Conveyer-Gearing for Harvesters (open access)

Conveyer-Gearing for Harvesters

Patent for "... a new and useful Gearing for Harvester-Conveyers..." (lines 4-5) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 29, 1892
Creator: Schubert, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Float-Valve (open access)

Float-Valve

Patent for a valve used in flushing and storage tanks. Illustrations included.
Date: March 29, 1910
Creator: Rymer, William T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Egg-Preserving Compound. (open access)

Egg-Preserving Compound.

Patent for a new compound to be used for the preservation of eggs which lists the ingredients and proportions.
Date: March 29, 1887
Creator: Jurgens, Nils Colling.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cleaning Cultivator Attachment (open access)

Cotton-Cleaning Cultivator Attachment

Patent for improvements to cotton-cleaning cultivators. The improved cultivator "is designed for cleaning cotton or similar crops so as to eliminate the necessity of hoeing cotton," (line 14-16) uproot unwanted surrounding plants, and level ridges formed while cultivating cotton.
Date: December 29, 1917
Creator: Hasting, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History