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Combined Shaft Holder and Wrench.
Patent for a new and improved shaft-holder and wrench. This design "consist[s] of the arms having their lower ends tapered to form screw-drivers of different sizes, the heads on the upper ends of the arms, the jaws on the heads, and the threaded shaft attached to one of the arms and engaging a tapped aperture in the other arm" (lines 92-98).
Date:
January 8, 1889
Creator:
Nott, Henry W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Tug Attachments for Harness.
Patent for improving the tug-harness attachments on a horse harness to better lock straps in place.
Date:
January 23, 1877
Creator:
Brodnax, David W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sawing-Machines.
Patent for improved sawing-machine, which can be operated either horizontally or vertically so that trees may be felled and cut up with one machine, the driving mechanism of which is in a protective housing.
Date:
January 27, 1874
Creator:
Morey, Harvey & Bellah, Samuel H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Emergency Rail-Brake.
Patent for "a new and improved emergency rail-brake" (lines 1-5).
Date:
January 16, 1906
Creator:
Adams, Powell O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press Power.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in Baling-Presses" (lines 1-5) including illustrations and explanations.
Date:
January 2, 1906
Creator:
Bryant, Warren S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint.
Patent for improvements to the joints for railway rails to prevent "bumping of the wheels against the ends of rails and the cross ties adjacent to the joints" (lines 16-18) including illustrations.
Date:
January 21, 1908
Creator:
Adams, Powell O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin
Patent for improvements that may be added to a cotton gin to facilitate the removal of lint from the saw through the use of air suction, increasing ginning efficiency.
Date:
January 5, 1915
Creator:
Wooldridge, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History