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Cultivator Attachment (open access)

Cultivator Attachment

Patent for a cultivator attachment that serves as a substitution of a disk for a disk cultivator.
Date: May 13, 1919
Creator: Rodgers, Virgil R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Header. (open access)

Header.

Patent for improving and simplifying headers for the machinery that harvests Kafir corn or sorghum, so that they are lighter, more durable, and can process more crops at once.
Date: January 27, 1914
Creator: Fletcher, Henry M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Tool. (open access)

Combination-Tool.

Patent for a novel combination tool used to construct and maintain wire fencing, including design modifications that encompass the ability to stretch and tie wires without the need for an additional tool, including illustrations.
Date: June 21, 1921
Creator: Matsler, Columbus U.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display Device (open access)

Display Device

Patent for improvements in display devices that displays apparel without taking up a lot of space and will be out of the way when not needed.
Date: June 29, 1920
Creator: Frank, Henry L. A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Extracting Automobiles from Mud, Sand, or Ditches (open access)

Device for Extracting Automobiles from Mud, Sand, or Ditches

Patent for a retractable device to lift and advance a vehicle over obstructions. The device can be operated from the drivers seat and can mover the vehicle forward or backward (p. 1, line 19-21).
Date: May 18, 1920
Creator: Nash, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Disk Plow. (open access)

Disk Plow.

Patent for a disk plow modification, which allows the disk to be self-sharpening and automatically release accumulated garbage.
Date: November 4, 1919
Creator: Hoffman, George L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dirigible Automobile-Headlight (open access)

Dirigible Automobile-Headlight

Patent for a dirigible automobile headlight which turns with the front wheels of the vehicle in order to illuminate the path in the direction the vehicle is about to travel, including illustrations.
Date: September 18, 1917
Creator: Sears, Johnie W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clutch and Transmission Device. (open access)

Clutch and Transmission Device.

Patent for a clutch and transmission device for automobiles that "is simple, compact and inexpensive in construction, and which is thoroughly practical, reliable and efficient in use." (lines 31-33), including illustrations.
Date: May 29, 1917
Creator: Hubbard, Adra M. & Hubbard, Oscar M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Silo (open access)

Portable Silo

Patent for a portable silo
Date: November 28, 1916
Creator: Wiesenborn, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Heat Distributor (open access)

Heat Distributor

Patent for Heat Distributor
Date: September 5, 1916
Creator: Jueschke, Charles A
System: The Portal to Texas History
Traction-Engine. (open access)

Traction-Engine.

Patent for traction engines used in farms that will make it easier to construct, make it less heavy, and cheaper to build.
Date: August 8, 1916
Creator: Roberts, Adrian J. & Wright, Wayne C., Sr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Operating Element for Wind-Wheels. (open access)

Pump-Operating Element for Wind-Wheels.

Patent for improvements on a windmill "pump-rod operating device in which the pump-rod and a wind-wheel-rod are connected by a toggle-joint" (lines 23-25), including illustrations.
Date: March 28, 1916
Creator: Taylor, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Wheel. (open access)

Resilient Wheel.

Patent for a more shock-absorbent wheel that incorporates yielding spokes; includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 30, 1915
Creator: Young, Marion F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Front Rigging for Riding-Saddles. (open access)

Front Rigging for Riding-Saddles.

Patent for a rigging that is especially adapted for a swell fork tree, including illustrations.
Date: August 11, 1914
Creator: Graves, George Washington
System: The Portal to Texas History
Traction-Engine. (open access)

Traction-Engine.

Patent for improvements on traction-engines to make steering easier especially around short curves, and to decrease the amount of "dead weight" (line 21) of the machine overall.
Date: June 9, 1914
Creator: Cox, Oscar McGruder
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Detacher. (open access)

Horse-Detacher.

Patent for an improved and less complicated horse-detacher featuring a new type of double tree, swingle tree, and breast yoke.
Date: May 26, 1914
Creator: Cummons, Clarence B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Traction-Engine (open access)

Traction-Engine

Patent for a traction engine that has a unique assemblage of the frame and body making it most efficient.
Date: January 13, 1914
Creator: Claitor, Lilburn S. & Mahagan, Ross C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cow-Yoke. (open access)

Cow-Yoke.

Patent for a cow-yoke "comprising a yoke formed in sections pivoted one to the other" with spurs included (inwardly) at the ends of these pivoted sections to "prevent the animal from poking his head through a wire fence".
Date: August 19, 1913
Creator: Parker, Abbot S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Traction-Engine. (open access)

Traction-Engine.

Patent for a traction engine with less weight for better fuel economy and power.
Date: May 13, 1913
Creator: McGruder Cox, Oscar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Milo-Maize and Kafir Corn Header (open access)

Milo-Maize and Kafir Corn Header

Patent for a corn header that uses vertically adjustable heading devices that allows for some flexibility of the heading device with one of the ground wheels of the machine.
Date: April 8, 1913
Creator: Jackson, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Traction-Engine (open access)

Traction-Engine

Patent for a traction engine. Illustrations included.
Date: October 29, 1912
Creator: Cox, Bradford
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheeled Gang Plow (open access)

Wheeled Gang Plow

Patent for a wheeled gang plow. "This invention relates to improvements in motor drawn wheeled gang plows of the disk type" (lines 13-15). Illustrations included.
Date: August 6, 1912
Creator: Weiler, Nicholas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cutting Mechanism for Corn-Harvesters (open access)

Cutting Mechanism for Corn-Harvesters

Patent for a cutting mechanism for corn harvesters that allows the stalks to be cut more effectively while the corn is being harvested.
Date: June 4, 1912
Creator: Tilson, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door-Strip (open access)

Door-Strip

Patent for a door strip for blocking air gaps below doors.
Date: June 4, 1912
Creator: Valentine, Levi Jackson
System: The Portal to Texas History