Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved car coupler, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 25, 1899
Creator: Smith, Thomas Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Tightener. (open access)

Wire Tightener.

Patent for a new and improved wire tightener. This design "has for its object to provide a novel, simple, economical, and efficient implement or tool for tightening wire fences by forming twists or loops in the fence-strands to take up the slack, and to provide a novel implement of this type wherein a rod or bar can be conveniently applied to increase the leverage in turning the implement to form the twists or loops" (lines 8-16).
Date: July 15, 1890
Creator: Bellah, William N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Sharpening and Gumming Saws. (open access)

Machine for Sharpening and Gumming Saws.

Patent for a machine that sharpens and gums saws for cotton-gins. It does so quickly and does not fatigue the operator. It automatically feeds "the saws so as to bring the teeth successively into position to be operated upon, and which will cut the teeth uniformly, thereby preserving the circular outline of the saws and preserving the teeth of a uniform length and appearance" (lines 15-20).
Date: July 14, 1896
Creator: Hulme, William A. & Hulme, Thomas B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft Attachment. (open access)

Draft Attachment.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in shaft stirrups for vehicles, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 11, 1899
Creator: Carter, Jesse M.
System: The Portal to Texas History