Bake-Oven (open access)

Bake-Oven

Patent for "an oven through which a current of cool or heated air may be passed to maintain the same at a desired temperature for either purposes of baking, evaporating, drying or roasting substances therein, as may be found desirable" (lines 10-15).
Date: June 12, 1900
Creator: Turner, Robert W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Door. (open access)

Car-Door.

Patent for "sliding doors for freight cars, stock cars, &c., in which the car door is suspended at its upper end by means of suitable hangers engaging a track or guide rail extended above and to one side of the door-way in such manner that the door, when unfastened, may be made to slide sidewise to give access to the interior of the car." (Lines 8-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 12, 1894
Creator: Mooney, Patrick T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Raising and Lowering Mechanism for Harvesters. (open access)

Raising and Lowering Mechanism for Harvesters.

Patent for improvements in raising and lowering mechanism for harvesters that can be raised and/or lowered at both ends simultaneously with power from the drive wheel, while also being cheap, easy to manufacture, and durable.
Date: July 12, 1892
Creator: Schubert, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tongue-Support. (open access)

Tongue-Support.

Patent for a tongue support that lessens the weight and wearing of the tongue on the horse's neck. The spring is made of steel, is two or more coils, and sits on the tongue rod. The spring's firmness is adjustable, and only enough weight to hold the tongue in place is put on the animal.
Date: December 12, 1893
Creator: Young, Delma H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Traction Gang-Plow (open access)

Traction Gang-Plow

Patent for a traction gang-plow. Illustration included.
Date: April 12, 1910
Creator: Johnson, Charles J.
System: The Portal to Texas History