Tire-Armor. (open access)

Tire-Armor.

Patent for "a flexible protector adapted to be applied to a tire" (lines 8-9).
Date: September 25, 1917
Creator: Oatman, Duke
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Cutter (open access)

Stalk Cutter

Patent for a stalk cutter. Illustration included.
Date: September 25, 1906
Creator: Stevenson, William Crook
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hair-Singer (open access)

Hair-Singer

Patent for a hair singer that contains the odor and smoke produced by singed hair.
Date: February 25, 1913
Creator: Eldridge, Edward H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gage - Shears (open access)

Gage - Shears

Patent for a new and useful improvements in shears. This design "consists of the details of construction and arrangement of the several parts"(line 16-19).
Date: January 25, 1898
Creator: Steen, Emma L. Nevada
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blind Stop. (open access)

Blind Stop.

Patent for a new and improved blind-stop. This design consists "[i]n blind-stops, the rod, consisting of two parts connected by a thin piece of metal, in combination with a blind provided with a median open-slotted tapering screw and thumb-nut" (lines 49-53).
Date: December 25, 1888
Creator: Warren, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History