Harrow Attachment for Cultivators. (open access)

Harrow Attachment for Cultivators.

Patent for Harrow Attachment for Cultivators to replace shovels or blades.
Date: November 25, 1913
Creator: Lancaster, Harris E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Kitchen-Cabinet. (open access)

Kitchen-Cabinet.

Patent for a new and useful kitchen cabinet, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 21, 1899
Creator: Goodale, Frank O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Fastener. (open access)

Sash-Fastener.

Patent for a Sash Fastener that can be used to improve the sash holders function with a simplifying construction.
Date: November 28, 1905
Creator: Dunn, Aaron Washington
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Post. (open access)

Fence-Post.

Patent for a fence post made of sheet metal or iron, which does not require extra extra staples to attach wires and is durable.
Date: November 16, 1909
Creator: Mace, John O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crate. (open access)

Crate.

Patent for a crate build specifically for shipping bananas "which will be of light weight, and which can be manufactured at slight cost" (lines 16-17).
Date: November 1, 1892
Creator: Jeanes, Elisha A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal Tag. (open access)

Animal Tag.

Patent for a new and improved animal tag. This design "consists in an animal-tag formed of a tube provided with a removable cover and an elongated staple for the strap, by which this tube is held to the animal" (lines 11-14).
Date: November 21, 1882
Creator: Queen, Elias G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Washing Dishes, Fruits, &c. (open access)

Machine for Washing Dishes, Fruits, &c.

Patent for a new and improved washing machine. This design "is supported horizontally over a proper fireplace or stove and . . . water introduced to fill it to a point just below the perforated detachable bottom, and the pump mechanism then set in motion. When the plunger ascends, it draws water from the water-space and extension through the valve up into the pump-chamber. When the plunger descends, it forces said water upward past the valve into the water-spaces . . . through the perforations . . . and into the washing-chamber, the water . . . washing quickly and thoroughly the articles" (lines 78-91).
Date: November 6, 1888
Creator: King, Charles Rufus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Bucket. (open access)

Well-Bucket.

Patent for a simple and efficient well-bucket that are used in bored, drilled, and dug wells. This invention will not get caught on things when it is being raised and lowered, can, by design, can withstand wear, and is meant to be automatically filled and emptied of its contents.
Date: November 5, 1895
Creator: Goodwin, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shearing-Machine (open access)

Shearing-Machine

Patent for "providing [a shearing machine, patent no.384,545] with what I designate an improved wrinkle-guard, and also in various other changes or improvements"
Date: November 12, 1889
Creator: Richardson, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sheep Shearing Machine. (open access)

Sheep Shearing Machine.

Patent for a new and improved sheep-shearing machine. This design consists in "the plate having the teeth with the concave faces and cutting edges, in combination with [another] plate operating on [the first] plate and having the teeth, with the concaved lower faces and cutting edges adapted to operate on the cutting edges of teeth" (lines 10-16).
Date: November 19, 1889
Creator: Monday, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Heel Attachment for Plows (open access)

Heel Attachment for Plows

Patent for an improvement to heel attachments to "steady the sweep or double-shovel plow in its movements and prevents it from being deflected by reason of obstacles with which it contacts" (lines 11-15).
Date: November 15, 1892
Creator: Woodbury, Amasa O.
System: The Portal to Texas History