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Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for "certain new and useful improvements in baling-presses." (Lines 5-6) Illustrations are included.
Date: April 3, 1888
Creator: Archer, Roger W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Tool. (open access)

Combination Tool.

Patent for a new and improved multi-tool. This design "consists of a tool having a staple-holder, a driver, a chisel, a vise attachment, and a detachable driver adapted to be used with the vise to splice the ends of the wire in building wire fences, in which the tool is used for driving staples, cutting the wire, and splicing the wire, the several devices forming a combination-tool disposed for convenient use upon a stock or holder" (lines 9-17).
Date: March 3, 1885
Creator: Archer, Roger Williams
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tree and Shrub Protector. (open access)

Tree and Shrub Protector.

Patent for a tree and shrub protector particularly for house plants to protect them from cold weather, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: March 26, 1912
Creator: Carstens, Julius J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Harvester (open access)

Cotton Harvester

Patent for improved cotton harvesters
Date: January 23, 1917
Creator: Cayo, Ernest P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well Discharger and Cleanser. (open access)

Well Discharger and Cleanser.

Patent for a well discharger and cleanser, which draws the water out of the well and cleans the sides of the well.
Date: April 25, 1911
Creator: Chivers, Algernon S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse Detacher (open access)

Horse Detacher

Patent for horse detacher. Illustration included.
Date: September 27, 1904
Creator: Chivers, Algernon Sidney
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Suspenders. (open access)

Attachment for Suspenders.

Patent for suspender attachment designed to support trousers. Includes Illustration.
Date: September 3, 1901
Creator: Dahl, Louis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a riding plow that can be operated by a person rather than a horse or motor. The plow includes means to form straight furrows and stops vines and bushes from getting stuck between the wheels and frame.
Date: May 26, 1914
Creator: Edwards, Jessie V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Cutter. (open access)

Stalk Cutter.

Patent for a new stalk cutter that cuts up stalks, stems of weeds and vines to prepare the field for cultivation. This stalk cutter provides rocking or oscillatory movement regulation to avoid rocks or other obstructions.
Date: May 26, 1914
Creator: Edwards, Jessie V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Work Holder (open access)

Work Holder

Patent for a work holder. The invention provides adjustable jaws to clamp the work in position. Illustrations included.
Date: August 16, 1904
Creator: Eichblatt, Otto H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Syrup Percolator. (open access)

Syrup Percolator.

Patent for a percolator that makes syrup from sugar, or can turn any granular, or leaf substance into liquid, that involves an air tube to allow air to escape from syrup during the process. Includes illustrations.
Date: May 14, 1912
Creator: Elledge, William, N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Raised Sill for Express and Baggage Trucks. (open access)

Raised Sill for Express and Baggage Trucks.

Patent for a raised sill for express and baggage trucks which adds width to the body of the truck and raises the sides of the truck, increasing safety, strength, and efficiency. Patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Engle, George Madison
System: The Portal to Texas History
Barber's Bottle-Holder (open access)

Barber's Bottle-Holder

Patent for a bottle holder used for barbers. Illustrations included.
Date: December 17, 1907
Creator: Faris, John W. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hair-Cut Register (open access)

Hair-Cut Register

Patent for a haircut register. Illustrations included.
Date: December 17, 1907
Creator: Faris, John W. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Register-Operating Device for Massage Treatments (open access)

Register-Operating Device for Massage Treatments

Patent for a device made to deliver massage treatment materials to a barber. Illustrations included.
Date: December 17, 1907
Creator: Faris, John W. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shave-Register-Operating Device (open access)

Shave-Register-Operating Device

Patent for a shave register operating device, designed for barbers to keep a record of customers desiring a shave. Illustrations included.
Date: December 17, 1907
Creator: Faris, John W. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Singe-Register (open access)

Singe-Register

Patent for a singe register which maintains a record of each time a barber uses a singeing taper. Illustrations included.
Date: September 15, 1908
Creator: Faris, John W. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Beet-Harvester. (open access)

Beet-Harvester.

Patent for a beet-harvester that pulls the beets from the ground and severs the tops from the bodies of the beets.
Date: April 15, 1919
Creator: Faucher, George E
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Releaser (open access)

Horse-Releaser

Patent for thill couplings which act as a horse releaser. Illustrations included.
Date: October 10, 1911
Creator: Floyd, Harry W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Destroyer. (open access)

Insect-Destroyer.

Patent for "an improved insect destroyer" ... "embodying a fuel supply and a burner for the purpose of destroying insects brushed from plants beside which the device is traveling" (lines 9, 11-14) including illustrations.
Date: November 7, 1911
Creator: Garner, William W. & Rush, Owen T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hammer (open access)

Hammer

Patent for a hammer. Illustrations included.
Date: February 21, 1911
Creator: Grant, Alexander
System: The Portal to Texas History
Filler for a Cotton-Gin Press-Block. (open access)

Filler for a Cotton-Gin Press-Block.

Patent for a Cotton-Gin Press-Block improvement in fillers that provide bale space when bagging using a pressed block to prevent bagging press-block interference.
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Hall, Joseph Sidney
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint. (open access)

Rail-Joint.

Patent for improved rail joints that are stronger, more durable, removes the need for "pounding of the rails ends" (lines 14-15) and reducing the loss and displacement of bolts.
Date: January 23, 1906
Creator: Hensley, Joseph B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hog-Crate (open access)

Hog-Crate

Patent for a crate for use in shipping live pigs which allows for the free movement of the animal's legs while maintaining separation from other animals for identification purposes, including illustrations and instructions for use.
Date: April 16, 1918
Creator: Hirst, John A. & Hirst, Samuel L.
System: The Portal to Texas History