Combination-Tool. (open access)

Combination-Tool.

Patent for a combination tool that provides "a novel form of tool-head arranged to interchangeably carry a plurality of tools of different characters, whereby the single tool-head may be employed in various capacities" (lines 8-12), including illustrations.
Date: January 30, 1906
Creator: Spicer, John R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Churns. (open access)

Improvement in Churns.

Patent for a better churn which makes butter faster, releases butter from the churn more easily, and is simple to create and use. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 1, 1878
Creator: McConnell, John A. & McConnell, William V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trace Carrier. (open access)

Trace Carrier.

Patent for improvements to a harness back band buckle and chain carrier, so that "strain is taken off from the center of the buckle, where the ordinary buckles often break" (lines 71-73), including illustrations.
Date: January 31, 1893
Creator: Nichols, Edward A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hand Fertilizer-Distributer. (open access)

Hand Fertilizer-Distributer.

Patent for "improvements in hand fertilizer-distributers and seed-drills," (lines 19-20) with instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 30, 1891
Creator: Barbee, Napoleon B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Wrench. (open access)

Pipe-Wrench.

Patent for the improvement of the pipe wrench for heavy construction. This invention was made to allow workers to use a variety of parts and arrangements depending on the type of pipe they are working with.
Date: January 4, 1921
Creator: Reed, Clarence E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for an adjustable cotton chopper which allows for the chopper to be set to different heights (vertically).
Date: January 8, 1918
Creator: Seamon, Albert H.
System: The Portal to Texas History