Acetylene-Gas Generator (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator

Patent for an Acetylene gas generator that allows waste to be emptied from the machine without losing any gas.
Date: June 13, 1911
Creator: Finley, Jesse T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper that attaches to a cultivator and cuts the rows of cotton evenly.
Date: October 17, 1911
Creator: Ashlimann, Adolf E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator

Patent for an acetylene gas generator designed to prevent from being overcharged with carbide. Illustrations included.
Date: November 19, 1912
Creator: Finley, Jesse T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cigar-Holder. (open access)

Cigar-Holder.

Patent for a cigar holder with improved clutching that prevents the cigar from slipping out of the holder when it becomes moist. The clutches are constructed to allow it to hold cigars or any size or shape.
Date: October 1, 1918
Creator: Mathison, Andrew A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carpenter's Square. (open access)

Carpenter's Square.

Patent for a carpenter's square, which has a table of rafter cut measurements, a table of measurements in inches, and the standard carpenter's measure table.
Date: October 19, 1909
Creator: Bailey, Louis Eugene
System: The Portal to Texas History
Beet-Harvester (open access)

Beet-Harvester

Patent for removal of beets from ground and transfer to carrying device.
Date: March 11, 1919
Creator: Mathison, Andrew Alois
System: The Portal to Texas History
Canopy-Suspending Attachment for Bedsteads. (open access)

Canopy-Suspending Attachment for Bedsteads.

Patent for a canopy-suspending attachment for bedsteads, which is adjustable to different size beds and folds up when not in use.
Date: July 27, 1909
Creator: Skinner, Miles T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Casket-Support. (open access)

Casket-Support.

Patent for Casket-Support. "An object of the invention is to provide a support of simple and durable structure adapted to be manipulated to support the casket at an elevated position with relation to a floor or which may be folded whereby the casket may rest flat upon the floor." (line 3)
Date: April 2, 1918
Creator: Kinnison, Martin L.
System: The Portal to Texas History