Stalk-Rake. (open access)

Stalk-Rake.

Patent for new stalk rake design, “especially applicable as a rake for gathering corn or cotton stalks from the ground preparatory to plowing the same or otherwise fitting it for use”, (lines 13-17) including illustrations.
Date: July 15, 1902
Creator: Clark, Joesph Lauson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nanomanipulation Coupled Nanospray Mass Spectrometry (NMS) (open access)

Nanomanipulation Coupled Nanospray Mass Spectrometry (NMS)

Patent relating to nanomanipulation coupled nanospray mass spectrometry (NMS).
Date: March 12, 2013
Creator: Verbeck, Guido F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hand-Car. (open access)

Hand-Car.

Patent for "a hand-car with an auxiliary spring-actuated mechanism which can be used with or without the lever mechanism to propel at a rapid rate of speed." (Lines 12-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 15, 1897
Creator: Rousey, William N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse Collar (open access)

Horse Collar

Patent for a horse collar. Illustration included.
Date: August 15, 1905
Creator: Cooper, Joseph P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Engine. (open access)

Fire-Engine.

Patent for improvements to fire engines, designed for rural use and places where water may be scarce by the inclusion of storage tank and a pump.
Date: November 15, 1910
Creator: Minnis, Henry M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Razor-Stropping Device (open access)

Razor-Stropping Device

Patent for a razor sharpening device in which the razor blade may be held on an incline for efficient sharpening.
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Greenwood, Charley E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Making Vessels Invisible. (open access)

Device for Making Vessels Invisible.

Patent for improvements in "air and water craft" (line 13) invisible including illustrations. These improvements include invisibility through "plurality of plates or sections" (lines 18-19) and diffuse light, disguising the vessels.
Date: July 15, 1919
Creator: Chaddick, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for agricultural machines to "permit the chopper to pass predetermined plants during the operation of the machine through a planted field." (lines 13-16)
Date: June 15, 1920
Creator: Hart, Granville M. & Wall, James Edgar
System: The Portal to Texas History