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Propeller for Churns (open access)

Propeller for Churns

Patent for propellers for churns, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 5, 1897
Creator: Bolding, James P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows. (open access)

Improvement in Plows.

Patent for new and useful improvement in Skeleton Tillage-Plow.
Date: December 22, 1874
Creator: Canty, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Medical Compond (open access)

Medical Compond

Patent for “medical compound designed for the treatment of diseases of the throat and lungs” (lines 10-12).
Date: December 21, 1880
Creator: Rippetoe, Amasa
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Cutter (open access)

Stalk Cutter

Patent for a stalk cutter. Illustrations included.
Date: November 8, 1904
Creator: Hinton, Horace F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Shopper (open access)

Stalk-Shopper

Patent for "improved stalk-chopper for corn, cotton, or other stalks, where-in a reel or reels carrying longitudinal knives is supported and adjusted upon a frame which may be easily connected and disconnected from the running-gear of an ordinary wagon" (lines 14-20)
Date: August 17, 1888
Creator: Ferrel, Alexander
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Cutter and Mower. (open access)

Stalk Cutter and Mower.

Patent for a new and improved stalk-cutter and mower. This design consists, "with the shaft, having pulley and means . . . to rotate the same, of the pivoted links, the reel having its shaft journaled in said links and provided with the longitudinal cutters and with the pulley, the endless belt connecting the said pulleys . . . and the lever connected to the reel to raise and lower the same" (lines 9-17).
Date: August 27, 1889
Creator: Knox, Washington Irvin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Price-Tag. (open access)

Price-Tag.

Patent for an improved price tag that includes not only the price information, but also "at a glance a stock record and a cost record and provides space for making notations and writing other information" (lines 13-16) for the use of a store clerk's reference.
Date: April 20, 1920
Creator: Bedinger, Singleton B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stock Indicator For Hat Boxes (open access)

Stock Indicator For Hat Boxes

Patent for stock indicator for hat boxes. Illustration included.
Date: August 29, 1905
Creator: Buie, Joseph E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sulky-Plow (open access)

Sulky-Plow

Patent for the design of a plow that can "overcome obstacles without injury to"(lines 14-15) to the machine. It also includes a new design for a plow foot spring, in addition to an element that allows the foot spring to be adjusted quickly by there operator.
Date: April 24, 1917
Creator: Sanders, John T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Proportioning Weighing-Machine (open access)

Proportioning Weighing-Machine

Patent for a proportioning weighing machine. Illustrations included.
Date: August 22, 1911
Creator: Cardwell, Robert M. & Tholen, John Ben.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Middle-Breaker and Turning-Plow. (open access)

Middle-Breaker and Turning-Plow.

Patent for improvements in middle-breakers and turning-plows by providing an attachment for the middle breakers or turning plow, in which it will permit lateral adjustment of the wheel, by the use of a compound axle of adjustable length. (Lines 10-15) Illustration is included.
Date: January 4, 1910
Creator: Armstrong, Josiah B. C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Track Raiser. (open access)

Track Raiser.

Patent for improvements to railroad track raisers.
Date: February 16, 1886
Creator: Robburts, Geoorge W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tobacco Stemming Machine (open access)

Tobacco Stemming Machine

Patent for the improvement of tobacco-stemming machines by providing "an arrangement for opening the leaves prior to being fed to the cutters" (lines 14-15).
Date: November 11, 1902
Creator: Bush, Andrew J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Meat-Holder. (open access)

Meat-Holder.

Patent for a meat holding device which consists of a pan with joints in the bottom and a series of hooks to pierce the meat to hold it in place while cutting it.
Date: April 2, 1907
Creator: Jackson, Cyrillus Quitman
System: The Portal to Texas History
Manure-Spreader (open access)

Manure-Spreader

Patent for a manure spreader that can be connected to the back wheels of a farm wagon. Illustrations included.
Date: July 19, 1910
Creator: Echols, John D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Tanning (open access)

Process of Tanning

Patent for an improved method of tanning that is effective but takes less time.
Date: July 10, 1906
Creator: Martin, James L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tobacco-Stemming Machine (open access)

Tobacco-Stemming Machine

Patent for a machine for stemming tobacco.
Date: February 25, 1902
Creator: Bush, Andrew J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Chopper. (open access)

Stalk-Chopper.

Patent for improvements to the stalk-chopping machine that will strip the ears from the corn while also chopping the corn stalk into bits to fertilize the field.
Date: January 27, 1920
Creator: Bartz, Adolph J.
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
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for "an improvement in plows, and it has for its object to provide a plow in which the share is removable therefrom in a convenient and expeditious manner, and is connected with the shank of the beam and with the wing or other support, by a locking connection not involving the use of bolts." (Lines 7-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 18, 1894
Creator: Kelley, Thomas Jefferson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Toy. (open access)

Toy.

Patent for a toy consisting of two movable figures stationed on a circular base. One figure is hinged using a cord that passes through the base and can be pulled or retracted to allow the figure to collapse and spring upright. The second figure has a spring operated arm to strike and knock down the first figure.
Date: February 25, 1919
Creator: Fermier, Victor E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Toy. (open access)

Toy.

Patent for a toy which features a rabbit figure that moves in such a way as to "simulate the galloping of a rabbit" (lines 61-62). Illustrations included.
Date: March 2, 1920
Creator: Fermier, Victor Emanuel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock (open access)

Nut-Lock

Patent for a nut-lock.
Date: February 24, 1903
Creator: Biggs, Daniel & Alexander, Angus E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock (open access)

Nut Lock

Patent for a nut lock. Illustrations included.
Date: July 4, 1905
Creator: Slayton, Charles E. & Zellner, Daniel L.
System: The Portal to Texas History