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Harrow
Patent for a harrow designed to cultivate only one row of crops at a time. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 25, 1907
Creator:
Arnold, Jesse E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for a new type of plow granted to Anton Schindler.
Date:
November 25, 1884
Creator:
Schindler, Anton
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design is "to provide a [sweep-]plow . . . [that] is extremely light in draft, may be run deep or shallow, and will plow or cut its entire width at all times and without turning the ground" (lines 9-14). It consists, "with the plow-standard provided at opposite sides with adjustable brackets, of a triangular-shaped convexed sweep bolted to the brackets and having the angles of its base in the same plane with the apex or point and its rear edge disposed at a right angle to the beam, and opposite triangular wings" (lines 3-10).
Date:
November 25, 1890
Creator:
Marley, James D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting Attachment for Sewing Machines.
Patent for a new and improved quilting attachment for sewing machines. This design "is to provide a device . . . adapted to be adjustable in any manner desired over the leaf, table, or arm of a sewing-machine" (lines 14-17). It consists in "a standard supporting a track-bar, a bar swiveled to said hanger and having end journals, and curved end yokes or arms movably connected to said end journals of the latter bar and supporting-rollers, said curved end yokes or arms having the said bar connected to the central part of the upper portions of the same and open at their lower ends" (lines 15-24).
Date:
October 25, 1892
Creator:
Galloway, John C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow Cultivator and Irrigator.
Patent for an underground irrigating plow that consists of a draft bar, crank arms, plow beams that front ends swivel on the crank arms, a ratchet rod with chain spools, a ratchet lever that is attached to the ratchet rod, chains that are attached to the plow beams and the spools, braces that are attached to the crank arms, and a double-tree.
Date:
April 25, 1893
Creator:
Askew, Joseph W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Pipe-Bending Machine.
Patent for a machine used to bend or shape metal pipes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 25, 1913
Creator:
Rutledge, Caleb C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Harvester
Patent for a peanut harvester which allows the vines to move from the uprooting mechanism to the conveyor and cleaning device, incorporates a variable depth uprooting mechanism, and introduces efficiency and durability improvements of several parts.
Date:
May 25, 1915
Creator:
Brummett, Sinclair H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ratchet Wrench.
Patent for a new and improved ratchet wrench. This design "relates to improvements in ratchet-wrenches wherein a handle carrying a rotating head having jaws to grasp a nut is provided with pivoted pawls, so that by oscillating the handle the pawls serve to rotate the head and screw or unscrew the nut, bolt, or other device" (lines 8-14).
Date:
March 25, 1884
Creator:
Osborn, Adelbert E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Rail Joint
Patent for a railroad rail-joint that does not require holes to be drilled in it.
Date:
February 25, 1913
Creator:
McAdams, William J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Signal.
Patent for a new Railroad-Signal invention. The Railroad-Signal functions as an improved device for alerting locomotive engineers that an upcoming bridge is broken, flooded, or on fire.
Date:
February 25, 1913
Creator:
Waddle, Calvin H. & Roberston, Everett C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rapid-Transit Car
Patent for a rapid transit car that runs on cables in the air.
Date:
June 25, 1912
Creator:
Barnett, John B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Rail Joint
Patent for strengthening the nails and their meeting ends.
Date:
July 25, 1916
Creator:
Nichols, Walt M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Quilting Mechanism for Sewing-Machines.
Patent for a quilting mechanism for sewing machines that attaches to a sewing table that extends "over and above and parallel with the overhanging arm of the machine" (lines 20-22), the arm is adjustable and detachable, a track-rail is attached to the end of the arm, and a quilting-frame hangs from the sheaves.
Date:
September 25, 1894
Creator:
Stafford, George A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Magnetically and Statically Treating Ores
Patent for "a process for magnetically and statically treating ore to separate the valuable metal therefrom during its passage through a single machine" (lines 11-14). In particular, the treatment helps to remove magnetic particles that have sharp corners or points that may interfere with other processes.
Date:
October 5, 1901
Creator:
Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pruning-Shears.
Patent for new and useful improvement to pruning shears, including illustrations.
Date:
October 25, 1910
Creator:
Taylor, Samuel C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Powder-Duster.
Patent for a insecticide powder duster that ejects the powder onto plants.
Date:
April 25, 1911
Creator:
McKnight, Walter H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Cattle-Guard
Patent for a railway cattle guard used to deter animals from attempting to cross the railway. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 25, 1910
Creator:
Wood, George F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Frog.
Patent for "a frog for crossing rails at switches or railway-crossings" (lines 8-9).
Date:
December 25, 1900
Creator:
Barry, James
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Tie
Patent for a railroad tie. This invention is made of concrete and allows rails to be attached without the need of spikes. Illustration included.
Date:
July 25, 1905
Creator:
Percival, Herbert E. & Key, Brewer W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Potato-Cutter.
Patent for a potato cutter for dividing seed potatoes into sections for planting.
Date:
February 25, 1908
Creator:
Wheeler, Melley M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint.
Patent for the improvement of railroad constructions by means of using a fishplate that provides an effective connection between two rail bars and secures the accuracy in lining the bars up.
Date:
August 25, 1903
Creator:
Starkey, Ollie B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint.
Patent for "a self-locking rail-joint of novel construction and which will preclude the use of bolts or analogous fastenings, the weight of the rails and their securement to the ties being sufficient to hold the parts of the clamp close against opposite sides of the rail ends." (lines 12-17), including illustrations.
Date:
February 25, 1902
Creator:
Stephens, Benjamin F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History