Resource Type

Automatic Valve (open access)

Automatic Valve

Patent for an automatic valve that uses a lever to open and close quickly, with illustrations.
Date: November 20, 1906
Creator: Pinkerton, Henry S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow. (open access)

Harrow.

Patent for a new and improved harrow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the revolving harrow-teeth and prong-wheels, of the centrally-hinged vibratory frame, carrying drag-hook teeth . . . [and] [t]he combination, with the harrow-frame . . . carrying the hook-teeth, of the pulley, chain, and lever" (lines 62-70).
Date: March 20, 1883
Creator: Lewis, Charles Patton
System: The Portal to Texas History