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Convertible Corn and Cotton Planter, Stalk-Cutter, and Roller.
Patent for a convertible corn and cotton planter, stalk-cutter, and roller. It has a main frame, a supplemental frame that has its front end hinged to the front of the main frame, a roller with circular journaled in the supplemental frame, transverse segment-plates with removable blades attached to the supplemental frame, spaces between the segment-plates, an axle, driving-wheels, a sprocket wheel and chain, feed-boxes, means for feeding the grain, and wheels for laying the ground and the coverers.
Date:
April 28, 1896
Creator:
Mauldin, Columbus Scott
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain Register.
Patent for a new and improved grain register. This design "is to furnish registers for recording the quantity of grain measured and sacked, and which shall be simple in construction and accurate in operation" (lines 12-15).
Date:
September 28, 1880
Creator:
Richardson, William Blewford
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Curtain-Fixture.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and effective curtain fixture that allows for the curtain to be "easily and quickly raised or lowered bodily so as to admit more or less light through the window, and permit of proper ventilation without the admission of an undesirable amount of light" (lines 14-18).
Date:
February 28, 1893
Creator:
Villard, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail Crane
Patent for a mail crane. This invention is designed for the delivering sacks of mail to passing trains. Illustration included.
Date:
July 28, 1908
Creator:
Hagmann, Charles C. & Fitzpatrick, Jacob C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Stand or Support for Mirrors
Patent for a mirror stand. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 28, 1909
Creator:
Humphries, Garland P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spading-Machine.
Patent for a spading-machine that "can be propelled by any mechanism desired and which has soil engaging devices mounted in a novel manner whereby, as the machine is moved forwardly, said devices will be forced downwardly into the soil and then lifted upwardly so as to lift or break the soil." (lines 11-17) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 28, 1917
Creator:
Robinson, David M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Armor Unit for Gunners
Patent for armor that can be mounted on gunners units..
Date:
November 28, 1916
Creator:
Spence, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History