Bale-Tie Buckle (open access)

Bale-Tie Buckle

Patent for a bale-tie buckle.
Date: November 6, 1911
Creator: Armstrong, James E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Loading Wagons. (open access)

Apparatus for Loading Wagons.

Patent for a new and improved apparatus for loading wagons. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the platform having the opening and the trap-doors, the fastening devices to secure the trap-doors when closed and to permit the same to open, and the counter-weights connected to the trap-doors" (lines 24-28).
Date: November 27, 1888
Creator: Bernard, Alfred Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trace Attachment. (open access)

Trace Attachment.

Patent for a new and improved trace attachment. This design "relates to an improvement in couplings for tug-straps, and has for its object to provide a simple, economical, and durable device, capable of convenient manipulation, and whereby the tug-strap may be expeditiously attached to the cockeye of the whiffletree or detached therefrom" (lines 8-14).
Date: November 26, 1889
Creator: Turman, William F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
End Gate Fastening for Vehicles (open access)

End Gate Fastening for Vehicles

Patent for end gate fastening for vehicles.
Date: November 10, 1903
Creator: Clarke, William K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for a new "construct in which plow shanks may be easily and quickly secured by spring latches"(lines 106-108) and accompanying illustrations.
Date: November 18, 1913
Creator: Bonneau, John B., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History