Head Frame for Cattle. (open access)

Head Frame for Cattle.

Patent for a new and improved head-frame for cattle. This design is "to prevent cattle from breaking down or going through fences" (lines 9-10). To this end, it "compris[es] the bar bearing longitudinally on the face of the animal, bent forward at its upper end to form a hook, and provided with a rearwardly-convex bend near its lower end, the rectangular frame integral with the lower end of the bar, having its sides forwardly convexed . . . and provided with the inwardly-extending arms, the adjusting-bolt connecting the sides of the frame, and the transverse bar carried by the [other] bar and provided with rings" (lines 71-82).
Date: October 2, 1888
Creator: Dorris, James Orson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Check - Book (open access)

Check - Book

Patent for a new and useful improvements in check-book for " customer's use, such as are employed by banks for free distribution" (line 11 - 13).
Date: November 2, 1897
Creator: Exline, Marcus P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stove Pipe Joint. (open access)

Stove Pipe Joint.

Patent for a new and improved joint for stove pipes. This design has for its object "to secure a firm and safe connection between the sections of pipe, and at the same time to protect the joint so that the pipe is not liable to crack or split at that point. [The] invention consists in combining with the threaded sections of a stove-pipe, a cap or band secured to one of the sections and overlapping the other, so as to inclose and protect the joint" (lines 9-17).
Date: June 2, 1885
Creator: Laughlin, William N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Moldboard for Plows. (open access)

Moldboard for Plows.

Patent for improved design of plow moldboard made from Plaster of Paris which repels sticky soils and is durable for shipping. Includes instructions and illustration.
Date: November 2, 1915
Creator: Miller, Charles K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock. (open access)

Nut-Lock.

Patent for Nut-Lock. The invention is to enable locking a nut upon a bolt, to keep from coming undone due to vibration.
Date: April 2, 1918
Creator: Morris, William T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Agricultural Implements. (open access)

Improvement in Agricultural Implements.

Patent for improvements to a corn and cotton-seed planter with instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 2, 1879
Creator: Neal, Nathan P. & Stroud, Wiley N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fly-Trap (open access)

Fly-Trap

Patent for a fly trap. Illustrations included.
Date: June 2, 1908
Creator: Ramsey, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metal Railway Tie (open access)

Metal Railway Tie

Patent for metal railway tie. Illustration included.
Date: March 2, 1909
Creator: Robinson, James R. & Sugrue, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn - Motor. (open access)

Churn - Motor.

Patent for a new and useful Churn-Motor to "provide a simple and efficient from a wind-motor adapted for use in connection with churns, the wind-wheel blades being so constructed as to adapt them to expose the necessary surface for efficient operation under the conditions" (line 9- 14).
Date: November 2, 1897
Creator: Staples, John & Spake, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History