Buckle-Hook. (open access)

Buckle-Hook.

Patent for a new buckle hook, specifically a back-band buckle for use with a harness that is "of simple and inexpensive construction designed to firmly grip the back-band or strap of the harness and retain the same in adjusted position" (lines 12-15), including illustrations.
Date: April 17, 1906
Creator: Reid, William W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined System of Electric Signaling and Switch Setting for Railroads (open access)

Combined System of Electric Signaling and Switch Setting for Railroads

Patent for improved system of electric signaling and opening and closing rail systems.
Date: April 17, 1906
Creator: Wagner, Bruno Otto
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Exterminator (open access)

Insect-Exterminator

Patent for an insect exterminator to be transported to and used within crop fields which separates insects from plants by means of brushes and kills the insects by depositing them into a pan containing liquid insecticide. Exterminator also includes a sprayer to deliver insecticide onto crops. Exterminator is designed to be pulled by draft animals.
Date: April 17, 1906
Creator: Thompson, Everett Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Match-Box. (open access)

Match-Box.

Patent for match boxes that automatically opens when unlatched and has a projecting member arm that slides the lid with a match for removal conveniency.
Date: April 17, 1906
Creator: Whiteker, Bosque M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Phonograph-Machine. (open access)

Phonograph-Machine.

Patent for a new phonograph machine with improvements of sound-box-transversing mechanisms and uniformity of movements, including illustrations.
Date: April 17, 1906
Creator: Dubinski, Benjamin.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piston-Rod Connection (open access)

Piston-Rod Connection

Patent for a connector between a cross-head and a piston-rod that reduces strain by using a double taper and binder elements in line with the thrust of the piston-rod to prevent fractures and breaks as a result of the end thrust.
Date: April 17, 1906
Creator: McElvaney, Charles T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill. (open access)

Windmill.

Patent for an improved windmill, a wind-driven wheel which will operate with the wind blowing in any direction and without the necessity of a typical vane and which produces a maximum velocity with a minimum amount of wind.
Date: April 17, 1906
Creator: Bartlett, Robert S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for a wire-stretcher used in the building and repair of wire fences, including illustrations. This wire-stretcher's design has features which improve the efficiency of the construction of wire fences.
Date: April 17, 1906
Creator: Feist, Felix L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench (open access)

Wrench

Patent for a wrench. Illustration included.
Date: April 17, 1906
Creator: Hall, Samuel N. & Lawlor, James
System: The Portal to Texas History