Whiffletree (open access)

Whiffletree

Patent for a whiffletree.
Date: April 28, 1903
Creator: Mayo, Daniel L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gathering-Machine. (open access)

Gathering-Machine.

Patent for a gathering machine for boll weevils and other pests in the cotton fields, which collects the insects of of the plants and throws them in the middle of the furrow to expose them to direct sunlight.
Date: August 31, 1909
Creator: Barnes, Ferdinand S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Driving Mechanism (open access)

Driving Mechanism

Patent for a driving mechanism. The object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient mechanism for transforming reciprocatory motion into rotary motion. It can be adapted in order to connect to other mechanisms.
Date: January 16, 1906
Creator: Allison, Andrew J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerating Apparatus (open access)

Refrigerating Apparatus

Patent for a refrigerating apparatus for the purpose of regulating the liquid refrigerant agents in the expansion coils. Illustrations included.
Date: December 15, 1908
Creator: Mayhew, John Daugherty
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring Support For Vehicle Tops (open access)

Spring Support For Vehicle Tops

Patent for a spring support for vehicle tops. Illustration included.
Date: May 31, 1904
Creator: Martin, Edward Gale; Miller, Joseph Sherman & Hurt, William Hurt
System: The Portal to Texas History
Side Bearing For Railway Rolling Stock (open access)

Side Bearing For Railway Rolling Stock

Patent for a side bearing for railway rolling stock. This invention is designed to prevent derailments in turns. Illustration included.
Date: April 25, 1905
Creator: Wood, George H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flue Beading Tool (open access)

Flue Beading Tool

Patent for a flue beading tool. Illustration included.
Date: June 27, 1905
Creator: Faessler, John W. & Rall, Frederick A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flue Expander (open access)

Flue Expander

Patent for a flue expander. Illustration included.
Date: June 27, 1905
Creator: Faessler, John W. & Rall, Frederick A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seat Brace (open access)

Seat Brace

Patent for a seat brace. Illustration included.
Date: December 6, 1904
Creator: Limerick, Clem B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw Gummer and Sharpener (open access)

Saw Gummer and Sharpener

Patent for a sharpener for saw blades designed to increase the strength of the blade by "imparting an oval or rounding cut to the back of the teeth" (lines 15-16). Illustrations included.
Date: January 19, 1909
Creator: Loughridge, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Cross Tie (open access)

Metallic Cross Tie

Patent for a metallic cross tie. This cross tie is designed with clamps to firmly place the rail in place. Illustration included.
Date: June 16, 1908
Creator: Bickley, George S. & Bickley, Rufus P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piano-Sling (open access)

Piano-Sling

Patent for a piano sling used for handling pianos. Illustrations included.
Date: December 10, 1907
Creator: Hanson, Henry Harrison
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pessary (open access)

Pessary

Patent for an improved uterine dilator for the application of medicine to the uterus, with illustrations.
Date: July 22, 1902
Creator: Overton, Benjamin Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Badge (open access)

Design for a Badge

Patent for a design for an ornamental badge celebrating the Emancipation of slaves by Abraham Lincoln.
Date: October 6, 1906
Creator: Whitney, Junius P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for a cultivator, which has a movable beam for use as a straddle row cultivator that allows the draft animal to walk on either side of the rows of plants.
Date: July 23, 1907
Creator: Nicholson, Matthew H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator (open access)

Cultivator

Patent for a cultivator. Illustration included.
Date: January 15, 1907
Creator: Nicholson, Matthew Harris & Rosenbaum, Eugene
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for a cultivator for cotton farming meant to be strong and durable as well as light and inexpensive to construct; to make it convenient to adjust the shovel beams for different distances between rows; and to support the shovel-beams in an elevated position so that they do not contact the ground and to allow them to be lowered as needed.
Date: August 12, 1902
Creator: Comstock, Andrew J.
System: The Portal to Texas History