Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for the improvement of cultivators by allowing the attached shovels to have wider range of motion and customization.
Date: September 28, 1915
Creator: Braune, Friedrich
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Vehicle-Headlight (open access)

Adjustable Vehicle-Headlight

Patent for a headlight for a vehicle that is able to direct the light towards both sides of the road rather than only straight ahead.
Date: September 22, 1914
Creator: Kitching, David C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Self-Dumping Drag Harrow (open access)

Self-Dumping Drag Harrow

Patent for an invention, including specifications, of an improved Self-Dumping Drag-Harrows mechanism. The device is capable of rotating or changing the angle of harrow teeth and body without the effort of the machine operator, facilitating faster movement and increased production. The mechanism in question is claimed by the applicant in addition to the competent parts arranged in such a fashion as to mimic the capabilities of the described device.
Date: October 19, 1915
Creator: Bales, William S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Breast Pump (open access)

Breast Pump

Patent for a maual breast pump. Illustration included.
Date: September 5, 1905
Creator: Ezell, Uberto Desaix
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for an improved quarter circular press with a rebounding plunger. The "improvements are in the arrangements and securing of the plates to receive the king-bolt; and braces to guide and support the lever; and, the links linking the plunger-bar direct to the king-bolt, and suitable tripping mechanism" (lines 20-26).
Date: September 5, 1893
Creator: Schubert, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Binder (open access)

Grain-Binder

Patent for a grain-binder that will "first, to construct a needle in sections, and to construct mechanism to curve said needle in position to a proper curvature to conform to the sheaf to be bound at the beginning of the binding operation, and to again straighten out said needle at the end of the binding operation, so as to pass beneath the upper deck of the platform, so that the grain can be shifted direct from the grain-receiving platform on the needle by a suitable conveyer invented by myself and patented February 17,1891, No. 446,473, thus dispensing with all packing and elevating and receiving mechanism, thus promoting simplicity and cheapness of the construction of such grain-binders; second, to construct a simple, light, and durable clutching mechanism to connect and disconnect the binding mechanism with the harvester or conveyor gearing; third, to construct a simple gear-shifting mechanism to impart reciprocating movement to the conveyer, and, fourth, to construct a light and simple locking mechanism to lock the gear-shifting mechanism in position after being shifted to the desired position" (lines 15-40).
Date: September 20, 1892
Creator: Schubert, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Binder (open access)

Grain-Binder

Patent for "a platform-binder in which the needle or cord-carrying arm is placed below the deck of the platform and the cord-tying mechanism is placed above the deck of the platform, and the needle being so arranged as to pass beneath the upper plate of an ordinary platform five or six inches in depth and to receive the grain and to compress the same without the assistance of any packers or specially-operated packing mechanism" (lines 8-18).
Date: September 6, 1892
Creator: Schubert, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Washer. (open access)

Clothes Washer.

Patent for a new and improved clothes washer "in which air is driven by the action of a piston through the clothing and the water surrounding it"(lines 9-11), includes instruction and illustration
Date: September 22, 1885
Creator: Gardner, James D. & Brumbelow, James N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tug and Hip Strap Attachment for Harness. (open access)

Tug and Hip Strap Attachment for Harness.

Patent for a new and improved tug and hip strap attachment for harnesses. This design "relates to an improved tug and hip strap attachment for harness which shall admit of the rapid and convenient attachment or detachment of the horse or horses to or from the vehicle, and which, in case the animal becomes unruly, shall enable it to be instantly detached, thereby avoiding danger of accidents; and it has for its object to provide a device of this class which shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, and general efficiency" (lines 22-32).
Date: September 1, 1885
Creator: Lain, John James
System: The Portal to Texas History