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Drag Saw (open access)

Drag Saw

Patent for a drag saw. Illustrations included.
Date: November 8, 1904
Creator: Thompson, Everett Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Exterminator (open access)

Insect-Exterminator

Patent for an insect exterminator to be transported to and used within crop fields which separates insects from plants by means of brushes and kills the insects by depositing them into a pan containing liquid insecticide. Exterminator also includes a sprayer to deliver insecticide onto crops. Exterminator is designed to be pulled by draft animals.
Date: April 17, 1906
Creator: Thompson, Everett Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Head-Rest For Barbers' Chairs (open access)

Head-Rest For Barbers' Chairs

Patent for a headrest to be used for chairs used by barbers and doctors. Illustrations included.
Date: October 19, 1909
Creator: Wallace, Robert S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic System for Automobiles. (open access)

Pneumatic System for Automobiles.

Patent for a pneumatic system for automobiles for braking.
Date: November 15, 1910
Creator: Wallace, Robert S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trap. (open access)

Trap.

Patent for an animal trap, the unique elements of which are found in the "combination and arrangement of parts" (lines 16-17). Improvements include but are not limited to the addition of an open-ended case, a depressed platform and various links.
Date: October 9, 1917
Creator: Ward, Robert Gillespie & Clayton, John Taylor
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Sack Carrier. (open access)

Cotton-Sack Carrier.

Patent for a device with wheels to prevent sacks used in cotton cultivation from dragging on the ground, with instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 15, 1892
Creator: Warren, John & Johnson, William Oscar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Agricultural Implement. (open access)

Agricultural Implement.

Patent for "attachments for planters, cultivators and the like" (lines 8-10) "whereby the implement will be permitted to yield to uneven ground" (lines 11-12).
Date: November 5, 1901
Creator: Waters, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pedal Attachment for Velocipedes. (open access)

Pedal Attachment for Velocipedes.

Patent for a new and useful safety attachment “for the pedals of bicycles, tricycles, and other wheeled vehicles operated by the feet through the medium of pedals.” (Lines 9-11) This attachment will form a long bearing for the foot of the rider, thus avoiding dead-centers in the revolutions of the cranks, and to provide means for preventing any slipping of the pedals.” (Lines 12-16) Illustration is included.
Date: September 1, 1891
Creator: Wheeler, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for a new and useful car coupling.
Date: April 19, 1898
Creator: Whiting, Louis Rossell
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal Trap (open access)

Animal Trap

Patent for an animal. Illustration included.
Date: November 8, 1904
Creator: Wilkinson, John Marion
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gin-Saw Filer. (open access)

Gin-Saw Filer.

Patent for a new and useful gin-saw filer.
Date: March 22, 1898
Creator: Wilson, David M.
System: The Portal to Texas History