Churn Motor (open access)

Churn Motor

Patent for a churn motor. This invention is a manually motored churn. Illustration included.
Date: February 26, 1907
Creator: Cole, Emory W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Handle for Sweep-Stocks and the Like (open access)

Adjustable Handle for Sweep-Stocks and the Like

Patent for adjustable handles for sweep stocks, plows, cultivators, and related equipment.
Date: February 26, 1907
Creator: Hoerhold, Theodore
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-truck. (open access)

Car-truck.

Patent for trucks for railway-cars "of simple and durable construction the parts of which are connected together without the use of bolts" (lines 10-12).
Date: February 26, 1901
Creator: Rouy, Gustave
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton and Corn Chopper. (open access)

Cotton and Corn Chopper.

Patent for an "attachment to a cultivator to chop or thin corn, cotton, and other drilled plants at the same time it is being plowed and without interfering in the work of the cultivator" (lines 14-18).
Date: February 26, 1907
Creator: Graham, Daniel O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill. (open access)

Windmill.

Patent for improvements to the wheel and operating shafts of windmills, including illustrations.
Date: February 26, 1901
Creator: Byrne, John Richard Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheeled Plow. (open access)

Wheeled Plow.

Patent for a wheeled plow with multiple accessories attached to it that allows for adjustment of each accessory separately, holds the weight of the parts better, and keeps the parts more securely connected to the plow.
Date: February 26, 1907
Creator: Hendon, Walter P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter. (open access)

Stalk-Cutter.

Patent for a stalk cutter for corn, cotton, or other related crops that is drawn between two rows of stalks and cuts them faster and more fully than previous stalk cutters.
Date: February 26, 1907
Creator: Chapa, Francisco Pena
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trace Fastener (open access)

Trace Fastener

Patent for trace fastener. Illustration included.
Date: February 26, 1907
Creator: Simonds, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grate For Boiler Furnaces, &c (open access)

Grate For Boiler Furnaces, &c

Patent for a grate for boiler furnaces. This invention can be used for steam-boiler furnaces, stoves, or any device to "produce a higher degree of heat than is obtained by the usual grates" (line 11-12). Illustration included.
Date: February 26, 1907
Creator: Spiller, Philip S. & Brenizer, Nelson, O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harvesting Apparatus (open access)

Harvesting Apparatus

Patent for a harvesting apparatus.This invention is to "provide an effective apparatus of this character which may be operated with the minimum amount of power" (line 9-13). Illustrations included.
Date: February 26, 1907
Creator: Russell, George D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fan. (open access)

Fan.

Patent for a motor powered fan with adjustable speeds.
Date: February 26, 1907
Creator: Futrell, J. B. & Gaskins, Thomas C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Signal-Board Attachment. (open access)

Safety-Signal-Board Attachment.

Patent for an attachment to railroad safety signal boards that holds orders for trains in a box that only opens when the danger or stop signal is raised on the semaphore. To get the clear signal, the orders must be replaced in the box or put on a clip on the outside of the box, which rings an alarm while they are there to alert the railroad operator to reset the box.
Date: February 26, 1907
Creator: Gates, William Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paper Ruling Machine (open access)

Paper Ruling Machine

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Ruling-Machine, to provide a simple and efficient machine with a series of pens that draw across sheets of paper carried by a suitable support" (lines 5-11).
Date: February 26, 1901
Creator: Wilmans, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Brake Hanger (open access)

Railway-Brake Hanger

Patent for "improvements to Railway-Break Hanger;...will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same"(lines 6, 9-11).
Date: February 26, 1901
Creator: Saling, Thomas W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow (open access)

Plow

Patent for a plow. Illustration included.
Date: February 26, 1907
Creator: Nunnally, Bruce
System: The Portal to Texas History
Calendar Clock (open access)

Calendar Clock

Patent for calendar clock. Illustration included.
Date: February 26, 1907
Creator: Woods, Jesse Leroy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment (open access)

Cultivator Attachment

Patent for a cultivator attachment. This invention is used to provide stalk-cutting the stalks and chopping of cotton. Illustration included.
Date: February 26, 1907
Creator: Nicks, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator (open access)

Cultivator

Patent for a cultivator. This invention consists of a plurality of spring teeth or blades. Illustration included.
Date: February 26, 1907
Creator: Omberg, Niles E.
System: The Portal to Texas History