Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for "a new and useful improvement in car-couplings" (lines 5-6), with instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 15, 1886
Creator: Ferguson, George Jones
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Line. (open access)

Clothes-Line.

Patent for Clothes-Line that is to supply an endless amount of clothesline in order to facilitate easy placement and/or removal of clothing from the line.
Date: October 15, 1918
Creator: Anderson, Chester A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Chopper and Cotton-Thinner. (open access)

Stalk-Chopper and Cotton-Thinner.

Patent for improvements in stalk-cutters and cotton-thinners by making the cutting-blades and scraper-blades interchangeable, “so as to use the apparatus either as a stalk-chopper or a cotton-thinner; or may be changed to a dropper as may be desired.” (Lines 19-21) Illustration is included.
Date: September 15, 1891
Creator: Mauldin, Columbus Scott
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fountain-Brush (open access)

Fountain-Brush

Patent for a brush for cleaning fountains. Illustrations included.
Date: August 15, 1911
Creator: Peeler, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Engine (open access)

Engine

Patent for "new and useful improvements in engines" (lines 5&6). "This invention relates to engines and more particularly to twin engines of the hydrocarbon or internal combustion type" (lines 8-10).
Date: December 15, 1914
Creator: Moore, William W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Riveting-Machine. (open access)

Riveting-Machine.

Patent for improvements on a riveting machine that includes a moveable anvil and a clenching hammer and also increases strength, durability, and efficiency of the machine.
Date: May 15, 1917
Creator: Norris, Henry O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway- Rail Joint. (open access)

Railway- Rail Joint.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in railway-rail Joints.
Date: March 15, 1898
Creator: Mauldin, Doctor Chester
System: The Portal to Texas History
Poultry-Feeder. (open access)

Poultry-Feeder.

Patent for a poultry feeder machine that automatically releases feed when a chicken pecks at the bait suspended from a lever. It helps prevent wasting the feed, including illustrations.
Date: August 15, 1916
Creator: Seamans, John D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display Stand for Doors (open access)

Display Stand for Doors

Patent for display stand for doors.
Date: September 15, 1903
Creator: Raum, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Seed Cleaner and Huller (open access)

Cotton-Seed Cleaner and Huller

Patent for a cottonseed cleaner and huller. Illustrations included.
Date: February 15, 1910
Creator: Vanlandingham, William Wallace
System: The Portal to Texas History