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Boll-Weevil Exterminator.
Patent for a boll-weevil exterminator comprised of a wheeled frame with a tank containing insect poison and a means to gradually distribute the poison through a field. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 1, 1914
Creator:
Griffin, Willis F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Beam Adjustor
Patent for "beam adjustment for cultivators" (lines 9-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 13, 1916
Creator:
Hanke, George L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lever Mechanism for Baling-Presses.
Patent for new and improved lever mechanisms specifically for hand baling presses to increase the amount of pressure exerted on the material being baled in a short stroke.
Date:
December 23, 1913
Creator:
Swan, George B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter.
Patent for a planter which distributes seeds from the top of the seed hopper rather than from the bottom, allowing the operator to see that it is distributing seeds properly.
Date:
March 10, 1914
Creator:
Maddux, Jesse D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Spray
Patent for Cotton Spray. "The present invention relates to spraying devices for destroying insect life which infests plants. The device is primarily intended for spraying cotton plants, and is so constructed and arranged as to travel over the plants, and to spray the said plants from opposite sides" (lines 8-15).
Date:
September 27, 1912
Creator:
Walker, Walter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Osteopathic Table
Patent for improvements in Osteopathic Tables by adding mechanical parts to facilitate ease of movement and manipulation of the human body for "correcting and curing physical irregularities of the spine and ribs" (lines 19-20), includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 20, 1913
Creator:
Sherwood, L. Walker
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton-Seed and Corn Planter
Patent for a new and improved combined cotton seed and corn planter. The invention has "relation to improved means for adjusting the wheels laterally to provide for increasing or diminishing the width of the rows" (lines 13-16).
Date:
August 16, 1898
Creator:
Kile, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin
Patent for a cotton gin. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 29, 1910
Creator:
James, Walter W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Agricultural Implement.
Patent for "the production of simple and inexpensive means whereby the ordinary farming implements--such as plows, cultivators, and the like--may be readily convert to the sulky or wheeled type." (line 11-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 23, 1906
Creator:
Cornelison, Jesse U.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buggy Bow Strings Attachment
Patent for improvements to buggy transportation carts. These improvements are primarily to prevent bending and breakage.
Date:
July 12, 1905
Creator:
Johnson, George A
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Tightener
Patent for new and improved construction of wire tightener allows for post in place while wire is being fastened.
Date:
July 28, 1900
Creator:
Short, William Andrew
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Tightener
Patent for a new and useful improvements in wire tighteners. This design "consists in features of construction and novel combinations of parts in a wire tightening device for repairing wire fences and attaching wires to fence-posts" (line 13-16).
Date:
December 7, 1897
Creator:
Short, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Fence Tool
Patent for tool "which may be used for various purposes in connnection with wire fences" (lines 16-17) including an illustration.
Date:
June 3, 1902
Creator:
Neeb, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trap
Patent for a trap. Illustration included.
Date:
February 11, 1908
Creator:
McEachern, John Walter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark and Dust Arrester for Cars
Patent for prevention of sparks and dust from entering vehicles.
Date:
September 4, 1900
Creator:
Stanley, May
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harvesting Apparatus
Patent for a harvesting apparatus.This invention is to "provide an effective apparatus of this character which may be operated with the minimum amount of power" (line 9-13). Illustrations included.
Date:
February 26, 1907
Creator:
Russell, George D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seeder.
Patent for a new and useful seeder attachment for plows, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 25, 1899
Creator:
Dodds, Edward J. & Jackson, Tomas A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Implement for Stretching Wire-Fence Strands.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in implements for stretching wire-fence strands.
Date:
June 21, 1898
Creator:
Neeb, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Revoluble Display-Case.
Patent for a revolvable display case for postcards and pamphlets.
Date:
March 8, 1910
Creator:
Swan, George B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Osteopathic Table.
Patent for an osteopathic table for patients to lie on during treatment by osteopathic doctors.
Date:
May 11, 1909
Creator:
McManis, John V.; Reed, Jesse R. & Bounds, Robert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Journal Adjusting Device
Patent for journal adjusting device. Illustration included.
Date:
October 25, 1904
Creator:
Daniel, William B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Disk Plow-Scraper.
Patent for a disk plow scraper.
Date:
November 15, 1910
Creator:
Shackelford, James J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Damper Regulator For Stoves
Patent for a damper regulator for stoves. Illustration included.
Date:
June 28, 1904
Creator:
Reed, Jesse R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Belt-Tightener
Patent for an improvement in belt fasteners, "especially adapted for use in connection with the running belts of planning, sizing, matching, molding and like machines" (lines 10-12) so that belts may be adjusted to tighten or loosen easily.
Date:
January 3, 1893
Creator:
Noble, John B. & Hensley, Joseph B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History