Combined Stalk-Cutter and Rake. (open access)

Combined Stalk-Cutter and Rake.

Patent for an improved combined stalk cutter and rake that has a main frame, a rake frame, a hanger attached to the axle-bar under the frame, arms at the back of the frame, a transverse rod in the hanger and slots in the arms, a rock-lever, connections for operating the frame, a rake at the end of the frame, and an operating lever.
Date: April 3, 1894
Creator: Priestley, Joseph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Open Records Letter Ruling: OR2000-0370 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Open Records Letter Ruling: OR2000-0370

Document issued by the Open Records Division at the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an informal interpretation of Texas law related to whether certain information is subject to required public disclosure under the Public Information Act, chapter 552 of the Government Code.
Date: February 3, 2000
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fuse Block (open access)

Fuse Block

Patent for improvements to Patent No. 1113528. Invention provides a fuse block where the fuses can be replaced by a lineman without being in close proximity to the primary circuit wires. Invention also allows various types of fuses to be used.
Date: May 3, 1921
Creator: Anderson, Lou Belle
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Dressing Surfaces of Pavements. (open access)

Machine for Dressing Surfaces of Pavements.

Patent for improvements in machines for dressing surfaces of wooden or block pavements that may be operated by a traction-engine of known construction, including illustrations.
Date: November 3, 1891
Creator: Love, Robert Hamilton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow or Rake Attachment for Plows and Cultivators. (open access)

Harrow or Rake Attachment for Plows and Cultivators.

Patent for a new and improved harrow and rake attachment for plows and cultivators. This design consists in "[t]he combination, in a rake or harrow attachment for plows, of a clamp provided with a curved perforated shoe, and adapted to be secured to the standard of one beam, a rake or harrow secured at one end to said shoe, a bar, means for connecting the same to a second beam, the lower end of said bar being connected to the other end of the rake or harrow" (lines 94-102).
Date: November 3, 1885
Creator: Jarrett, Elisha T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Screen. (open access)

Screen.

Patent for a wire netting screen that can be used on doors or windows.
Date: August 3, 1915
Creator: Faires, Elisha J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Car-Step. (open access)

Folding Car-Step.

Patent for "a supplemental folding step which may be lowered into position for use when passengers are boarding or leaving a [railway] car and which may be folded back out of the way when the train is about to leave the station." (Lines 12-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 3, 1897
Creator: Hamilton, Samuel R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for an improvement in plows by using a series of spring-tines that are secured above the mold-board, when in operation these independently-moving tines “serve to jar and break the clods, thus not only pulverizing the clods to a certain degree but also insuring the freeing of the tines of all dirt” (lines 90-93), including illustration.
Date: March 3, 1891
Creator: Ball, Alfred Fine
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Elevator and Distributer (open access)

Cotton Elevator and Distributer

Patent for a cotton elevator and distributor. Illustrations included.
Date: September 3, 1912
Creator: Ellenburg, Joseph N. & Nelson, Alexander
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History