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Cattle-Guard.
Patent for an improved cattle-guard by using a guard that has a plurality of spurs, should an animal step thereon its foot will be directed against one or more of these spurs, thus causing the animal to withdraw its foot and not attempt to pass over the rail. This will prevent the animal from crossing railway-tracks, but the spurs will not interfere with the free passage of trains. (Lines 10-20) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 2, 1901
Creator:
Steinmann, Herman Werner
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ant-Trap
Patent for "a simple device of this kind which will excel the former traps in depositing the ants within the annular pan and in efficiency for convenient discharge of the trapped insects" (lines 18-22).
Date:
April 2, 1901
Creator:
Inman, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Turning-Tool for Bale-Band Fasteners.
Patent for a new and useful turning-tool for bale-band fasteners “which can be readily applied to and removed from the fastener, while at the same time providing positive means for exerting a powerful leverage upon the turning or winding element of the fastener to insure the taking up of a maximum amount of slack in a bale-band with a minimum movement.” (Lines 15-22.) Illustration is included
Date:
April 2, 1901
Creator:
Campbell, Douglas M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Index and Trial-Balance.
Patent for improvement in indexes and trial-balances by using removable spring-strips to hold all the papers together in one place and can be easily remove when needed. Illustration is included.
Date:
April 2, 1901
Creator:
Templeton, Allison
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trace-Fastener
Patent for a trace fastener for whippletrees. This is a device that "provide[s] a simple, efficient, reliable fastener which will when in use, at all times and under all circumstances, hold the trace in connection with the end of the whiffletree [sic] and which will prevent undue wear on the cockeye or hole in the end of the trace." (Lines 9-16)
Date:
April 2, 1901
Creator:
Nichols, Charlie M. & Burnett, Charles M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pencil-Sharpener
Patent for "a convenient device for sharpening lead-pencils that can be manufactured at a comparatively small cost and placed on the market as an advertising medium or convenient for use in the school-room" (lines 14-18).
Date:
April 2, 1901
Creator:
Darden, Newton J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drill.
Patent for improvements in drills by providing “a frame which may be readily attached to any suitable support and wherein the drill-spindle may be engaged for operation by a common form of chest-brace.” (Lines 9-13) The frame would enable the stock-rest to adjust in proper positions to receive different thicknesses of stock.” (Lines 15-17) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 2, 1901
Creator:
Willmann, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cushion-Tire for Vehicles.
Patent for a sectional metal tire cushion that is applied over a preexisting wheel.
Date:
April 2, 1901
Creator:
Millen, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History