Checkrein Attachment (open access)

Checkrein Attachment

Patent for checkrein attachment. This invention is intended for use with harnessed horses. Illustration included.
Date: April 12, 1904
Creator: Clary, John A. & Butler, Hard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Feed Device (open access)

Animal-Feed Device

Patent for an animal feed device that is collapsible and that can be suspended from fences, vehicle wheels, other structures, the ground, or the animal itself. (lines 10-15
Date: December 12, 1905
Creator: Russell, George Washington
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plunder for Baling-Presses (open access)

Plunder for Baling-Presses

Patent for a plunger for baling presses.
Date: May 12, 1903
Creator: Schubert, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Releasing Device For Burial-Vault Cores (open access)

Releasing Device For Burial-Vault Cores

Patent for a device for moving the interior cores of burial vaults to allow the vaults to shrink. Illustrations included.
Date: January 12, 1909
Creator: Gaskill, James L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Fastener. (open access)

Sash-Fastener.

Patent for improving the construction of sash fasteners making them simpler and inexpensive. These mounted window sash fasteners are capable of locking the window in it's closed position and supporting it in an open position at "any desired adjustment" (line 17).
Date: November 12, 1901
Creator: James, Will S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Impact-Motor. (open access)

Impact-Motor.

Patent for a rotary motor "to provide a simple and efficient motor particularly adaptable for vehicle propulsion and which when once started in either direction will automatically arrange its valve to continue that direction of rotation" (lines 13-18), including illustrations.
Date: November 12, 1901
Creator: Hahn, Carl
System: The Portal to Texas History