Binding Attachment for Baling-Presses. (open access)

Binding Attachment for Baling-Presses.

Patent for bale binding devices that takes wire from spools and binds each bale and then twists the ends of the bale so they hold their shape.
Date: August 3, 1920
Creator: Leavitt, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a plow, by John W. Hudson. This plow has a beam that can be adjusted to carry different sizes of plows. Beam is designed to help equalize resistance between the two sides of the beam.
Date: July 3, 1906
Creator: Hudson, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gang-Plow. (open access)

Gang-Plow.

Patent for a gang plow for “the use of a greater or lesser number of plow units in the gang or series and, to provide as a rear support for the plow a rear furrow-wheel associated with adjusting means for raising or lowering the rear end of the plow to regulate the depth of cut and; with additional adjusting means arranged to shift the crank-axle of said wheel to properly resist the side draft of the plow and, to aid in directing the latter in four-side plowing in order that comparatively sharp corners may be turned.” (Lines 17-28) Illustration is included.
Date: January 3, 1905
Creator: Luecke, Henry C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner (open access)

Oil-Burner

Patent for an oil burner that converts petroleum fuel into gas with its own heat. Illustrations included.
Date: December 3, 1907
Creator: Ziegler, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe Tongs Support. (open access)

Pipe Tongs Support.

Patent for pipe tongs supports to provide a pipe tongs support that will permit a pipe tongs to be so balanced that it will tend to maintain itself in a horizontal position which is the position in which its use is required.
Date: August 3, 1915
Creator: Hoffer, Temple B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fuel Rod Coupling (open access)

Fuel Rod Coupling

Patent for a new type of fuel rod coupling, or "sucker rod," meant to increase the durability of pipes and rods used in drilling operations.
Date: June 3, 1919
Creator: Sheldon, W. J. & Allen, C. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History