Ejector-Pump. (open access)

Ejector-Pump.

Patent for an improved ejector pump that operates using air or steam pressure, and pumps water any height or distance. The invention is easily operated and practical.
Date: January 23, 1894
Creator: Nevill, William Birt
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cultivator Wheel. (open access)

Cotton-Cultivator Wheel.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in cotton cultivator wheels, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 24, 1899
Creator: Holloway, Willis W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment (open access)

Cultivator Attachment

Patent for altering the regulating the depth of insertion into the ground, without the need of operators alighting from seat of cultivator.
Date: June 20, 1916
Creator: Parker, Andy F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Thinner. (open access)

Cotton-Thinner.

Patent for a machine that thins cotton fibers.
Date: September 12, 1899
Creator: Billingsley, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator (open access)

Cultivator

Patent for a wheeled cultivator with spring tension, a frame that can be tilted, and pivoting wheel-axles. It is an improved version of their earlier patent, number 615,775, from December 13, 1898. The cultivator can straddle multiple rows and be drawn by various numbers of livestock, including illustrations.
Date: July 3, 1900
Creator: Zöllner, Matthes & Zöllner, Carl
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper and Cultivator. (open access)

Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.

Patent for a machine that allows the user to simultaneously cut down and plow cotton, or perform either task separately. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 5, 1897
Creator: Hargrove, Byron Lafayette
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seeding-Machine. (open access)

Seeding-Machine.

Patent for a Seeding-Machine that serves as a flexible connector to cultivating devices or other frames related to seeding. In addition, the Seeding-Machine can be utilized independently, Illustrations included.
Date: July 3, 1900
Creator: Zollner, Matthes & Zollner, Carl
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Envelop (open access)

Safety-Envelop

Patent for an envelope that cannot be removed without obvious sign of tampering.
Date: March 3, 1903
Creator: Tabler, Jasper N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Frame For Cultivators. (open access)

Frame For Cultivators.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in frames for cultivators and other agricultural implements, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 13, 1898
Creator: Zollner, Matthes & Zollner, Carl
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator. (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator.

Patent for "improvement in acetylene-gas generators, and has for one object to provide an exceedingly- simple apparatus of this description in which the pipes and connections are closed , and thus protected from freezing by the effects of atmospheric changes; and a further object of my invention is to remove the possibility of an explosion taking place during the manipulation of the machine." (lines 9-17) including illustrations.
Date: July 31, 1900
Creator: Hartman, Gus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Traction-Engines. (open access)

Improvements in Traction-Engines.

Patent for improving traction engines for use in hauling on farms and farm roads. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 14, 1879
Creator: McGregor, Montague M. & Croxton, James C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper (open access)

Cotton Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustration included.
Date: May 23, 1905
Creator: Fikes, Bosiar Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Farm-Fences. (open access)

Improvement in Farm-Fences.

Patent for a new and useful improvement in fence including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 29, 1873
Creator: McKenzie, Winfield S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Box. (open access)

Collapsible Box.

Patent for collapsible box which uses hinges to strengthen the box and to allow the box to be collapsed easily for easy storage.
Date: April 20, 1915
Creator: Smith, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Line. (open access)

Clothes-Line.

Patent for improvement in “pinless” clothes-lines by simplifying the construction of the garment-clasping elements to enhance the means of receiving and releasing the articles. Illustration is included.
Date: January 29, 1907
Creator: Brunner, Burel A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner (open access)

Crude-Oil Burner

Patent for a crude oil burner for furnaces and ranges. Illustrations included.
Date: August 1, 1911
Creator: Reed, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn (open access)

Churn

Patent for a churn. Illustration included.
Date: September 12, 1905
Creator: McGregor, Montague M. & Williams, James H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bolt and Nut-Lock. (open access)

Bolt and Nut-Lock.

Patent for "a nut-lock of such construction that it may be used either as a permanent nut-lock or one in which the locking feature may be thrown out of engagement when it is desired to remove the bolt for any purpose." (Lines 15-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 21, 1896
Creator: Nevill, William B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Axle Straightner (open access)

Axle Straightner

Patent for an axle straightener. Illustration included.
Date: November 28, 1905
Creator: Steadham, John S. & Steadham, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Disk Harrow and Land-Roller (open access)

Combined Disk Harrow and Land-Roller

Patent for a vehicle that may be used as either a harrow or a roller. Illustrations included.
Date: May 19, 1908
Creator: Jackson, Lewis Livingston
System: The Portal to Texas History