Buckle Attachment. (open access)

Buckle Attachment.

Patent for a buckle attachment for buckles that do not use riveting, sewing or other fastening, "and when so placed together, and the strap inserted and buckled, the whole is as firmly held together as if riveted, sewed or fastened with any of the ordinary methods" (lines 13-16).
Date: January 23, 1894
Creator: Anderson, Samuel C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter. (open access)

Stalk-Cutter.

Patent for a rotary-blade stalk cutting machine. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 23, 1897
Creator: Evridge, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gearing for Windmills. (open access)

Gearing for Windmills.

Patent for gearing for windmills that "is more particularly designed to provide an improved construction of gearing by which the movement of the wind wheel is transmitted to the pump rod, whereby [the inventor] secures superior advantages with respect to efficiency in use" (lines 14-19).
Date: April 23, 1895
Creator: Keys, Milton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dipping-Vat. (open access)

Dipping-Vat.

Patent for a certain new and useful improvement in dipping vats or tanks, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 23, 1899
Creator: Skinner, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History