Dehorner For Cattle (open access)

Dehorner For Cattle

Patent for a dehorner to remove cattle horns. Illustration included.
Date: October 24, 1905
Creator: Binnings, Charles Elijah
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mixing Plant. (open access)

Mixing Plant.

Patent for new mixing plants materials and procedures, "comprising novel means for handling, conveying, and mixing the several materials which constitute the feed and for accurately determining the proportion of each such materials" (lines 11-15), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 3, 1906
Creator: Binnings, Charles Elijah
System: The Portal to Texas History
Swingletree (open access)

Swingletree

Patent for a swingletree that equalizes the strain of the draft animal when the traces are connected in an irregular manner.
Date: July 20, 1920
Creator: Bosse, William F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper (open access)

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper and cultivator which has adjustable cutters.
Date: June 18, 1912
Creator: Cain, James N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Harvester. (open access)

Cotton-Harvester.

Patent for improvements to cotton harvesting devices, with instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 1, 1891
Creator: Cunningham, James F. & Dingee, William W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Harvester (open access)

Cotton-Harvester

Patent for improvements in construction and arrangement of machines that harvest cotton.
Date: July 2, 1889
Creator: Cunningham, James Franklin, Sr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spirit Level. (open access)

Spirit Level.

Patent for a spirit-level by Allan T. Gibson. Meant for helping users obtain level and perpendicular lines with more ease and accuracy, as well as for determining any intermediate angle.
Date: June 26, 1906
Creator: GIbson, Allen T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Chopping Device (open access)

Stalk-Chopping Device

Patent for a stalk chopping device that connects to plows allowing the stalks to be plowed under the soil and used as fertilizer.
Date: February 4, 1913
Creator: George, James B. & Stelzig, Oscar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Tongue Attachment (open access)

Vehicle Tongue Attachment

Patent for a vehicle tongue attachment. This invention is designed to combine horse drawn and motor options for plows and other farming machines. Illustrations included.
Date: December 22, 1903
Creator: Gillespie, David Augustus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hub Wrench (open access)

Hub Wrench

Patent for a hub wrench. Illustration included.
Date: March 14, 1905
Creator: Hicks, Rufus Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Puzzle. (open access)

Puzzle.

Patent for a wire puzzle, where the user tries to free a ring from the inside of the wires.
Date: April 5, 1910
Creator: Hicks, Rufus Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Photographic-Printing Machine (open access)

Photographic-Printing Machine

Patent for a photo printing machine that can be used in dark rooms. Illustrations included.
Date: January 2, 1912
Creator: Higginbotham, Toliver S. & Higginbotham, Ezekiel H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter Attachment for Sulky-Plows (open access)

Stalk-Cutter Attachment for Sulky-Plows

Patent for a stalk cutter attachment for sulky plows. Illustrations included.
Date: October 15, 1912
Creator: Huber, Frederick Konrad
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper with adjustable hoe positions.
Date: November 5, 1907
Creator: Hudson, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stack-Pipe Protector. (open access)

Stack-Pipe Protector.

Patent for an adjustable stack pipe protector.
Date: October 11, 1910
Creator: Huffman, Thadeus E. & Hammett, Isaac E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a churn that is easy to use and efficient.
Date: February 8, 1910
Creator: Huggins, Thompson A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reagent for Liquid-Battery Cells. (open access)

Reagent for Liquid-Battery Cells.

Patent for a method of producing a "cheap and efficient substitute for copper sulfate for use in battery cells" (lines 14-16).
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Humphrey, David L. & Pittman, Carl L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Rail-Joint and Nut-Lock (open access)

Combination Rail-Joint and Nut-Lock

Patent for a combination rail joint and nut lock to hold railroad tracks in place.
Date: December 31, 1912
Creator: Iley, William A.; Money, Robert L. & Money, Benjamin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Equalizer for Pump Rods (open access)

Equalizer for Pump Rods

Patent for an equalizer for pump rods. This invention is designed to "assist in elevating the column of water in a pump, is designed to sustain the pump rod in its fixed position" (line 11-14). Illustration included.
Date: June 13, 1911
Creator: Johnson, Robert H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for a bailing press machine designed to be more efficient and durable. Illustrations included.
Date: December 3, 1907
Creator: Jones, Thomas A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Chopper. (open access)

Stalk-Chopper.

Patent for a stalk chopper, which attaches to a plow.
Date: October 11, 1910
Creator: King, Julian
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tying Device for Hay Bales or Packages (open access)

Tying Device for Hay Bales or Packages

Patent for a tying mechanism for bales of hay and packages. Illustrations included.
Date: March 29, 1910
Creator: Leavitt, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tying Device for Hay-Bales or Packages. (open access)

Tying Device for Hay-Bales or Packages.

Patent for an automatic tying device for hay bales, while they are going through a hay press.
Date: September 13, 1910
Creator: Leavitt, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tying Device for Hay-Balers (open access)

Tying Device for Hay-Balers

Patent for improvement to the former patent by the same creator for a tying device for hay-balers. These improvements increase productivity and efficiency of the previous tying device design.
Date: September 16, 1913
Creator: Leavitt, William, H.
System: The Portal to Texas History