Vehicle-Step. (open access)

Vehicle-Step.

Patent for a new and useful vehicle step, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 30, 1900
Creator: Erikson, Eduard August Olef
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steering-Gear for Traction-Engines (open access)

Steering-Gear for Traction-Engines

Patent for improvements to a steering gear for traction engines by means of a steam-cylinder and a valve to control the steam flow, including illustrations.
Date: January 16, 1906
Creator: Cantelou, Peter Louie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrant. (open access)

Hydrant.

Patent for a hydrant model by V.H. Mills, with a mechanism that prevents pipes from freezing in cold water and a novel joint between the spout and the plug of the cock.
Date: January 2, 1906
Creator: Mills, Virgil H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence Stay (open access)

Fence Stay

Patent for a fence stay. "This invention relates to means for maintaining strands or line-wires of fences in relatively fixed relation to prevent their sagging or being forced apart by the attempted passage of animals between them" (lines 7-11). Illustration included.
Date: January 15, 1907
Creator: Price Thomas Mortin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator and Planter (open access)

Cultivator and Planter

Patent for improvements in combined cultivators and corn/cotton planters to adapt an ordinary cultivator for planting of seeds with adjustable seed-tube and furrow opener to accommodate various character of ground being worked or cultivation being done.
Date: July 5, 1900
Creator: Prentice, Peter Mack
System: The Portal to Texas History