Live-Bait Bucket (open access)

Live-Bait Bucket

Patent for the live-bait bucket. This bucket is created with a mesh-style wire to allow water in, but keep the bait from getting out when placed in water on the side of the boat.
Date: June 21, 1919
Creator: Haschke, Feodor G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flushing Tank (open access)

Flushing Tank

Patent for a flushing tank. Illustration included.
Date: June 21, 1904
Creator: Walker, Benjamin, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nutshell Cutting Machine. (open access)

Nutshell Cutting Machine.

Patent for a new and improved nutshell-cutting machine. This design consists in "the ring provided with slots, the apertured plate, the cutters inserted in the slots, the set-screws adapted to hold the cutters in the slots, and the follower . . . arranged to force the nut through between the cutters, and means for supporting the cutters in the position of use" (lines 72-80).
Date: June 21, 1887
Creator: Pecht, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History