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Wire Stretcher.
Patent for a wire stretcher with means to easily adjust a slidable rack bar, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 13, 1917
Creator:
Harper, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner
Patent for an oil burner. Illustration included.
Date:
March 28, 1911
Creator:
Kendall, Ernest L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment
Patent for a cultivator attachment designed to aid in the plowing of soil. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 7, 1911
Creator:
Parmer, George W. & Miller, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lawn-Mower
Patent for a lawn mower designed to trim grass close to fences or trees. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 10, 1908
Creator:
Merritt, William Neil
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Cloth Supporting and Measuring Apparatus.
Patent for a support and measuring device for wire-cloth in stores. It features areas to store rolls of cloth and allows cloth to be measured and cut, and rolled from one roll without removing the other rolls stored on the device.
Date:
March 26, 1907
Creator:
March, William Wells
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Body Stretcher
Patent for a body stretcher. This invention is for exercising and stretching muscles. Illustration included.
Date:
March 21, 1905
Creator:
Seidler, William Wilson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Projectile.
Patent for improvements in projectiles is to positively insure the explosion of the projectile at any desired point and the action is more reliable than is the case with time-fuses, where exact results cannot be insured, or with impact-projectiles, which explode when they come into contact with the armor. (Page 2, lines 12-18) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 24, 1903
Creator:
Densler, Nat
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Stanchion.
Patent for improvements in cattle-stanchions in “which the animal can be released from without its stall, so that the attendant will not have to enter such stall or be subjected to any of the inconveniences of dangers arising therefrom.” (Lines 13-17) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 10, 1903
Creator:
Garrett, Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety Attachment for Railway Rolling - Stock.
Patent for a new and useful safety attachment for railway rolling stock.
Date:
March 8, 1898
Creator:
Densler, Nat
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Twister and Tightener.
Patent for a wire twister and tightener for wire fences. With this invention, "the fence-wire is caused to be contracted, twisted, and made taut" (lines 17-18). It is a set of toothed ratchet wheels that have v-shaped slots for the wire. Pawls act on the teeth, and springs and levers move the pawls.
Date:
March 17, 1896
Creator:
Stafford, George A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Elevating and Cleaning Seed-Cotton.
Patent for a steam-powered device for cleaning seed-cotton. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 10, 1891
Creator:
Robinson, Albert S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History