Lawn-Trimmer (open access)

Lawn-Trimmer

Patent for improved lawn trimmer "whereby the margins of a lawn adjacent side walks or curbing may be trimmed." (lines 12-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 10, 1917
Creator: Rial, John & Hodde, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for a straddle-row cultivator that has bracing of the parts, adjustable shovels and standards, and allows for varying depths of digging.
Date: April 23, 1907
Creator: Lindsay, Horace
System: The Portal to Texas History
Beverage Shaking and Mixing Machine. (open access)

Beverage Shaking and Mixing Machine.

Patent for a new and improved beverage shaker and mixer. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the frame provided with arms at right angles thereto and the main drive-wheel journaled therein, gear-wheels journaled at the ends of the arms, provided with wrist-pins and meshing with the drive-wheel, a shaker-bar connected to the wrist-pins of the gear-wheels and having a loop or opening for the insertion of the shaft of the drive-wheel, and the cups or tumbler-holders attached rigidly to the shaker-bar" (lines 27-36).
Date: April 2, 1889
Creator: Haring, Peter Paul
System: The Portal to Texas History
Toy Race-Course. (open access)

Toy Race-Course.

Patent for toy race-course.
Date: April 26, 1887
Creator: Cordray, Henry A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Corn And Cotton-Seed Planters. (open access)

Improvement In Corn And Cotton-Seed Planters.

This patent is an upgraded corn and seed planter machine that plants corn, cotton, and other types of seeds for mass production. The machine is aligned with the surface of the ground. It does not converse with the plows that are attached to it, freeing up the machine to release seeds proficiently with ease.
Date: April 9, 1878
Creator: Adams, Benjamin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Gate-Hinges. (open access)

Improvement in Gate-Hinges.

Patent for an improvement in the design of gate-hinges, including illustrations.
Date: April 15, 1873
Creator: Stone, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Mattress-Stuffers. (open access)

Improvements in Mattress-Stuffers.

Patent for an improved mattress stuffer with a horizontal case and a hinged cover.
Date: April 2, 1872
Creator: Watson, Thomas A.
System: The Portal to Texas History