Bench-Dog (open access)

Bench-Dog

Patent for a bench dog for holding boards while they are being cut.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: McCormick, Terrill W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Back-Band Buckle (open access)

Back-Band Buckle

Patent for a back band buckle which tightens when it is pulled on.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: Henson, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press (open access)

Cotton-Press

Patent for improvements to parts arrangement in construction of a cotton press.
Date: May 27, 1884
Creator: Heflin, Cyrus David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bolting Reel. (open access)

Bolting Reel.

Patent for a new and improved bolting-reel. This design "relate[s] to bolting-reels for flour-mills; and the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, having for their object to obtain lightness, strength, compactness, and cheapness of manufacture, as more particularly set forth hereinafter" (lines 8-13).
Date: March 27, 1883
Creator: Phillips, Edwin Samuel & Kealy, Stephen Alexander
System: The Portal to Texas History
Roller Baling Press. (open access)

Roller Baling Press.

Patent for improvements to a roller baling-press.
Date: March 27, 1900
Creator: Bates, Edmond Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Belt. (open access)

Electric Belt.

Patent for an electric belt producing "an exceedingly gentle and moderate [current], so as to insure the precise remedial results desired" (lines 91-93) including illustrations.
Date: August 27, 1889
Creator: Everett, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History