Furrow-Opener (open access)

Furrow-Opener

Patent for a spring-operated furrow opener which creates openings in the soil for the reception of a seed. Illustrations included.
Date: December 22, 1908
Creator: Pogue, Steward A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Curtain Holder. (open access)

Curtain Holder.

Patent for a new and improved curtain-holder. This design "has relation to that class of curtain-holders which are adapted to hold or clasp the lower part of a window-curtain, so as to hold it up against the window frame or casing when it is desired to spread the curtains apart, and has for its object to so construct a device of that class that the holding hook or catch which clasps the folds of the curtain may be turned down so as to be out of the way when the device is not in use" (lines 22-31).
Date: December 22, 1885
Creator: Wilson, Nelse
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Corn and Cotton Planter (open access)

Combined Corn and Cotton Planter

Patent for an adapter to be added to corn and cotton planters to convert them from one to the other while still being fully functional.
Date: November 22, 1892
Creator: Knight, Thaddeus W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Roof. (open access)

Metallic Roof.

Patent for new and useful improvements to the design of portable metallic roofs, including illustrations.
Date: May 22, 1917
Creator: Draper, David F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ventilating and Adjustable Rain Proof. (open access)

Ventilating and Adjustable Rain Proof.

Patent for a new and improved rain-proof cap for chimneys. This design "is to provide a . . . rain-proof or chimney tube for receiving that part of a stove-pipe that projects above the roof, which rain-proof is so constructed that pipes can be held in the same at different inclinations. The invention consists in a rain-proof formed of a conical tube held on the roof, in the upper end of which conical tube the upper end of the stove-pipe is held. A hood is held on the upper end of the stove-pipe" (lines 8-18).
Date: July 22, 1884
Creator: Atkin, Samuel T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Planter Attachment For Cultivators. (open access)

Planter Attachment For Cultivators.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in corn and cotton planter attachments for cultivators, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 22, 1898
Creator: Brock, Samuel
System: The Portal to Texas History