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Attachment for Kitchen-Cabinets (open access)

Attachment for Kitchen-Cabinets

Patent for an attachment for kitchen cabinets that has a mechanism for measuring out flour and other dry ingredients, a knife sharpener, and a breadboard.
Date: April 16, 1912
Creator: P'Pool, Frank E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Harvester (open access)

Cotton-Harvester

Patent for a cotton harvester. Illustrations included.
Date: October 25, 1910
Creator: Sewell, Charles B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Center-Piece for Buggy Neck-Yokes (open access)

Center-Piece for Buggy Neck-Yokes

Patent for a center-piece for buggy neck-yokes that strengthens the connection between the yoke and the tongue.
Date: May 28, 1912
Creator: Stimson, Henry W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Harvester (open access)

Corn-Harvester

Patent for a corn harvester "for use in harvesting crops such as corn and cane, the purpose being to provide a machine of this type of simple, durable, and compact construction and which will be light construction and not fatigue the team, since the body or frame supporting the operating parts is balanced upon the ground or supporting wheels" (lines 12-19) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 10, 1901
Creator: Sewalt, Matthew E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lock (open access)

Lock

Patent for a sliding bolt lock for doors that requires a key to open from the outside.
Date: January 28, 1913
Creator: Van Hoesen, Benjamin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well casing (open access)

Well casing

Patent for a well-casing for a strainer.
Date: December 18, 1900
Creator: Stukes, John Marion
System: The Portal to Texas History
Submerged Double-Acting Pump. (open access)

Submerged Double-Acting Pump.

Patent for a submerged double acting pump, which has a continuous flow of water.
Date: November 15, 1910
Creator: Morris, Andrew P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump (open access)

Pump

Patent for a pump to be used for pumping oil and water including instructions.
Date: October 23, 1900
Creator: Stukes, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Strainer. (open access)

Pump-Strainer.

Patent for a pump strainer for liquid wells that excludes sand and other foreign matter before it can foul the pump or wear its parts.
Date: November 13, 1900
Creator: Stukes, John Marion
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Stove (open access)

Oil Stove

Patent for an oil stove. Illustrations included.
Date: May 16, 1911
Creator: Young, James W. & McGee, Guy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stovepipe-Drum. (open access)

Stovepipe-Drum.

Patent for a stovepipe drum that is easily cleaned and temperature regulated.
Date: December 20, 1910
Creator: Pasche, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sediment-Collector for Coffee-Pots, &c. (open access)

Sediment-Collector for Coffee-Pots, &c.

Patent for a device that collects sediments from coffee grounds and tea leaves inside the coffee or tea pot. Includes Illustration.
Date: September 10, 1901
Creator: Martin, Percy P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stovepipe Water-Heater (open access)

Stovepipe Water-Heater

Patent for a stovepipe water heater. Illustrations included.
Date: September 10, 1912
Creator: Garrard, Willey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Powder-Duster. (open access)

Powder-Duster.

Patent for a insecticide powder duster that ejects the powder onto plants.
Date: April 25, 1911
Creator: McKnight, Walter H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Double-Acting Pump (open access)

Double-Acting Pump

Patent for new and useful improvement in double-acting pumps for those "deep-well double-acting pumps in which as single cylinder and piston are used" (lines 14-15), including illustrations.
Date: September 18, 1900
Creator: Stuckes, John M. & Smith, Earnest K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Egg-Preserving Compound. (open access)

Egg-Preserving Compound.

Patent for a compound of cotton-seed oil, beeswax, paraffin, and salicylic acid that was meant to preserve eggs by sealing their pores.
Date: March 4, 1902
Creator: Stukes, John Marion
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertising-Machine. (open access)

Advertising-Machine.

Patent for an advertising machine that reverses the travel of the apron that is used to connect with, and where, the display sign is printed. It also easily and efficiently reverses the driving mechanism once the apron is completely unwound from one of the rollers. The patent includes illustrations.
Date: July 22, 1913
Creator: Looney, Marma Duke
System: The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Table and Ironing-Board (open access)

Convertible Table and Ironing-Board

Patent for improvements in convertible tables and ironing boards. Where a freestanding table can be converted readily into an ironing board.
Date: May 29, 1917
Creator: Wasson, Lawson C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Cutting Attachment for Plows. (open access)

Stalk Cutting Attachment for Plows.

Patent for "cutter which may be readily attached to and used in connection with a plow" (lines 12-13) with description and illustration.
Date: April 8, 1913
Creator: Turner, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Splicer. (open access)

Wire-Splicer.

Patent for a wire splicer, or a device that connects distinct wires by looping them together. Illustrations included.
Date: September 30, 1912
Creator: Martin, Enoch
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flat Iron Heater (open access)

Flat Iron Heater

Patent for "a receptacle insertible within a stove opening in which the irons to be heated are placed" (lines 11-13), including illustrations.
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Martin, Enoch
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Axle for Plows, Planters, and the like. (open access)

Adjustable Axle for Plows, Planters, and the like.

Patent for an adjustable axle "for use in connection with wheel mounted or sulky plows, of the middle burster or lister type, or for use in connection with planters and other devices for tilling or working the soil" (lines 10-14) and which allows for the plow to run evenly despite the evenness or unevenness of the soil.
Date: May 26, 1914
Creator: Dalley, William F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment (open access)

Cultivator Attachment

Patent for a cultivator attachment "of a plurality of cutter blades which are adapted to be adjustably secured to the supporting frame of a cultivator in such a manner as to efficiently cut the weeds and dig into the soil without injuring the plants which may pass therebetween" (lines 12-17), including illustrations.
Date: December 21, 1915
Creator: Doak, Clifton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weeder. (open access)

Weeder.

Patent for a new adjustable-height weeder that attaches to a cultivator or lister and cultivates, weeds, or cuts field vegetation quickly.
Date: April 28, 1914
Creator: Geurin, Henry E. & Dean, Walter D.
System: The Portal to Texas History