Buggy Top Support (open access)

Buggy Top Support

Patent for a buggy top support. Illustration included.
Date: January 10, 1905
Creator: Mason, Everett H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Train-Stopping Mechanism. (open access)

Automatic Train-Stopping Mechanism.

Patent for an affordable and easily operable mechanical train stopper designed to be installed directly on a locomotive.
Date: August 10, 1920
Creator: Evans, Alva A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rein Holder. (open access)

Rein Holder.

Patent for a new and improved rein holder. This design is "to provide an attachment for the purpose of preventing the horse's tail from engaging the reins . . . and adapted to be applied to the thills or adjacent parts of the running-gear of a vehicle" (lines 9-15). It is "formed of wire and comprising a frame having its opposite vertical members secured at their lower ends to the thills, the corners and opposite members being provided with pairs of integrally-formed eyes, and a cross-bar at the top connecting said opposite members" (lines 84-90).
Date: May 10, 1892
Creator: Young, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seeder and Fertilizer-Distributer (open access)

Seeder and Fertilizer-Distributer

Patent for a planter designed to drop the seeds first and then the fertilizer directly afterwards. Illustrations included.
Date: December 10, 1907
Creator: Ingram, Jesse A.
System: The Portal to Texas History