Motor. (open access)

Motor.

Patent for "a motor of cheap and simple construction that may be stopped and started readily, that is automatically governed, that may be operated continuously or without losing time for rewinding or hoisting the weight, and the power of which may be doubled or decreased one-half, as desired, and in accordance with the mechanism to be operated" (lines 10-17).
Date: July 12, 1892
Creator: Wheat, Edmond C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for improvements in plows by providing “a reversible colter adapted to be applied to any style of plow; such as shovel-plows, half or turning shovels, bull-tongue, or other forms of plows. Also to provide a convenient means of attaching and detaching the plow” (lines 12-17). Illustration is included.
Date: April 14, 1891
Creator: Baker, George Washington
System: The Portal to Texas History
Poultry-Coop. (open access)

Poultry-Coop.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in poultry coops, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 20, 1900
Creator: Fisher, Charles Nicholas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Power-Motor. (open access)

Power-Motor.

Patent for a power-motor that a "gearing mounted on a frame, winding-drum, and horse-power, elevations and weights, with means for operating and regulating the same" (lines 12-15).
Date: May 19, 1896
Creator: Levings, Enoc
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pulley Hub. (open access)

Pulley Hub.

Patent for a new and improved pulley-hub. This design "relates . . . to the means employed for attaching the hubs thereof firmly but removably to the shaft upon which the pulleys are mounted; and the object of the invention is to effect improvements upon the well-known 'spline-and-groove' connection. To this end the invention consists of a hub having upon its interior two outwardly-tapering grooves, wedges moving within said grooves, and a screw having a pointed tip passing between the inner ends of the wedges to separate them" (lines 8-20).
Date: October 14, 1890
Creator: Collier, William Reid
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rest for Pivoting-Lathes. (open access)

Rest for Pivoting-Lathes.

Patent for a file-rest for watchmakers' pivoting-lathes with a "longitudially-slotted base and a vertical arm integral with said base" (lines 13-15), a holding-plate, and a thumb-screw.
Date: June 23, 1896
Creator: Miller, James K. Polk
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scraper (open access)

Scraper

Patent for Scraper
Date: September 19, 1916
Creator: Spears, Wiliiam I.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shears. (open access)

Shears.

Patent for new and improved shears. This design is "adapted to be run along the top of the table or other surface, whereby the movable blade is adapted to be operated so that cloth, paper, or other material may be severed" (lines 9-13). It consists, "with a lower member provided with a handle, of a roller journaled to said member and provided with an elongated eccentric-pin an upper member pivoted to said lower member, and a rearwardly-extending projection from said upper member provided with a suitable elongated opening for the engagement of said pin" (lines 38-46).
Date: January 20, 1891
Creator: Baker, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Syrup-Pan (open access)

Syrup-Pan

Patent for a syrup pan for boiling down sap into syrup that keeps the solid matter in the pan and only lets the liquid syrup flow out.
Date: August 6, 1912
Creator: Baker, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Truss. (open access)

Truss.

Patent for a truss used to give relief to cases of ruptured hernias. Adjustable to be used by patients of varying sizes, and adaptable to treat both inguinal and umbilical ruptures. Includes illustrations.
Date: April 3, 1900
Creator: Johnson, Irven E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Try Gravity Level (open access)

Try Gravity Level

Patent for a try gravity level. Illustration included.
Date: November 15, 1904
Creator: Drew, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vine-Support, (open access)

Vine-Support,

Patent for a new and useful vine support, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 23, 1900
Creator: Henry, Edward A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel-Tread (open access)

Wheel-Tread

Patent for improved wheel treads specifically for assisting motorists trapped in mud, sand, or the like.
Date: July 1, 1919
Creator: Wheat, Levi M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window Ventilation. (open access)

Window Ventilation.

Patent for a window ventilator for use in damp or cold weather that blocks the rain or cold, while allowing fresh air to enter the house.
Date: February 8, 1910
Creator: Best, Julius J.
System: The Portal to Texas History