Blind-Slat Adjustor (open access)

Blind-Slat Adjustor

Patent for a blind slat adjuster which can hold the blinds in a variety of different positions.
Date: July 27, 1909
Creator: Hermann, Ernst W. F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bucket-Jack (open access)

Bucket-Jack

Patent for a bucket jack for holding paint buckets while painting on roofs or the sides of buildings which holds the bucket horizontal.
Date: July 27, 1909
Creator: Phinny, Christpher W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Canopy-Suspending Attachment for Bedsteads. (open access)

Canopy-Suspending Attachment for Bedsteads.

Patent for a canopy-suspending attachment for bedsteads, which is adjustable to different size beds and folds up when not in use.
Date: July 27, 1909
Creator: Skinner, Miles T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft Appliance for Agricultural Implements. (open access)

Draft Appliance for Agricultural Implements.

Patent for a pivoted draft tongue for farm implements that allows the tongue to move from side to side and be controlled by the driver.
Date: July 27, 1909
Creator: Hartman, Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fountain Drafting-Pen. (open access)

Fountain Drafting-Pen.

Patent for a fountain drafting pen, which has a rubber handle that when flexed sends out the pen tip with ink, and and when flexed again takes the point back into the ink reservoir in the handle.
Date: July 27, 1909
Creator: Smith, Edward Ruthven
System: The Portal to Texas History
Header. (open access)

Header.

Patent for a header for removing the heads of grain, which adjusts to different height grains.
Date: July 27, 1909
Creator: Gregory, George L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Means for Grinding Triple Valves. (open access)

Means for Grinding Triple Valves.

Patent for a device for grinding triple valves to proper sizes and shapes for them to be inserted into things.
Date: July 27, 1909
Creator: Innis, Ezra E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump. (open access)

Pump.

Patent for a pump for pumping water from streams for use in irrigation, which is mounted on a float in the stream.
Date: July 27, 1909
Creator: Jeanes, Benjamin H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Strainer (open access)

Well-Strainer

Patent for a well strainer with a plurality of little strainers over each intake pipe in a well.
Date: July 27, 1909
Creator: Brown, Arthur Melville & Hunter, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench. (open access)

Wrench.

Patent for a wrench whose jaws can be adjusted quickly by pressing a handle on the wrench with the thumb.
Date: July 27, 1909
Creator: Ferguson, Rufus Andrew
System: The Portal to Texas History