Seed-Planter (open access)

Seed-Planter

Patent for a seed planter operated by an axle. Illustrations included.
Date: February 22, 1910
Creator: Wilson, William A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Running Gear for Motor Vehicles (open access)

Running Gear for Motor Vehicles

Patent for running gear for motor vehicles.
Date: February 22, 1916
Creator: Blevins, Stphen S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Operating Means for Reverse Gears (open access)

Operating Means for Reverse Gears

Patent for improvements on the operating means of reverse gears in intervals.
Date: February 22, 1916
Creator: Moon, Thomas M. & Hallstrom, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pawl and Ratchet Mechanism (open access)

Pawl and Ratchet Mechanism

Patent for a pawl and ratchet mechanism for operating a jack.
Date: February 22, 1916
Creator: Napier, William S. & Elliott, Claud B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pessary. (open access)

Pessary.

Patent for a ring pessary used as a female birth control device, including illustration.
Date: February 22, 1859
Creator: Wells, Francis, F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Tie (open access)

Railroad-Tie

Patent for a railroad-tie. This is a "railroad track supporting device a practically indestructible clamp for the securing of rails" (lines 12-14). Illustration included.
Date: February 22, 1910
Creator: Stephens, William A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Match-Delivering Machine (open access)

Match-Delivering Machine

Patent for Match- Delivering System.
Date: February 22, 1916
Creator: Walker, Horace C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe and Like Stem. (open access)

Pipe and Like Stem.

Patent for improved smoking equipment stems which prevents saliva from running down the stem. The end of the stem has a new design which extends upwards and then wraps forward and downward, leaving a slot where no saliva can enter.
Date: February 22, 1921
Creator: Crossman, Alvin Amos
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Motor-Car (open access)

Railroad Motor-Car

Patent for railroad motor-car. The invention is "constructed that they can be knocked down to be loaded on passenger trains" (lines 11-13). Illustrations included.
Date: February 22, 1910
Creator: Reynolds, Stephen D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Raising Water. (open access)

Device for Raising Water.

Patent for a new and improved device for raising water "by use of a compressed fluid. such as air" (line 9).
Date: February 22, 1898
Creator: Lempert, William S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Cleaning Gun Barrels, Flues, &c. (open access)

Device for Cleaning Gun Barrels, Flues, &c.

Patent for a new and improved gun-barrel cleaner. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a flat shank having a hole in its intermediate portion, a pivot-bolt having its middle round and its ends square, and a cleaning-head secured upon said bolt, said head consisting of two parts, one part being secured upon each end of said bolt" (lines 4-9).
Date: February 22, 1887
Creator: Simpson, John Speake
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picking Sack and Holder (open access)

Cotton Picking Sack and Holder

Patent for a cotton picking sack and holder. This invention is designed to be worn by the worker.
Date: February 22, 1910
Creator: Montgomery, Robert B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History