Bale-Tie Machine. (open access)

Bale-Tie Machine.

Patent to for a machine to make and count bale-ties, "...to manufacture at small cost machines which will be compact, not taking up much space, and which will e simple in construction and durable" (lines 10-13). It includes an extensive explanation and illustrations.
Date: August 17, 1896
Creator: Harry, Owen K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bridle. (open access)

Bridle.

Patent for "improved means for detachably connecting blinds to bridles, whereby the bridle may be used with or without the blinds," and also "to provide a combined double box-loop and blind." (Lines 13-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 12, 1897
Creator: Mayes, David H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Tool. (open access)

Combination-Tool.

Patent for "a simple and effective tool designed especially for wire-fence working and combining in a single implement a hatchet, nail-claw, staple-puller, wire kinker or twister, and wire-cutter." (Lines 13-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 12, 1897
Creator: Ponkney, August C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Blast-Generator. (open access)

Automatic Blast-Generator.

Patent for "a new and improved automatic blast-generator designed for the use of jewelers, dentists, and other persons, and arranged to produce a steady and uniform blast and to permit of increasing or decreasing the force of the blast as required, according to the nature of the work on hand." (Lines 9-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 12, 1897
Creator: Sidwell, Aaron M., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Tool. (open access)

Combination-Tool.

Patent for a combination tool that is "adapted without changing any of its parts to operate as a nut and pipe wrench, pliers, hammer, screw-driver, and nail-extractor." (Lines 12-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 12, 1897
Creator: Armstrong, Charles J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trussed Axle for Wheeled Vehicles. (open access)

Trussed Axle for Wheeled Vehicles.

Patent for improvements in trussed axle for wheeled vehicles: "The invention relates to that class or type of axles for wheeled vehicles wherein a metal truss rod or bar running longitudinally under the axle body has its end portions extended through the axle skeins and secured by screw nuts which abut the outer ends of the skeins." (lines 9-14).
Date: October 12, 1897
Creator: Brown, John Stoddart
System: The Portal to Texas History
Protecting Alarm-Circuit. (open access)

Protecting Alarm-Circuit.

Patent for a circuit to be connected to a security alarm so that when the circuit is broken, the alarm will sound. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 12, 1897
Creator: Barriclow, Irvin E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fan Attachment. (open access)

Fan Attachment.

Patent for an automatic fan that attaches to a rocking chair or cradle and rotates as the chair or cradle rocks. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 12, 1897
Creator: Bailey, Israel S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence. (open access)

Fence.

Patent for improvements in wire fences: "the invention residing particularly in the mechanism for tightening the linewires of the fence and in an improved stay for preventing the sagging of said linewires" (lines 12-15)
Date: October 12, 1897
Creator: Bohner, Charles A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rod-Coupling Device. (open access)

Rod-Coupling Device.

Patent for a rod-coupling device, "to provide a simple, convenient, and effective device for the pump plunger-rods of windmills and the like" (lines 12-15). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 12, 1897
Creator: Ponkney, August C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerator Shipping-Box. (open access)

Refrigerator Shipping-Box.

Patent for a "new and useful Improvement in Shipping Boxes" (lines 5-6) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 12, 1897
Creator: Andrews, Otis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Planter. (open access)

Planter.

Patent for a planter "especially designed for planting seed and preparing the ground in advance of the opener, so as to remove weeds, trash, and other foreign matter from the path of the shovel preparing the furrow to receive the seed." (Lines 9-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 12, 1897
Creator: Tinning, James D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quilting Attachment for Sewing-Machines. (open access)

Quilting Attachment for Sewing-Machines.

Patent for a support for quilting frames that can be attached to a sewing machine. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 12, 1897
Creator: Obuch, William
System: The Portal to Texas History