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Wire Stretcher
Patent for a device that improves "wire-stretchers, but also adapted to be used for other purposes" (lines 15-19) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 2, 1900
Creator:
Calhoun, Albert C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shovel-Plow.
Patent for the improvement of the shovel plow. The improvement of the shovel plow allows for the adjustment of the plow height as needed.
Date:
February 17, 1920
Creator:
Urban, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sweep Stock Attachment
Patent for a plow attachment which allows for more control in regard to how deep the plow digs.
Date:
March 15, 1916
Creator:
Polasek, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bolt Lock
Patent for an improved bolt block that maintains a bolt effectively against axial rotation.
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Robinson, Robert John, Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kitchen-Sink
Patent for a kitchen sink. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 8, 1912
Creator:
Ogle, Thomas Scott & Polansky, Robert F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harrow-Cultivator Attachment
Patent for a harrow attachment for cultivators. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 30, 1912
Creator:
Kovar, William L. & Wlha, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Engraver's Tool
Patent for a tool for engraving small objects. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 18, 1911
Creator:
Mueller, Eduard Fredrick
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cooler
Patent for a cooler for water, milk, and other perishable items. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 4, 1911
Creator:
Langham, William Wiley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator
Patent for a cultivator designed to "regulate the pitch at which the sweep blades enter the ground" (lines 13-15). Illustrations included.
Date:
March 22, 1910
Creator:
Hewitt, John Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Ironing Board and Washstand
Patent for a combined ironing-board and washstand. This invention is a combination of ironing-boards and wash-stands that can be mounted to the wall. Illustration included.
Date:
February 22, 1910
Creator:
John H. Havecotte, of Somerville, Texas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Match Scratcher
Patent for a match scratcher. This invention consists of an igniting strip to allow ready striking of matches. Illustration included.
Date:
December 28, 1909
Creator:
Havecotte, John H. & Stanley, May
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sweep-Stock Attachment for Plows.
Patent for a sweep-stock attachment for plows, which can be adjusted to different lengths without using a tool.
Date:
July 20, 1909
Creator:
Hewitt, John Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Fastener.
Patent for a wire fastener for telegraph poles, which connects to the poles without the use of other wires to tie the fastener to the pole.
Date:
December 24, 1907
Creator:
Wilburn, Sylvester & Smith, Thomas E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Root and Stalk Pulling Machine
Patent for a root and stalk pulling machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 16, 1907
Creator:
Anders, Joseph Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Puller.
Patent for a stalk puller that is adaptable to different size stalks, better built, and more efficient than previous stalk pullers.
Date:
February 5, 1907
Creator:
Richardson, Columbus John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk- Cutter
Patent for a Stalk-Cutter, a "simple, durable and efficient device for cutting stalks, like cotton, cornstalks or weeds, while standing" (lines 13-14).
Date:
October 24, 1905
Creator:
Wilburn, Sylvestor
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard
Patent for a cattle-guard on railroad tracks.
Date:
January 20, 1903
Creator:
Richardson, Columbus John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Low-Pressure Alarm and Indicator for Air-Brakes.
Patent for "air-brake mechanisms in general, and more particularly to the alarms for giving warning when the pressure in the train-pipe drops to a predetermined point and for giving a visual signal when such condition exists" (p. 1, lines 8-13).
Date:
October 25, 1900
Creator:
Parsons, Avery H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Stock.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in plow stocks, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 6, 1900
Creator:
Fillip, Joseph W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator.
Patent for certain new an useful improvements in acetylene gas apparatus, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 30, 1900
Creator:
Ruthenberg, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Staple Extractor.
Patent for a staple extractor used for removing wire from the posts of wire fences. Includes illustrations.
Date:
May 24, 1892
Creator:
Hunt, Thomas M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Trap.
Patent for a new and improved animal-trap. This design consists in "the combination, with the frame, of the spear fitted to slide therein and provided with a notched shank, spring for forcing the spear down, and the trigger pivoted to the frame and provided with a forked plate at its lower end, and with a toe for engaging the notch of the shank of the spear" (lines 8-15).
Date:
November 29, 1887
Creator:
Wood, Evans
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter.
Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "the combination of the frame, the hopper having a notch or opening in its rear edge, the seed-spout extending vertically along the rear side of the hopper and communicating therewith through said notch, the reciprocating rod having a jointed upper end provided with a seed-cup, the rock-shaft having crank-arm, and an arm connected with said reciprocating-rod, the crank-shaft, pitman, driving-wheel, and the sprocket-gears and chain connecting the crank-shaft and wheel-axle" (lines 84-96).
Date:
May 10, 1887
Creator:
Clark, Council H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jar Fastener.
Patent for a new and improved jar fastener. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a fruit can or jar, having a continuous groove across its bottom and up its sides, of a U-shaped bolt resting in said groove, a cap-plate resting on the top of the jar and through which the legs of the bolt extend, and securing nuts turning on the ends of the bolt above the cap-plate" (lines 78-84).
Date:
April 5, 1887
Creator:
Dickey, Marion Flutcher
System:
The Portal to Texas History