Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for a "simple form of device for stretching wire, said device being adapted for attachment to a post or other support and to the wire to be stretched" (lines 9-12).
Date: February 11, 1902
Creator: Brannon, Walter Zebulin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock (open access)

Nut Lock

Patent for a nut lock. Illustration included.
Date: June 11, 1907
Creator: Broadfoot, Jacob O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Can Fastener for Ice Plants. (open access)

Ice-Can Fastener for Ice Plants.

Patent for an ice-can fastener that can be easily opened and closed, allowing water to freeze quickly in the can. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 11, 1914
Creator: Drake, William C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window Structure (open access)

Window Structure

Patent for a window structure. This invention includes upper and lower sash frames. Illustrations included.
Date: February 11, 1913
Creator: Hatzfield, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Connection for Automobile-Lamps. (open access)

Electric Connection for Automobile-Lamps.

Patent for electric connection for automobile lamps that has an improvement in electric connections or plugs for incandescent electric-lamps for automobiles.
Date: September 11, 1917
Creator: Kearby, John Gallatin & Robinson, Zephaniah
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bit-Hoist (open access)

Bit-Hoist

Patent for easy removal of bits from drilling machines.
Date: February 11, 1919
Creator: Parrish, Benjamin Eugene & Stage, Solomon
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved car coupling, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 11, 1898
Creator: Sherrill, John G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Reconnaissance in Palo Pinto County, Texas : With Special Reference to Oil and Gas (open access)

A Reconnaissance in Palo Pinto County, Texas : With Special Reference to Oil and Gas

This document reports the presence of oil and gas in Palo Pinto County, Texas, as studied by the United States Geological Survey in the fall of 1914.
Date: September 11, 1915
Creator: Wegemann, Carroll H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library