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Umbrella Support (open access)

Umbrella Support

Patent for support item worn as a harness, into which the umbrella can be placed allowing for the user to be hands free while protected from the rain.
Date: November 21, 1916
Creator: Merrill, Dimmitt H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter (open access)

Seed Planter

Patent for seed planter. Illustration included.
Date: February 14, 1905
Creator: Morris, Sidney Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Monocycle. (open access)

Monocycle.

Patent for a monocycle/unicycle that allows the rider to balance more easily than on previous models.
Date: March 9, 1909
Creator: Morris, Sydney Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reversible Garden-Plow. (open access)

Reversible Garden-Plow.

Patent for a walking-plow with simple and compact construction. The depth for plowing is adjustable to height of individual operating.
Date: December 23, 1902
Creator: Nicholas, Joseph W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Fireplace-Lining and Andiron-Support. (open access)

Combined Fireplace-Lining and Andiron-Support.

Patent for a combined fireplace-lining and andiron-support meant to improve the construction of fireplaces and can accommodate fireplace construction.
Date: September 3, 1895
Creator: Perkins, Oliver B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate. (open access)

Gate.

Patent for a gate that relates to a patent (no. 363,964) granted to the inventor, which is a gate opener that operates by pulling a chord connected to a mechanism that swings the gate open and closes upon release. The current patent simplifies the previous invention. The operator pulls a chord which makes the gate swivel on a central point. When the chord is released, the gate swivels back into place.
Date: November 10, 1896
Creator: Philpott, Horatio V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for baling presses that press for balling hay that simplify the construction of presses of this type and produce a press readily movable from one place to another.
Date: July 28, 1914
Creator: Redding, Robert B. & Barnett, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sun Shade Hat. (open access)

Sun Shade Hat.

Patent for a new and improved sun shade hat. The hat is designed to shield the wearer's head from the sun to prevent heatstroke and keep the wearer's hands free to work. This design utilizes a clamp and washers to enable the hat to remain in the desired opened/closed state while off of the wearer's head, which represents an improvement over previous designs.
Date: July 12, 1881
Creator: Ross, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel Scraper. (open access)

Vehicle-Wheel Scraper.

Patent for "a novel device for removing dirt from the peripheries of vehicle-wheels while the vehicle is in motion, and has for its objects to provide a novel, simple, and very efficient device of the indicated character which is readily attachable to the running-gear of a wagon or other wheeled vehicle, which may be readily adjusted thereon to remove dirt from its wheels, which will afford a reliable guard to prevent mud and slush from being thrown by the wheels on the body of the vehicle, and that may be conveniently removed from the vehicle when the improved scrapers are not needed for service." (Lines 7-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 19, 1896
Creator: Smith, William F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Digger. (open access)

Peanut-Digger.

Patent for improvements to peanut-diggers, specifically a curved frame attached to a plow beam.
Date: July 5, 1921
Creator: Stevens, Shed P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fire Alarm (open access)

Automatic Fire Alarm

Patent for an automatic fire alarm. Illustration included.
Date: August 10, 1905
Creator: Suttle, Willis A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Broom. (open access)

Broom.

Patent for a broom which allows the user to easily replace the broom straw or fiber with new straw or fiber when it is worn out. The intention is to decrease the cost of brooms while still producing "a strong and relatively durable broom structure" (lines 18-19).
Date: November 2, 1920
Creator: Taylor, James T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Extermination of Boll-Weevil. (open access)

Apparatus for Extermination of Boll-Weevil.

Patent for Apparatus for Extermination of Boll Weevil. A vehicle which can carry a furnace to generate noxious fumes with insecticides and cool those fumes to produce a toxic atmosphere around effected plants.
Date: May 4, 1903
Creator: Taylor, James Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow Attachment. (open access)

Plow Attachment.

Patent for a plow attachment that guides and aids the plow, and regulates "the depth at which the plow or cultivator shovel shall run in the ground" (lines 13-15).
Date: November 17, 1896
Creator: White, Hedley
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Circuit-Closer Attachment for Telegraph-Keys (open access)

Automatic Circuit-Closer Attachment for Telegraph-Keys

Patent for an attachment for telegraph keys, so that the line circuit closes automatically upon the release of the key.
Date: April 30, 1918
Creator: White, James L
System: The Portal to Texas History
Self Lighting Lamp Burner (open access)

Self Lighting Lamp Burner

Patent for the invention of Self-Lighting Lamp Burners. Steps for creation and use of this item are spelled out with references to the illistration.
Date: August 27, 1918
Creator: White, James L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mine-Cart-Check Lock (open access)

Mine-Cart-Check Lock

Patent for improvements on mine-car-check lock technology. It provides a secure place for miners to put checks on the front of their cars and cannot be opened until the cart is empty.
Date: January 7, 1919
Creator: Williams, Ned
System: The Portal to Texas History
Artificial-StoneTomb. (open access)

Artificial-StoneTomb.

Patent for the concept of an artificial tomb that serves as a tomb and ornamental piece made as one. "This invention relates to certain improvements in artificial-stone tombs; and it has for its object to produce a tomb with head-stone and foo-piece all in one piece that can be built up or placed immediately over grave, so as to form an ornamental finish, at a comparatively small cost." (lines 15-22) including illustrations and instructions.
Date: April 6, 1880
Creator: Wilson, Hence
System: The Portal to Texas History
Auxilary Transmission-Case Hanger. (open access)

Auxilary Transmission-Case Hanger.

Patent for auxiliary hanger for automobile transmission case. This particular device was designed for use with Ford automobiles, but can be used with other automobiles.
Date: February 13, 1917
Creator: Windsor, Samuel T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insulator-Bracket (open access)

Insulator-Bracket

Patent for an insulator holder. Illustrations included.
Date: October 22, 1912
Creator: Wyche, Daniel Webster
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Planter. (open access)

Corn-Planter.

Patent for a cotton or corn planter with detachable parts.
Date: August 2, 1887
Creator: Yarborough, William O.
System: The Portal to Texas History