Beet-Harvesting Machine. (open access)

Beet-Harvesting Machine.

Patent for beet harvesting machine capable of plucking, cutting, and sorting vegetable parts.
Date: January 4, 1916
Creator: Holub, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroyer. (open access)

Insect Destroyer.

Patent for a new and improved insect destroyer. This design consists "[i]n a poison-sprinkling machine, the combination, with the wheels mounted on stub-axles, with vertically-adjustable rotary sifters in the rear operated by the wheels, of an arched frame connected to said axles, said frame having thills secured thereto, and an arched yoke having its ends bent outward to form neck-yokes and secured to the outer ends of said thills, and draft-arms secured to the sides of said thills" (lines 59-68).
Date: January 24, 1888
Creator: Rives, John T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel Plow (open access)

Wheel Plow

Patent for a plow supported on wheels. Illustration included.
Date: January 1, 1907
Creator: Barnett, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Planter Attachment (open access)

Planter Attachment

Patent for an attachment that follows behind planters, to smooth out affected soil.
Date: January 9, 1917
Creator: Drummond, Josiah D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Show Case (open access)

Show Case

Patent for a show case. Illustration included.
Date: January 5, 1909
Creator: Thompson, Peter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sand-Screen for Wells. (open access)

Sand-Screen for Wells.

Patent for a sand-screen for wells "to provide a simple and efficient device adapted for use on ordinary well-tubing, the same being capable of construction and repair at small cost, being readily attachable to and removable from the tubing, and having means for effectually excluding sand from the inlet end of the tubing, while permitting the free inflow of water therethrough" (lines 9-17).
Date: April 26, 1902
Creator: Jackson, Stokeley & Thompson, Neals
System: The Portal to Texas History
Roller Attachment for Corn and Cotton Planters (open access)

Roller Attachment for Corn and Cotton Planters

Patent for a land roller. This land roller will be attached to the planter in a new way, and will allow for the roller to curve with the planter.
Date: January 11, 1916
Creator: Drapela, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint (open access)

Rail-Joint

Patent for connecting fish plates at the meeting ends of rails where the rails are securely connected without the necessity of employing bolts. Another object of this improvement is to provide a combined fish plate and rail chair which can be applied to the rails.
Date: January 13, 1920
Creator: Jezik, Joseph J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Calf-Weaner. (open access)

Calf-Weaner.

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Calf-Weaners." (line 5-6) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 9, 1906
Creator: Chandler, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History