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Wrench (open access)

Wrench

Patent for improvements in wrenches, particularly relating to the type generally known as the spanner wrench. The object of this invention is to provide an improved spanner wrench including means for reliably retaining the wrench head in proper position with relation to the object being rotated.
Date: January 4, 1916
Creator: Wright, John G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive Driving-Box. (open access)

Locomotive Driving-Box.

Patent for improvements in locomotive driving boxes. Designed to "eliminate the necessity of removing the driving wheels" (lines 13-14) to replace the crown brasses, "eliminate the necessity of removing the driving box" (lines 16-17) to avoid lateral wear, and eliminates the necessity of expensive machine work.
Date: May 4, 1920
Creator: Simmons, Arthur, W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combination-Hoes. (open access)

Improvement in Combination-Hoes.

Patent for "hoes in which the blade is made detachable from the handle-eye, and the latter made to receive several blades or other attachments." (Lines 13-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 4, 1877
Creator: Nelson, David A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Obtaining a Lubricant From the Cactus- Plant (open access)

Process of Obtaining a Lubricant From the Cactus- Plant

Patent for as a new article of manufacture gelatinous material or product obtained from the cactus-plant suitable for use as a lubricant.
Date: May 4, 1886
Creator: Marshall, Edward, S. & Savage, Robert W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fender. (open access)

Fender.

Patent for a device "to be secured to the prow of a ship or vessel and which projects forwardly therefrom for the purpose of protecting the vessel against injury from a collision" (lines 13-16) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 4, 1915
Creator: Barton, Charles H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fluid-Fuel Burner. (open access)

Fluid-Fuel Burner.

Patent for "a simple and efficient device adapted to feed the fuel as required for the support of combustion and avoid flooding and hence the danger of explosion, and, furthermore, to provide a compact arrangement of parts whereby the device may be arranged in the fire-box of an ordinary stove or range." (Lines 9-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 4, 1896
Creator: Stapp, William A. & Hamilton, Charles P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Attaching Horseshoes. (open access)

Device for Attaching Horseshoes.

Patent for a new and improved device for attaching horseshoes. This design "relates to improvements in means for attaching shoes to the hoofs of horses or mules without the use of nails; and the invention consists in . . . a nailless shoe [that] can be firmly and securely attached to the foot and detached therefrom without requiring the services of a smith" (lines 9-18). To this end, it consists in "the combination, with the shoe-plate and the toe-plate, of the toe-bar having a flange to engage the toe-plate, the bits, half-bands, and clamping-bolts" (lines 61-65).
Date: November 4, 1890
Creator: Mayow, Daniel L. & Castle, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History