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Gate. (open access)

Gate.

Patent for construction of cheap gates.
Date: July 30, 1907
Creator: Haile, Lorenzo D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coop Support (open access)

Coop Support

Patent for support structure for chicken coops.
Date: January 9, 1917
Creator: Clippinger, Levi
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reciprocating Valve. (open access)

Reciprocating Valve.

Patent for a reciprocating valve. This valve is adapted for use with air, gases, or liquids.
Date: March 14, 1916
Creator: Bean, Cecil
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachement for Cultivators. (open access)

Attachement for Cultivators.

Patent for an attachment for cultivators. The attachment allows for quick attachment and removal of the machinery.
Date: February 10, 1914
Creator: Gage, James J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Internal-Combustion Engine. (open access)

Internal-Combustion Engine.

Patent for an internal combustion engine that improves on an explosive engine with two hollow pistons, one of which slides within the other and both are connected to a triple crank shaft, so that they reciprocate simultaneously in opposite directions. The invention improves on the construction, arrangement, and combination of parts of the explosive engine.
Date: October 28, 1913
Creator: Bogusch, Emil Gustave
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Water-Pipes (open access)

Attachment for Water-Pipes

Patent for attachment for water pipes to prevent bursting of water pipes due to freezing of water while it passes through the pipes.
Date: April 8, 1913
Creator: Finlay, John K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Armored Tread for Pneumatic Tires (open access)

Armored Tread for Pneumatic Tires

Patent for an armored tread pneumatic tires to protect from punctures. Illustrations included.
Date: July 23, 1912
Creator: Sims, Bona
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment (open access)

Cultivator Attachment

Patent for a combined cotton chopper and rolling fender to be attached to a cultivator. Illustrations included.
Date: November 21, 1911
Creator: Underwood, Elvy T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway Signal System (open access)

Railway Signal System

Patent for a railway signal system designed for use on curves to indicate when a train enters through the opposite end of the curve. Illustrations included.
Date: May 26, 1908
Creator: Gabbart, Elihu E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Clamp. (open access)

Pipe-Clamp.

Patent for a pipe clamp for drawing well casings out of wells that can be used on different size pipes and grips harder as resistance increases.
Date: July 23, 1907
Creator: Benedict, George Spencer
System: The Portal to Texas History
Furniture Brace (open access)

Furniture Brace

This is a patent for a furniture brace. Illustration included.
Date: October 24, 1905
Creator: Nall, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tension For Sewing Machines (open access)

Tension For Sewing Machines

Patent for a tension for sewing machines. Illustration included.
Date: June 6, 1905
Creator: Watson, Joseph B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump (open access)

Pump

Patent for a pump. Illustration included.
Date: April 11, 1905
Creator: Wilson, Frank Robertson & Mansell, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Destroying Insects (open access)

Apparatus For Destroying Insects

Patent for an apparatus for destroying boll weevils on cotton. Illustration included.
Date: July 26, 1904
Creator: Jones, Albert Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill (open access)

Windmill

Patent for a new windmill design with improvement with breaking from the wind with new connections.
Date: January 21, 1902
Creator: Bird, Willie G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow (open access)

Plow

Patent for improvements of plows and their agricultural implementation.
Date: July 9, 1901
Creator: Kothmann, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Top (open access)

Buggy-Top

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in buggy tops, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 16, 1900
Creator: Hughes, James F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for Railroad Spike. (open access)

Design for Railroad Spike.

Design patent for a barbed railroad spike.
Date: September 7, 1897
Creator: Banks, Henry N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for an improved car-coupling that features "a solid block at the back part of the draw-head, which when coupling the cars will come far enough back to hit the solid part in the draw-head and prevent the bent spring from breaking." (Lines 16-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 6, 1896
Creator: Schneider, Adolph F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a churn with a "perforated dasher and a hollow or tubular dasher-shaft, through which the air passes into the churn-cylinder during the process of churning" (lines 14-17). The churn has a foot-rest and a false-bottom, and is meant to improve on simple and inexpensive churns.
Date: September 22, 1896
Creator: Stukes, John Marion
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher and Splicer. (open access)

Wire Stretcher and Splicer.

Patent for "a wire-patcher by which the wire rails of fences may be spliced when broken and stretched when any slack occurs." (Lines 16-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 26, 1896
Creator: Massey, Joseph Borygard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Wrench. (open access)

Pipe-Wrench.

Patent for an improved pipe wrench that has "a pair of fixed but reversible jaws, attached to the shank of the wrench on each side thereof, and a movable, hooked jaw pivoted between the heels of the fixed jaws" (lines 15-18).
Date: May 2, 1893
Creator: Smith, Jay & Gage, Charles H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Milk-Cooler. (open access)

Milk-Cooler.

Patent for an improvement in milk-coolers “in which water is drawn by capillary attraction from a receptacle placed above the milk-receptacle onto a cloth wrapped around the latter, thus cooling the milk by evaporation.” (Lines 8-12) Illustration is included.
Date: April 7, 1891
Creator: Banks, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flue-Cutter (open access)

Flue-Cutter

Patent for a flue cutter with a pair of pivoted arms, which can be detached, and a cutter-head.
Date: January 14, 1890
Creator: Bogusch, Robert J.; Zincke, August & Bogusch, Gustav
System: The Portal to Texas History