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Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator (open access)

Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator

Patent for a combined cotton chopper and cultivator. Illustration included.
Date: April 6, 1909
Creator: Krueger, Gustav Adolf
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a churn for separating butter. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 6, 1897
Creator: Franklin, Edward A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Spoons. (open access)

Attachment for Spoons.

Patent for an attachment for spoons, forks, and the like. The attachment is a metal wire loop that attaches to a utensil and is bent to hook onto a vessel such as a bowl to keep the utensil from falling in the vessel.
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Allen, Harry P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lock Nut (open access)

Lock Nut

Patent for a new and improved lock nut design that is "simple, durable and inexpensive in construction, as well as convenient, practical, serviceable and efficient in its use" (lines 20-22).
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Collier, William Ried
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Gang-Plows and Cultivators. (open access)

Improvement in Combined Gang-Plows and Cultivators.

Patent for an improved gang-plow and cultivator, including illustrations.
Date: April 6, 1875
Creator: Clements, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a plow carriage, having a sprocket-wheel attached to the driving-wheel, and a rotary mold-board provided with a sprocket-hub having bearings in the plow-beam, of a shaft journaled upon the carriage-frame provided with toggle or universal joints, and suitable chain or belt connections for the sprocket-wheels" (lines 69-76).
Date: August 6, 1889
Creator: Kirk, Johnathan P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Can. (open access)

Oil Can.

Patent for a new and improved oil can. This design "has for its object to provide a can of improved construction, whereby the liability of foreign matter in the oil will be prevented from clogging the escape-tube, and thus rendering the flow of oil impossible until the spout of the same has been freed from such obstruction" (lines 10-18).
Date: May 6, 1884
Creator: English, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fish Box (open access)

Fish Box

Patent for a fish box. This box is collapsible and may be stored away when not in use, but proves sturdy when being used.
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Hofer, John T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Skirt-Rack (open access)

Skirt-Rack

Patent for a skirt rack for holding skirts for display in stores and protecting them from wear and dust.
Date: August 6, 1912
Creator: Douglas, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed - Conveyer. (open access)

Seed - Conveyer.

Patent for a new and useful seed conveyer, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 6, 1900
Creator: Johnson, Thomas E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Badge or Medal. (open access)

Design for a Badge or Medal.

Design patent for a round souvenir badge or medal that has an image of a star on the front with a portrait in the center, and rays emanating toward the outside edge used for text. The back of the medal has an image of the Texas state capitol and spaces for additional text. The design also includes a suspending-bar shaped as a bald eagle with spread wings, holding crossed rifles.
Date: December 6, 1887
Creator: Maxcy, John Wharton
System: The Portal to Texas History