Apparatus for Destroying Insects. (open access)

Apparatus for Destroying Insects.

Patent for improvements to a device for exterminating insects, in particular corn weevils, including illustrations.
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Geeslin, Robert Worn
System: The Portal to Texas History
Axle-Skein. (open access)

Axle-Skein.

Patent for an improved version of a certain type of axel skein or spindle holder (the kind in which a spindle with a box or housing rigidly holds a tapered axle.) This patent claims to be an improvement by “simple and inexpensive construction and in which the connections are such that the parts can be conveniently joined or separated and when joined produce a strong and durable combination” (lines 14-21).
Date: September 29, 1903
Creator: Cryer, Henry M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil Exterminator (open access)

Boll-Weevil Exterminator

Patent for removing dead bolls, insects and other parasites from growing plants.
Date: February 26, 1918
Creator: Harper, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bridle Bit. (open access)

Bridle Bit.

Patent for a new and improved bridle bit. This design "consist[s] of curb-plates provided with the mouth-bar and having the upper ends provided with slots and the lower ends formed with longitudinal slots, and the cheek-plates loosely fitted to the outer ends of the mouth-bar and having their opposite ends formed with openings for the attachment of the head-stall and reins" (lines 72-79).
Date: March 11, 1890
Creator: Allen, John Hudson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Brake (open access)

Car Brake

Patent for a rail-car brake system. Illustration included.
Date: March 15, 1904
Creator: Brown, Herbert E. & Brown, Marcus L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Brake (open access)

Car Brake

Patent for a car brake. This is an invention for a brake on railroad cars.
Date: October 20, 1903
Creator: Brown, Herbert Eddes
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn (open access)

Churn

Patent for a churn. This invention is a class of rotary dasher churns using two paddles. Illustration included.
Date: June 28, 1904
Creator: Roberts, Chandler Y.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crate (open access)

Crate

Patent for a type of crate used for shipping eggs. Illustrations included.
Date: April 6, 1909
Creator: Brown, Willaim F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for a cultivator, by William J. Gillentine. It provides a means to adjust cultivator shovel-gangs relative to each other. Includes a lever-and-ratchet mechanism.
Date: June 12, 1906
Creator: Gillentine, Willliam A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator (open access)

Cultivator

Patent for an improvement in cultivators. This invention is designed to vary the distance between the cultivator-beams. Illustration included.
Date: March 8, 1904
Creator: Eddy, William Lafayette
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Curling Iron Holder (open access)

Design for a Curling Iron Holder

Patent for a design for a curling-iron holder.
Date: June 8, 1897
Creator: Campbell, Orton G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dirigible Headlight. (open access)

Dirigible Headlight.

Patent for improvements in dirigible headlights. This headlight is used for automobiles and self-propelled vehicles where the usual headlights are directed to throw their beams of light in the direction of travel upon actuating the steering mechanism.
Date: September 24, 1918
Creator: Harris, Robert L. & Geeslin, Eli M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft-Equalizer. (open access)

Draft-Equalizer.

Patent for a draft equalizer for yokes and harnesses for draft animals.
Date: October 4, 1910
Creator: McNatt, Daniel W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Egg Preserving Compound (open access)

Egg Preserving Compound

Patent for a egg preserving compound. This invention consists of an air-excluding coating to prevent deterioration for an indefinite period.
Date: December 22, 1903
Creator: Brown, William F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Equalizer (open access)

Equalizer

Patent for an equalizer for horse harnesses that equalizes the draft between horses pulling a vehicle.
Date: July 2, 1912
Creator: McNatt, Daniel W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gearing for Windmills (open access)

Gearing for Windmills

Patent for gearing used in the operation of windmills. This invention improves the rotary motion of the wheel shaft that operates the pump. "A further object of the invention is to provide a wheel supporting frame in which is mounted for vertical movement the pump actuating rod" (13-16). Illustration included.
Date: January 28, 1908
Creator: Brown, Herbert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
HARROW. (open access)

HARROW.

Patent for new attachment for the foot of a harrow, including illustration.
Date: June 16, 1914
Creator: Glover, Henry M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Collecting Attachment. (open access)

Insect-Collecting Attachment.

Patent for an insect-collecting attachment for cultivators and similar equipment, with an illustration. The attachment is designed to "shake loose the insects from the plant and to collect said insects for removal and destruction." (lines 16-18). Specific plants that are ridden with insects are particularly difficult to remove, hence the creation of this attachment which will shake the stems of the plants, dislodge the insects and collect them in a receptacle.
Date: October 23, 1917
Creator: Stebbins, Benjamin F. & Forehand, Blake W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect Collector and Destroyer. (open access)

Insect Collector and Destroyer.

Patent for an insect collector and destroyer for removing insects from cotton plants.
Date: September 27, 1910
Creator: Greer, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Bag. (open access)

Mail-Bag.

Patent for a mail bag, which opens completely from top to bottom to prevent any mail from being missed in the bag.
Date: August 24, 1909
Creator: Forehand, Blake
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe Lifting and Lowering Jack. (open access)

Pipe Lifting and Lowering Jack.

Patent for a pipe lifting and lowering jack that will hold pipes at various positions in wells.
Date: February 27, 1912
Creator: Smith, Thomas Monroe
System: The Portal to Texas History
Post Hole Auger. (open access)

Post Hole Auger.

Patent for a new and improved post-hole auger. This design "is adapted to be attached to a cart or wagon and moved from place to place thereon in line with the proposed operating fence and operated to bore post-holes without the necessity of detaching it from the wagon, whereby the machine may be readily transported and arranged in position for use" (lines 14-20). It consists, "with a wagon having brackets secured to one side thereof, of a vertically-sliding frame moving within said brackets and carrying an earth-auger and gearing for actuating said auger" (lines 14-18).
Date: April 5, 1892
Creator: Cryer, Henry M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail Joint (open access)

Rail Joint

Patent for a rail joint. Illustration included.
Date: November 1, 1904
Creator: Walker, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Wheel (open access)

Resilient Wheel

Patent for the improvement of resilient wheels meant to be applied to any vehicle running gear. Resilient wheel will allow tire to move freely and absorb shocks.
Date: March 9, 1915
Creator: Burgess, Richard H.
System: The Portal to Texas History