Cane-Header. (open access)

Cane-Header.

Patent for a new and useful improvement in cane headers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 23, 1900
Creator: Easley, William Dudley
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal Yoke Or Poke. (open access)

Animal Yoke Or Poke.

Patent for a new and useful animal yoke or poke, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 23, 1900
Creator: Worley, Frank Athar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the crossed levers, the bail extending over the same, the spring secured to and extending between said levers, and the latches carried by said levers" (lines 3-6).
Date: July 23, 1889
Creator: Bonner, Whitmill J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vapor and Steam Burner (open access)

Vapor and Steam Burner

Patent for a vapor and steam burner. Illustrations included.
Date: August 23, 1910
Creator: Stafford, George A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a plow that is simpler, more durable, and cheaper to make than previous ones and allows for easier adjustments in plowing depth.
Date: April 23, 1907
Creator: Stafford, George A. & Henry, Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Conveyer for Unloading Cotton. (open access)

Pneumatic Conveyer for Unloading Cotton.

Patent for a new and improved pneumatic conveyer. This design "relates to improvements in pneumatic conveyers of that class or style adapted for unloading cotton from a wagon and depositing it on the gin-stand or other place; and the object is to provide a machine whereby cotton may be readily, conveniently, and expeditiously taken from the wagon or other vehicle or dumping-platform and carried or conveyed through a pneumatic tube and deposited on the gin-stand or similar floor for ginning" (lines 9-19).
Date: August 23, 1892
Creator: Stafford, George A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wind Wheel (open access)

Wind Wheel

Patent for wind wheel. Illustration included.
Date: June 23, 1908
Creator: Bradford, McDuffee
System: The Portal to Texas History