Artificial Fuel (open access)

Artificial Fuel

Patent for artificial fuel.
Date: May 12, 1903
Creator: Russi, Charles & Cadena, Celedonio
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Planters, Cultivators, and Stalk-Choppers. (open access)

Improvement in Planters, Cultivators, and Stalk-Choppers.

Patent for a combined planter, cultivator, and chopper.
Date: May 12, 1874
Creator: McCaleb, John L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lifting-Jack. (open access)

Lifting-Jack.

Patent for "an improved lifting-jack designed expressly for track-levelers, although the construction may be varied for other purposes." (Lines 9-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 12, 1896
Creator: Arnold, Raiford A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Planter (open access)

Planter

Patent for an attachment for planters, where seeds are dropped into hills rather than thin rows, which allows for sprouts to break through the soil more easily.
Date: May 12, 1914
Creator: Gutzeit, Joseph A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerating Apparatus. (open access)

Refrigerating Apparatus.

Patent for a new and improved refrigerator. This design consists "[i]n a refrigerating apparatus, the combination of a trap cylinder communicating with a horizontal cylinder which unites two vertical piston-cylinders, said piston-cylinders having suction and compression valves arranged at their upper ends in a cap having separate communications with suction pipes with compression-pipes communicating with said trap-cylinder" (lines 44-52).
Date: May 12, 1885
Creator: Conacher, Alexander
System: The Portal to Texas History
Work-Box for Sewing-Machine Tables (open access)

Work-Box for Sewing-Machine Tables

Patent for a work box for sewing machine tables that can be readily placed or removed from position without any damage. Illustrations included
Date: May 12, 1908
Creator: Daniel, Annie Holliday & Daniel, Robert Patrick
System: The Portal to Texas History