Resource Type

Grader-Blade. (open access)

Grader-Blade.

Patent for a new form of grader blade for road graders and ditchers for road and ditch work, with illustration.
Date: December 4, 1917
Creator: Wendell, Benjamin J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve. (open access)

Valve.

Patent for improvement in valves, by means of assuring a tight operating stem. The stem is comprised of two movable sections incorporated into a design purposed to prevent leakage by the stem. Additional mentions include acknowledged awareness of susceptibility to change and modification, convenience and facility, and simplicity as related to cost.
Date: December 24, 1918
Creator: Pratt, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weeder (open access)

Weeder

Patent for a weeder that breaks up the ground as well as cutting weeds.
Date: December 31, 1912
Creator: Wind, Iver Ebbesen
System: The Portal to Texas History