Car-Replacer. (open access)

Car-Replacer.

Patent for a car-replacer that is meant to "provide a strong and compact skid of comparatively light weight to form the body portion of the car-replacer and which shall be especially adapted to raise the car-wheels above the track, deflect toward them toward the rails until the tread of the wheels is suspended over the ball of the rails from an inclined surface terminating in a rounded end, over which the wheels move until they meet the track" (lines 12-21). The car-replacer does not have any liability of the skid tilting endwise or sidewise.
Date: October 15, 1895
Creator: Ragan, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bridle (open access)

Bridle

Patent for a bridle that will improve how the horse is guided and also prevent horse from running away. The device also will help prevent the horse from displacing the bridle.
Date: February 15, 1916
Creator: Hentschel, Andrew J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Exterminator. (open access)

Insect-Exterminator.

Patent for a red ant exterminator that works by "withdrawing the air from an ant-nest and substituting therefor a fluid or gas which may be ignited and thereby destroy the lives of the insects." (Lines 18-22) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 15, 1897
Creator: Schindler, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Measuring Device (open access)

Measuring Device

Patent for a measuring device specifically created for drawing circles with chalk, with the ability to increase and decrease the size of the circles being drawn without interference including illustrations and instructions.
Date: June 15, 1915
Creator: Giese, Willy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw Gummer and Sharpener. (open access)

Saw Gummer and Sharpener.

Patent for a multiple saw gummer and sharpener.
Date: February 15, 1887
Creator: Eidelbach, Andrew C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press (open access)

Baling Press

Patent for a baling press. Illustration included.
Date: May 15, 1906
Creator: Struve, Clemens A.
System: The Portal to Texas History