Grain Adjuster. (open access)

Grain Adjuster.

Patent for a new and improved grain adjuster. This design "consists in the combination, with the platform-frame, of a wire or rod, which is preferably corrugated or bent, and which is fastened to the outer end of the frame and extends inward over the carrier in the rear of the cutter . . . The object of [the] invention is to apply to the frame of binding-machines a corrugated rod or wire, upon which the heads of the grain will catch, and thus prevent the heads of the cut grain from being moved toward the elevator faster than their butts, whereby the grain is presented evenly and regularly" (lines 14-27).
Date: March 27, 1888
Creator: French, Horatio Benjamin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Elevating Wagon-Bodies. (open access)

Device for Elevating Wagon-Bodies.

Patent for a pulley system for elevating wagons off the ground and "keeping them suspended under the roof of a barn or other roofed structure while not in use" (lines 19-21), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 30, 1880
Creator: Booker, David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine (open access)

Washing Machine

Patent for a washing machine. Illustration included.
Date: March 28, 1911
Creator: Vines, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Hand-Stamp. (open access)

Rotary Hand-Stamp.

Patent for a rotary hand stamp that has an interchangeable printing surface that is simple, convenient, and is especially created for rapid operation.
Date: March 19, 1912
Creator: Walshe, Denny Edmund
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator (open access)

Cultivator

Patent for a cultivator. This invention is an attachment used to connecting with other machines to cultivate the ground. Illustration included.
Date: March 19, 1907
Creator: Wheeler, Claud H.
System: The Portal to Texas History