Resource Type

Hitching Device (open access)

Hitching Device

Patent for a hitching device
Date: February 6, 1912
Creator: McClendon, James T. & McClendon, Fred H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Stock-Cutter. (open access)

Rotary Stock-Cutter.

Patent for an improved rotary stock cutters "adapted for use as matcher heads, ship lap heads, and ogee bats" (lines 11-12). It has two disks with several curved blades sticking out from each disk.
Date: February 28, 1893
Creator: Hardee, Isaiah
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dipping-Tank for Lumber (open access)

Dipping-Tank for Lumber

Patent for a dipping tank for lumber for applying soda dips to lumber at sawmills.
Date: February 11, 1913
Creator: Trout, Walter C.
System: The Portal to Texas History