Cord Wood Machine (open access)

Cord Wood Machine

Patent for cord wood machine. This machine is designed for splitting wood. Illustration included.
Date: September 26, 1905
Creator: Taylor, Lawrence S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Antiskidding Device (open access)

Antiskidding Device

Patent for an anti-skidding device to be used in tires and other traction wheels.
Date: September 16, 1919
Creator: Weatherly, W. G. & Weatherly, E. M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wood-Splitting Machine (open access)

Wood-Splitting Machine

Patent for improvements in wood-splitting machines whereby the billet or stick of wood to be split is positioned in the path of the maul or hammer after being placed on the blade.
Date: September 10, 1918
Creator: Taylor, Lawerence S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Pump, &c. (open access)

Portable Pump, &c.

Patent for improvement to a pump "adapted for attachment to small vessels containing oil, water or any other liquid" (lines 10-12) that includes a better means of securing the pump.
Date: September 15, 1885
Creator: Phillips, Richard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Planter (open access)

Planter

Patent for plows whereas a seeder attachment is provided, to allow ordinary one or two horse plows to be readily converted into a planter adapted for planting grains of all kinds.
Date: September 20, 1919
Creator: Carlisle, Marion N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Noise Deadening Means for Drain Pipes (open access)

Noise Deadening Means for Drain Pipes

Patent for a means by which to deaden disagreeable noise generated by draining water through metallic pipes possessing an outlet elbow. Illustration included.
Date: September 24, 1907
Creator: Wilson, Ben T.
System: The Portal to Texas History