Cotton or Drag Sack Protector. (open access)

Cotton or Drag Sack Protector.

Patent for cotton or drag protectors used to protect the part of the sack that drags along the ground. This prevents the sack from wearing out.
Date: April 2, 1912
Creator: Elkins, Thomas M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Turf-Type and Early Maturing Annual Ryegrass to Establish Perennial Vegetation: Technical Report (open access)

Turf-Type and Early Maturing Annual Ryegrass to Establish Perennial Vegetation: Technical Report

Technical report describing a project to test turf-type and early-maturing annual ryegrasses for use along roadways.
Date: April 2014
Creator: Cummings, Hennen; Wittie, Roger; Muir, James P.; Bow, John; Molina, Raymondo; Arwine, Tanner et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench. (open access)

Wrench.

Patent for a wrench with an adjustable handle for multiple uses, with illustrations.
Date: April 10, 1906
Creator: Land, Henry Clay
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transposition Device for Electric Lines. (open access)

Transposition Device for Electric Lines.

Patent for improving efficiency in transposing electric lines. Improvements include providing devices "which cannot be destroyed by bullets or rocks and other destructive agencies", providing devices "which will maintain the lines parallel with each other", and providing devices "so that no special tools will be necessary for linemen... only a pair of pliers."
Date: April 20, 1915
Creator: Neel, Guy W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Pressure and Water-Level Recorder for Boilers. (open access)

Steam-Pressure and Water-Level Recorder for Boilers.

Patent for a division on the inventor's previous patent application (No. 404,658). This patent is for a device that records steam pressure and water levels in boilers, and is meant "to provide a new and improved steam pressure recorder for boilers, which is simple and durable in construction, very effective in operation, and arranged to automatically record the pressure of the steam in the boiler for a given period" (lines 14-19).
Date: April 18, 1893
Creator: Lewis, William Morgan
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine. (open access)

Washing-Machine.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in washing machines.
Date: April 5, 1898
Creator: Turbeville, John B. & Higgs, Marion F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Grain-Harvester Reel. (open access)

Folding Grain-Harvester Reel.

Patent for making the arms of the folding reels of grain harvesters shiftable and creating a way to brace the arms and hold them in different positions.
Date: April 20, 1915
Creator: Buchanan, David E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Operating Mechanism. (open access)

Saw-Operating Mechanism.

Patent for a motor operated cross-cutting saw for cutting timber.
Date: April 23, 1907
Creator: Gordon, William Knox
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Digger. (open access)

Peanut-Digger.

Patent for an improved peanut digger design.
Date: April 15, 1919
Creator: Noah, Joseph O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Peanut Harvester (open access)

Peanut Harvester

Patent for "new and improved peanut harvester (lines 5-7)."
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Keith, Walter
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History