Claw-Bar. (open access)

Claw-Bar.

Patent for a new and useful claw bar, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 18, 1898
Creator: Wiggs, Zeph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in wire stretchers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 18, 1898
Creator: Curtis, Zenas Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sulky-Plow. (open access)

Sulky-Plow.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in sulky plows, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 18, 1898
Creator: Labus, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press (open access)

Hay-Press

Patent for a hay press that is both efficient and easy to use so that the bales may be "rapidly and firmly compressed" (lines 18-19).
Date: October 18, 1892
Creator: Mealer, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Floor-Clamp. (open access)

Floor-Clamp.

Patent for a simple and inexpensive floor-clamp that aids in laying floors so that the floor is laid uniformly and has a good joint. This prevents the floors from warping or curving.
Date: October 18, 1892
Creator: Zauner, Alexander
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Stock. (open access)

Plow-Stock.

Patent for a strong and durable plow-stock that is "capable of receiving and operating in connection with any form of sweep, bull-tongue, or shovel plows, and [provides] means whereby the latter may be adjustably connected to the stock, and said stock readily adjusted, whereby the penetration of the plow may be increased or diminished in accordance with the character of plowing to be done" (lines 10-17).
Date: October 18, 1892
Creator: Koenig, Ernst
System: The Portal to Texas History
Disk Plow. (open access)

Disk Plow.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in disk plows, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 18, 1898
Creator: Campbell, Singleton
System: The Portal to Texas History