Cultivator-Sweep. (open access)

Cultivator-Sweep.

Patent for a cultivator sweep that cuts weeds close to the crops.
Date: February 14, 1911
Creator: Lundghren, Charles & Anderson, Gus E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Spindle (open access)

Buggy-Spindle

Patent for a buggy spindle for "taking up lost motion in the axle box should it be too short or too worn" (lines 10-11). Illustrations included.
Date: April 21, 1908
Creator: Messer, Jeremiah Clark
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Dasher. (open access)

Churn-Dasher.

Patent for a new and useful churn dasher, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 21, 1899
Creator: Franklin, Edward R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Lock Joint or Device. (open access)

Combination Lock Joint or Device.

Patent for a combination lock joint or device for sectional poles that prevents bending of the pole and allows for sections of the pole to be easily taken on or off.
Date: July 25, 1911
Creator: Carleton, Ernest William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Slitting Sweet Corn. (open access)

Device for Slitting Sweet Corn.

Patent for a corn slitting device for cutting the corn kernels away from the husks on the cob.
Date: March 10, 1908
Creator: Bahn, Gustavus A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Condenser and Lint-Flue. (open access)

Cotton-Condenser and Lint-Flue.

Patent for a cotton condenser and lint flue for use in cotton gins.
Date: April 16, 1912
Creator: Summerrow, Willie Price
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cord-Tying Device. (open access)

Cord-Tying Device.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in cord tying devices, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 1, 1899
Creator: Postley, Charles A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling (open access)

Car Coupling

Patent for a rail car coupling. Illustration included.
Date: December 4, 1906
Creator: Yeiser, John Clarke & Story, Leonidas J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wind and Water Motor. (open access)

Wind and Water Motor.

Patent for improvements in wind and water motors in which it will not only increase its efficiency and durability but also, be capable of operating in tidal rivers, streams and other currents. This is an improvement of patent no. 588572 of the same inventor. Illustration is included.
Date: January 9, 1900
Creator: Hardaway, Robert Early
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coupling-Pin. (open access)

Coupling-Pin.

Patent for a coupling pin for railroad cars, which prevents the coupling from coming loose accidentally by having a key which locks the coupling in place and can only be undone by the cars operating systems. when it is time to disconnect the car.
Date: July 23, 1907
Creator: Yeiser, John Clarke
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a combined cotton-chopper and cultivator.
Date: July 29, 1902
Creator: Forister, John H. & McAda, James N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Diffusion-Block for Subsoil Irrigation. (open access)

Diffusion-Block for Subsoil Irrigation.

Patent for a diffusion block for subsoil irrigation, which prevents roots from growing into the pipe that is providing water to the soil.
Date: August 23, 1910
Creator: Ziller, Bessie
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brick Truck (open access)

Brick Truck

Patent for a truck that is designed to make the transportation of bricks easier as well as the transportation of other materials.
Date: September 22, 1905
Creator: Sacks, Martin Kuno
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Non-Explosive Oil-Container. (open access)

Non-Explosive Oil-Container.

Patent for a protective screen of refractory filaments for "containers holding inflammable, explosive fluids such as naphtha, benzin, gasolene, etc." (lines 10-12)
Date: December 12, 1911
Creator: Ziller, Robert L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper (open access)

Cotton Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper. This invention is designed to be adjustable horizontally to operate on crooked rows. Illustrations included.
Date: March 28, 1911
Creator: Burton, George W.; Warwick, Vesper V. & Patton, Deacon O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Treating Timber. (open access)

Apparatus for Treating Timber.

Patent for an invention to aid in the treatment of treating timber. The invention is said to "provide a simple, inexpensive, durable, and efficient apparatus by means of which railroad cross-ties, fence-posts, and the like may be expeditiously and economically treated by immersion in a bath of some preserving liquid" (lines 16-22) including illustrations.
Date: July 11, 1905
Creator: Gerhard, Philip H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Commode-Seat. (open access)

Commode-Seat.

Patent for a commode/toilet seat and storage cabinet that holds multiple seats that can be used to provide individual seats for each person using the commode/toilet.
Date: September 26, 1911
Creator: Ainsworth, Lucian M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device For Educational, Amusement, Or Other Purposes (open access)

Device For Educational, Amusement, Or Other Purposes

Patent for a device for educational, amusement, or other purposes. Illustration included.
Date: October 4, 1904
Creator: Robertson, William H.; Henderson, William G. & Arithmo-game Board Company
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling - Press (open access)

Baling - Press

Patent for a new and improved hay pressing or baling machine. This design "relates to presses or baling-machines, and more particularly to that class which are worked bu hand-power" (line 9 - 11).
Date: January 18, 1898
Creator: Younger, William Turner
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Card-Cutting Attachment for Printing-Presses. (open access)

Card-Cutting Attachment for Printing-Presses.

Patent for an attachment for printing presses that not only acts as a card cutter, but can also change the shape of the design and automatically eject the paper.
Date: November 26, 1901
Creator: Speight, Winchester Franklin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Base-Ball Score-Card (open access)

Base-Ball Score-Card

Patent for a baseball score card that has spaces for putting the players name on the card from both teams on the same side.
Date: December 5, 1911
Creator: Dealey, Walter A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper (open access)

Cotton Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustration included.
Date: February 23, 1909
Creator: Hogan, Samuel Thomas; Knetsch, Ferdinand, Jr. & Oatman, John B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cultivator and Planter. (open access)

Combined Cultivator and Planter.

Patent for a new part that attaches to an ordinary cultivator. The device has a plow that runs in front, and a planting mechanism that spreads seeds in the plowed rows. This device makes it possible to plough and plant in one sweep of the field.
Date: December 31, 1901
Creator: Noren, Peter O. & Clyburn, Mile D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
CAR-COUPLING (open access)

CAR-COUPLING

Patent for a Car-Coupling. "This invention relates to car-couplings of the Janney type..." (lines 9-10) including illustrations.
Date: August 11, 1903
Creator: Yeiser, John Clarke
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History