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Cultivator-Arch (open access)

Cultivator-Arch

Patent for a cultivator arch designed to adjust and secure the beams of a plow. Illustrations included.
Date: August 20, 1907
Creator: Spence, Enoch M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press (open access)

Baling Press

Patent for baling press. Illustration included.
Date: March 8, 1904
Creator: Robburts, George W.; Lemaster, Mike C. & Lemaster, Henry H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper and Cultivator (open access)

Cotton Chopper and Cultivator

Patent for improvements in the construction and operation of cotton choppers and cultivators.
Date: October 15, 1889
Creator: Hutto, George Washington
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reversible Hoe. (open access)

Reversible Hoe.

Patent for a new and useful reversible hoe, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 11, 1898
Creator: Schultz, Carl Herman Severin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment (open access)

Cultivator Attachment

Patent for a cultivator attachment that allows the cultivator height to be adjusted for digging. Illustrations included.
Date: January 10, 1911
Creator: Stewart, Lon Woodson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Bag-Holder and Sifter. (open access)

Combined Bag-Holder and Sifter.

Patent for improvements in a combined bag-holder and sifter by using a supporting bracket secured to a wall, a bag-holder, a sifter located below the bag-holder, a detachable suspending connection between the sifter and the bag-engaging devices rising from the sifter. With this arrangement, the bag will be elevated into the proper position and to hold the bag against lateral movement while the sifter is being operated. The bag is to remain in proper position until the contents has been sifted entirely. Illustration is included.
Date: January 1, 1901
Creator: Shanley, Michael H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Fire Guard and Screen. (open access)

Adjustable Fire Guard and Screen.

Patent for a new and improved fireplace screen. This design "is to provide a simple and efficient device which may be suspended in front of open fireplaces or grates for the purpose of preventing the frequent and sometimes fatal accidents which are directly due to the absence of reliable safe-guards. The invention consists of a series of shields or plates of suitable size and material, which are so connected that when not in use they may be easily drawn upward in succession side by side and compactly placed in an appropriate receptacle attached to the front of a mantel or to a wall above a fireplace" (lines 16-29).
Date: May 3, 1892
Creator: Gibson, Nathaniel B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Plow and Harrow. (open access)

Combined Plow and Harrow.

Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and effective combined plow and harrow that can be used as a plow and harrow at the same time, or the operator can detach one and only use the other. The machine can be adjusted to better suit different types of soil.
Date: April 18, 1893
Creator: Lee, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coffee - Pot. (open access)

Coffee - Pot.

Patent for a new and useful coffee pot, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 19, 1898
Creator: Ingle, Jacob Odem
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coffee Mill. (open access)

Coffee Mill.

Patent for a new and improved coffee mill. This design consists of "the combination of the case having the chambers and the hopper, the burr or grinding disk, fastened to the lower end of the inner side of the hopper and to the upper side or top of the chamber . . . shaft, having a disk, revolving in a covered recess or chamber in the burr, bridge, screws, and handle" (lines 57-65).
Date: June 13, 1882
Creator: Fleming, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Poultry-Disinfector (open access)

Automatic Poultry-Disinfector

Patent for an automatic poultry disinfector that is applied to the chickens necks while they are eating.
Date: November 26, 1912
Creator: Donathan, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Ventilating System. (open access)

Car-Ventilating System.

Patent for a railroad car ventilating system that does require opening the windows.
Date: February 14, 1911
Creator: Shanley, Michael H.
System: The Portal to Texas History