Corn Planter (open access)

Corn Planter

Patent for a corn planter. This invention is simple and compact and does not require manual actuation of the drum for the dropping mechanism. It can be used for corn and similar seeds, including cotton and seeds with fibrous coating. Illustration included.
Date: November 13, 1906
Creator: Robinson, Charles William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment For Plows (open access)

Attachment For Plows

Patent for an attachment for plows. This invention "relates to new and useful improvements in attachments for plows, and my object is to provide means whereby the pitch of the moldboard or shovel may be regulated as desired" (lines 12-16). Illustration included.
Date: November 13, 1906
Creator: Wilke, Ernest
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin. (open access)

Clothes-Pin.

Patent for a clothes pin consisting of a single piece of bent wire.
Date: March 13, 1906
Creator: Stewart, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Cover. (open access)

Churn-Cover.

Patent for "new and Improved Churn-Cover" (line 5-6) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 13, 1906
Creator: Hogue, James C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper that can also chop or cut corn, cane, broom-corn, peas, or any similar plants that are planted thick in drills or rows. This particular chopper includes an approved arrangement and adjustment of the chopping-blades that can be set to cut at different angles.
Date: March 13, 1906
Creator: McKee, Jacob Rufus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Handling Apparatus. (open access)

Cotton-Handling Apparatus.

Patent for a new cotton-handling apparatus with cleaning mechanisms and a storage-house, including illustrations.
Date: February 13, 1906
Creator: Tidwell, Albert F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cabinet (open access)

Cabinet

Patent for a cabinet. Illustration included.
Date: March 13, 1906
Creator: Dorsey, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clamp. (open access)

Clamp.

Patent for a new clamp to improve support functionality in household construction, including illustration.
Date: February 13, 1906
Creator: Stevens, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crate Or Coop (open access)

Crate Or Coop

Patent for a crate or coop. This invention is connected at the corners possessing a removable bottom along with a readily detachable cover. Illustration included.
Date: March 13, 1906
Creator: Sperling, Ellsworth
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Land Roller, Furrow Opener, And Marker (open access)

Combined Land Roller, Furrow Opener, And Marker

Patent for a device that combines the function of a land-roller, furrow opener, and marker. Illustration included.
Date: March 13, 1906
Creator: MacDonell, Allan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper (open access)

Cotton Chopper

Patent for cotton choppers. This invention is adapted to be attached to a double shovel cultivator so that the chopper will rotate so as to protect plants. Illustrations included.
Date: November 13, 1906
Creator: Connell, Alexander Hardee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pin (open access)

Clothes Pin

Patent for a clothes pin. Illustration included.
Date: November 13, 1906
Creator: Ingersoll, Charles J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wood-Boring Machine. (open access)

Wood-Boring Machine.

Patent for a wood boring machine "which is especially adapted to bore holes of extreme length in columns or like structural members by cutting away only a portion of the wood forming hole in same" (lines 11-15).
Date: March 13, 1906
Creator: Bible, Hunley & Robinson, Lee A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench. (open access)

Wrench.

Patent for "a wrench having a sliding jaw and a handle pivoted to the shank in such a manner that a movement of the handle about the work" prevents the jaw to move (lines 13-16).
Date: March 13, 1906
Creator: Garrard, William D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine For Baling Vines, Hay, And The Like In Cylindrical Form (open access)

Machine For Baling Vines, Hay, And The Like In Cylindrical Form

Patent for a machine that bales vines, hay, and the like into a cylindrical form. Illustration included.
Date: March 13, 1906
Creator: Scott, John T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lock-Nut. (open access)

Lock-Nut.

Patent for a lock-nut which prevents the nut from accidentally rotating on the bolt, including illustrations. The nut is locked in position when a locking key is introduced to grooves on the lower surface of the nut and the adjacent face of the washer.
Date: February 13, 1906
Creator: Crawford, Hezekiah H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Engine. (open access)

Steam-Engine.

Patent for "steam-engines of the reciprocating type, the purpose being to simplify the construction, reduce the number of working parts, economize in fuel, and to utilize the steam so as to obtain a maximum percentage of power therefrom." (line 8-13) instructions and illustrations included.
Date: February 13, 1906
Creator: Murphy, Joseph F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spinning Top (open access)

Spinning Top

Patent for a spinning top. Illustration included.
Date: March 13, 1906
Creator: Whitefield, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spirit-Level. (open access)

Spirit-Level.

Patent for a spirit level that is simple in construction and can easily determine vertical and horizontal planes accurately.
Date: March 13, 1906
Creator: Martin, Johann
System: The Portal to Texas History
Post Hole Digger (open access)

Post Hole Digger

Patent for a post hole digger with an illustration.
Date: November 13, 1906
Creator: Wall, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stirrup (open access)

Stirrup

Patent for a stirrup. This invention is intended for use when mounting difficult animals. Illustration included.
Date: December 13, 1906
Creator: Zimmerman, Gus H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Thill Coupling (open access)

Thill Coupling

Patent for a thill coupling. Illustration included.
Date: November 13, 1906
Creator: Barry, Jefferson D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine (open access)

Washing Machine

Patent for washing machine. This invention consists of two compartments: one for suds and rinsing water; the other to provide a washing drum. Illustration included.
Date: November 13, 1906
Creator: Leavens, Robert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Screen (open access)

Screen

Patent for a screen for doors that can be shipped and sold in a manner that it can be readily assembled. Illustration included.
Date: November 13, 1906
Creator: Pinkham, Delmar D.
System: The Portal to Texas History