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Buckle
Patent for "a fastening device for securely holding the meeting ends of straps together, and is particularly applicable to stirrup-straps, in which, because of the strain thereon, the ordinary fastener is quickly broken or the strap is torn from the same" (lines 9-15).
Date:
May 7, 1901
Creator:
Stulting, John C. & Wiseman, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burial Apparatus
Patent for improvements in burial apparatus, relating particularly to linings and coverings for graves, which are designed to do away with all appearance of earth or dirt in the placing of caskets or coffins in the ground.
Date:
May 7, 1901
Creator:
Spear, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lapel-Spring for Coats.
Patent for improvements in lapel-springs for coats and similar articles of clothing by using a loop-shaped spring and a rod or bar pivotally connected with or hinged to both ends of the spring. It will hold the lapels of a coat or similar garment in proper position. Illustration is included.
Date:
May 7, 1901
Creator:
Crow, Robert Dlouglas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for "means which will rigidly hold the point against independent movement toward the landslide of the plow" (lines 45-47).
Date:
May 7, 1901
Creator:
Kelly, George Addison
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Press for Cotton, Wool, Hay, &c.
Patent for "a press which will compress the cotton or other material into bales of hexagon, cylindrical, or other shapes, the shape of the bale corresponding with the shape of the bale-receptacle used" (lines 11-15).
Date:
May 7, 1901
Creator:
King, John Morris
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Multiple Telegraph
Patent for "a simple device of this character by means of which any one of a number of instruments or translating devices at a distance may be operated over a single line-wire and by means of a single flow of electric current through said wire" (lines 10-15).
Date:
May 7, 1901
Creator:
Foster, Samuel T., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press
Patent for a press for hay, straw, and similar. This device, intended for horse-powered bailing processes, is designed for cheap and efficient hay press for the bailing process.
Date:
May 7, 1901
Creator:
Armstrong, James McRae
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Fastener
Patent for improving the design so that when it is closed it forms loops for holding the window's curtains, while also being inexpensive and strong.
Date:
May 7, 1901
Creator:
Durant, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History