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Wire Tightener.
Patent for wire tightening improvement.
Date:
April 3, 1900
Creator:
Hansford, James, S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Tightener.
Patent for a new and improved wire tightener. This design consists in "the combination of the disks or sections connected by the central bar, the oppositely-pointing lever-arms, the transverse pin fitting into corresponding openings in the disks or sections on one side of the central bar, the locking-pin adapted to fit into any two corresponding openings of the concentric series of openings made in the disks, and a rope or similar device connecting the wire to be stretched with the disks and their connections" (lines 93-103).
Date:
April 26, 1887
Creator:
Boyd, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Winding Device
Patent for a wire winding device for repairing wooden bars.
Date:
April 23, 1912
Creator:
Wilkinson, Charles C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wireless-Telegraph Receiver
Patent for a wireless telegraph receiver which receives incoming intelligence through electric waves and uses crystalline substances as its detector. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 20, 1909
Creator:
Way, Wesley M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wood-Sawing Machine
Patent for a wood sawing machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 28, 1908
Creator:
Evrett, Arch Letrobe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wood Sawing Machine
Patent for a wood sawing machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 16, 1912
Creator:
Brown, George H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Word Counting Device for Type-Writers
Patent for a word counting device to be used with a typewriter. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 5, 1910
Creator:
Girand, Wilberforce D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrapper.
Patent for the creation of a file made of cardboard, canvas, and cords made for sending articles such as drawings, fabrics, and such through the mail.
Date:
April 6, 1915
Creator:
Page, Harvey L. & Burnett, Robert L., Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a wrench specifically made to remove well drill bits from the drill.
Date:
April 13, 1920
Creator:
Stover, Willard L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for a wrench. Illustration included.
Date:
April 17, 1906
Creator:
Hall, Samuel N. & Lawlor, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a "powerful wrench of simple construction, wherein the movement for the operation of the jaws is of slight degree, partially automatic, and easily affected" (lines 41-45).
Date:
April 23, 1907
Creator:
Tiner, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for improvements “in axle-nut wrenches in which the wrench comprising an angular socket portion adapted to extend partially within the wheel-hub to engage the nut,” (lines 81-83) so that the nut may be unscrewed by rotating the wheel. Illustration is included.
Date:
April 15, 1902
Creator:
Haines, Samuel Alfred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a pipe wrench that is is strong but does not crush the pipe and eliminates the need for other specialized tools to perform work on pipes.
Date:
April 2, 1907
Creator:
Lavier, Thomas H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent related to a wrench that is adjustable to fit any nut size. When secured on the nut, this wrench will firmly grip the nut until the handler loosens the wrench from the nut.
Date:
April 9, 1912
Creator:
Weatherly, George B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a "simple, efficient, and comparatively inexpensive wrench of strong and durable construction" (lines 12-14) with a sliding jaw.
Date:
April 7, 1914
Creator:
Cunningham, Ira & Flowers, Haywood
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a wrench with an adjustable handle for multiple uses, with illustrations.
Date:
April 10, 1906
Creator:
Land, Henry Clay
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for an improvement to wrenches. This wrench uses a sliding jaw system for increased utility.
Date:
April 29, 1920
Creator:
Grogan, Edward W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for an improvement in the design of wrenches, particular for heavy work such as deep well drilling, but still being able to be designed at smaller sizes to handle lighter work.
Date:
April 11, 1922
Creator:
Reed, Clarence E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench and Cutter.
Patent for a simple, durable, and economic wrench and cutter that is easily used to turn nuts, pipes, or to cut pipes. The wrench does not need to be removed while cutting.
Date:
April 18, 1893
Creator:
Fletcher, Theodore
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Writing-Machine.
Patent for writing-machine mechanism which prolongs the life of the ribbon and provides "means to rotate the platen step by step at each actuation of one or more of the keys" (line 20).
Date:
April 24, 1917
Creator:
Edwards, Alrah B. & Russell, Frank K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Yoke for Connecting Animals.
Patent for a new improvements in animal yoking. Patent for "a new and improved yoking or coupling for connecting two animals together when grazing which allows automatic disconnection in case either of the animals gets a foreleg over the coupling" (lines 8-12) including instructions and illustrations. Patent for a new animal yoking design, including illustrations.
Date:
April 17, 1888
Creator:
Carmichael, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History