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Convertible Dust-Pan.
Patent for a convertible dust pan, which does not require stooping over to sweep up dirt into the pan and can also be used as a shovel.
Date:
October 12, 1909
Creator:
Epperson, Albert S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Plow.
Patent for improvements on the combination plow that can be converted into a single, double, or three plow, including illustrations.
Date:
October 28, 1890
Creator:
Walton, Jacob Gipson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bridle.
Patent for "improved means for detachably connecting blinds to bridles, whereby the bridle may be used with or without the blinds," and also "to provide a combined double box-loop and blind." (Lines 13-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 12, 1897
Creator:
Mayes, David H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press
Patent for improvements to baling presses for double bale type presses. It includes elevators and a reciprocating press head.
Date:
October 14, 1913
Creator:
Potter, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for windmill that is cheap and highly efficient with a simple manufacture.
Date:
October 28, 1902
Creator:
Faubion, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for catching insects.
Patent for a machine that catches pests such as the Cotton Boll Weevil and Colorado beetle as an aid to pest control for growing crops. Illustration included.
Date:
October 29, 1901
Creator:
Maupin, Owen M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vermin Poison.
Patent for "insecticide compositions for exterminating prairie-dogs, ants, &c." (lines 6-7), including dosages and instructions for use.
Date:
October 13, 1885
Creator:
Womack, John David
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for a new and improved pump. This design "consists in the combination, with a suitable base or support which rests upon the bottom of the well and is provided with cogs upon its upper surface, of a rotating cylinder and delivery-pipe, a crank-shaft journaled in the cylinder and provided with a pinion upon its outer end, a connecting-rod at its inner one, and a vertically-moving piston" (lines 13-20).
Date:
October 30, 1888
Creator:
Clark, Alexander Evans
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Post Hole Auger.
Patent for a new and improved post-hole auger. This design consists in "the shank forked and continued in the arms, the latter having elbows at their lower ends, in combination with the ring-shaped band having a sharp lower edge and bolts passing through said bands and arms and through said elbows and arms" (lines 91-97).
Date:
October 15, 1889
Creator:
McCall, Dugald Bell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stock Guard
Patent for a stock guard. Illustration included.
Date:
October 18, 1904
Creator:
Mallia, Paul
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hame-Fastener.
Patent for improved hame-fasteners used to hold the hames together and tighten them up.
Date:
October 29, 1901
Creator:
Waters, Richard H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evaporator.
Patent for a new and useful evaporating furnace, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 10, 1899
Creator:
Kuzel, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent provides for an improved "guiding of the cultivator through the movement of the seat" (lines 17-18). The plow is guided by the driver using the seat and his foot to guide the cultivator and plow.
Date:
October 1, 1918
Creator:
Wilson, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a cotton chopper, which can be attached to a planter.
Date:
October 18, 1910
Creator:
Felton, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History