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Nutcracker (open access)

Nutcracker

Patent for nut crackers designed for use in cracking pecan nuts. It is a simple device that can be readily attached to a table or other support and is quickly adjustable for different sized nuts.
Date: August 15, 1916
Creator: Blair, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow (open access)

Harrow

Patent for harrow that is helpful when replanting on hard ground.
Date: December 19, 1916
Creator: Dickinson, Kyle R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Agricultural Machine (open access)

Agricultural Machine

Patent for an agricultural machine that consists of a rotary cutter and a fixed horizontal cutter. Illustrations are included.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Evans, Lucias S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Multiple Section Stalk Cutter (open access)

Multiple Section Stalk Cutter

Patent for a multiple section stalk cutter that comprises of a three-section stalk cutter.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Evans, Lucius S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for improvements in plows construction, mainly for disc plows. Includes a frame to which one or many discs may be attached at various angles including instructions and an illustration.
Date: February 15, 1916
Creator: Psencik, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Antifriction-Bearing for Cutting Apparatus. (open access)

Antifriction-Bearing for Cutting Apparatus.

Patent for a rotary cutting tool meant for corn harvesting that is more durable and efficient at cutting corn stalks than previously used stationary knives.
Date: February 1, 1916
Creator: Roten, Henry G. & Embry, William M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chimney-Protector. (open access)

Chimney-Protector.

Patent for a chimney protector that is "easy and cheap to manufacture which when applied to the chimney top of an oil cooking stove will prevent the drippings or over flow from utensils placed on top of the stove from running down the side" (lines 14-18), including illustrations.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: Shiller, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History