Fruit-Picker. (open access)

Fruit-Picker.

Patent for a fruit-picker that has a jaw or jaws that severs the stem of the fruit, a fabric tube that brings the fruit to the operator or a basket. It bruises the fruit less than other pickers do.
Date: September 24, 1895
Creator: Williams, Thomas Page
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-Table (open access)

Ironing-Table

Patent for ironing table with capability of adjustable height and folding features, including illustrations.
Date: April 9, 1901
Creator: Witt, Silas Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dumping-Car (open access)

Dumping-Car

Patent for a dumping car to be used on railways for the purposes of dumping gravel and soil and other such materials.
Date: January 3, 1893
Creator: Womelsdorff, Henry Clay
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Seat. (open access)

Wagon-Seat.

Patent for a detachable wagon seat.
Date: March 14, 1911
Creator: Wood, Andrew J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dasher for Churns. (open access)

Dasher for Churns.

Patent for a more buoyant and compact churn dasher.
Date: June 10, 1913
Creator: Wood, Edmund L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Side Bearing For Railway Rolling Stock (open access)

Side Bearing For Railway Rolling Stock

Patent for a side bearing for railway rolling stock. This invention is designed to prevent derailments in turns. Illustration included.
Date: April 25, 1905
Creator: Wood, George H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable End Die. (open access)

Adjustable End Die.

Patent for improvements to adjustable end dies. These improvements allow convenient rethreading of bolts while it is engaged with an object.
Date: February 8, 1921
Creator: Wright, John G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Flat Die. (open access)

Adjustable Flat Die.

Patent for improved adjustable flat dies which provide different sizes of cutting dies to the cutting device.
Date: May 10, 1921
Creator: Wright, John G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench. (open access)

Wrench.

Patent for a wrench that can hold round-headed fastening elements (bolts) so as to prevent from turning in the same direction. The wrench can be held while the jaws grip and hold the round heads of bolts.
Date: October 23, 1917
Creator: Wright, John G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench (open access)

Wrench

Patent for improvements in wrenches, particularly relating to the type generally known as the spanner wrench. The object of this invention is to provide an improved spanner wrench including means for reliably retaining the wrench head in proper position with relation to the object being rotated.
Date: January 4, 1916
Creator: Wright, John G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History