Grubbing Plow (open access)

Grubbing Plow

Patent for a grubbing plow. Illustration included.
Date: April 5, 1910
Creator: Jauer, Christman D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Foot Piece for Cultivators. (open access)

Foot Piece for Cultivators.

Patent for foot pieces of "simple and improved construction whereby the cultivator blade will be held in ground engaging position resiliently with sufficient force to maintain it properly in position in varying conditions of the soil" (lines 10-15). The foot pieces allow for variation in the force with which the blade is maintained in ground, the blade being "quickly and conveniently changed" (lines 24-25).
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Myers, Jim H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Umbrella. (open access)

Folding Umbrella.

Patent for an improved folding umbrella consisting of folding ribs and braces. Additionally, the staff of the umbrella is separable so that the staff can be shortened when the umbrella is closed.
Date: June 10, 1913
Creator: Allen, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench (open access)

Wrench

Patent for an improved model of wrench, designed to work upon the bore of tubes, thimbles, and other forms of pipes. This invention improves on the construction of the wrench, allowing it to be inserted in the end of a tube, and when rotated, be effectively engaged with the tube to turn the same.
Date: March 6, 1917
Creator: Brown, Charley S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Traction-Wheel (open access)

Traction-Wheel

Patent for a traction wheel with a removable gripping surface which will prevent the wheel from slipping on roads or slick surfaces.
Date: January 19, 1915
Creator: Biela, Valentine
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mud Guard. (open access)

Mud Guard.

Patent for an attachable mud guard for any vehicle, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 25, 1914
Creator: Johnson, Tom L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Cotton Picker (open access)

Pneumatic Cotton Picker

Patent for an improved Pneumatic Cotton Picker. This invention was created to eliminate the tendancy for leaves to be bundled in with the cotton when picked by other Pneumatic Cotton Pickers.
Date: December 10, 1918
Creator: Radford, Will H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gear-Wheel. (open access)

Gear-Wheel.

Patent for the construction of a wheel and gear rim that converts any ordinary vehicle wheel into a gear wheel.
Date: June 8, 1915
Creator: Biela, Valentine
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press. (open access)

Hay-Press.

Patent for improving baling presses by reconstructing the press to make it more efficient and simple. Also, this improvement allows the plunger to automatically return after the press stroke is finished.
Date: March 11, 1919
Creator: White, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safe (open access)

Safe

Patent for a safe. Illustration included.
Date: March 22, 1910
Creator: Smith, Virgil A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Drinking-Fountain. (open access)

Sanitary Drinking-Fountain.

Patent for improvement in sanitary drinking fountains by providing a device in which the “discharge nozzle of the fountain is protected against contact with the mouth of the user, thereby enhance the sanitary nature of the fountain” (lines 16-20). Illustration is included.
Date: October 7, 1913
Creator: Moore, Isham S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plowshare Attachment. (open access)

Plowshare Attachment.

Patent for a plowshare attachment, which will allow a new replacement part when this part is no longer in working condition.
Date: June 11, 1912
Creator: Hickle, Pryor H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plowshare for Grubbing-Plows, &c. (open access)

Plowshare for Grubbing-Plows, &c.

Patent for a plowshare for grubbing plows and other plows used for clearing through timber. Illustrations included.
Date: May 3, 1910
Creator: Jauer, Christman D.
System: The Portal to Texas History