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Device for Facilitating Making and Sharpening Molding-Bits. (open access)

Device for Facilitating Making and Sharpening Molding-Bits.

Patent for sharpening molding-bits and keeping them at standard gauge. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 17, 1897
Creator: Ross, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Screen. (open access)

Fire-Screen.

Patent for a portable, ornamental fire screen. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 17, 1897
Creator: Havecotte, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Frame for Trunks, Valises, &c. (open access)

Frame for Trunks, Valises, &c.

Patent for frames for trunks, boxes, vehicle-bodies, etc., which requires no bolts and can be cast in a single piece of metal. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 17, 1897
Creator: Turner, Ephraim M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gearing For Bicycles. (open access)

Gearing For Bicycles.

Patent relating to "a new and useful improvement in gearing for bicycles and the like, and has for its object to so construct and arrange a device of this description as to avoid sudden shocks or jars which are occasioned by unevenness in the road-bed over which the machine is traveling, and also to enable the rider to exert a sudden force upon the pedals without straining the framework or wheels of the machine" (lines 9-18).
Date: August 17, 1897
Creator: Godfray, Ernest H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ore Concentrator (open access)

Ore Concentrator

Patent for a "machine for separating ores of precious metals, and particularly to that class of machines known as 'dry concentrators or separators,' used for separating fold ore by means of an air-blast over dry sand, gravel, quartz, etc." (lines 10-15). Illustrations and instructions are included.
Date: August 17, 1897
Creator: Waer, Luis M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Planter. (open access)

Planter.

Patent for the operating gear in planters. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 17, 1897
Creator: Schofield, James Drommond
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail Bond For Electric Railroads (open access)

Rail Bond For Electric Railroads

Patent for improvement to rail-bonds for electrical railroads to aid in maintaining electrical contact, which will then reduce the loosening of parts which results in broken contact. Illustrations and instructions are included.
Date: August 17, 1897
Creator: Hunter, Victor Emmet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway Cattle-Gate. (open access)

Railway Cattle-Gate.

Patent for a gate that automatically opens when cattle are crossing and closes afterward, so that the track is unobstructed for trains. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 17, 1897
Creator: Westmoreland, Joseph M. & Strange, Benjamin
System: The Portal to Texas History