Water-Fence. (open access)

Water-Fence.

Patent for the improved design of a water fence with specifications that allow the passage of a log without fully raising the fence; includes illustrations.
Date: March 26, 1901
Creator: Walton, John H. & Ball, William M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Wheel. (open access)

Spring-Wheel.

Patent for improving Spring-Wheels that "prevent the wheel from 'skidding' or slipping upon muddy or soft roads [...] which may be applied without material structural change to wheels of forms and sizes" (lines 9-15), including illustrations.
Date: March 28, 1916
Creator: Mensik, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse Breaking Device (open access)

Horse Breaking Device

Patent for a horse breaking device. This invention is designed to break the horses without balking. Illustration included.
Date: March 8, 1904
Creator: Bump, James G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grain Drying Means. (open access)

Grain Drying Means.

Patent for a new mechanism for bulk drying grain. Includes illustrations.
Date: March 3, 1903
Creator: Liles, La Fayette W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame Fastener. (open access)

Hame Fastener.

Patent for a new and improved hame fastener. This design is "to provide a clasp or holder the parts of which are simple in construction; and [the] invention consists in the construction and combination of the parts" (lines 17-20).
Date: March 3, 1885
Creator: Jensen, Ole T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Post (open access)

Fence-Post

Patent for "improvements in fence-posts, telegraph-poles, and the like."(lines 11-12) These improvements include wings what mount into slots at the base of the posts to anchor them firmly into the ground. Including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 30, 1903
Creator: Childress, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Derrick. (open access)

Derrick.

Patent for a portable derrick "in which the derrick-frame is rotatable, the same being especially adapted for use in handling bales of cotton, baggage, ice, and other heavy articles." (Lines 14-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 9, 1897
Creator: Stallings, George V.
System: The Portal to Texas History