Combined Hoe and Planter (open access)

Combined Hoe and Planter

Patent for improving on the design of devices that combine a hoe and a planter for the purpose of properly placing a seed at the cutting edge of the hoe.
Date: October 22, 1918
Creator: Combs, Asa Z.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench (open access)

Wrench

Patent for a wrench. The invention consists of a locking device to prevent the jaw from sliding. Illustration included.
Date: October 29, 1912
Creator: Fernandez, Pedro
System: The Portal to Texas History
Intermittent-Operating Mechanism (open access)

Intermittent-Operating Mechanism

Patent for intermittent-operating mechanism. This is to improve upon the automatic regulating means for windmills in regards to supplying water to a tank.
Date: October 16, 1917
Creator: Bittner, Emil R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pole or shaft. (open access)

Pole or shaft.

Patent for poles and shafts for vehicles with the objective of providing "simple and inexpensive means for dispensing with the singletree ordinarily employed with a pair of shafts or thills in a one-horse vehicle or the usual doubletree in a two-horse vehicle." (Lines 10-15)
Date: October 22, 1901
Creator: Sharp, Marvin A. & Sharp, Bird H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft-Appliance. (open access)

Draft-Appliance.

Patent for a draft appliance (animal-driven vehicle) with the purpose of changing and equalizing the draft between draft-animals and making the draft line easily adjustable.
Date: October 7, 1902
Creator: Arnold, Cyrus M.
System: The Portal to Texas History