Wheel-Fender (open access)

Wheel-Fender

Patent for fenders for truck wheels using hoods and reinforcing bands, including illustrations.
Date: May 4, 1915
Creator: Leach, Felix
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Vises (open access)

Improvement in Vises

Patent for new construction for vises that will "enable the vise to be set and secutured in any desired position and thus hold the work in a position convenient to the operator" (lines 8-10).
Date: November 4, 1879
Creator: Zanetti, Fortonato C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Toilet-Cabinets (open access)

Improvement in Toilet-Cabinets

Patent for improved toilet cabinets in order to better arrange "cabinets for containing sewing, writing, and shaving materials and various other articles" (lines 8-10). Provides instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 4, 1879
Creator: Zanetti, Fortonato C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tool of the Pliers Type. (open access)

Tool of the Pliers Type.

Patent for pliers with an improved handle.
Date: October 4, 1910
Creator: Ball, William Rossam
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Destroying Cotton-Boll Weevils (open access)

Process of Destroying Cotton-Boll Weevils

Patent for a formula for an insecticide for the Mexican cotton boll weevil.
Date: March 4, 1912
Creator: Newell, Wilmon
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway Cattle-Guard (open access)

Railway Cattle-Guard

Patent for a railway cattle guard whereby the weight of the animal causes a barrier to emerge, but the barrier will be removed automatically when the weight is removed.
Date: January 4, 1921
Creator: Fountain, Henry L.
System: The Portal to Texas History