Cultivator (open access)

Cultivator

Patent for new and useful improvements in cultivators, relating to an attachment which may be applied to use upon any variety of cultivator with carrying-wheels, which provides efficient means for cutting cotton-stalks or weeds after cotton harvest.
Date: January 22, 1901
Creator: Kerr, Robert Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator (open access)

Cultivator

Patent for a cultivator. Illustrations included.
Date: November 22, 1910
Creator: Ellett, Luther S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Plows. (open access)

Attachment for Plows.

Patent for an attachment for plows, which "may be utilized as a cutter or the plow converted into a double-shovel plow," (lines 18-19) with instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 15, 1891
Creator: Williams, George M. D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Bed-Hoisting Apparatus (open access)

Wagon-Bed-Hoisting Apparatus

Patent for Wagon-Bed-Hoisting Apparatus which "consists in the provision of a rack adapted to be connected to the bed of the wagon" (lines 17-19); including illustration and instructions
Date: May 22, 1900
Creator: Southern, Wills
System: The Portal to Texas History
Moldboard. (open access)

Moldboard.

Patent for "a moldboard adapted to any plow constructed of a series of spring-loops, sundry of which are movable at the top and sundry others having movement at the bottom of the board, the moveable loops being kept in motion by the earth passing over the board, whereby portions of the board are rendered vibratory and the earth is effectually prevented from clinging thereto" (lines 8-17).
Date: September 22, 1896
Creator: Smith, Samuel A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Couplings (open access)

Improvement in Car-Couplings

Patent for car coupling device that attaches cars automatically when moved together while also detaching if one or more cars come off the tracks.
Date: May 22, 1877
Creator: Dobbs, Charles & Robinson, Samuel L.
System: The Portal to Texas History