Resource Type

Hame Fastener (open access)

Hame Fastener

Patent for a new type of Hame Fastener that has adjustable hooks attached to it. These adjustable hooks allow for the use on hames that have the lower ends closer together. There are springs on this hame that allows for the hame to be held in any position when places on the collar.
Date: November 8, 1913
Creator: Griffin, John R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Protractor (open access)

Protractor

Patent for a new protractor design that is “particularly to a protractor or gage for use by carpenters in cutting the rafters for a building roof” (lines 9-11) including illustrations.
Date: November 9, 1915
Creator: Ernest, Albert C.
System: The Portal to Texas History