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Animal Trap. (open access)

Animal Trap.

Patent for a new and improved animal trap. This design "consists in the combination of a suitable frame upon which a revolver or pistol is secured, a treadle which is secured to the front end of this frame, and a suitable spring and levers, by which the fire-arm is discharged when the animal steps upon the treadle" (lines 14-20).
Date: December 26, 1882
Creator: Williams, James Alexander
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Riding Breaking-Plows (open access)

Attachment for Riding Breaking-Plows

Patent for a seeder attachment for riding breaking plows.
Date: June 21, 1910
Creator: Harrell, Joab B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Back Band Buckle (open access)

Back Band Buckle

Patent for back band buckle. Illustration included.
Date: October 25, 1904
Creator: Smith, James B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for an operating mechanism relating to baling-presses, with illustrations.
Date: July 13, 1897
Creator: Lane, Jefferson D. & James, Will S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for an improved baling press including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 24, 1901
Creator: Tom, Joseph C. & Walker, Hiram F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for improvements in the specifics of the design and construction of a baling press.
Date: August 20, 1901
Creator: Chapman, Robert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil Destroyer. (open access)

Boll-Weevil Destroyer.

Patent for a boll weevil or insect exterminating device on wheels for use outdoors, including illustrations.
Date: September 11, 1917
Creator: Graves, James Newell
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a new and improved churn. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the driving devices and the pivoted dasher-operating lever, of the fly-wheel provided with a series of holes each of square contour throughout the greater part of its length, the wrist-pin shaped to fit in any one of said holes, the cap pivoted on the rear side of the fly-wheel and adapted to cover any one of the holes in which the pin may be placed, and the pitman attached to the wrist-pin and connecting the same with the pivoted lever" (lines 70-80).
Date: July 6, 1886
Creator: Jones, Caleb
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn Cover Attachment. (open access)

Churn Cover Attachment.

Patent for a new and improved churn-cover attachment. This design "consists in a loose supplementary ventilating-lid, designed to be slipped onto or over the staff or handle of the churn above the lid proper" (lines 25-28).
Date: December 16, 1884
Creator: Risien, Edmund Ebenezer
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper with adjustable choppers and axles, so that the distance between the hills of cotton and between rows of hills of cotton can be variable. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 9, 1897
Creator: Miller, John R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft Device. (open access)

Draft Device.

Patent for a draft device, which can have three animals attached to it.
Date: November 22, 1910
Creator: Rouse, Spencer
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dumping-Platform. (open access)

Dumping-Platform.

Patent for a dumping platform for wagons to drive under and be filled with their load.
Date: March 7, 1911
Creator: Rector, Eldridge L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Farm-Gate. (open access)

Farm-Gate.

Patent for improvements upon Farm-Gates, through an object that will help in, "the simple and efficient means for either opening or closing the gate upon the pulling of an operating cable."(line 12- 14)
Date: October 9, 1917
Creator: Skaggs, Silas R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flush-Tank Valve (open access)

Flush-Tank Valve

Patent for a Flush-Tank Valve. This is an improved Flush-Tank Valve, which will ensure that their is so waste of water if the float in the tank ceases to operate. For example, if the float does not work properly, the valve will activate and shut off the remaining water. The invention also provides a valve that can be easily fitted to any flush tank.
Date: November 23, 1920
Creator: Hardt, Benjamin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate. (open access)

Gate.

Patent for an improvement to gates so as "to simplify and improve the construction of swinging gates and to enable the same to be readily operated without necessitating a persons leaving a vehicle or dismounting" (lines 9-13).
Date: September 27, 1892
Creator: Smith, Thomas M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Governor (open access)

Governor

Patent for a governor. This invention is designed for the regulation of speed in engines and motors. Illustration included.
Date: May 21, 1907
Creator: Cude, Charles R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Governor-Cylinder. (open access)

Governor-Cylinder.

Patent for a governor cylinder for engines to keep the engine doing only a set amount of work.
Date: November 17, 1908
Creator: Cude, Charles R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grindstone Attachment. (open access)

Grindstone Attachment.

Patent for improvements in grindstone attachments by providing a tool-holder that is capable of adapt to different-sized stones and for various tools when applied to the frame of a grindstone of a given size.” (Lines 13-16) Illustration is included.
Date: June 30, 1891
Creator: Rainey, John Calvin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow (open access)

Harrow

Patent for new and useful improvements in Harrows or cultivators that can be set to any height and any degree.
Date: August 9, 1921
Creator: McConal, Wiliam
System: The Portal to Texas History
Headlight-Steering Mechanism (open access)

Headlight-Steering Mechanism

Patent for an automobile steering mechanism that turns the headlights to match the path of the car as it is steered.
Date: August 2, 1917
Creator: Shannon, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Movement. (open access)

Mechanical Movement.

Patent for improvements in mechanical movements by using the “combination of the frame comprising the base, the standard rising from one end of the base, the up-rights rising from the other end of the base, the horizontal bars connecting the standard ………….and reversely coiled around the shaft adjacent the operating-lever at points near the ends of shaft and having its ends secured to the ends of the cross-bar of the operating-lever.” (Lines 6-23, p.2) Illustration is included.
Date: October 27, 1891
Creator: Skaggs, Newton J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanism for Signaling Track Conditions (open access)

Mechanism for Signaling Track Conditions

Patent for a mechanism that would be placed on a bridge or trestle trains pass over that automatically indicates dangerous track conditions.
Date: May 20, 1913
Creator: Matsler, James M. & Matsler, Benjamin T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Regulating Growth (open access)

Method of Regulating Growth

Patent for a method of regulating growth. This is new method of regulating the growth of the roots of trees, plants, and shrubbery.
Date: October 20, 1903
Creator: Risien, Edmund E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oscillating Gate. (open access)

Oscillating Gate.

Patent for "rotary oscillating gates, in which the gate oscillates to close the way or open the same, as may be desired by the operator." (Lines 9-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 18, 1891
Creator: Terry, Cyrus
System: The Portal to Texas History