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Cattle-Guard (open access)

Cattle-Guard

Patent for a cattle guard to prevent cattle from treading upon railroad tracks. Illustrations included.
Date: October 25, 1910
Creator: Reed, Conwell P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drop-Feed for Seeders and Planters. (open access)

Drop-Feed for Seeders and Planters.

Patent for a drop feed device that dispenses individual seeds (particularly peas) for planting. It attaches to a planter, dropping seeds when activated by the motion of the planter's wheels. A seed guard prevents clogging.
Date: September 25, 1917
Creator: Johnson, Mat P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter. (open access)

Seed-Planter.

Patent for improvements in seed-planter by using different sizes of disks to construct a hopper that can be revolved, in which it can be adapted to plant cotton, corn or other seeds. Illustration is included.
Date: August 25, 1891
Creator: Thompson, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Bending Machine. (open access)

Pipe-Bending Machine.

Patent for a machine used to bend or shape metal pipes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 25, 1913
Creator: Rutledge, Caleb C.
System: The Portal to Texas History