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Mechanical Motor. (open access)

Mechanical Motor.

Patent for a new and improved engine. This design "is to convert a given rotary into a vertical reciprocating motion, and to provide means whereby the stroke of the reciprocating motion may be increased or diminished, according to the use or work to which the machine may be applied; and to these ends the novelty consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the same" (lines 10-18).
Date: November 11, 1884
Creator: Groves, Isaac N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk - Cutter. (open access)

Stalk - Cutter.

Patent for a new and useful improvements in stalk-cutters to "provide a simple, light, and durable machine by means of which three rows of stalks may be cut in one passage of the machine across the field" (line 13-16).
Date: January 11, 1898
Creator: Acre, William Floyd & Wafford, William Penn
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Carrier (open access)

Tire-Carrier

Patent for carrying an extra tire on an automobile along with a method for easy removal and placement of the tire.
Date: March 11, 1919
Creator: Collins, Thomas Jefferson & Jordan, Royal Blaine
System: The Portal to Texas History