Wing Sweep Attachement for Plows (open access)

Wing Sweep Attachement for Plows

Patent for "an attachment for plows, cultivators or the like whereby the implement may readily be provided with wing sweeps without disarrangement or reconstruction of the old parts of implement, and in such connection it relates more particularly to the form, constuction and arrangement of the attachment" (lines 9-16).
Date: August 28, 1916
Creator: Skinner, M. T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Time-Controlling Mechanism. (open access)

Time-Controlling Mechanism.

Patent for new and useful Improvements in Time-Controlling Mechanism "designed more particularly for the automatic operation of electric switches, circuit closers, and the like" (lines 13-15), including illustrations and instructions. A main object of the invention is to provide a time controlling mechanism for alarm clocks to "intermittently operate the electric switch or other movable member at pre-determined intervals" (lines 19-21).
Date: August 28, 1917
Creator: Gerdes, Herman Henry.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Poultry House (open access)

Poultry House

Patent for poultry housing unit that is easier to clean than previous poultry houses.
Date: November 28, 1916
Creator: Siddall, Willie D. & Hassell, William R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steering-Gear. (open access)

Steering-Gear.

Patent for a new and improved steering-gear. A simplistic and inexpensive design that will prevent the transfer of shocks to the steering wheel when traveling in a straight line.
Date: October 28, 1919
Creator: Scheble, Eugene Stiles
System: The Portal to Texas History