Trace-Fastener. (open access)

Trace-Fastener.

Patent for improvements in trace fasteners, with illustrations.
Date: June 29, 1897
Creator: Brownwell, John A. F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mail pouch (open access)

Mail pouch

Patent for new and improved mail pouch, with particular emphasis on the top locking mechanism.
Date: June 9, 1900
Creator: Tabler, Jasper Newton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drill. (open access)

Drill.

Patent for a new and improved drill. This design consists in "the combination, with the main shaft carrying two bevel gear-wheels, of a shaft carrying a bevel gear-wheel adapted to be connected alternately with the two bevel gear-wheels on said main shaft, a pinion secured on the said shaft, and a disk provided with a bevel gear-wheel meshing in the said pinion, said disk being connected with the drilling-tool, so that the latter can move freely up and down, but is turned by the said disk" (lines 111-120).
Date: June 26, 1888
Creator: Godwin, John Calhoon.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment (open access)

Cultivator Attachment

Patent for altering the regulating the depth of insertion into the ground, without the need of operators alighting from seat of cultivator.
Date: June 20, 1916
Creator: Parker, Andy F.
System: The Portal to Texas History