Gearing for Windmills (open access)

Gearing for Windmills

Patent for gearing used in the operation of windmills. This invention improves the rotary motion of the wheel shaft that operates the pump. "A further object of the invention is to provide a wheel supporting frame in which is mounted for vertical movement the pump actuating rod" (13-16). Illustration included.
Date: January 28, 1908
Creator: Brown, Herbert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Equalizer (open access)

Equalizer

Patent for an equalizer for horse harnesses that equalizes the draft between horses pulling a vehicle.
Date: July 2, 1912
Creator: McNatt, Daniel W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring Bed-Bottom. (open access)

Spring Bed-Bottom.

Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and durable spring bet bottom that consists of a frame, slats, separate inverted cone-shaped coiled springs that sit on the slats and that loop together at the tops, clamps that hold the springs onto the slats, and hooks that hold the upper coils to the frame.
Date: December 26, 1893
Creator: Crowder, George Washington
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Cleaner for Cotton Gins (open access)

Saw-Cleaner for Cotton Gins

Patent for a saw cleaner for cotton gins that cleans the saw teeth when the gin is cranked backward.
Date: July 2, 1912
Creator: House, Charles D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Wheel (open access)

Resilient Wheel

Patent for the improvement of resilient wheels meant to be applied to any vehicle running gear. Resilient wheel will allow tire to move freely and absorb shocks.
Date: March 9, 1915
Creator: Burgess, Richard H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Wheel. (open access)

Spring-Wheel.

Patent for a spring wheel, which absorbs shocks.
Date: June 8, 1909
Creator: Burgess, Richard H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Cutter (open access)

Stalk Cutter

Patent for a stalk cutter taht could be fixed to a plow, so that it could simultaneously cut stalks and plow.
Date: October 31, 1916
Creator: Cline, Milton G. & Martin, Jadie A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ventilator (open access)

Ventilator

Patent for Ventilator
Date: September 12, 1916
Creator: Curtis, Thomas R
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail Joint (open access)

Rail Joint

Patent for a rail joint. Illustration included.
Date: November 1, 1904
Creator: Walker, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe Lifting and Lowering Jack. (open access)

Pipe Lifting and Lowering Jack.

Patent for a pipe lifting and lowering jack that will hold pipes at various positions in wells.
Date: February 27, 1912
Creator: Smith, Thomas Monroe
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft-Equalizer. (open access)

Draft-Equalizer.

Patent for a draft equalizer for yokes and harnesses for draft animals.
Date: October 4, 1910
Creator: McNatt, Daniel W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Egg Preserving Compound (open access)

Egg Preserving Compound

Patent for a egg preserving compound. This invention consists of an air-excluding coating to prevent deterioration for an indefinite period.
Date: December 22, 1903
Creator: Brown, William F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for a cultivator, by William J. Gillentine. It provides a means to adjust cultivator shovel-gangs relative to each other. Includes a lever-and-ratchet mechanism.
Date: June 12, 1906
Creator: Gillentine, Willliam A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator (open access)

Cultivator

Patent for an improvement in cultivators. This invention is designed to vary the distance between the cultivator-beams. Illustration included.
Date: March 8, 1904
Creator: Eddy, William Lafayette
System: The Portal to Texas History
Riding-Cultivator. (open access)

Riding-Cultivator.

Patent for improvements in riding-cultivators in which the cultivator is “capable of easy adjustment so that each part may be placed independently of other parts in position for most thorough service” (Lines 15-18). Illustration is included.
Date: July 1, 1913
Creator: Kennemer, James O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dirigible Headlight. (open access)

Dirigible Headlight.

Patent for improvements in dirigible headlights. This headlight is used for automobiles and self-propelled vehicles where the usual headlights are directed to throw their beams of light in the direction of travel upon actuating the steering mechanism.
Date: September 24, 1918
Creator: Harris, Robert L. & Geeslin, Eli M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Curling Iron Holder (open access)

Design for a Curling Iron Holder

Patent for a design for a curling-iron holder.
Date: June 8, 1897
Creator: Campbell, Orton G.
System: The Portal to Texas History