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Cultivator-Sweep. (open access)

Cultivator-Sweep.

Patent for a cultivator sweep that cuts weeds close to the crops.
Date: February 14, 1911
Creator: Lundghren, Charles & Anderson, Gus E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Spindle (open access)

Buggy-Spindle

Patent for a buggy spindle for "taking up lost motion in the axle box should it be too short or too worn" (lines 10-11). Illustrations included.
Date: April 21, 1908
Creator: Messer, Jeremiah Clark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Dasher. (open access)

Churn-Dasher.

Patent for a new and useful churn dasher, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 21, 1899
Creator: Franklin, Edward R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Lock Joint or Device. (open access)

Combination Lock Joint or Device.

Patent for a combination lock joint or device for sectional poles that prevents bending of the pole and allows for sections of the pole to be easily taken on or off.
Date: July 25, 1911
Creator: Carleton, Ernest William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Slitting Sweet Corn. (open access)

Device for Slitting Sweet Corn.

Patent for a corn slitting device for cutting the corn kernels away from the husks on the cob.
Date: March 10, 1908
Creator: Bahn, Gustavus A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Condenser and Lint-Flue. (open access)

Cotton-Condenser and Lint-Flue.

Patent for a cotton condenser and lint flue for use in cotton gins.
Date: April 16, 1912
Creator: Summerrow, Willie Price
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cord-Tying Device. (open access)

Cord-Tying Device.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in cord tying devices, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 1, 1899
Creator: Postley, Charles A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling (open access)

Car Coupling

Patent for a rail car coupling. Illustration included.
Date: December 4, 1906
Creator: Yeiser, John Clarke & Story, Leonidas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wind and Water Motor. (open access)

Wind and Water Motor.

Patent for improvements in wind and water motors in which it will not only increase its efficiency and durability but also, be capable of operating in tidal rivers, streams and other currents. This is an improvement of patent no. 588572 of the same inventor. Illustration is included.
Date: January 9, 1900
Creator: Hardaway, Robert Early
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coupling-Pin. (open access)

Coupling-Pin.

Patent for a coupling pin for railroad cars, which prevents the coupling from coming loose accidentally by having a key which locks the coupling in place and can only be undone by the cars operating systems. when it is time to disconnect the car.
Date: July 23, 1907
Creator: Yeiser, John Clarke
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elevating Brick Car (open access)

Elevating Brick Car

Patent for an elevating brick car. This invention "is to improve construction of elevating brick cars or trucks and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient car or truck designed for use in a brick yard for carrying bricks from a machine to a yard, kiln, or drier" (line 11-17). Illustrations included.
Date: April 19, 1904
Creator: Zilker, Andrew J.; Tidmarsh, Albert L. & Armstrong, Charles J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Heating or Cooking Stove (open access)

Heating or Cooking Stove

Patent for a heating or cooking stove.
Date: March 3, 1903
Creator: Spiller, Phillip Samuel & Haldeman, Horace P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a combined cotton-chopper and cultivator.
Date: July 29, 1902
Creator: Forister, John H. & McAda, James N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flushing Tank (open access)

Flushing Tank

Patent for a flushing tank. Illustration included.
Date: June 21, 1904
Creator: Walker, Benjamin, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Diffusion-Block for Subsoil Irrigation. (open access)

Diffusion-Block for Subsoil Irrigation.

Patent for a diffusion block for subsoil irrigation, which prevents roots from growing into the pipe that is providing water to the soil.
Date: August 23, 1910
Creator: Ziller, Bessie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flavoring Compound (open access)

Flavoring Compound

Patent for an improved flavoring compound "especially adapted for flavoring meats and food products, soups, stews, etc., and consists in combining Mexican pepper, spices of cuminum and origanum, salt, garlic, tallow or suet." (Lines 10-14)
Date: January 28, 1908
Creator: Stukes, John Marion
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ditching-Machine. (open access)

Ditching-Machine.

Patent for a certain new, useful, and valuable improvement in ditching machines for cutting ditches.
Date: May 3, 1898
Creator: Dillahay, John G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brick Truck (open access)

Brick Truck

Patent for a truck that is designed to make the transportation of bricks easier as well as the transportation of other materials.
Date: September 22, 1905
Creator: Sacks, Martin Kuno
System: The Portal to Texas History
Follower for Packing Sauer-kraut, &c. (open access)

Follower for Packing Sauer-kraut, &c.

Patent for new improvements for devices for producing pressure for sauer-kraut or other food products needing pressure.
Date: January 21, 1902
Creator: Ira I. Newfield
System: The Portal to Texas History
Framometer (open access)

Framometer

Patent for a framometer. This invention is a square and to be used by house builders. Illustration included.
Date: November 24, 1903
Creator: Bones, Clifton Welton & Harvey, Harry F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Non-Explosive Oil-Container. (open access)

Non-Explosive Oil-Container.

Patent for a protective screen of refractory filaments for "containers holding inflammable, explosive fluids such as naphtha, benzin, gasolene, etc." (lines 10-12)
Date: December 12, 1911
Creator: Ziller, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper (open access)

Cotton Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper. This invention is designed to be adjustable horizontally to operate on crooked rows. Illustrations included.
Date: March 28, 1911
Creator: Burton, George W.; Warwick, Vesper V. & Patton, Deacon O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Treating Timber. (open access)

Apparatus for Treating Timber.

Patent for an invention to aid in the treatment of treating timber. The invention is said to "provide a simple, inexpensive, durable, and efficient apparatus by means of which railroad cross-ties, fence-posts, and the like may be expeditiously and economically treated by immersion in a bath of some preserving liquid" (lines 16-22) including illustrations.
Date: July 11, 1905
Creator: Gerhard, Philip H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Commode-Seat. (open access)

Commode-Seat.

Patent for a commode/toilet seat and storage cabinet that holds multiple seats that can be used to provide individual seats for each person using the commode/toilet.
Date: September 26, 1911
Creator: Ainsworth, Lucian M.
System: The Portal to Texas History