Grave-Filler. (open access)

Grave-Filler.

Patent for a grave-filler device that holds dirt from the grave and can be shifted longitudinally from the grave and be titled vertically to refill the grave.
Date: April 25, 1916
Creator: Imhoff, Louis P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fly Catcher (open access)

Fly Catcher

Patent for the fly catcher. This invention comprehends the provision of a fly trap embodying a chute through which livestock may pass and have flies that circulate around them being scared or brushed off of them and causing them to enter a trap. Illustrations are provided.
Date: March 12, 1918
Creator: Girvin, Fitzhugh B. & Brady, Charles P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mop-Wringer. (open access)

Mop-Wringer.

Patent for a mop wringer inside a bucket, which is permanently attached below the mouth of the bucket and still allows for buckets to be stacked for storage.
Date: May 24, 1910
Creator: Atkin, Samuel Thatcher
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Roof. (open access)

Metallic Roof.

Patent for new and useful improvements to the design of portable metallic roofs, including illustrations.
Date: May 22, 1917
Creator: Draper, David F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Razor-Handle. (open access)

Razor-Handle.

Patent for a razor handle that has a safety guard for the blade.
Date: April 4, 1911
Creator: Wiederkehr, Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plumb Level (open access)

Plumb Level

Patent for a plumb level. Illustrations included.
Date: August 20, 1912
Creator: Brooks, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Detacher (open access)

Horse-Detacher

Patent for a horse detacher that easily connects and unconnects to the swingletree.
Date: March 4, 1913
Creator: Nowotny, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ditching-Machine. (open access)

Ditching-Machine.

Patent for a ditching machine for digging ditches than can go in reverse.
Date: April 18, 1911
Creator: Miller, Sam
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wedge Cutter (open access)

Wedge Cutter

Patent for a device that cuts wood into different sized wedges. This is a device used in the construction industry.
Date: July 14, 1915
Creator: Echols, Elijah B. & Zindler, Herman J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press (open access)

Cotton-Press

Patent for a cotton press that operates slowly and requires minimum power. Illustrations included.
Date: January 18, 1910
Creator: Breihan, Frederick F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press. (open access)

Cotton-Press.

Patent for a cotton press, which can be run with either wormed gearing or beveled gearing depending on the pressure desired to be exerted on the cotton.
Date: March 8, 1910
Creator: Breihan, Frederick F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cultivators (open access)

Attachment for Cultivators

Patent for attachment for cultivators. The invention allows a cultivator's shovel to be spaced apart to facilitate the plowing of corn, cotton, and other similar products.
Date: November 28, 1911
Creator: Jez, Joseph M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cream-Separators. (open access)

Attachment for Cream-Separators.

A patent for a strainer rack attachment "which is cheap and simple in construction, which may be very readily attached to the milk bowl supporting stand, and by means of which a strainer may be arranged over the milk bowl or turned back out of the way as desired." (lines 22-27)
Date: May 30, 1916
Creator: Miller, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper, which attaches to a sulky cultivator.
Date: March 1, 1910
Creator: Bunnell, Marcellus Jackson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper (open access)

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for an improved cotton-chopper, which includes a vertical swinging movement, as well as a wheel at its base which, and has a chopper shaft that may be depressed by the feet of the operator so that the chopper can operate even on uneven ground.
Date: March 9, 1915
Creator: Baker, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History