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Bale-Tie.
Patent for improvements in bale-ties is to produce a “buckle-plate having a middle portion with an opening therein, arms at each end separated from the middle portion by spaces open at one side, a longitudinal entering-passage connecting the opening with one of said spaces, and a hoop the free ends of which are looped down through said opening and up through the spaces, resting upon the arms under the standing part of the hoop.” (Lines 74-83) Illustration is included.
Date:
July 8, 1902
Creator:
Johnson, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle Lubricator
Patent for an axle lubricator, designed to allow lubricating axles without removal of wheels.
Date:
July 8, 1902
Creator:
Gowan, Richard H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ledger.
Patent for improvements in ledgers by giving each column in a ledger sheet a “label” such as customer’s name, daily entry, daily balance, monthly balance and etc… to record daily and monthly transactions of an individual customer's account. Illustration is included.
Date:
July 8, 1902
Creator:
Winn, Joseph B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ventilator and Mirror-Protector.
Patent for improvements in ventilators and mirror-protectors is to “arranging pendent streamers and a rotatable fan near a mirror that the means for actuating the fan will serve to agitate the streamers for the chasing of flies from the mirror and also ventilate and cool a room by the current of wind produced by the fan.” (Lines 9-15) Illustration is included.
Date:
July 8, 1902
Creator:
McBride, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock.
Patent for improvements in nut-locks by using a locking attachment; “the attachment comprises, essentially, a shouldered pin adapted to underlie the lower surface of the nut, adjacent one of the corners thereof, and project into suitably-formed receiving-apertures in the surface of the member to be clamped or in a washer designed to be employed between said member and the nut.” (Lines 15-22) Illustration is included.
Date:
July 8, 1902
Creator:
Popplewell, Felix King
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stirrup.
Patent for improvements in stirrups by using continuous coiled spring to construct the stirrup, in which, it will afford the requisite yield to the tread of the rider; and in case of accident, will resume its normal shape when relieved of the weight of the horse. (Lines 30-36) Illustration is included.
Date:
July 8, 1902
Creator:
Gillespie, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History