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Blacksmith's Tongs
Patent for blacksmith's tongs. Used to handle and manipulate different sizes of rods and bars that are round.
Date:
April 16, 1918
Creator:
Beacham, Charles M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie Buckle.
Patent for a bale tie buckle where "an internal shoulder adapter to cooperate with the tie or band to prevent the latter from accidentally slipping through the entrance throat in the buckle when the tie is slackened" (lines 16-20).
Date:
July 9, 1918
Creator:
Schutz, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail Tie and Fastener
Patent for "a novel and improved rail-tie and fastener which will support and hold the rails in a substantial manner and prevent displacement and spreading thereof, so as to avoid wrecks or accidents and consequent loss of lives and property" (lines 11-16), including illustrations.
Date:
August 13, 1918
Creator:
Felton, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent provides for an improved "guiding of the cultivator through the movement of the seat" (lines 17-18). The plow is guided by the driver using the seat and his foot to guide the cultivator and plow.
Date:
October 1, 1918
Creator:
Wilson, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History