Cross Arm (open access)

Cross Arm

Patent for a cross arm. Illustration included.
Date: December 27, 1912
Creator: Crabtree, Lawrence L. & Ripley, T. Charley
System: The Portal to Texas History
Peach Pitter and Slicer (open access)

Peach Pitter and Slicer

Patent for a peach pitter and slicer. Illustration included.
Date: December 14, 1909
Creator: Irwin, Wiley I.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Farm Gate (open access)

Farm Gate

Patent for a farm gate. Illustrations included.
Date: December 22, 1903
Creator: Wilson, Craven & Sadler, Junius E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for an automatic coupling that can be used in any car and without replacing the existing draw-head. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 29, 1891
Creator: Taylor, Debos & Taylor, William M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate for Railway Tracks. (open access)

Gate for Railway Tracks.

Patent for a new and improved gate. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a shaft crossing a railway-track and provided with weighted depending ends, with rollers connected eccentrically to said ends, a gate connected to said shaft, and lever and bar apparatus for operating said weighted ends from the vicinity of the rails" (lines 41-47).
Date: December 25, 1888
Creator: Jacobs, William Ramsey & Houston, Samuel Callahan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Heel Brace. (open access)

Heel Brace.

Patent for a new and improved heel-brace. This design "consist[s] in a semi-circular rim provided with two downward side extensions, the lower ends of said extensions being provided with inwardly extending lugs adapted to lie under the heel of a boot or shoe, said rim being also provided on its rear side with a downwardly-extending projection shorter than the side extensions, the lower ends of the extensions being provided with openings for the reception of screws" (lines 63-73).
Date: December 28, 1886
Creator: Edney, Cartwright Jones
System: The Portal to Texas History