Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a plowshare, of cutting-knives secured to the rear end thereof and extending rearwardly therefrom in an upward direction, and a bar connecting the mold-board and landside and arranged below the cutting knives" (lines 68-73).
Date: June 23, 1885
Creator: Adair, Richard Harding
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a new and improved plow. This design "relates to an improvement in plows; and it consists in the peculiar construction of the mold-board" (lines 6-8).
Date: January 6, 1885
Creator: Bedinger, George Washington
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pulverizer and cultivator. (open access)

Pulverizer and cultivator.

Patent for improvement of pulverizer and cultivator, which according to the inventors, "pulverizes the soil in an improved manner, and with less expenditure in power in draft, and so that the land can be plowed close up to plants growing in rows, but which are not regularly in line with one another".
Date: July 21, 1885
Creator: Chambers, John R.; Chambers, Silas; Chambers, Asa & Davis, William Jefferson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a new and improved churn. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a removable churn-body, of the frame, with a friction-wheel mounted thereon, a dasher-spindle provided with friction-wheel, movable notched bar, and spring-rod" (lines 79-83).
Date: August 18, 1885
Creator: Conner, Laurence H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Watch Maker's Pliers. (open access)

Watch Maker's Pliers.

Patent for new and improved watchmaker's pliers. This design "consists in a combination watch-hand tool or pliers to be used by watch-makers for removing the hands from a watch when it is to be repaired or new hands are required to be put on; also for holding new hands when they are to be filed and otherwise fitted to the watch; and the invention more especially consists in certain constructions of the jaw end portions of the pliers" (lines 8-16).
Date: May 12, 1885
Creator: Horton, Henry A. R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Emptying Barrels Or Other Receptacles Containing Liquids. (open access)

Apparatus For Emptying Barrels Or Other Receptacles Containing Liquids.

Patent for a device to empty barrels and other receptacles containing liquids, including illustrations.
Date: March 3, 1885
Creator: Hudson, Benjamin Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History