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Seed Planter.
Patent for a new and improved seed planter. This design consists in "[t]he combination [of] a lever, shaft, bars, and ring-plate on a wheel, [and] of the four fixed cams and intermediate detachable cams" (lines 66-69).
Date:
June 28, 1881
Creator:
Gallway, Richard James.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the axle having the landside-wheel and the larger inclined furrow-wheel, of the tongue, the vertical bars secured to the under side of the tongue, the lower ends of the bars being clipped to the axle and adjustable laterally thereon, the curved brace clipped at its ends to the axle and between its ends to the lower ends of the bars, and the plow and its operating lever" (lines 73-82).
Date:
June 28, 1887
Creator:
Locke, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horseshoe.
Patent for a new and improved horseshoe. This design "is to provide an improved construction of shoe by which [the] contraction . . . of the hoofs of horses . . . at the heels . . . is prevented" (lines 19-24). It consists "of the plate having nail-holes, the depending flange located on the under side of said plate, extending from end to end thereof and having triangular recesses near each end, the triangular toe-calk, and the upwardly-extending beveled flanges at the rear or heel portion of plate" (lines 64-70).
Date:
June 28, 1892
Creator:
Custer, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Moldboard for Cultivator-Shovels.
Patent for a moldboard for cultivator shovels, which throws dirt to the side of the cultivator.
Date:
June 28, 1910
Creator:
Medcalf, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Match Box
Patent for form of single delivery match box. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 28, 1904
Creator:
Pevoto, Calvit F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Motor
Patent for a Rotary Motor. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 28, 1904
Creator:
Pattinson, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Permutation Lock.
Patent for a new and improved combination lock. This design consists of "[a] door having at its edges the sockets formed by ribs and mouths in combination with permutation-disks, seated in said sockets and handles" (lines 5-8).
Date:
June 28, 1881
Creator:
Sevier, Moses Nimrod
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Game Board.
Patent for a new and improved bowling alley. This design calls for depressed gutters running along either side of the elevated alley, with cushions running along the lengths of the other sides of the gutters.
Date:
June 28, 1881
Creator:
Henry, Marcus Linsay
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Damper Regulator For Stoves
Patent for a damper regulator for stoves. Illustration included.
Date:
June 28, 1904
Creator:
Reed, Jesse R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Calf Weaner.
Patent for a new and improved calf weaner. This design "consist[s] of the plate provided with an upper inclined portion in which is held a rod having pointed projections, a vertical fixed arm, and an opposing pivoted arm, the upper ends of the said arms being curved toward each other and provided with opposing aligning buttons, and means for locking the pivoted arm" (lines 72-79).
Date:
June 28, 1887
Creator:
Rickman, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fruit-Jar And Can Opener.
Patent for a new and improved fruit jar and can opener, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 28, 1898
Creator:
Schairer, John Jacob
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Stalk Cutter.
Patent for a new and improved cotton-stalk cutter. This design utilizes a frame with two small, curved blades, which, with the assistance of pins, can be locked in place either in two corresponding recesses or outwardly when in use.
Date:
June 28, 1881
Creator:
Pearce, Aaron B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Seed Separator.
Patent for a new and useful cotton seed separator, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 28, 1898
Creator:
Garrett, James Andis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press.
Patent is for a cotton press adapted to bale cotton and other materials by compression.
Date:
June 28, 1903
Creator:
Fuller, James T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History