Portable Weighing Appartus (open access)

Portable Weighing Appartus

Patent for portable weighing apparatus. Illustration included.
Date: July 10, 1909
Creator: Harrison, James H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picking Glove. (open access)

Cotton-Picking Glove.

Patent for a cotton picking glove, which allows full movement of the fingers and has easily replaceable tips.
Date: May 18, 1909
Creator: Baggett, Neil J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fish Trap (open access)

Fish Trap

Patent for a fish trap. Illustration included.
Date: February 18, 1908
Creator: Angel, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Clevis. (open access)

Plow-Clevis.

Patent for a plow clevis that moves horizontally and vertically.
Date: January 21, 1908
Creator: Digby, Martin L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow Attachment (open access)

Plow Attachment

Patent for a plow attachment. This design has improvements for the foot portion of plows and cultivators. The attachment is easy to apply, and can be adjusted accordingly.
Date: January 23, 1906
Creator: Clark, Samuel Houston
System: The Portal to Texas History
Finder For Fireplaces (open access)

Finder For Fireplaces

Patent for a fender for fireplaces. Illustration included.
Date: July 25, 1905
Creator: Plummer, Thomas W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Carriage Seat and Couch (open access)

Combined Carriage Seat and Couch

Patent for a carriage seat and couch. Illustrations included.
Date: May 2, 1905
Creator: Angel, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn Dasher (open access)

Churn Dasher

Patent for a churn dasher. Illustration included.
Date: April 4, 1905
Creator: Simons, Silas C.; Clark, Samuel H. & Clark, Louther M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Detachable Reel Support (open access)

Detachable Reel Support

Patent for detachable reel support. "Invention aims to provide a new and novel form of support to be hereinafter more specifically referred to and which can be readily secured to and removed from a vehicle-wheel" (lines 10-15). Illustration included.
Date: August 2, 1904
Creator: Baker, Albert S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Working Tool (open access)

Wire Working Tool

Patent for a wire working tool. Illustration included.
Date: May 3, 1904
Creator: Dodd, Joseph W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher (open access)

Wire Stretcher

Patent for a wire stretcher. Illustration inlcuded.
Date: April 5, 1904
Creator: Montgomery, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Table. (open access)

Table.

Patent for a table with sections that are rotatable and vertically adjustable, including illustrations.
Date: February 19, 1901
Creator: Jolly, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press. (open access)

Hay-Press.

Patent for hay presses with "a construction operable by horse-power in which the plunger will be operated as the sweep is moved in both directions and in which, furthermore, there will be an efficiency of operation and an economy of power" (lines 11-16).
Date: December 18, 1900
Creator: Bryant, Edward R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lever-Operated Cutting Mechanism (open access)

Lever-Operated Cutting Mechanism

Patent for lever-operated cutting mechanism, that used leavers to provide a cutting surface that is both adjustable and can be reversibly held, including illustrations.
Date: August 21, 1900
Creator: Orr, William Oliver
System: The Portal to Texas History