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Combination Steel Bar.
Patent for a combination steel bar meant to easily remove nails and spikes from board without bending the nails or spikes and without splitting the board. It can also be used to remove siding from houses and ships.
Date:
July 23, 1895
Creator:
Brooks, Jesse S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Genera and Subgenera of Voles and Lemmings
Revision of the genera and subgenera of voles and lemmings with comparison between North American and European.
Date:
July 23, 1896
Creator:
Miller, Gerrit S. (Gerrit Smith), 1869-1956
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for a simple, economical, and effictive wire-stretcher that uses "the fence-post as the fulcrum for the implement or tool in using the latter to stretch the wires longitudinally from post to post, and to provide a simple hand implement or tool by which a single person can rapidly string the fence-wires from post to post, stretch the wires, and kink or twist the same to take up slack" (lines 19-26).
Date:
July 23, 1895
Creator:
Cardwell, William C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve.
Patent for a valve made up of a shell with a water inlet and a water outlet, a perforation for the valve stem, a gable-shaped seat made from hard metal that is fitted into the shell, a valve stem that works up and down the shell and with a shoulder, a valve with a hollow neck, a soft contact ring between the gable-shaped seat and the face of the valve, a guide and cap that fits in the shell, a stem nut, and a stuffing-box.
Date:
July 23, 1895
Creator:
Speer, George F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel.
Patent for an improvement on vehicle wheels to "provide a novel and inexpensive safety-guard for wheels of the above-referred-to class, whereby the wheel will be prevented from entering crevices and cracks" (lines 14-18) and to improve durability.
Date:
July 23, 1895
Creator:
Laube, Godfried
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel.
Patent for a strong, durable, and inexpensive vehicle-wheel in children's carriages with a double-felly wheel meant to broaden "the tread thereof sufficiently to prevent the wheels falling into cracks between boards of board walks, such as are common in the suburbs or rural districts" (lines 15-19). The spokes are like that of a single-felly wheel.
Date:
July 23, 1895
Creator:
Laube, Godfried
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nail-Holding Attachment for Hammers.
Patent for a durable and simple nail-holding attachment for hammers that can be used with any hammer. It holds the nail in place to drive it home.
Date:
July 23, 1895
Creator:
Lewis, Harry J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Making Machine.
Patent for a simple, portable fence-making machine meant to separate crossed wires, re-utilizes old wires, and has "a wedge being employed in the twisting-head for the purpose of separating the old twists and causing them to pass through the twisting-eye" (lines 22-25). The machine allows the wires to be equally spaced apart, and the space is adjustable. A picket-gage is included in the invention, which regulates the space between pickets.
Date:
July 23, 1895
Creator:
Briney, Benjamin C. & Geron, Solomon C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Garbage-Furnace.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and durable garbage-furnace that can be easily operated, the moisture from the garbage completely evaporates, and the material before and after can be easily handled.
Date:
July 23, 1895
Creator:
Hull, William S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History