Clothes-Pounder. (open access)

Clothes-Pounder.

Patent for "an automatic clothes washer and soaper whereby the clothes are soaped and cleansed by one and the same operation." (Lines 18-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 31, 1897
Creator: Rylander, William P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Brake. (open access)

Wagon Brake.

Patent for a new and improved wagon brake. This design consists, "with the vehicle, of the rock-shaft arranged upon opposite sides of the rear wheels, the bell-crank lever fulcrumed on the body between said shaft, the rod connecting the rear shaft and one arm of said lever, the bar pivoted to the other arm of the lever and the front rock-shaft, and the operating lever provided with the integral arm arranged at an angle to the lever and connected with the front rock-shaft" (lines 92-101).
Date: August 19, 1890
Creator: Walton, George Washington
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lifting-Jack. (open access)

Lifting-Jack.

Patent for a strong, simple, and easily-operable lifting-jack meant for use in railroad car-axle boxes. It is a lifting bar with ratchet teeth, a lever that pivots against the lifting bar, a mechanism that holds and releases the bar, a pawl, and a double-arm spring connected to the pawl.
Date: August 13, 1895
Creator: Hough, William S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tongue-Bar-Supporting Clamp. (open access)

Tongue-Bar-Supporting Clamp.

Patent for a clamp that holds the hammers in a piano. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 24, 1897
Creator: Moyer, Jesse Hechler
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mailless Horseshoe. (open access)

Mailless Horseshoe.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in horseshoes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 8, 1899
Creator: Hewitt, John Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Land Bedder And Cultivator. (open access)

Land Bedder And Cultivator.

Patent for a new and useful land bedder and cultivator, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 9, 1898
Creator: Parker, Middleton N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for an improved turning plow. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 3, 1897
Creator: Sevier, Samuel G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Swing. (open access)

Swing.

Patent for an improved and inexpensive swing that is foot-operated. The swing is built into a frame, and connects to the frame on two points on each end of the swing.
Date: August 1, 1893
Creator: Brydson, John J. & Greathouse, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Planter (open access)

Planter

Patent for "a machine of this class which shall be simple, durable, and inexpensive, which may be readily converted from a corn into a cotton planter, and vice versa, which may be easily and effectively adjusted so as to plant the corn in hills at any desired distance apart, and which shall be in every respect convenient and efficient" (lines 10-17).
Date: August 12, 1890
Creator: Schofield, James Drommond
System: The Portal to Texas History