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Hay Press (open access)

Hay Press

Patent for a hay press. This invention uses a toggle lever that becomes active after each stroke of the plunger. Illustration included.
Date: May 11, 1909
Creator: Pickard, William Moad
System: The Portal to Texas History
Planter Attachment for Cultivators (open access)

Planter Attachment for Cultivators

Patent for a planter attachment for cultivators and " it has for its object to provide a device of this class which shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, and general efficiency." (line 10-13)
Date: June 2, 1903
Creator: Taylor, William F. & Williams, John T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press (open access)

Hay Press

Patent for a Hay-Press, for the purpose of bailing hay. Illustrations included.
Date: May 28, 1907
Creator: Hamilton, James William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Escape. (open access)

Fire-Escape.

Patent for a fire escape consisting of a basket that goes up and down the building to evacuate people from the building.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: Stuart, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Figure Toy. (open access)

Figure Toy.

Patent for a figure toy, which attaches to phonographs and has figures which dance to the music.
Date: October 26, 1909
Creator: Hall, George T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
End Gate Fastener (open access)

End Gate Fastener

Patent for gate on the back of a wagon. Illustration included.
Date: August 1, 1905
Creator: Clarke, William K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Separator (open access)

Separator

Patent for a separator for separating grain. This invention is a separator to separate grain from the straw in threshing machines. The straw is shaken and agitated in order to separate the grain.
Date: January 23, 1906
Creator: Crane, James D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Tooth Harrow (open access)

Spring-Tooth Harrow

Patent for a spring tooth harrow that may be converted into a rake. Illustrations included.
Date: June 2, 1908
Creator: Piester, Laval M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch Operating Device (open access)

Switch Operating Device

Patent for a switch operating device. Illustrations included.
Date: December 12, 1905
Creator: Hubbard, Willson E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
End Gate Fastening for Vehicles (open access)

End Gate Fastening for Vehicles

Patent for end gate fastening for vehicles.
Date: November 10, 1903
Creator: Clarke, William K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Potato-Digging Machine. (open access)

Potato-Digging Machine.

Patent for a potato digging machine, which harvests the potatoes and puts them into bags.
Date: March 5, 1912
Creator: McIlveene, Mineola & Hayes, Lewis A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Power-Hammer. (open access)

Power-Hammer.

Patent for a hammer operated by a treadle with improved springs for enhanced power.
Date: September 3, 1907
Creator: Kinson, James D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metal Shearing Device (open access)

Metal Shearing Device

Patent for a metal shearing device. Illustrations included.
Date: August 9, 1904
Creator: Eddleman, Dudley E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerator. (open access)

Refrigerator.

Patent for a new and useful refrigerator, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 2, 1900
Creator: Lewis, Rowland E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Bracket. (open access)

Portable Bracket.

Patent for a portable bracket for mirrors, which can be mounted on the body and then folded back up.
Date: April 26, 1910
Creator: Birdwell, Russell J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Bracket. (open access)

Portable Bracket.

Patent for a portable bracket holder for mirrors or papers that is worn from the shoulders and can be adjusted for different girths.
Date: August 18, 1908
Creator: Birdwell, Russell Jones
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Tie Buckle. (open access)

Cotton-Tie Buckle.

Patent for a new cotton tie buckle "that will prevent the band engaging the same from slipping, forma a reliable securing means of simple and cheap construction and also economize in the use of the band length, with considerable consequent by saving in expense, the positive retention of the band b the improved device as required rendering the bale of uniform density and the strength of the device resisting breakage and consequent expense of repair frequently necessary in the ordinary uniform of buckle-ties now in use." (Lines 11-22). Illustration is included.
Date: March 26, 1901
Creator: Ragsdale, William C. & Eddleman, Dudley E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press (open access)

Baling Press

Patent for a baling press. This invention is a screw operated double acting plunger that compresses the bales. Illustration included.
Date: April 2, 1907
Creator: Tate, William Elbert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press (open access)

Baling Press

Patent for a baling press to be used for hay, straw, wool, and other fibrous materials.
Date: September 15, 1903
Creator: Tate, William Elbert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for a baling press with an improved plunger which returns to upright position automatically after pressing the bale.
Date: July 21, 1908
Creator: Hamilton, James William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Garden-Plow. (open access)

Garden-Plow.

Patent for a garden plow to till soil.
Date: May 31, 1899
Creator: Stove, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wireworking-Tool. (open access)

Wireworking-Tool.

Patent for improvements to wireworking tools which are "especially designed for twisting the opposite ends of a tie-wire to a runner-wire of a fence and also for twisting the intermediate portion of the tie-wire, so as to tighten the embrace of the latter upon the fence-post. It is furthermore designed to provide means for supporting or bracing the tool upon the post during the twisting operation thereof, and, finally, to arrange the handle of the tool so as to provide a convenient and effective wire-cutter." (Lines 10-21) Illustrations are included.
Date: February 12, 1901
Creator: Tate, Newton J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Applying Bands to Bales (open access)

Device for Applying Bands to Bales

Patent for a machine which applies bands to different types of bales. Machine claims to be more efficient than other devices of its kind.
Date: August 21, 1906
Creator: Armstrong, James E. & Eddleman, Dudley E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Circuit-Closer. (open access)

Circuit-Closer.

Patent for a circuit closer for ignition systems "in which both of the terminals are not only isolated from each other, but are also insulated from the engine frame" (lines 10-12).
Date: February 16, 1909
Creator: Hubbard, Wilson E.
System: The Portal to Texas History