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Automatic Lock for Cotton Gins
Patent for an automatic lock for cotton gins. It provides an automatic latch having a constant tendency toward the latching position, but yieldable to the opening of breast of the cotton gin. This is to prevent accidents involving the removing of obstruction in the gin happening to those removing the obstruction. Illustrations are provided.
Date:
February 5, 1918
Creator:
Henson, William Marion
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for a simple, efficient, and reliable car-coupling that is meant to be especially safe. When the cars become uncoupled, the coupling is automatically reset to couple another car, and it can be easily applied to a drawhead to a car in use.
Date:
February 5, 1895
Creator:
Schneider, Adolph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Starter
Patent for "a new and improved car-starter adapted for all kinds of cars and vehicles, being specially of great value on grades" (lines 8-11).
Date:
February 5, 1889
Creator:
Akers, William P. & Lindsey, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed-Brace.
Patent for bed braces that tighten the mattress support wires in a bed frame. These bed braces securely keep their position and allow easy adjustments.
Date:
February 5, 1907
Creator:
Lockett, Wyatt W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boat-Propeller.
Patent for a boat propeller, which is inexpensive and adaptable to small boats. The propeller can go forwards or backwards and use multiple oars.
Date:
February 5, 1901
Creator:
Caffey, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil Exterminator.
Patent for Boll-Weevil Exterminator. Aims to provide a novel and improved apparatus for gathering the boll weevil and squares by air suction to catch insects and pests.
Date:
February 5, 1918
Creator:
Harrison, James H.; Hall, Samuel E. & Gholson, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Marking Brush.
Patent for a new and improved cotton-marking brush. This design has for one of its objects "is to construct a brush that will permit the trimming down of the bristles at an angle without injuring or damaging the brush. . . . In marking cotton-bales and the like a brush with an inclined edge is desirable" (lines 16-21).
Date:
February 5, 1884
Creator:
Pfeifer, Gustav
System:
The Portal to Texas History