Resource Type

Bale Band Fastening (open access)

Bale Band Fastening

Patent for a bale band fastening. Illustration included.
Date: February 28, 1905
Creator: Campbell, Douglas M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spindle-Bushing (open access)

Spindle-Bushing

Patent for a spindle-bushing, a device used to "repair worn axle spindles and hub sleeves" (lines 10-11) by encasing the worn spindles or sleeves with outer shells.
Date: November 28, 1905
Creator: Hines, Jessie J. & Wilkerson, Eldred B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hook and Eye. (open access)

Hook and Eye.

Patent for improvement in hook and eye in which it will enable the “coacting parts to be readily engaged with each other, be closed with a snap by lateral pressure, which will not slacken or have play where they engage each other. It will not become accidentally detached, and have resilience between the engaged members that insures their remaining connected. It also will not have gap between the dress flaps when the members join together.” (Lines 13-21) Illustration is included.
Date: March 28, 1905
Creator: Priest, Frank L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dredging Apparatus (open access)

Dredging Apparatus

Patent for dredging apparatus. Illustration included.
Date: November 28, 1905
Creator: Jones, Fred A.
System: The Portal to Texas History