Improvement in Wrenches. (open access)

Improvement in Wrenches.

Patent for furnishing "an adjustable wrench for holding and turning bolts, pipes, taps, &c." (lines 7-9). Includes instructions and illustration.
Date: July 1, 1879
Creator: Killough, William B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nail-Holding Attachment for Hammers. (open access)

Nail-Holding Attachment for Hammers.

Patent for a durable and simple nail-holding attachment for hammers that can be used with any hammer. It holds the nail in place to drive it home.
Date: July 23, 1895
Creator: Lewis, Harry J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device For Illustrating the Transposition of Musical Scales (open access)

Device For Illustrating the Transposition of Musical Scales

Patent for an improvement in machines for transposing musical scales in which a marked and perforated original scale is run over the machine and automatically transported, with levers and rods to mark the sharps, flats, and other information.
Date: July 28, 1885
Creator: Neill, John, Frances
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Planter and Chopper (open access)

Cotton Planter and Chopper

Patent for improvements in "combined cotton planters and choppers; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices" (line 9-12), includes detailed illustration.
Date: July 3, 1888
Creator: Lester, Isaac L. & Whittly, Josiah
System: The Portal to Texas History
COMBINATION RAKE AND FORK. (open access)

COMBINATION RAKE AND FORK.

Patent for a new invention of a farm implement hand-tool which is a combination of a rake and a fork, functioning either as a rake or a fork with a single adjustment, including description and illustrations.
Date: July 15, 1902
Creator: Zwicker, August
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shingling-Bracket (open access)

Shingling-Bracket

Patent for a shingling bracket. Illustrations included.
Date: July 19, 1910
Creator: Carr, Benjamin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shaking Churn (open access)

Shaking Churn

Patent for a shaking churn. Illustration included.
Date: July 19, 1904
Creator: Park, Reece W. & Arnwine, Charles L.
System: The Portal to Texas History