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Animal-Poke (open access)

Animal-Poke

Patent for an animal poke worn on the head of cattle to prevent jumping outside the field which allows the cow to graze freely while wearing the poke.
Date: July 16, 1907
Creator: Seay, Mark Machel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie. (open access)

Bale-Tie.

Patent for improvements in bale-ties is to produce a “buckle-plate having a middle portion with an opening therein, arms at each end separated from the middle portion by spaces open at one side, a longitudinal entering-passage connecting the opening with one of said spaces, and a hoop the free ends of which are looped down through said opening and up through the spaces, resting upon the arms under the standing part of the hoop.” (Lines 74-83) Illustration is included.
Date: July 8, 1902
Creator: Johnson, William T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mail Box Signal (open access)

Mail Box Signal

Patent for a mail box signal. Illustration included.
Date: July 17, 1906
Creator: Forwood, Reginald
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fountain Drafting-Pen. (open access)

Fountain Drafting-Pen.

Patent for a fountain drafting pen, which has a rubber handle that when flexed sends out the pen tip with ink, and and when flexed again takes the point back into the ink reservoir in the handle.
Date: July 27, 1909
Creator: Smith, Edward Ruthven
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Tent. (open access)

Folding Tent.

Patent for a foldable two story tent with a sleeping compartment in the upper story.
Date: July 28, 1908
Creator: Miles, Joseph Furnas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Non-Refillable Bottle. (open access)

Non-Refillable Bottle.

Patent for a specification to improve the design and function non-refillable bottles.
Date: July 24, 1900
Creator: Bonner, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History