Patent for a method of regulating growth. This is new method of regulating the growth of the roots of trees, plants, and shrubbery.
Date: October 20, 1903
Creator: Risien, Edmund E.
System: The Portal to Texas History