Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a churn with an improved "construction of working body churns, to effect a rapid production of butter, and to enable the temperature of the contents of the churn to be readily controlled and regulated to facilitate churning" (lines 11-15).
Date: April 11, 1893
Creator: Robert, Cumberland M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn Planter (open access)

Corn Planter

Patent for a corn planter. This invention is simple and compact and does not require manual actuation of the drum for the dropping mechanism. It can be used for corn and similar seeds, including cotton and seeds with fibrous coating. Illustration included.
Date: November 13, 1906
Creator: Robinson, Charles William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin. (open access)

Cotton-Gin.

Patent for an invention relates to cotton gins, and the principal object of this invention is to produce a cotton gin of small dimensions.
Date: October 20, 1914
Creator: Morrison, Porter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cutter Head and Bit (open access)

Cutter Head and Bit

Patent for a cutter head and bit. This invention are a combination of parts for use in woodworking. Illustration included.
Date: August 10, 1909
Creator: Birdwell, Robert P. & Ingram, William D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Tool. (open access)

Design for a Tool.

Design patent for a tool.
Date: October 10, 1899
Creator: Morgan, Daniel Marion
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Anchor (open access)

Fence-Anchor

Patent for anchors, flukes and braces attached to the end of a fence post, pole, or similar that will shore and hold the post in the desired vertical position for installation.
Date: July 3, 1906
Creator: Rousseau, Pinkney H. & Lambert, James T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fire Extinguisher (open access)

Fire Extinguisher

Patent for fire extinguisher improvements so as to use carbon dioxide to extinguish the flame.
Date: December 29, 1914
Creator: Parker, Howard R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow. (open access)

Harrow.

Patent for a harrow for use in orchards that can be moved around easily to avoid trees.
Date: June 20, 1911
Creator: Forkner, Charles E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow Attachment (open access)

Harrow Attachment

Patent for a harrow attachment. Illustration included.
Date: September 14, 1909
Creator: Jackson, Merriott A. & Bristow, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Arrester. (open access)

Horse-Arrester.

Patent for a wagon tongue for horse-drawn wagons that is equipped with a spring triggered device that can be used to put the whole draft of the wagon on the horses bits to stop them if they are running away.
Date: April 9, 1907
Creator: Lambert, James T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Liquid or Gaseous Fuel Burner. (open access)

Liquid or Gaseous Fuel Burner.

Patent for a fuel burner with a simple design, which is readily taken apart or assembled, and is manufactured at a comparatively small cost.
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Vandaveer, Heber Clark & Stoy, Guy Everett
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lock-Nut. (open access)

Lock-Nut.

Patent for a nut lock that secures two nuts of a pair within a tubular casing through opposing threading and rotation, where one nut is immobilized and the other remaining adjustable to meet situational need. Illustrations included.
Date: February 17, 1920
Creator: Greer, Benjamin J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Bag Catching and Delivering Apparatus. (open access)

Mail-Bag Catching and Delivering Apparatus.

Patent for a mailbag catching and delivering apparatus for trains that can be used by a train going either direction on the tracks.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: Tidmore, Irenaeus P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Movement (open access)

Mechanical Movement

Patent for a mechanical movement. This invention is intended to producing more power. Illustration included.
Date: December 29, 1903
Creator: Stevens, Samuel David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Making Concrete Tombstones. (open access)

Method of Making Concrete Tombstones.

Patent for a method of making concrete tombstones which are waterproof and don't require wetting during the drying process to prevent cracking, reducing the drying time from 30 days in the shade to 4 days in the sun. This is achieved by adding salt to hold water which prevents cracking while drying, and a paint coat of aluminum powder and gasolene to waterproof the concrete and add a shine to it.
Date: July 2, 1907
Creator: Hendley, Marion Jonathan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mop. (open access)

Mop.

Patent for a replaceable mop body, or mop brush, with instructions and illustration. In the uppermost portion of the mop brush, new fibers that "can be slightly advanced out of the casing" (lines 79-80) allow for the the use of new fibers, when old fibers become worn or damaged.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Morrison, Murray
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock. (open access)

Nut-Lock.

Patent for a nut lock that keeps bolts attached extra tightly.
Date: January 31, 1911
Creator: Greer, Benjamin J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock. (open access)

Nut-Lock.

Patent for a nut lock that is easy to manufacture.
Date: January 3, 1911
Creator: Dowell, Lawson H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Padlock (open access)

Padlock

Patent for a padlock. Illustration included.
Date: April 12, 1910
Creator: Greer, Benjamin J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe Joint (open access)

Pipe Joint

Patent for a swiveling branch connection for water tanks on railways, for easier dispersal of water. The joint would be extendedable to the desired position.
Date: October 10, 1916
Creator: Vaughn, Pink
System: The Portal to Texas History
Planter. (open access)

Planter.

Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "the beam, of a hopper having the front hole, the elastic standards, beam bows or braces, and the eye-rod . . . [as well as] the handles of a planter, secured detachably in a clip on the end of the beam and just within the front of the hopper" (lines 71-77).
Date: November 16, 1886
Creator: Pulley, David F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quilting Frame. (open access)

Quilting Frame.

Patent for a new and improved quilting frame. This design consists in "an improvement in quilting-frames, the combination, with the foot-pieces, of the hinged arms, braces, clamping screws, rollers, and set-screws" (lines 66-69).
Date: October 10, 1882
Creator: Murphree, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint-Supporting Device (open access)

Rail-Joint-Supporting Device

Patent for a rail joint supporting device to prevent sagging of the tracks.
Date: May 21, 1912
Creator: Scott, Walter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Road-Grader (open access)

Road-Grader

Patent for an improvement or update to a device called a road-grader. This patented upgrade will make the use of a road-grader easier.
Date: January 18, 1916
Creator: Harris, Elie B.
System: The Portal to Texas History