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Wire Stretcher.
Patent for a new and improved wire-stretcher. This design consists in "the stretcher-frame composed of side bars and a cross-bar which connects them, the hinged loop attached at one end of said side pieces and the rotary shaft arranged in bearings at the other end, the ratchet and pawl, the rope having catches, and the sheave attached to the cross-bar of the frame" (lines 15-22).
Date:
September 28, 1886
Creator:
Huling, Williams Neyland
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Military Saddle.
Patent for a new and improved military saddle. This design is "so constructed that the valises and other equipments may be connected with the saddle in such a way as to distribute and balance their weight, and at the same time make the saddle comfortable for the rider. The invention consists in constructing a saddle with appliances to receive valises, a pair of girths, a gun, and an overcoat" (lines 19-28).
Date:
September 28, 1880
Creator:
Hastings, John Reed
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Projectile.
Patent for a new and improved projectile. This design consists "[i]n combination with the ellipsoidal projectile having a truncated base, a plano-concave sabot or driver whose plane face is contiguous to the base of the projectile, and whose periphery is grooved for the attachment of the charge-container" (lines 75-80).
Date:
September 9, 1884
Creator:
Hopson, Lucien
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saddle
Patent for a western style equestrian saddle.
Date:
September 30, 1902
Creator:
Hastings, John Reed & Hastings, Clarence Brooks
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay Rake
Patent for a hay rake comprised of "a wheeled rake from, a support mounted behind the said frame, braces connecting the support with the rake frame, a fork having its stem swiveled in the support and rising above the same, a wheel carried by the fork, a draft tongue mounted on the support and located to the rear of the rake frame . . ." (100-107)
Date:
September 28, 1915
Creator:
Mallett, Charles J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History