Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a plow, which attaches to cultivators that both turns the earth destroying weeds and puts some soil around the tops of the young plants to keep them low growing.
Date: May 11, 1909
Creator: Avery, Charles Lafayette
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tool-Sharpener. (open access)

Tool-Sharpener.

Patent for a tool sharpener for various farm equipment such as plows or tools.
Date: March 23, 1909
Creator: Kirksey, Elijah F. & Stegall, John T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chuck. (open access)

Chuck.

Patent for a chuck used with a jewelers lathe to hold watch crystals in place while cutting them down to size.
Date: November 24, 1908
Creator: Bruton, David A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle -Spindle (open access)

Vehicle -Spindle

Patent for Spindles of light vehicles
Date: July 28, 1908
Creator: Thompson, Travis T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coupling (open access)

Coupling

Patent for a coupler designed to connect the pipes of train cars. Illustrations included.
Date: June 23, 1908
Creator: Mc.Millan, Thomas B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cultivator Attachment. (open access)

Cotton-Cultivator Attachment.

Patent for a cotton cultivator attachment, which allows sections of plants to be left intact or plowed under as desired.
Date: March 24, 1908
Creator: Connell, Alexander Hardee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seeder and Fertilizer-Distributer (open access)

Seeder and Fertilizer-Distributer

Patent for a planter designed to drop the seeds first and then the fertilizer directly afterwards. Illustrations included.
Date: December 10, 1907
Creator: Ingram, Jesse A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Step (open access)

Vehicle Step

Patent for vehicle step. Illustrations included.
Date: October 1, 1907
Creator: Lannom, Wilson A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Air-Brake Coupling (open access)

Automatic Air-Brake Coupling

Patent for an air-brake coupling for railroad cars which connects cars automatically and can be fully controlled by the train engineer in the engine.
Date: July 23, 1907
Creator: McMillan, Thomas B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Top. (open access)

Vehicle-Top.

Patent for a canvas top for a wagon that is attached to wooden bows and can be folded up into a seat rest when not in use.
Date: July 9, 1907
Creator: Kelley, Harrall M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap (open access)

Animal-Trap

Patent for an animal trap that requires the animal to fully enter the jaws of the trap to reach the bait and that reliably springs the trap upon the entrance of an animal but not when refilling the bait in the trap.
Date: March 26, 1907
Creator: Dubois, James Madison
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment (open access)

Cultivator Attachment

Patent for a cultivator attachment. This invention is used to provide stalk-cutting the stalks and chopping of cotton. Illustration included.
Date: February 26, 1907
Creator: Nicks, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper (open access)

Cotton Chopper

Patent for cotton choppers. This invention is adapted to be attached to a double shovel cultivator so that the chopper will rotate so as to protect plants. Illustrations included.
Date: November 13, 1906
Creator: Connell, Alexander Hardee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail Joint (open access)

Rail Joint

Patent for a rail joint. Illustration included.
Date: August 14, 1906
Creator: Bruton, David Alonzo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Alarm. (open access)

Alarm.

Patent for an alarm designed to attach to windows or entryways and sound to alert residents of a burglary attempt, with illustrations.
Date: May 29, 1906
Creator: Hobbs, Francis Marion
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench. (open access)

Wrench.

Patent for a pipe wrench. "One object of the invention is to provide an exceedingly simple, inexpensive, durable, and efficient" (lines 12-14) pipe wrench. "Another object of the invention is to obviate the use of link connections and yet obtain a positive binding action off the jaws upon the pipe, bolt, or other object to which the device may be applied." (lines 15-19)
Date: March 27, 1906
Creator: Coffman, Seburn E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment (open access)

Cultivator Attachment

Patent for an attachment to a cultivator. Illustrations included.
Date: February 20, 1906
Creator: Mitchell, Wade H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carpenter's Jack (open access)

Carpenter's Jack

Patent for a carpenter's jack specifically designed for "carpenters or workmen in laying flooring, putting up siding, or any similar operations" (lines 9-11).
Date: October 24, 1905
Creator: McCulley, Perry J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Planter Attachment For Cultivators (open access)

Planter Attachment For Cultivators

Patent for a planter attachment for cultivators. Illustration included.
Date: March 21, 1905
Creator: Mitchell, Wade H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buggy Top Support (open access)

Buggy Top Support

Patent for a buggy top support. Illustration included.
Date: January 10, 1905
Creator: Mason, Everett H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carriage Top Support (open access)

Carriage Top Support

Patent for a carriage top support. This carriage top support is designed "with sufficient resiliency to take up all the jolts and strains between the body and the top" (line 16-18). Illustration included.
Date: August 25, 1903
Creator: Mason, Everett H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Tank (open access)

Oil-Tank

Patent for an oil tank.
Date: April 21, 1903
Creator: Collins, Benjamin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash Lock (open access)

Sash Lock

Patent for an invention which improves "the construction of sash locks" for "great strength and durability" (lines 11-13) including illustrations.
Date: July 1, 1902
Creator: Baker, Howard Allen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Top Support. (open access)

Buggy-Top Support.

Patent for buggy-top support by providing a device that can “secure the folding top of any vehicle and will protect the bows from strain and breakage, when in lowered position and will also prevent all rattling of and shocks of the folding top.” (Lines 11-15) Illustration is included.
Date: June 4, 1901
Creator: Mason, Everett H.
System: The Portal to Texas History