Combined Bridge and Cattle-Guard. (open access)

Combined Bridge and Cattle-Guard.

Patent for a bridge with movable parts that disallows the passage of cattle while allowing for the passage of human foot-traffic and automobiles.
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Brian, William W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sewing-Machine Shuttles (open access)

Improvement in Sewing-Machine Shuttles

Patent for an improved sewing-machine shuttle, which shuffles the bobbins back and forth among one another. This makes sewing faster for easier for any person who sews.
Date: June 30, 1877
Creator: Nott, Henry J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for Slaughtering and Curing Meat (open access)

Improvement in Apparatus for Slaughtering and Curing Meat

Patent for the design of a facility to slaughter, pack, preserve, and cure meat.
Date: June 29, 1869
Creator: Fulton, G. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History