Stalk-Chopper (open access)

Stalk-Chopper

Patent for a stalk chopper particularly designed for slicing cotton and corn stalks. Illustrations included.
Date: December 22, 1908
Creator: Canuteson, Alfred & Ringness, John J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter (open access)

Stalk-Cutter

Patent for invention that "relates to improvements in 'stalk-cutters,' and pertains to a machine which is adapted to cut three rows of stalks at one operation and is provided with simple means for laterally extending the side cutters to permit the adjustment of the machine to cut rows of different widths" (lines 8-14). Illustrations are included.
Date: July 22, 1902
Creator: Williams, Mark D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner. (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Burner.

Patent for Hydrocarbon burner for heating oil along with the steam. This burner will also improve the process of atomizing discharge.
Date: July 22, 1902
Creator: Higgins, James Franklin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrant. (open access)

Hydrant.

Patent for a fire hydrant, which can send a normal pressure flow of water into a hose before a fire engine is attached to allow water to be put on a fire faster. Once the fire engine is attached, the hydrant will switch to high pressure water flow.
Date: October 22, 1907
Creator: Midgett, Franklin G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock (open access)

Nut Lock

Patent for a nut lock. Illustration included.
Date: August 22, 1905
Creator: Marx, Ernest Max & Moses, Ealy J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump (open access)

Pump

Patent for a well pump. Illustrations included.
Date: December 22, 1908
Creator: De Hymel, Leo Blake
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stirrup (open access)

Stirrup

Patent for a stirrup. Illustration included.
Date: January 22, 1907
Creator: Levy, John Victor
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock (open access)

Nut Lock

Patent for a nut lock. Illustration included.
Date: January 22, 1907
Creator: Hodges, Amos J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stock Feeding Device (open access)

Stock Feeding Device

Patent for a stock feeding device. Illustration included.
Date: January 22, 1907
Creator: Harvey, Albert Wadkins
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tongue Support (open access)

Tongue Support

Patent for a wagon tongue support. Illustration included.
Date: November 22, 1904
Creator: Evans, Martin S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch (open access)

Switch

Patent for a switch. "This invention obviates likelihood of derailment by splitting the switches, so as to thereby secure a means for preventing the rolling stock from being thrown from the tracks." Illustration included.
Date: August 22, 1905
Creator: Hibbets, Charles M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spike-Puller. (open access)

Spike-Puller.

Patent for a spike remover that firmly grips the spike being removed.
Date: October 22, 1907
Creator: Webb, James A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow Attachment (open access)

Plow Attachment

Patent for plow attachment. This invention relates to the handling of young plants. Illustration included.
Date: August 22, 1905
Creator: Pate, Miles M. & Ellison, Harrison L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steering Device for Wheeled Vehicles (open access)

Steering Device for Wheeled Vehicles

Patent for steering device for wheeled vehicles. This invention is designed to be used with cultivators, planters, sulky-plows, grain-drills, etc. Illustrations included.
Date: January 22, 1907
Creator: Love, John William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock (open access)

Nut-Lock

Patent for a nut lock to keep nuts and bolts fastened. Illustrations included.
Date: December 22, 1908
Creator: Zoll, George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Suction cotton harvesting and cleaning apparatus. (open access)

Suction cotton harvesting and cleaning apparatus.

Patent for "a suction cotton harvesting and cleaning apparatus for harvesting cotton" (Lines 10-11) with illustrations.
Date: October 22, 1901
Creator: Dannelly, Frank M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Telephone System. (open access)

Telephone System.

Patent for telephone system, which allows for locking the receiver hooks at all substations between two connected stations. It also allows for lines to be subdivided for the purpose of using more than one message at the same time.
Date: May 22, 1906
Creator: Gorden, James H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate (open access)

Gate

Patent for an improvement of a mechanical operated gate. Illustration included.
Date: March 22, 1904
Creator: Burkhardt, John F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gymnastic Apparatus (open access)

Gymnastic Apparatus

Patent for "improvement in aerial revolving ladders for gymnastic purposes for use in theaters, circus-tents, etc." (lines 13-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 22, 1900
Creator: Delmore, George E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow Attachment for Cultivators (open access)

Harrow Attachment for Cultivators

Patent for a harrow attachment for cultivators. "This inventions relates to a harrow attachment for plow or disk cultivators" (line 12-13). Illustration included.
Date: December 22, 1903
Creator: Mauldin, William E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame and Trace Connector (open access)

Hame and Trace Connector

Patent for a Hame and trace connector. Illustration included.
Date: December 22, 1903
Creator: Goodman, Forest Edward
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gearing (open access)

Gearing

Patent for a gearing to be used as an attachment for the driving axle of a cotton chopper. Illustrations included.
Date: June 22, 1909
Creator: Gesche, Eugene C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gin Rib (open access)

Gin Rib

Patent for a gin rib. This is an improvement on the ribs/grates for cotton gins. Illustration included.
Date: November 22, 1904
Creator: Ellman, Louis W. & Davis, James L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Escape (open access)

Fire-Escape

Patent for a fire-escape for "people irrespective of age, sex, or condition may be safely carried from any landing or floor of a building to the sidewalk or street" (lines 25-28); including illustration and instructions
Date: May 22, 1900
Creator: Thompson, B. W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History