Animal-Poke. (open access)

Animal-Poke.

Patent for an animal-poke that is "placed over the animal's neck and provided with spurs, whereby the animal is pricked when he attempts to pass a fence or other barrier" (lines 9-12). This invention doesn't prick the animal while it is grazing and is more comfortable to wear than similar animal-pokes.
Date: January 14, 1896
Creator: Dickey, John S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wind-Wheel (open access)

Wind-Wheel

Patent for a new and novel design for a wind wheel.
Date: August 12, 1890
Creator: Gatlin, Lilburn M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hand-Stamp. (open access)

Hand-Stamp.

Patent for a simple, inexpensive, simple, and durable hand stamp that uses the minimum number of parts.
Date: November 7, 1893
Creator: Dysart, Marby P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sod Cutter. (open access)

Sod Cutter.

Patent for a new and improved sod-cutter. This design consists, "with a sod-cutter comprising the frame, the horizontal blade, the beam, the handle-bars, and the brace-rod connecting the said beam with the outer handle-bar . . . of the upwardly and outwardly curved guide-rods secured to the rear of the said blades, the curved cutting-blades secured to said rods for dividing the cut sod into separate portions, and the fender provided with a forwardly-bent flange at its upper edge and secured to the said brace-rod diagonally of the machine and behind and above the said blades" (lines 76-88).
Date: July 29, 1890
Creator: White, Maston Timothy
System: The Portal to Texas History