Discharge Mechanism for Harvesters (open access)

Discharge Mechanism for Harvesters

Patent for the binder-deck of harvesters "and it consists, broadly, of a flexible deck having its lateral edges fixed and its middle portion hinged at one edge and free at the other, and means for automatically lowering the latter when the bundle of grain is to be discharged in order that the discharge may be facilitated" (lines 11-17).
Date: October 25, 1892
Creator: Stroud, Wiley N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fruit Gatherer. (open access)

Fruit Gatherer.

Patent for a new and improved fruit gatherer. This design consists "[i]n a fruit-gatherer, the combination of the pole, the jaws attached to its upper end, the sliding collar, the links connecting the collar and the sleeve, the rods, the jaws, the ring, the tube attached thereto and encircling the pole below said jaws, and the sleeve which supports the ring and is adjustable on the pole longitudinally for the purpose of adjusting the mouth of said tube in the desired proximity to the said jaws" (lines 13-22).
Date: September 25, 1888
Creator: Hall, Francis Asbury
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Breast-Strap for Harness. (open access)

Breast-Strap for Harness.

Patent for "a breast-strap so constructed as to obviate pressure on the windpipe of the horse and to transfer such pressure to the shoulders; to obviate chafing or rubbing of the breast-strap upon the shoulders, and to permit them to move freely in advance of each other as a result of the movements of the horse." (Lines 12-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 25, 1894
Creator: Russell, Charles H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch. (open access)

Gate-Latch.

Patent for an improved gate-latch for swinging gates that is especially simple, economic, and efficient.
Date: December 25, 1894
Creator: Wilson, James L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pruning Implement. (open access)

Pruning Implement.

Patent for a new and improved pruning implement. This design consists in "the combination, with a staff, of the jaw-arms pivoted to the staff and provided with the upwardly-projecting and curved jaws, the collars fitted loosely on the staff, the rods connecting the said collars, and the link-arms pivoted to the collar and to the jaw-arms" (lines 11-17).
Date: September 25, 1888
Creator: Hall, Francis Asbury
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment (open access)

Cultivator Attachment

Patent for a cultivator attachment. Illustration included.
Date: December 25, 1906
Creator: Bates, General Lowel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vending-Machine (open access)

Vending-Machine

Patent for a coin-operated vending machine. Illustrations included.
Date: October 25, 1910
Creator: Harris, Irvin F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine. (open access)

Washing-Machine.

Patent for a new and useful washing machine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 25, 1898
Creator: Smith, James Knox Polk
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Percolator. (open access)

Percolator.

Patent for a percolating tea- or coffeepot that segregates the tea or coffee within the body of the pot so that the material doesn't float freely in the liquid.
Date: February 25, 1902
Creator: Seney, Joshua C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Critical Evaluation of the Potential Impact of Emissions From Midlothian Industries: A Summary Report (open access)

Critical Evaluation of the Potential Impact of Emissions From Midlothian Industries: A Summary Report

A report detailing studies that were performed in order to evaluate the potential impact of emissions from the Midlothian steel mill and cement companies.
Date: October 25, 1995
Creator: Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission. Office of Air Quality. Toxicology and Risk Assessment Section.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History