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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
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.
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
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.
Patent for a multiple saw gummer and sharpener.
Date:
February 15, 1887
Creator:
Eidelbach, Andrew C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press
Patent for a baling press. Illustration included.
Date:
May 15, 1906
Creator:
Struve, Clemens A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History