Bale-Band Buckle (open access)

Bale-Band Buckle

Patent for a bale band buckle. Illustrations included.
Date: June 6, 1911
Creator: Brigance, Alice O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compound Engine. (open access)

Compound Engine.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in compound engines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 20, 1899
Creator: Johnson, Willie H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Whiffletree-Fastenings. (open access)

Improvement in Whiffletree-Fastenings.

Patent for the improvement of whiffletree fastenings, relating to the means by which single-trees are attached to a double-tree. It includes a description and illustration.
Date: June 11, 1872
Creator: Ahrenbeck, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Speed-Measures. (open access)

Improvement in Speed-Measures.

Patent for a "means for indicating the degree of speed with which an engine or train of cars is passing over a rail-road, and for enabling an engineer to regulate the speed of his engine to conform to the 'time' enjoined by his table, so that he will run at an even degree of speed, and be required neither to 'slow down' to save his schedule nor quicken the pace of his engine to make up lost time." (Lines 15-23) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 22, 1875
Creator: Minton, Stephen F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement for Axle-Boxes for Vehicles (open access)

Improvement for Axle-Boxes for Vehicles

Patent for an improvement in axle-boxes for vehicles which incorporates an adjustable tube that may take up the wear on its ends.
Date: June 11, 1872
Creator: Ahrenbeck, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Planter, Cultivator, and Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Improvement in Combined Planter, Cultivator, and Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for an improved combined planter, cultivator, and cotton-chopping tool with design specifications and directions for the usage of the tool, including illustrations.
Date: June 11, 1878
Creator: Sarlls, Rutus & Kelman, Alexander
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hawk-Traps (open access)

Improvement in Hawk-Traps

Patent for an "improved trap for catching hawks, owls, and other birds of prey, which shall be so constructed as to adapt it to be attached to a pole or post set in the ground" (para. 4).
Date: June 27, 1876
Creator: White, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate Closer (open access)

Gate Closer

Patent for a gate closer. This invention uses a counter weight to automatically closes a gate or door. Illustration included.
Date: June 21, 1904
Creator: Rhodes, Efford B.
System: The Portal to Texas History