Track Raising, Lowering, and Ballasting Machine. (open access)

Track Raising, Lowering, and Ballasting Machine.

Patent for a track raising, lowering, and ballasting machine for use in building railroads.
Date: August 9, 1910
Creator: Sparks, Walter F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hoist (open access)

Hoist

Patent for a hoist for lifting motor vehicles. Illustrations included.
Date: August 1, 1911
Creator: McCoy, Henry L. & Boatright, William B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Farm Gate. (open access)

Farm Gate.

Patent for a new and improved farm gate. This design "has relation to that class of swinging farm-gates operated by an arrangement of levers upon both sides thereof, whereby the gate can be opened and closed by the driver or occupant of the vehicle without getting down from his [or her] seat" (lines 16-21).
Date: August 30, 1881
Creator: Wolfram, John Arnold
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grub-Plow. (open access)

Grub-Plow.

Patent for a grub plow with a better cutter, which can be adjusted to different depths of soil.
Date: August 15, 1911
Creator: Gardner, Eli J. & Odem, David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper attachment, which can be connected to a cultivator to thin cotton.
Date: August 3, 1909
Creator: Joiner, Preston
System: The Portal to Texas History