Cork-Puller (open access)

Cork-Puller

Patent for a cork-puller which eases the removal of a cork from a bottle, without damaging either cork or bottle, with illustrations.
Date: October 15, 1918
Creator: Moser, Jacob W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment (open access)

Cultivator Attachment

Patent for improving disc cultivators by attaching a tool (plow, hoe) to pulverize the soil and cut a trench before the machine drops seeds; then the tool runs behind the disc to throw dirt over the seeds. It Is reliable, easy to construct, and cheap.
Date: October 15, 1918
Creator: Meadows, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carbureter (open access)

Carbureter

Patent for a "carbureter adapted for use in connection with internal combustion engines, and being of novel construction whereby the air is drawn through the gasolene or liquid fuel to vaporize the fuel and thereby provide a thorough and proper mixture of the air and fuel" (lines 10-16), including illustrations.
Date: October 19, 1915
Creator: Nichols, Theodore J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench. (open access)

Wrench.

Patent for an adjustable wrench.
Date: October 31, 1911
Creator: Harris, Robert M. & Bottoms, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Warp-Beam for Looms. (open access)

Warp-Beam for Looms.

Patent for a warp beam for a loom, which allows the thread to be attached directly from the spool to the warp beam without the need for a reel in between.
Date: October 6, 1908
Creator: Harbour, Rebecca
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Cooler. (open access)

Water-Cooler.

Patent for an improvement in water-coolers wherein the vessel for holding the water is surrounded with fibrous material that is kept saturated with water, the evaporation of which will absorb the heat from the water contained in the vessel in a manner well known to science.
Date: October 20, 1880
Creator: Barber, Edwin Louis
System: The Portal to Texas History