Wire Fence Machine (open access)

Wire Fence Machine

Patent for a wire fence machine. This invention is designed to tie wires to the line wires and line wires to the stay. Illustrations included.
Date: November 10, 1903
Creator: Baumgartner, Blassie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroyer (open access)

Insect Destroyer

Patent for an insect destroyer for use on cotton fields to destroy moths that produce boll weevils. Illustration included.
Date: November 27, 1906
Creator: Sissom, Thomas A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Switch Throwing Device (open access)

Electric Switch Throwing Device

Patent for an electric switch throwing device. The invention provides a method of operating the switches of the track so that the motorman can turn switches of the track without stopping the train car. Illustration included.
Date: November 20, 1906
Creator: Posey, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Switching Device (open access)

Electric Switching Device

Patent for an electric switch for railways. Illustrations included.
Date: November 26, 1907
Creator: Posey, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plumb-Level. (open access)

Plumb-Level.

Patent for a plumb-level with combined compass and line sights.
Date: November 24, 1903
Creator: Bradshaw, William B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator and Planter. (open access)

Cultivator and Planter.

Patent for improvement to the "manner of mounting and adjusting the swinging frames [of planters], and to enable the said swinging frames to be readily adjusted vertically" (lines 12-15).
Date: November 6, 1900
Creator: Graves, Elbert G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Running-Gear for Plows. (open access)

Running-Gear for Plows.

Patent for a running gear attachment for a plow to change a walking plow to a sulky(riding) plow.
Date: November 17, 1908
Creator: Awtrey, Leland L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper (open access)

Cotton Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustration included.
Date: November 9, 1909
Creator: Harris, Irvin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History