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Nutcracker (open access)

Nutcracker

Patent for nut crackers designed for use in cracking pecan nuts. It is a simple device that can be readily attached to a table or other support and is quickly adjustable for different sized nuts.
Date: August 15, 1916
Creator: Blair, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tongue Supporting Attachment for Cultivators and Planters (open access)

Tongue Supporting Attachment for Cultivators and Planters

Patent for the Tongue Supporting Attachment for Cultivators and Planters. This invention, according to Paul J. Block, is to provide an improved support for the tongues of a cultivator and relieve the draft animal of its weight. Illustrations are included.
Date: June 14, 1917
Creator: Block, Paul J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locking Device (open access)

Locking Device

Patent for a "locking device for coin controlled receptacles" (lines 11-13)
Date: February 6, 1912
Creator: Boone, Wallie R. & Watson, Chester A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Bed (open access)

Convertible Bed

Patent for a bed that can be converted from a sideboard or a table. Illustrations included.
Date: December 22, 1908
Creator: Bowdon, Viola G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spike Puller (open access)

Spike Puller

Patent for a spike puller. This invention uses a clawed head set on a roller where by a fulcrum can move inward to apply power to pull the spike. Illustration included.
Date: March 17, 1908
Creator: Bradshaw, Richard A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sliding Weather-Strip for Doors. (open access)

Sliding Weather-Strip for Doors.

Patent for a device "which, in addition to excluding wind and rain from beneath the bottom of the door, shall also serve to bind or hold the door open to any position to which it may be brought," (lines 29-32) with instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 21, 1891
Creator: Brown, Josiah T. & Garret, William T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Freezer (open access)

Freezer

Patent for a freezer. Illustrations included.
Date: January 16, 1912
Creator: Carroll, James R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compound Valve (open access)

Compound Valve

Patent for an invention with improvements of devices that employed for controlling the flow of liquid under high pressure which simplify and improve the construction.
Date: October 28, 1918
Creator: Cherry, Joseph C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw Filing Machine (open access)

Saw Filing Machine

Patent for an improved type of saw filing machine.
Date: March 18, 1919
Creator: Creasy, R. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Filing and Gumming Machine (open access)

Saw-Filing and Gumming Machine

Patent for a saw filing and gumming machine for sharpening gin saws.
Date: March 4, 1913
Creator: Creasy, Reuben B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow (open access)

Harrow

Patent for harrow that is helpful when replanting on hard ground.
Date: December 19, 1916
Creator: Dickinson, Kyle R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Agricultural Machine (open access)

Agricultural Machine

Patent for an agricultural machine that consists of a rotary cutter and a fixed horizontal cutter. Illustrations are included.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Evans, Lucias S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Multiple Section Stalk Cutter (open access)

Multiple Section Stalk Cutter

Patent for a multiple section stalk cutter that comprises of a three-section stalk cutter.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Evans, Lucius S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroyer. (open access)

Insect Destroyer.

Patent for an wheeled vehicle mounted insect destroyer that brushes insects from plants and destroys them utilizing flames, includes illustrations.
Date: June 13, 1922
Creator: Franks, John L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quilting Attachment for Sewing Machines. (open access)

Quilting Attachment for Sewing Machines.

Patent for a new and improved quilting attachment for sewing machines. This design "is to provide a device . . . adapted to be adjustable in any manner desired over the leaf, table, or arm of a sewing-machine" (lines 14-17). It consists in "a standard supporting a track-bar, a bar swiveled to said hanger and having end journals, and curved end yokes or arms movably connected to said end journals of the latter bar and supporting-rollers, said curved end yokes or arms having the said bar connected to the central part of the upper portions of the same and open at their lower ends" (lines 15-24).
Date: October 25, 1892
Creator: Galloway, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insulator and Support (open access)

Insulator and Support

Patent for an insulator and support for communication lines.
Date: May 28, 1912
Creator: Gressett, Lawrence F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press. (open access)

Hay-Press.

Patent for an inexpensive, durable, easily-operated, and powerful hay press that packs hay and similar materials. It consists of a baling chamber, a power platform, a stub shaft, a grooveless power wheel, a tire on the upper side of the wheel, a roller, and a draft-pole.
Date: March 21, 1893
Creator: Gressett, Lawrence Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Harvester. (open access)

Corn-Harvester.

Patent for an adjustable corn harvester which both removes ears of various sizes from the stalks and cuts the ears into smaller pieces to make them easier to process; includes illustrations.
Date: September 23, 1919
Creator: Grosshans, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Gage. (open access)

Saw-Gage.

Patent for saw gages that can be produced at a small cost which can be applied to a standard saw blade. The saw-gage can also grip the saw-blade tightly while also allowing the saw-blade to bend without breaking, and can be adjusted before securing permanently.
Date: March 18, 1919
Creator: Hinkle, Matison E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump. (open access)

Pump.

Patent for a pump for pumping water from streams for use in irrigation, which is mounted on a float in the stream.
Date: July 27, 1909
Creator: Jeanes, Benjamin H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow Attachment. (open access)

Harrow Attachment.

Patent for an improved attachment for cultivators used in farming.
Date: January 6, 1914
Creator: Jones, James W. & Tucker, George H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Maize-Header. (open access)

Maize-Header.

Patent for simple and efficient maize header which is easy to operate by positioning it in a way that it needs minimum effort to operate.
Date: May 17, 1921
Creator: Jordan, Andrew P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow (open access)

Plow

Patent for a Plow
Date: November 25, 1913
Creator: Loika, Richard D. & Loika, Charles E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cleaner For Firearm-Barrels. (open access)

Cleaner For Firearm-Barrels.

Patent for a cleaner for firearm barrels that is small enough to be carried in a pocket. "May be used for cleaning firearms of the repeating type."
Date: May 6, 1913
Creator: P'Pool, Matthew Wall
System: The Portal to Texas History