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Combined Hatchet and Wire-Tightener.
Patent for a device that operates as a hatchet and as a wire-twisting device, so that "slack may be taken up in fence-wires as fast as it occurs" (lines 11-12). The wire-tightener is two triangles stick out from the side of the hatchet, where the operator can pinch the wire.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Keck, Edgar A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Eyelet-Hole Attachment for Sewing-Machines.
Patent for "a simple and perfect eyelet apparatus which can be attached to any sewing-machine" (lines 14-15).
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Reutermann, Heinrich Theodore
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch.
Patent for a gate-latch. A latch-pin secured in a beam, another latch secured to the inside of another post, with two pivoting hangers, and plates come together to form this latch.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Berry, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch.
Patent for a gate latch that works by having stop-pins secured to the gate, while a rod goes through the post, with a handle on one end and a latch on the other end. The latch is shaped so that it catches the pin.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Berry, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Puzzle.
Patent for a simply constructed puzzle with a difficult solution, "but may be accomplished by the exercise of care, skill, and ingenuity in the manipulation of the device" (lines 15-18). It is a rectangular box with eight balls, four of which fit into holes in the corners of the box. There are segmented walls surrounding the holes.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Collis, Michael Francis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter.
Patent for "a construction of seed-planter providing a positive and efficient means for planting any desired number of rows at one time, while at the same time having means for opening the furrow, dropping the seed, and covering up the furrow in one operation." (Lines 14-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Mannewitz, Maximilian
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve.
Patent for a float-valve used in water-troughs for cattle and other liquid containers. It closes "when the surface of the water reaches the desired point and [opens] when the surface of the water falls below said point" (lines 14-17).
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Halley, Hillary H. & McCulley, Robert I.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for a windmill that does not have a vane and can receive wind from any direction. It can also be "readily thrown out of and into operation when desired" (lines 15-16). It is a horizontal wind-wheel supported by a vertical shaft.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Gassett, Thomas Boyle
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a wrench that can be used as a pipe-wrench or a monkey-wrench. It has a movable jaw, for easy adjusting, and is "of simple and strong construction" (line 9).
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Flye, Murat K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History