Bale-Tie Buckle (open access)

Bale-Tie Buckle

Patent for new and valuable improvements on bale-tie buckles for cotton bales. This relates to buckles securing ties on cotton bales and minimize injury to the persons handling the cotton.
Date: March 22, 1921
Creator: McFarland, Frank Hays
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washer for Wagon-Bolsters (open access)

Washer for Wagon-Bolsters

Patent for a washer wagon-bolsters. Illustration included.
Date: March 22, 1910
Creator: Martin, James Y.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feed-Water Heating and Purifying Apparatus. (open access)

Feed-Water Heating and Purifying Apparatus.

Patent for improvements in feed-water heating and purifying apparatus by “utilizing the heat of exhaust-steam from locomotive-cylinders, and the waste heat from the products of combustion in the combustion-chamber; or smoke-arch for heating and purifying the feed-water in transit to the locomotive-boiler.” (Lines 11-16) Illustration is included.
Date: March 22, 1892
Creator: McCallum, Daniel W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Shingle. (open access)

Metallic Shingle.

Patent for a new and improved metallic shingle. This design calls for "[t]he ends of the shingles adjacent to the groove [to be] turned up to provide a guard which, when the joints are made between the shingles, prevents the water from obtaining access to the roof-boards, and directs it down the shingle to the bead, where the water is drained off" (lines 80-86).
Date: March 22, 1887
Creator: Harry, Hugh W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Maternity and Invalid Chair. (open access)

Maternity and Invalid Chair.

Patent for a folding chair designed specifically for the use and comfort of the sick and disabled.
Date: March 22, 1921
Creator: Read, Edwin T. & Bartz, Adolph J.
System: The Portal to Texas History