Gripping Device. (open access)

Gripping Device.

Patent for equipment for use in the drilling of wells to help with the placement of casing, pipes, etc. by holding it in place
Date: July 11, 1922
Creator: Moody, Joseph F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Peanut Planter. (open access)

Peanut Planter.

Patent for improvements to peanut-planters in order to plant peanuts without removing or crushing the hulls.
Date: April 10, 1917
Creator: Little, Thomas Dewitt
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Harvester (open access)

Peanut-Harvester

Patent for a peanut harvester which allows the vines to move from the uprooting mechanism to the conveyor and cleaning device, incorporates a variable depth uprooting mechanism, and introduces efficiency and durability improvements of several parts.
Date: May 25, 1915
Creator: Brummett, Sinclair H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Peanut Harvester. (open access)

Peanut Harvester.

Patent for a "new and useful peanut harvester" (lines 9-10), with illustrations.
Date: April 27, 1915
Creator: Erwin, Joseph R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Harvester (open access)

Peanut-Harvester

Patent for a new kind of peanut harvesting machine that can be attached to a riding planter.
Date: September 21, 1915
Creator: Boyd, William T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Poultry and Animal Fumigating Device. (open access)

Poultry and Animal Fumigating Device.

Patent for a poultry and animal fumigating device that spreads the fumigating substance throughout the animals cage.
Date: April 18, 1911
Creator: Graeffe, Ernst Frederich
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Power-Transmitting Device (open access)

Power-Transmitting Device

Patent for improvements to a power transmitting device, the likes of which may be attached to motor vehicles or other motor operated machinery.
Date: August 3, 1915
Creator: Foster, Frank A. & Rockwell, Clayton S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Harvester. (open access)

Peanut-Harvester.

Patent for a new, mobile harvesting machine designed to uproot, clean, and pile agricultural products that grow underground, including illustrations.
Date: April 30, 1918
Creator: Green, Zedekiah W., Sr. & Green, Zedekiah W., Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Receptacle for Peanut-Harvesters. (open access)

Receptacle for Peanut-Harvesters.

Patent for improvements to peanut harvesters, specifically receptacles. The receptacle can be placed on the back of the harvester to collect the unneeded vines and then form them into bundles.
Date: November 2, 1915
Creator: Boyd, William T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Bath-Cabinet (open access)

Portable Bath-Cabinet

Patent for a bathing cabinet where the tub is supported on a swinging door such that when the door is open, the tub is in a position for use. When not in use, the tub and enclosing curtain are hidden from view and the cabinet appears to be an ordinary wardrobe. The the cabinet may be moved from place to place.
Date: January 12, 1915
Creator: Curry, Amry M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerator Car Door. (open access)

Refrigerator Car Door.

Patent for a sliding refrigerator car door, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 1, 1914
Creator: Judia, George H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Set. (open access)

Plow-Set.

Patent for a new and useful plow set, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 12, 1899
Creator: Clark, Samuel Houston
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow (open access)

Plow

Patent for a plow that can be adjusted to plow to different depths.
Date: January 28, 1913
Creator: Rogers, Anderson Layne
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Detachable Reel Support (open access)

Detachable Reel Support

Patent for detachable reel support. "Invention aims to provide a new and novel form of support to be hereinafter more specifically referred to and which can be readily secured to and removed from a vehicle-wheel" (lines 10-15). Illustration included.
Date: August 2, 1904
Creator: Baker, Albert S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picking Glove. (open access)

Cotton-Picking Glove.

Patent for a cotton picking glove, which allows full movement of the fingers and has easily replaceable tips.
Date: May 18, 1909
Creator: Baggett, Neil J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air Blast Apparatus for Cotton Gins (open access)

Air Blast Apparatus for Cotton Gins

Patent for an air blast apparatus used for cleaning cotton gins. Illustration included.
Date: November 22, 1910
Creator: McDonald, Osmon W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator and Harrow. (open access)

Cultivator and Harrow.

Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and efficient cultivator and harrow. The cultivator beam has a v-shaped tooth, arms extending forward.
Date: December 31, 1895
Creator: White, William C. & Stevens, John C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cover for Syrup-Pitchers (open access)

Cover for Syrup-Pitchers

Patent for a cream and syrup dispenser. The cap has a spring so that after use the pitchers orifice will be completely sealed.
Date: March 9, 1915
Creator: Judia, George H. & Huey, B. S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History