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Fertilizer Distributer
Patent for a device with a mechanism that will aid in soil preparation and efficiently distribute fertilizer over a field and prepare for the immediate planting of grain.
Date:
February 29, 1916
Creator:
Duke, Luther H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Moving Picture Machine.
Patent for motion picture machine with interchangeable heads, allowing for change of one reel while the other continues to play undisturbed from same machine.
Date:
November 16, 1920
Creator:
Hansard, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter
Patent for a seed planter that has a revolving set of cups that are filled with seed and then planted as the seed planter crosses a field.
Date:
August 20, 1912
Creator:
Adams, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Churn.
Patent for a new and improved rotary churn. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the supporting frame, the walking-beam, two crank-shafts journaled in the rear part of said frame, means for connecting the walking-beam with said shafts, a balance-wheel and dasher carried by one of said shafts, a larger balance wheel connected to the other shaft, and a churn-body secured to said balance-wheel" (lines 50-57).
Date:
September 21, 1886
Creator:
Stafford, George A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Chicken-Coop.
Patent for a simpler and less expensive chicken coop "capable of being compactly folded for shipping or storing and adapted to easily and quickly arranged for use" (lines 18-20), including illustrations.
Date:
June 20, 1916
Creator:
Welty, Elbert E. C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Shoe-Dauber
Patent for a shoe dauber "in which the polishing solution will be automatically supplied to the daubing head as it is moved over the shoe" (lines 13-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 28, 1918
Creator:
Dover, Devoe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash Fastener
Patent for a sash fastener. The invnetion is designed to be of durable use as a window sash fastener. Illustration included.
Date:
December 24, 1912
Creator:
Flaniken, William F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shaft Bearing.
Patent for Improvements in Shaft Bearing. This bearing shaft is used to withstand heavy thrusts.
Date:
August 24, 1920
Creator:
Ball, Authur T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Silo.
Patent for an adjustable size silo, including illustrations.
Date:
August 17, 1915
Creator:
Starr, William Burr
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Riding-Saddle.
Patent for a durable, simple, and inexpensive riding-saddle. The seat, front, rear, and middle jockeys and cantle are made form one piece of leather. The rear quarter is laced to the cantle, and the saddle has a bag for storing articles during travel.
Date:
November 17, 1896
Creator:
Percifield, Clarence W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Match-Box.
Patent for a match box, which will dispense one match at a time.
Date:
November 15, 1910
Creator:
Moore, David Cleveland
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gripping Device.
Patent for equipment for use in the drilling of wells to help with the placement of casing, pipes, etc. by holding it in place
Date:
July 11, 1922
Creator:
Moody, Joseph F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peanut Planter.
Patent for improvements to peanut-planters in order to plant peanuts without removing or crushing the hulls.
Date:
April 10, 1917
Creator:
Little, Thomas Dewitt
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Harvester
Patent for a peanut harvester which allows the vines to move from the uprooting mechanism to the conveyor and cleaning device, incorporates a variable depth uprooting mechanism, and introduces efficiency and durability improvements of several parts.
Date:
May 25, 1915
Creator:
Brummett, Sinclair H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peanut Harvester.
Patent for a "new and useful peanut harvester" (lines 9-10), with illustrations.
Date:
April 27, 1915
Creator:
Erwin, Joseph R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Harvester
Patent for a new kind of peanut harvesting machine that can be attached to a riding planter.
Date:
September 21, 1915
Creator:
Boyd, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Poultry and Animal Fumigating Device.
Patent for a poultry and animal fumigating device that spreads the fumigating substance throughout the animals cage.
Date:
April 18, 1911
Creator:
Graeffe, Ernst Frederich
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Power-Transmitting Device
Patent for improvements to a power transmitting device, the likes of which may be attached to motor vehicles or other motor operated machinery.
Date:
August 3, 1915
Creator:
Foster, Frank A. & Rockwell, Clayton S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Harvester.
Patent for a new, mobile harvesting machine designed to uproot, clean, and pile agricultural products that grow underground, including illustrations.
Date:
April 30, 1918
Creator:
Green, Zedekiah W., Sr. & Green, Zedekiah W., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Receptacle for Peanut-Harvesters.
Patent for improvements to peanut harvesters, specifically receptacles. The receptacle can be placed on the back of the harvester to collect the unneeded vines and then form them into bundles.
Date:
November 2, 1915
Creator:
Boyd, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Bath-Cabinet
Patent for a bathing cabinet where the tub is supported on a swinging door such that when the door is open, the tub is in a position for use. When not in use, the tub and enclosing curtain are hidden from view and the cabinet appears to be an ordinary wardrobe. The the cabinet may be moved from place to place.
Date:
January 12, 1915
Creator:
Curry, Amry M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerator Car Door.
Patent for a sliding refrigerator car door, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 1, 1914
Creator:
Judia, George H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Set.
Patent for a new and useful plow set, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 12, 1899
Creator:
Clark, Samuel Houston
System:
The Portal to Texas History