Folding Box-Form. (open access)

Folding Box-Form.

Patent for new and improved folding box-form for making boxes from corrugated board or similar materials. The pattern is designed so that a box can be easily cut and folded, with hinged sections that make handling or storing convenient. The box-form accommodates different sizes.
Date: September 3, 1918
Creator: Crate, James Searle
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for "an improved wire stretcher especially adapted for use in localities where trees or other stationary objects from which to pull are scarce" (lines 11-15).
Date: March 29, 1910
Creator: Carnes, John P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Antispreader. (open access)

Rail-Antispreader.

Patent for a rail anti-spreader to prevent the rails from spreading over time with expansion and contraction from the weather.
Date: October 31, 1911
Creator: Clark, Edward D.
System: The Portal to Texas History