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Improvement in Hoe-Handles.
Patent for the improvement of hoe-handle tightening devices, including illustrations.
Date:
July 17, 1877
Creator:
Littleton, W. R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Steam Cooker.
Patent for a new and improved steam cooker. This design consists, "with a water-holder and a funnel-shaped reservoir provided with dependent lugs superimposed thereon, of an open-ended foraminous cylinder fitting within said water-holder, a circular foraminous disk fitting within said cylinder, said disk having a raised rim or flange adapted when the disk is lifted to engage the lugs on the reservoir, and a cover for said water-holder, with means for securing said cover within the reservoir" (lines 31-41).
Date:
October 21, 1890
Creator:
Thomason, Gustave
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Milk-Cooler.
Patent for improvements in milk coolers. The invention "has for one of its objects the provision of a simple and inexpensive knockdown construction which will permit packing into compact form when desirable. Another object is to provide a milk-cooler having adjustable shelves of improved construction, whereby milk pans or pails of different sizes can be easily accommodated. A further object .... is to provide a milk-cooler of the water-evaporation capillary-feed type which will be strong, compact, and of large capacity and provided with improved means for draining, catching, and retaining the water, holding the fabric, and adjusting and securing the shelves" (lines 9-23). Includes specifications and illustrations.
Date:
July 3, 1900
Creator:
Dean, William Volney
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Meat-Tenderer
Patent for an improved meat tenderer granted to Francis W. Carter. Improvements include not tearing the meat and self-cleaning upon each rotation.
Date:
April 14, 1885
Creator:
Carter, Francis W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sulky-Plow.
Patent for a new and useful sulky plow, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 25, 1898
Creator:
Allen, Jefferson Davis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tongue-Support.
Patent for a tongue support that lessens the weight and wearing of the tongue on the horse's neck. The spring is made of steel, is two or more coils, and sits on the tongue rod. The spring's firmness is adjustable, and only enough weight to hold the tongue in place is put on the animal.
Date:
December 12, 1893
Creator:
Young, Delma H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tongue-Support.
Patent for an improved wagon tongue spring that weighs less and wears less on the horse's neck than other tongue-supports.
Date:
February 20, 1894
Creator:
Savage, Thomas N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Traction Gang-Plow
Patent for a traction gang-plow. Illustration included.
Date:
April 12, 1910
Creator:
Johnson, Charles J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tool for Lowering and Raising Well-Tubes
Patent for a tool used for lowing and raising well tubes. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 26, 1910
Creator:
Hardy, Paul
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spreader for Telephone Receiver Casings
Patent for a spreader whereby the casing of a telephone receiver has shrunk in a manner the cap has become loose. Illustration included.
Date:
December 10, 1912
Creator:
Cox, Pierre M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow Attachment
Patent for "a shovel or point attachment for plow-stocks for operation in turf, stubble, or grubby or rocky soil deep or shallow, the attachment being particularly adapted for turning stalks, weeds, grass, and stubble" (lines 11-17).
Date:
June 25, 1901
Creator:
Buster, Walter L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for improvements in plows in which the plow can be “converted into a middle-burster or single-stock, according to the nature of the land and the character of work to be performed.” (Lines 12-15) Illustration is included.
Date:
May 24, 1904
Creator:
Weldon, Johnathan L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Surgical Instrument.
Patent for a new and improved surgical tool. This design consists "[i]n a surgical instrument, the combination, with the rod having the stepped head provided with grooves, of the springs, the pin, the stepped shell having offsets, the sliding sleeve, and the [other] pin" (lines 14-18).
Date:
July 14, 1885
Creator:
Poynor, John S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sulky Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved sulky cultivator. This design consists in "the beam having the cross-bar at its rear end, and the rearward-diverging brace-arms connecting the beam to the ends of the cross-bar, the links hinged to the rear ends of the brace-arms and pivoted to the sulky-frame, the hand lever fulcrumed on the frame, and the rod connecting the hand-lever to the front end of the beam" (lines 40-48).
Date:
July 24, 1888
Creator:
Hazlewood, James Allan
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sulky-Frame for Agricultural Implements.
Patent for "a new and improved sulky-frame adapted for the attachment of several agricultural implements and provided with means for elevating or lowering the frame and the implement thereto attached, whereby the latter is brought in contact with the soil or elevated above such contact." (Lines 16-23) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 27, 1895
Creator:
Carson, John Richard & Denman, Jackson Harvey, Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch.
Patent for a gate latch, which latches automatically and cannot be opened by animals but is easily opened by people.
Date:
March 15, 1910
Creator:
Chambers, Olive B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Conveyer for Binders, &c.
Patent for improvements in grain conveyers by using a slotted platform with parallel walls on the sides, a conveyer-block having arms and friction-rollers that is moved by an endless chain in between the walls, a lever keyed on a shaft and two gears in constant mesh with each other; all these parts working together to creating a mechanism that drives the conveyers in either direction to accomplish the binding of the grains. Illustration is included.
Date:
February 17, 1891
Creator:
Schubert, George
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hoe Attachment for Cultivators.
Patent for an improved cultivator with a hoe-attachment that can be "thrown into and out of operation and employed for thinning crops simultaneous with the cultivation of the same with as much convenience and accuracy as the ordinary hand hoe and with greater expedition" (lines 13-18).
Date:
February 14, 1893
Creator:
Eriksen, Eduard A. O. & Day, William Howell
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press.
Patent for a hay-press that has a oscillating sweep-arm on the plunger so that the plunger's movements are minimized and the hay can be pressed faster.
Date:
June 26, 1894
Creator:
Walton, Robert H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horse and Team Holder.
Patent for "a device adapted to be applied to ordinary vehicles, and designed to be connected with the driving reins, and capable of automatically engaging the horse or team, and by preventing the same from advancing or turning to the right or left or backing, thereby obviating the necessity of tying a horse or team, of dropping the traces, or of leaving it stand with small weights that endanger life." (Lines 12-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 21, 1895
Creator:
Moore, Franklin Orville
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hopple.
Patent for a hopple, which keeps the beams of a cultivator in place.
Date:
August 11, 1908
Creator:
Gilbert, Edward Leslie
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Snap-Hook.
Patent for a snap-hook that holds together the miscellaneous parts of a harness and dispenses "with a spring for holding the parts together and which cannot in use accidentally open" (lines 12-14).
Date:
January 7, 1896
Creator:
Nalley, John T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Float-Valve
Patent for a valve used in flushing and storage tanks. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 29, 1910
Creator:
Rymer, William T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History