Resource Type

Hame-Hook. (open access)

Hame-Hook.

Patent for a hame-hook that "may be readily applied to the hames or removed therefrom, and which wile in position is secure against any accidental loosening or removal; and furthermore, is strong, cheap, and durable" (lines 12-17).
Date: January 23, 1894
Creator: Swann, Robert B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Disk Plow (open access)

Disk Plow

Patent for a disk plow. This design of plow provides multiple blades and constructed to be less dangerous to the operator.
Date: June 23, 1903
Creator: Creager, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Screen for Eaves Troughs (open access)

Screen for Eaves Troughs

Patent for a screen for eaves troughs. Illustration included.
Date: November 5, 1907
Creator: Hagler, Jefferson D. & Pickens, Mell
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Reciprocating Engine (open access)

Rotary Reciprocating Engine

Patent for this invention has relation to the type of engines combining rotary and reciprocating movements in one structure, the purpose being to combine the working elements in such relation as to convert maximum percentage of force into available form for the performance of work.
Date: January 22, 1901
Creator: Williams, Win D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Reciprocating Engine. (open access)

Rotary Reciprocating Engine.

Patent for a rotary reciprocating engine that is smaller, has more horse-power, and has less friction than previous models.
Date: May 8, 1900
Creator: Williams, Win D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Field Thrashing-Machine. (open access)

Field Thrashing-Machine.

Patent for a field thrashing-machine that can be carried into a field and harvests the tops of standing grain as it is carried forward. The machine also thrashes the grain, separates the grain from the chaff, and delivers the grain in a receptacle.
Date: December 18, 1894
Creator: Anderson, Axel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter. (open access)

Seed-Planter.

Patent for a seed planter. This device is designed to be attached to a lister plow. The seed dropping wheel can house a variety of different seeds.
Date: March 21, 1916
Creator: Klingler, Herman A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seeding-Machine (open access)

Seeding-Machine

Patent for improvements to the hoe of the seeding machine "and attendant parts, and particularly to the means for guiding and adjusting the hoe and for guiding and adjusting the following-wheel" (lines 17-19).
Date: November 8, 1892
Creator: Kirkpatrick, George W. & Ralston, James B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scale Beam. (open access)

Scale Beam.

Patent for a scale beam with notches at different heights on the upper edge, so that weights may be adjusted in the dark or by the blind, and including illustration.
Date: January 24, 1893
Creator: Sevier, Moses Nimrod
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hose-Coupling. (open access)

Hose-Coupling.

Patent for a hose coupling that is tighter than previous ones and can withstand great pressure.
Date: March 8, 1910
Creator: Stephens, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hose-Coupling (open access)

Hose-Coupling

Patent for a coupling for fire hoses. Illustrations included.
Date: September 6, 1910
Creator: Stephens, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hose Coupling (open access)

Hose Coupling

Patent for hose coupling. Illustration included.
Date: June 20, 1905
Creator: Stephens, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hose Coupling (open access)

Hose Coupling

Patent for a hose coupling. This invention is designed to be used with flexible hosing that is damaged. Illustration included.
Date: July 19, 1910
Creator: Stephens, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hose Coupling (open access)

Hose Coupling

Patent for a hose coupling. This invention is designed for flexible tubing in need of repair. Illustration included.
Date: July 19, 1910
Creator: Stephens, John Hall
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hose-Coupling (open access)

Hose-Coupling

Patent for a hose coupling "designed to couple light or heavy hose sections together without undue wear at the coupling connection" (lines 11-14).
Date: March 14, 1916
Creator: Stephens, John Hall
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harness Attachment. (open access)

Harness Attachment.

Patent for a simple, strong, and durable back-band and chain trace attachment that connects the two. This holds "the chain trace and back-band in their proper places and thus prevent[s] chafing of the horse, &c., by the trace chain when it slackens" (lines 12-15).
Date: June 27, 1893
Creator: Camp, John Cecil
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Gate. (open access)

Railroad-Gate.

Patent for improvements in automatic railway and farm gates by using a combination and arrangement of two supporting-frames, two sliding gates, a diagonal rod to secure the gates; with three levers each having its own functions, and two friction rollers. Illustration is included.
Date: May 12, 1891
Creator: Wood, Horace Overall & Smith, Sanford Sanders
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Signal (open access)

Railroad-Signal

Patent for a railroad signal which will prevent train collisions at railway crossings, with illustrations.
Date: February 17, 1920
Creator: Humphrys, Sidney E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pile-Supporter (open access)

Pile-Supporter

Patent for new and useful improvements in Pile-Supporters, specifically for use for protruding piles. "The device is designed to retain the ruptured portions within the anus, thereby relieving pain." Improvements allow extended wear and freedom of movement not allowed in previous supporters.
Date: December 4, 1917
Creator: Raines, John L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Tie and Rail-Chair (open access)

Metallic Tie and Rail-Chair

Patent for a metallic tie and rail chair that eliminates the need for a wooden cross ties in railroad tracks.
Date: November 26, 1912
Creator: Capps, John Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Jack (open access)

Automobile Jack

Patent for Automobile Jack
Date: November 7, 1916
Creator: Taylor, Alva R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe and Like Stem. (open access)

Pipe and Like Stem.

Patent for improved smoking equipment stems which prevents saliva from running down the stem. The end of the stem has a new design which extends upwards and then wraps forward and downward, leaving a slot where no saliva can enter.
Date: February 22, 1921
Creator: Crossman, Alvin Amos
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quilting Apparatus (open access)

Quilting Apparatus

Patent for improvements in the quilting apparatus, that helps in stabilizing the quilting process as the center of gravity of the device shifts during the process.
Date: August 24, 1915
Creator: Lawrence Monroe Caruth
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Detacher. (open access)

Horse-Detacher.

Patent for improvements in horse-detachers by engaging “straps or chains spring-actuated bolts to the free ends of the pivoted levers; and on the opposite ends of said levers hooks are attached for securing trace or tug straps.” (Lines 21-25) Illustration is included.
Date: March 8, 1898
Creator: Napier, John S.
System: The Portal to Texas History