Bale-Tie (open access)

Bale-Tie

Patent for a bale tie made of aluminum which has a fastener attached to the band.
Date: March 3, 1908
Creator: Brigance, Alice Osborne
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crossover (open access)

Crossover

Patent for cross-overs in railways to prevent collisions of trains traveling on intersecting track ways
Date: March 2, 1915
Creator: Miller, Sam P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench. (open access)

Wrench.

Patent for "a wrench having a sliding jaw and a handle pivoted to the shank in such a manner that a movement of the handle about the work" prevents the jaw to move (lines 13-16).
Date: March 13, 1906
Creator: Garrard, William D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway Crossing (open access)

Railway Crossing

Patent for a railway crossing. Illustration included.
Date: March 2, 1909
Creator: Meyerlambers, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Tie. (open access)

Railroad-Tie.

Patent for a railroad-tie in which it will “maintain the gage standard when one rail is replaced by another rail having larger cross section than the original rail.” (Lines 21-23) Illustration is included.
Date: March 3, 1914
Creator: Hynds, David H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design consists in "the combination, with the frame bearing the standards, of caster-wheels provided with shanks, which are vertically journaled in the bars at each side of said frame and in the ends of the cross-bar, the hand-lever which is secured at the forward end of the beam and pivotally connected to the center of said cross-bar and provided with a slot near its free end, the segmental upright, and the spring" (lines 16-25).
Date: March 29, 1887
Creator: Brown, Thomas Jefferson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper and  Weeder (open access)

Cotton Chopper and Weeder

Patent for a cotton chopper and weeder. Illustration included.
Date: March 29, 1904
Creator: Stewart, John Hanibal
System: The Portal to Texas History