Churn - Motor. (open access)

Churn - Motor.

Patent for a new and useful Churn-Motor to "provide a simple and efficient from a wind-motor adapted for use in connection with churns, the wind-wheel blades being so constructed as to adapt them to expose the necessary surface for efficient operation under the conditions" (line 9- 14).
Date: November 2, 1897
Creator: Staples, John & Spake, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Changeable Gear For Bicycles. (open access)

Changeable Gear For Bicycles.

Patent for a new and useful changeable gear for bicycles, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 29, 1898
Creator: Maxwell, Fietcher Edgar
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Check - Book (open access)

Check - Book

Patent for a new and useful improvements in check-book for " customer's use, such as are employed by banks for free distribution" (line 11 - 13).
Date: November 2, 1897
Creator: Exline, Marcus P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pounder. (open access)

Clothes-Pounder.

Patent for a clothes-pounder that is simple and effective with the operator using the minimum amount of energy. It is conical with a smaller cone inside it. A diaphragm is between the cones and the brace, and an is air vent inside it.
Date: November 19, 1895
Creator: Bain, WIlliam W. & Bain, William M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-424 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-424

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Effective period of a reallocation and change of the ad valorem tax rate of Ellis County which was voted August 23, 1947.
Date: November 6, 1947
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Sharpening Cutlery. (open access)

Machine for Sharpening Cutlery.

Patent for machine for sharpening cutlery that clamps object to be sharpened in a moveable carrier in position to be reciprocated between abrading members.
Date: November 7, 1911
Creator: Hunter, Joseph W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for "drawing the ends of wire together for the purpose of splicing" (lines 10-12) with illustrations.
Date: November 18, 1913
Creator: Holland, Isaac W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lever Scraper for Cleaning Plows. (open access)

Lever Scraper for Cleaning Plows.

Patent for a new and improved lever scraper for cleaning plows. This design "relates to improvements in plows, the object being to remove quickly and readily from the mold-board the earth which, in plowing stiff, waxy, or greasy soils, adheres thereto; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of a scraper-blade and of the actuating mechanism therefor" (lines 9-15).
Date: November 8, 1887
Creator: Tucker, Argyle W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Fence Machine (open access)

Wire Fence Machine

Patent for a wire fence machine. This invention is designed to tie wires to the line wires and line wires to the stay. Illustrations included.
Date: November 10, 1903
Creator: Baumgartner, Blassie
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroyer (open access)

Insect Destroyer

Patent for an insect destroyer for use on cotton fields to destroy moths that produce boll weevils. Illustration included.
Date: November 27, 1906
Creator: Sissom, Thomas A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Harvesters. (open access)

Improvement in Harvesters.

Patent for improvements in mowers and reapers.
Date: November 12, 1867
Creator: Tucker, A. W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stem Winding and Setting Watch. (open access)

Stem Winding and Setting Watch.

Patent for a new and useful winding and setting mechanism for watches, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 1, 1898
Creator: Donnelly, Leo E. & Looney, John H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Medicine - Glass. (open access)

Medicine - Glass.

Patent for a new and useful improvements in medicine-glasses.
Date: November 23, 1897
Creator: Jenkins, John Marshall
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Carriage. (open access)

Plow-Carriage.

Patent for a new and useful plow carriage, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 1, 1898
Creator: Shipman, Samuel H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow-Disk Sharpener. (open access)

Harrow-Disk Sharpener.

Patent for a device that puts disk harrows back into working condition after becoming worn. The invention consists of a socket, frames, a rod with an end-bearing, a handle, and a sharpener.
Date: November 14, 1893
Creator: Ingle, Jacob Oden, Jr.; Stedman, Thomas R. & Lawson, Robert J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Switch Throwing Device (open access)

Electric Switch Throwing Device

Patent for an electric switch throwing device. The invention provides a method of operating the switches of the track so that the motorman can turn switches of the track without stopping the train car. Illustration included.
Date: November 20, 1906
Creator: Posey, James A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Switching Device (open access)

Electric Switching Device

Patent for an electric switch for railways. Illustrations included.
Date: November 26, 1907
Creator: Posey, James A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Running-Gear for Plows. (open access)

Running-Gear for Plows.

Patent for a running gear attachment for a plow to change a walking plow to a sulky(riding) plow.
Date: November 17, 1908
Creator: Awtrey, Leland L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Single-Delivery Match-Safe. (open access)

Single-Delivery Match-Safe.

Patent for a new and useful match safe, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 1, 1898
Creator: Shipman, Samuel H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Moldboard for Plows. (open access)

Moldboard for Plows.

Patent for improved design of plow moldboard made from Plaster of Paris which repels sticky soils and is durable for shipping. Includes instructions and illustration.
Date: November 2, 1915
Creator: Miller, Charles K.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plumb-Level. (open access)

Plumb-Level.

Patent for a plumb-level with combined compass and line sights.
Date: November 24, 1903
Creator: Bradshaw, William B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elevating-Truck. (open access)

Elevating-Truck.

Patent for new improvements for a portable elevating truck, used for handling and storing heavy material to stack on each other. (referred to as "decking") using an endless chain on an incline.
Date: November 11, 1919
Creator: Anderson, John L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Calculating Device. (open access)

Calculating Device.

Patent for a new and improved calculator. This design "consists in having a central disk provided on each side with a disk somewhat smaller, the three being pivoted centrally, so that the smaller disks on the sides may be rotated independently of the central disk. The central disk has twelve or more marginal figures on each side, equidistant from each other, and a column of figures extending inwardly from each marginal figure" (lines 19-27).
Date: November 24, 1885
Creator: Tucker, Argyle W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for a cultivator, a type of farm implement used for secondary tillage, a way of plowing or cultivating of soil, including illustrations.
Date: November 17, 1885
Creator: Brown, Peter C. & Bragg, Thomas P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History