Draft-Equalizer (open access)

Draft-Equalizer

Patent for "a draft-equalizer that the draft will be equally distributed among each of the animals attached thereto, so that one may travel in the furrow, if desired, and the remainder permitted to move over the unplowed ground" (lines 22-27).
Date: May 14, 1901
Creator: Anderson, Samuel Cornelious
System: The Portal to Texas History
Heel-Attaching Means. (open access)

Heel-Attaching Means.

Patent for a new means of using screws and plates to securely attach wooden heels to women's shoes, including illustrations.
Date: May 14, 1918
Creator: Dickerson, Harry P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Brick-Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Brick-Presses.

Patent for a "new and useful improvement in brick-presses by which bricks may be quickly and cheaply pressed by hand power from clay taken direct from bank or mixer" ( Lines 1-3 )including instructions and illustration.
Date: May 14, 1878
Creator: Moore, Andrew A.
System: The Portal to Texas History