Whiffletree Connection. (open access)

Whiffletree Connection.

Patent for a whiffletree connection which takes up all wear and prevents rattling, including illustrations.
Date: February 13, 1906
Creator: Dickerman, Oscar C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fan Attachment for Bicycles. (open access)

Fan Attachment for Bicycles.

Patent for an overhead fan that attaches to a bicycle and derives power from the front wheel including illustrations.
Date: March 13, 1900
Creator: Mills, John Andrew
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Railroad-Gates (open access)

Improvement in Railroad-Gates

Patent for a new and improved Railroad-Fence Gate that prevents cattle from escaping from farm areas, including illustrations.
Date: May 13, 1879
Creator: Hahn, Henry & Gaston, Anderson Lewers
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Heating Sad-Irons. (open access)

Device for Heating Sad-Irons.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in devices for heating sad irons, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 13, 1898
Creator: Newton, Francis W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator and Scraper. (open access)

Cultivator and Scraper.

Patent for improvements in cultivators and scrapers: "The object of our invention is to provide a cultivator and scraper of simple and economical construction" (lines 15-17).
Date: October 13, 1891
Creator: Huneycutt, Noah & Moseley, Thomas Elverton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Seed Planter. (open access)

Cotton-Seed Planter.

Patent for a cotton-seem planters that has a frame with a bar bent to make handles, supporting wheels, a hopper, a feed drum, guides, and pins that feed seed along the hopper.
Date: March 13, 1894
Creator: Sawyer, Samuel P.
System: The Portal to Texas History