Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a plow, which has a stronger attachment for the share to the rest of the plow.
Date: November 1, 1910
Creator: Kelly, Robert Marvin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a lightweight plow consisting of a skeleton beam and attached parts.
Date: March 4, 1902
Creator: Kelly, George A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow (open access)

Plow

Patent for a plow. Illustration included.
Date: July 26, 1904
Creator: Kelly, George A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Potato Curing Apparatus. (open access)

Potato Curing Apparatus.

Patent for a potato-curing apparatus that includes container that allows air to circulate around inside of it.
Date: May 8, 1917
Creator: Wells, James B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Wrench (open access)

Pipe-Wrench

Patent for a pipe wrench with adjustable jaws.
Date: December 31, 1912
Creator: Brightwell, Walter J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nasal Expander. (open access)

Nasal Expander.

Patent for ensuring the the nasal passage does not collapse, contract, or close for breathing improvement while sleeping, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: McConnell, Franz Marshall
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow (open access)

Plow

Patent for a plow. Illustration included.
Date: November 1, 1910
Creator: Kelly, Robert Marvin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jeweler's Pliers. (open access)

Jeweler's Pliers.

Patent for jeweler's pliers for settings rings, which prevent slipping.
Date: September 14, 1909
Creator: Feagle, Balfour
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dry Kiln Furnace. (open access)

Dry Kiln Furnace.

Patent for a new and improved dry-kiln furnace. This design has "a grate at its forward end, a bridge-wall extending upwardly from the lower side at the rear end of the grate, a smoke-outlet in the bottom between the rear end and bridge, and a transverse flue under the furnace, open at each end and dividing the draft at the smoke-outlet, said flue communicating with the interior of the drying-chamber, and having a vertical baffle-plate under the smoke-outlet extending longitudinally along its bottom in each direction from said outlet, arresting the rotary motion of the products of combustion" (lines 24-36).
Date: August 13, 1889
Creator: Ketcham, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dry-Kiln Furnace. (open access)

Dry-Kiln Furnace.

Patent for improvements in dry-kiln furnaces by using “a series of furnaces alternating with a series of heating or radiating drums parallel to and on a plane above the furnace,” (Lines 116-119, p. 2) and valved connected flues. This arrangement allowed the “heat being regulated and so distributed through the kiln as to produce a varying temperature, highest at the end where the lumber is introduced and gradually diminishing toward the opposite end, where it is taken out.” (Lines 21-26) Illustration is included.
Date: September 22, 1891
Creator: Ketcham, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fruit-Canner. (open access)

Fruit-Canner.

Patent for a fruit-canning apparatus that holds multiple cans on a perforated tray. The apparatus allows for necessary heating of cans and easy removal from a receptacle.
Date: March 6, 1906
Creator: Toler, Henry Wilson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fruit-Cooker. (open access)

Fruit-Cooker.

Patent for a fruit cooker for home use that can be heated with wood or coal and has a damper inside to change where the heat is concentrated.
Date: April 30, 1907
Creator: Holbrook, Milo Franklin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for a cultivator that has an improved method of attaching a harrow to the cultivator.
Date: February 7, 1911
Creator: Kelly, Robert Marvin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Sweep (open access)

Cotton Sweep

Patent for cart attachment for cultivating cotton. Made to "scrap and cultivate the earth in close proximity to plants and roll the earth over upon the roots of plants." (17-22)
Date: February 8, 1916
Creator: Young, Jacob Clemmons
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin Attachment. (open access)

Cotton-Gin Attachment.

Patent for a cotton gin attachment that cleans and separates the lint before it reaches the machines condenser.
Date: May 31, 1892
Creator: Scott, Eugene C. & Kelly, George A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Gin. (open access)

Cotton Gin.

Patent for a new and improved cotton gin. This design calls for the circular saw blades of the gin to pass through two metal ribs, one of which aligns with the tip of the saw teeth, while the other aligns with the root of the saw teeth.
Date: August 22, 1882
Creator: Basom, Ransford W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History