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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
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
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
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