Automobile-Puller. (open access)

Automobile-Puller.

Patent for "the provision of a device adapted to be secured on the hub of the wheel for pulling the automobile out of mud or sand where the wheel would ordinarily spin without propelling the vehicle" (lines 11-16). It also includes an illustration.
Date: October 25, 1921
Creator: Wright, Joseph H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Heel-Sweep Brace. (open access)

Heel-Sweep Brace.

Patent for heel-sweep brace "relates to new and useful improvements in attachments to cultivators for strengthening the heel sweep thereof and prevent the same from rocking upon the foot."(lines 15-19)
Date: October 2, 1917
Creator: Goodlett, Henry Jimison
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Door Seal. (open access)

Car-Door Seal.

Patent for a lockable seal to be affixed to doors of passenger cars.
Date: October 20, 1916
Creator: Wright, Memory G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scale (open access)

Scale

Patent for a scale used to cut a precise amount of meat for customers from a larger piece of meat.
Date: October 6, 1914
Creator: Jones, Jack H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water Motor (open access)

Water Motor

Patent for a water motor. This is an invention for a type of motor operated by tidal power.
Date: October 20, 1903
Creator: Brooks, Jesse W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Blast-Generator. (open access)

Automatic Blast-Generator.

Patent for "a new and improved automatic blast-generator designed for the use of jewelers, dentists, and other persons, and arranged to produce a steady and uniform blast and to permit of increasing or decreasing the force of the blast as required, according to the nature of the work on hand." (Lines 9-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 12, 1897
Creator: Sidwell, Aaron M., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "consists in a jointed rod which has its lower end fastened to one of the hooks of the coupling and its upper end fastened to a vertically-moving ring that slides upon the brake-rod, whereby the coupling hook can be raised upward and supported in such a position that it will not couple when the cars run together" (lines 14-20).
Date: October 12, 1880
Creator: Haltom, Samuel
System: The Portal to Texas History